Shelter

Shelter Weekend course

Event Date: 
14 November, 2008 - 17:00 - 16 November, 2008 - 15:00
Venue: 
Coed Hills Rural Artspace, St Hilary, Cowbridge, Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, CF71 7DP
Location: 
South Wales
Organiser: 
dan.smith

 

Shelter Weekend Course

 Cost £15

A weekend course on shelter construction both in development and emergency situations as well as sustainable building techniques. 

 

  • Eco-shelter (www.ecoshelter.org) will run a practical course about building Mini-dome structures - smaller versions of the ingenuous ecodome construction methods.

http://www.ecoshelter.org/ecodomes/4521522953

Hands On! Emergency Aid Training (EAT) EWB-UK Training Courses

The Hands On! Training Courses are aimed at engineers wanting to gain an understanding of the practical considerations of work in the development and humanitarian sectors - perfect for any EWB-UK members.

Courses cost £125 for Students, and £175 for professionals. This is all inclusive of hot meals and basic accommodation. Sign-up via eventbrite.

Make Your Own Bioplastic!

Event Date: 
9 December, 2011 - 11:00 - 15:00
Venue: 
LT15, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, University of Sheffield
Location: 
Sheffield
Organiser: 
JGreen

Event- ‘Make your own Bioplastic’ workshop

EWB-Swansea: Water and Sanitation International Development Course

Event Date: 
7 May, 2011 - 13:30 - 17:30
Venue: 
Lecture room 2, Fulton house, Swansea University
Location: 
Swansea
Organiser: 
ianmach

 

Water and Sanitation International Development Conference

Saturday 7th May, Swansea University. 1.30pm to 5pm

 

 

Emergency Shelter Construction and Slum Demonstration

Event Date: 
11 March, 2011 - 11:00 - 16:00
Venue: 
Piazza, University of Warwick
Location: 
Warwick University (Coventry)
Organiser: 
Fowlet

Amnesty Warwick intend to put the spotlight on the brutal bulldozing of Nairobi slums by the Kenyan government, by building and inhabiting a slum on our very own piazza – and they’ve asked us to handle the construction.

Disaster relief shelter competition

The University of Southampton will be hosting a disaster relief competition between Bristol, Exeter, Imperial on the XX/XX/XXXX

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Cambridge Shelter Training Course 2009

Event Date: 
7 March, 2009 - 00:00 - 8 March, 2009 - 18:00
Venue: 
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
seb.palmer

 

Interested in disaster relief and development?

Want to spend a weekend learning about shelter from experts in the field?

This course aims to provide an introduction to shelter, from international planning through to project implementation and the associated practical technical skills.

With a mix of theory and hands-on workshops covering shelter in emergencies, the transition from relief to development, and reconstruction and mitigation, this course will educate and inspire.