Hurdle Making Workshops:
Wiltshire Hurdles will be holding Hurdle Making Workshops throughout the event, and have an exhibition of information on hedge laying, woodland conservation and bringing coppice woodland back into cycle.

Pottery workshops
Pottery workshops led by the truly awesome potter and archaeologist Eddie Daughton. Eddie, in the true spirit of “Off Grid” will be doing a pottery firing from an indigenous (Neolithic) culture of the South Western UK, (the Hembury Potters) this will involve you in making the pots, preparing the clay etc, and give you a lasting memento of the experience. It will all culminate in a firing towards the end of the festival, acting as both a climax to the workshop and a celebration of the sharing of ideas and breath during the event.

Woodcarving:
Rich and Lisa will be giving you the chance to try your hand at Woodcarving in their beautiful bender

Bow-Top Building: (unfortunately this will not be available)

Installing a woodburner: with Smiffy Snail

Natural Dyeing and Food Preserving: with Ingrid Crawford

Earth oven and barbecue construction from cob:
Daily workshop at a set hour so you can pop in and take part in each stage of process. Cook up at end. TBC

Strawbale building exhibition: Involving building a partial strawbale wall on tyres and pallets, demonstrating staking using hazel sticks and rendering with lime putty. We will be there for sessions both morning and afternoon of Saturday and Sunday, chatting to people and explaining how it all works and what the benefits are, both costs and environmental.

Recycled Copper Workshops: from 11am to 1pm each day Maria will be helping you make small items (earrings, key rings, pendants or buttons) from recycled copper that can also be coloured and decorated. At 1.30 each day she will be demonstrating the making of copper bowls with a foot powered forge. All taking place around a 1976 Dodge Somerset Fire Service Truck.

Rocket Stove Making Workshop: Demonstrations and Workshops with Steven and Louise

Rocket Stoves are wood burning stoves made from old cooking oil drums. "Forget logs think twigs. With a rocket stove you can boil a kettle or cook a meal with a few little sticks. An inner L shaped stove pipe, and an outer casing with wood ash packed around the inner stove pipe acts as insulation and makes conditions so hot in the stove pipe that the flames burn much more oxygen on the way up creating a fierce flame. We use ours whenever we are out on the road, down the allotment or just want to cook in the garden. Goodbye totally energy inefficient charcoal and gas canisters, hello twigs."

The design takes less than an hour to build, costs approximately ₤1 in materials, and the finished stove is incredibly efficient, due to a heat-insulating construction which means that almost all the energy in the wood is used to directly heat the cooking pan. Come and make your own small, perfectly working, rocket stove from nothing more than two catering sized tins, four baked bean sized tins and some wood ash. Make one or enjoy a cup of tea and discuss them with us!

Arc Village:

Ian the Wizard and his friends from Arc Village will be demonstrating their Solar powered 250,000 volt Tesla coil, a solar parabolic dish for cooking and running a solar engine, hydrogen breakdown and explosion from water demonstration (yes, they make water explode in front of your eyes!). Wind generators and solar hot water system, regulators and inverters, constant talks and demonstrations of engines that run on any fuel. Wood gas, methane, Tesla turbine, veg oil conversions, hydrogen conversions... and a lot of other fascinating electronic and renewable wizardry. Ian has a fantastic way of explaining science that makes it extremely good fun, and comprehensible to adults and children. See www.arcvillage.org

Charlie Dancey
will be demonstrating his proto-type Push Bug — a sustainably powered bicycle trailer that pushes you and your bike uphill!

Wild Cooking:
Jonathon Rouse from Wild Stoves will be showing you how to harness heat from wood cleanly and efficiently; and demonstrating techniques for improving combustion and heat-transfer efficiency. Wild Stoves will also be selling and demonstrating Rocket Stoves, Dutch Ovens, storm kettles, flint strikers and wood-fired water urns.

Bicycle Workshops: with Milly Peds

Eco-dc will be giving talks, demonstrations and workshops. Eco-dc have significant experience of experimental projects in both new build and refurbishment, with particular emphasis in moving towards achieving the demanding German PassivHaus standard. Each project has presented new challenges in the use of materials, sustainability, buildability and usability, performance and quality. Check them out at www.eco-dc.co.uk

Natural Building: with Lila Teasdale

Strawbale Building: with Paul Wells

Bristol EcoVillage Project: will be Building Benders from locally sourced wood and reclaimed materials, explaining how to heat and weatherproof them and giving general information on living off-grid. The workshop will include how to pre-bend poles, ways of storing and transporting them and techniques for ensuring structural integrity in inclement weather.

Our workshop leaders are very kindly giving their time for nothing, some of the workshops will be completely free, others will charge a reasonable fee to cover materials

• Off-Grid Networking Session: A chance to meet other Off-Gridders and those looking to explore this lifestyle
• The Imagi-Nation: The future of Our Community in changing times
• Spiritual Activism: With Brian Viziondanz and William Bloom
• Freeman Conference: A place to discuss the ideas about the Freeman Movement, its development and experience of the concepts involved
• Alternative Economics: With Jon Cousins, representatives of Timebanks International, Mark Boyle of Freeconomy and Josef Coates-Davies of United Diversity

There will be other workshops happening across the site in a myriad of venues and out in the open - through the hedgerows, fields and forests - some of which are programmed and listed below, whilst others will, we hope, be offered by YOU on site!

Creating World Peace with Daniel Harris - Wild Herb and Medicine Walks - Kitchen Medicine with The Medical Herbalists - Wild Food Walks and Preparation - Firemaking - Dowsing

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"Daniel is an excellent group facilitator. His workshop invited me to connect with my vision for a positive future - I found it inspiring. I really liked his approach and I'd strongly recommend his workshops."

says Chris Johnstone, author of Find Your Power.

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SHAUN KIRWAN: What on earth is geomancy?
Introduction to the world of geomancy

Shaun will also be giving talks at the Avalon Rising space. See TALKS page

Shaun Kirwan is a Dowser and Geomancer. By drawing on western Geomancy, Shaun has developed intuitive techniques for Earth Healing, and creating sacred space. Shaun has been dowsing for over 14 years. Since completing an apprenticeship with Dr Patrick McManaway (former president of British Society Of Dowsers), in 2002, Shaun has been a practicing Geomancer. Shaun is also a designer of Stone Circles and sacred Sites, including the Big Green Gathering Stone Circle and Sunrise Celebration Wood Circle. He has also been actively involved in researching energy grids and other geomantic features. His new Geomantic consultancy, includes house/landscape healing and sacred space creation — see www.georepairman.co.uk

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GILES BRYANT: Building peace circles
A peace circle is a powerful focal point for any community wishing to bring about greater harmony & well-being. Giles Bryant has built peace circles at sacred sites environmental projects, schools, hospitals and numerous events. In this workshop people will learn about creating sacred space, interacting with earth and cosmic energies, ley lines, dowsing and the realisation of individual and world peace.

'Yoga & earth chants'
A session that incorporates gentle stretches, breathing, meditation & sacred chants. Join in with yoga teacher Giles Bryant & his partner Dee to awaken healing energies in the body mind soul and earth.