#167 - Harrison Gardner
Harrison Gardner - Builder, Teacher, Author and Co-Founder of Common Knowledge
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Description
Today we spoke with Harrison Gardner - Builder, Teacher, Author and Co-Founder of Common Knowledge.
Harrison has learned about building and sustainability from his travels from his home country Australia, to Kenya, India, South America, North America, Iceland, Malawi...now rooted in Co.Clare, Ireland...in his own 'home-made renovated castle'. He has 15 years experience designing and managing the construction of conventional, sustainable and alternative buildings worldwide to an elite level. His current focus is on facilitating the construction of community and connection spaces whilst teaching the core construction skills, principles and techniques needed to build more efficient, affordable and sustainable structures. He is currently filming ‘Build Your Own’, a 5 part TV series with RTE, due to broadcast alongside the publishing of his new book, 'Build Your Own: Use what you have to create what you need'.
A co-founder of Common Knowledge, the non-profit social enterprise focused on sharing skills for a sustainable life, we were so intrigued by Harrisons work that we had to share his work and story. This show is about people who perform to a high performing level in their respective field, and Harrison is educating and empowering individuals to take ownership and understand their homes, their happiness, and their livelihoods. We unpacked the wealth of time versus the wealth of money, how Harrison pivoted into teaching - and what his 5 day course is all about. We asked what people want to learn about when they study with him, pizza ovens...and also the similarities between down-under and here in Ireland. This one really fed our curiosity!
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In this episode we discuss 🗣
🤝 Seeing the passion for building in all
👐 Giving back with Build School and Common Knowledge
🧳 Lessons from travelling and teaching
🏡 Our innate desire to build a home for our families
💲 The cost efficiency of building your own
🕒 Relative wealth - deciding what's important
🔮 Creating long term solutions for long term problems
Key Timestamps
(1:20) - Seeing the passion in people building.
(13. 15) - a life of building and travelling
(15. 00) - Spending time collaborating with clients
(8:23) - learning the core concepts of building in a week
(16:05) - Build School and Common knowledge
(18:45) - What else are we outsourcing in our lives
(10:43) - Building confidence in people taking on construction
(12:30) - Most problems are side effects of short-term solution beliefs.
(14:29) - Our individual needs
(18:11) - creating a shared understanding of construction
(19:20) - Labour costs and being wealthy in certain life aspects
(23:10) - Money isn't the only cost we face
(25:18) - Creating a relationship through empathy + knowledge
(27:25) -Bringing the conversation of building to the dining table
(29:45) - Becoming a global foreman of Earthship Biotech
(31:32) - Being drawn to the community culture in Ireland
(33:55) - Cowering a rearing question
(39:40) - Helping people face the challenge of getting a home
(36. 09) - The goal of Common knowledge.
(38:43) - what does high performance mean to you?