weekend course

compost loo design & build-1

location: nr Bridport, Dorset

This comprehensive course offers participants the start-to-finish knowledge and experience required to site, design and build a low-impact no-concrete compost toilet at home (or anywhere, really).

Section 1 (this weekend) focuses on Theory, Design and Practice.
What is a compost toilet and why is it so worth having? What factors are important in choosing the site and what design options should be considered? Includes a tour of local compost toilets.

Section 2 (dates TBC) focuses on Construction.
What tools and materials are best suited to this kind of construction in this climate (and others)? Fundamental construction safety and proper tool usage reviewed and the building of the loo itself led and overseen by our experienced instructors.

dates: see 'book online' below

more on compost toilets

how to book:

  

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arrive:
  
4pm on Friday. Residential guests are asked to arrive before 6pm to settle in before the meal, after
which there's usually an introductory session
depart:
  
3pm on Sunday
directions:
  
sent with booking confirmation
what to bring:
   work / waterproof clothes; boots; pen and notebook; towel (meals and bedding are provided) NO DOGS PLEASE
let us know:
  
if you have any special dietary or other needs
accommodation:
  
2-6 people sharing single-sex rooms (with a single room supplement, space permitting), camping also available

meals:

  

all meals included from supper at 6pm on the first evening through lunch at 1pm on the third day, excluding breakfast for non-residential participants

price:

  

£215 residential (discounted rate of £195 for residential guests not coming in cars), £145 non-residential, £165 camping.
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
car sharing:
  
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


the venue is an organic intentional community within walking distance of Dorset's Jurassic coast