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press + media

Rev's church is getting canned

“This wacky minister is a real Bible trasher – because he wants to build a new 'Eco-Church' from garbage and BEER CANS.”
—The Scottish Sun

Community to build church from rubbish

“OLD tyres, beer cans, wood off-cuts and discarded rubble may not be the most divine of materials, but they might be used to construct Scotland's greenest church.”
—The Scotsman

Plan to build church from rubbish

“A Glasgow congregation wants to use drink cans and car tyres to help build Scotland's first recycled Kirk.
—BBC Scotland

sustainability

Earthship Fife

“Just as a ship setting off on a long voyage must provide for all the needs of its crew, so an Earthship provides for the basic needs of shelter, water and electricity through its design and systems.”

Centre for Alternative Technology

“Innovative postgraduate courses in Sustainable Building and Renewable Technology.”

SUST — The Lighthouse

“The Lighthouse on Sustainability is a ground breaking campaign that aims to raise awareness of sustainable design in the built environment.”

BREEAM

“The BREEAM family of assessment methods and tools are all designed to help construction professionals understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of the developments they design and build.”

architecture

Rural Studio

“The mission of the Rural Studio is to enable each participating student to cross the threshold of misconceived opinions to create/design/build and to allow students to put their educational values to work as citizens of a community.”