WHAT IS EARTHWAYS?

Earthways is an idea.
        The idea - that it is possible to live a high quality sustainable lifestyle with all of the facilities of western 21^st century society without the environmental destruction, resource depletion, health hazards, work stress or competition of current western society. We help interested people to move towards achieving this idea, by example, by running workshops and by designing sustainable homes.

Earthways is a place (PHOTO)
        The place - an owner built, 2 storey, loadbearing, mudbrick house, on 330acres of land in the lower Hunter Valley, 150km north of Sydney, Australia. The house has a self designed and built composting toilet, self installed solar electric system producing 1.5kw at peak, and mudbrick ground floors.

Earthways is a family
        The family - Brian Woodward, Sally Middleton and their teenage children, Toby and Holly
        Brian is a qualified Architect trained and taught at the School of Architecture Oxford, England and then at the University of N.S.W. Australia. He has over 30 years research and practical experience in sustainable living technologies, especially mudbrick. He directed the Earth Construction Research Unit at N.S.W. University for 4 years. He designs, teaches and builds with sustainable building technologies. He has spent time in Nepal and South Africa applying the low cost, owner built, building system he has developed over the past 25 years to the situations there.
        Sally is a skilled craftsperson, mudbrick builder, and vegetarian cook, dabbles in natural healing therapies, and a dedicated mother.