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Treehouse Village Ecohousing

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Home-sharing
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2023

What we do

Treehouse Village Ecohousing began with a dream: to create a neighbourhood where people know and support each other, while caring for the Earth. That dream grew into a multi-year journey of planning, designing, and building a community rooted in sustainability and connection.
We are Atlantic Canada’s first cohousing community, nestled in 15-acres of forest in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (Sin So’sepe’katik) on the scenic South Shore of Nova Scotia, which is on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people.
We are parents, children, retirees, teachers, writers, digital workers, social workers, carpenters, environmental educators, and more. Ranging in age from one year to 80+, we hail from Bridgewater, elsewhere in Nova Scotia, across Canada, and internationally. Besides English, we speak French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Dutch.
Treehouse Village includes 30 private condos designed with energy efficiency in mind, along with shared spaces that encourage community interaction. A Common House serves as the hub for communal meals, events, and gatherings. Outdoor amenities include gardens, play areas, walking paths, 11 acres of undeveloped forest, and natural green spaces that make the most of the surrounding environment.
Together, residents share responsibility for maintaining our spaces and supporting a neighbourhood centered on social connection, environmental sustainability, and multigenerational living.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2023
  • Started living together

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If you are interested in Treehouse Village, please check out our website at https://treehousevillage.ca and complete the interest form.

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9 years ago

Permaculture Design Certificate in the Caribbean

The Permaculture Design Certificate Course will be held at Richmond Vale Academy (RVA), a school and community that encourage, teach and inspire sustainable living. On site, you will find the fruit forest, a vegetable garden based on the permaculture principles, chicken and pig farm, horses and a beautiful beach. Price 1,150 USD Includes 3 meals per day, accommodation and the 10 days course. The 10 days Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course will open your heart and your mind to a new world by connecting human beings and nature together as one. The course plan, which is based on Bill Mollison’s book “Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual”, will give you an introduction to permaculture as a science that can give the opportunity to live a sustainable life You will learn about agriculture, natural building, water harvesting, alternative energy, natural forests, waste management, animal systems, community development, designing your own real-world projects with an eye towards repairing, restoring and regenerating human ecosystems. A typical day will consist of some lecture time, field observations, practical application, working on your own design, group discussions, and time for personal reflection. We will have movies and lectures in the evenings. The topics we cover during the 10 days will follow Mollison’s outline and cover topics. The teachers: Leon-C. Malan, PhD Leon Malan is a certified permaculture design instructor. He is a professor in environmental studies at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire, USA where he teaches permaculture, food systems and sustainable agriculture. Luke Punnett Vincentian Permaculturist. He lives off the grid with his wife and two children in Queensberry, St. Vincent. He is the founder of Chatoyer Gardens, Permaculture design farm, which supplies organic produce to clients weekly through a Community Supported Agriculture initiative. He is a beekeeper, a Permaculture teacher and consultant.
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11 years ago

Curso Permacultura Integral en Red

Persona de contacto: Esther 633675829 Fecha límite de inscripción: 15 de Julio de 2015 Podrás participar de los diseños dentro de las diferentes áreas, ya sea en las etapas de visión, planificación, ejecución y/o evaluación. Las áreas son Huerto, Jardinería, Animales, Cocina, Educación, Gestión Integral, y Asociación. Ejemplos de diseño: Elaboración y manufactura de alimentos. Organización y mantenimiento del Huerto, Jardines y Animales. Visión de un vivero. Integración en la comunidad de intercambio de la moneda social La Pita. Conexión con otros proyectos de la comarca. Estrategia de continuidad a “La Escuelita”. Plan estratégico de reforestación y bosque comestible. Mejora paisajística de áreas degradadas Elaboración de compost y preparados de abono y fitosanitarios. Celebración de rituales en conexión con los ciclos de la naturaleza. Aguas residuales y bioconstrucción con caña Gestión Emocional Para los gastos de alojamiento, el coste básico residencial depende de si es completo presencial o semipresencial, y de si te quedas en tienda o en habitación compartida, así que contáctanos para calcular tus costes individualmente. Orientativamente: Mes completo: 300€. en habitación compartida, y 250€. en tienda. Los ingresos son donaciones a la asociación Aruna Tribu del Sol y se usan para sostener económicamente a los coordinadores y mantenimiento de las instalaciones. Para los gastos de manutención, tienes la oportunidad de colaborar en nuestro voluntariado, con 3 horas. Si deseas más tiempo para tus estudios y diseños, contáctanos para informarte de los costes. Toda la información en: www.es.ecoescuelas.net (apartado de proyectos-proyecto tribu sol) Y sobre el lugar en: www.cortijo-al-hamam.com

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