The Village Tales
News and whimsy from Groundswell Cohousing at Yarrow Ecovillage
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Timber frames are up!
Richtfest was by all accounts a great success! The sustainably harvested timbers were erected earlier in the week and were properly christened as the forest was thanked for it's role in providing the beautiful wood that will frame these new houses. Be sure to read the articles in The Chilliwack Times, The Chilliwack Progress and The Vancouver Province.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Richtfest: Timber Frame Raising Event August 7th
 | We have begun construction of our first new buildings: two timber frame cordwood / masonry duplexes. We plan to celebrate the raising of the frames with a traditional "topping out" ceremony or Richtfest. JOIN US! for a timberframe raising ceremony |
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM -5:00 PM ("Topping out" ceremony at 3:30)
Location: 42312 Yarrow Central, Chilliwack, BC
More information:
http://ecovillagenetworkcanada.ning.com/events/event/show?id=1163420:Event:1183
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Cordwood Masonry
This is the first post in a series that will explain our building methods and plans for the first phase of our development, which will begin shortly. The first two buildings that we build will use a method called cordwood masonry. Cordwood masonry is a term used for a natural building method in which "cordwood" or short lengths pieces of debarked tree are laid up crosswise with masonry or cob mixtures to build a wall. The cordwood, thus, becomes infill for the walls, between posts in a timber frame structure.
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| Images from Stackwall ~ How To Build It by Lansdown and Dick | |
Saturday, June 14, 2008
YES Featured in Ecovillages Newsletter
We are featured in this month's Ecovillages Newsletter. Ecovillages is a free, bimonthly newsletter set up to encourage and inspire ecovillage projects with news about what ecovillages are doing worldwide. The article is entitled How Yarrow Ecovillage Got "Ecovillage Zoning"
Monday, March 10, 2008
Spring 2008
The first phase is now ready to proceed. We will be doing natural building using local, and renewable materials in a timberframe, cordwood/masonry building style. Stay tuned for further details on our construction plans.
October 26-28, 2007
In partnership with Langara College Continuing Studies and the Canadian Co-Housing Network, we are co-sponsoring Living sustainably in community: The challenge of our times a conference that will address the questions of how to become more sustainable in our own lives and how to connect with others in communities to create meaningful change.
Yarrow EcoVillage buys local deli
We completed our purchase of the Yarrow Deli on October 15, 2006. This well-respected Yarrow business on the
August 2004 - Rezoning approved for Commercial Zone
We have just passed a major milestone for the ecovillage. The public hearing for our rezoning application was held on August 3, 2004.
August 24, 2004
Chilliwack Progress column: The novel idea of ecovillages at Yarrow by Margaret Evans.
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