DecoHousing Denmark

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Town/Small City

Founding year

  • 2017

What we do

DecoHousing Denmark is a small strata-titled cohousing community and ecovillage located in the heart of Denmark, Western Australia. We have 12 compact hempcrete homes, a common house, extensive permaculture gardens and orchards and a communal workshop. We generate nearly all of our own energy from an integrated solar panel and battery system and gather rainwater in two large rainwater tanks. Our gardens and orchards are irrigated with greywater. Our common house is a shared venue for gatherings, communal meals, workshops, meetings, parties, movie nights and the occasional house concert.

Our Vision

We believe in a future built on communal harmony and deep environmental resilience. This visionary project was aimed at providing a new paradigm in affordable, high-density, ecologically sustainable community housing in a rural setting. Our ecovillage is more than just a place to live—it is a conscious commitment to sharing resources, nurturing the earth and fostering a supportive community where daily life is lived in meaningful connection with nature and each other. 

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Social
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Sustainability practices
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Sustainability education and community engagement
  • Water conservation and management
  • Waste reduction / composting
  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Natural / low-impact building
  • Activities
  • Permaculture
  • Ecosystem
  • Temperate Forest

Video

  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
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20

Primary decision-making authority

  • Elected Representatives

A board, council, or committee chosen by members makes decisions on behalf of the community.

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Representative/Democratic

Members elect leaders who make decisions within defined roles.

Conflict resolution approach

Nonviolent conflict resolution

Economic model

  • Membership Fees/Dues Structure

Regular payments for community services and maintenance.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Vehicle accessibility

  • Most / all people own their own vehicles
  • It would be easy / doable to live in this community without a car
  • There are car sharing opportunities in your community

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common house (includes guestroom, bathroom, kitchen, laundry and large gathering area), workshop, bike shed, garden shed, gardens, orchards and other outdoor areas

Frequency of communal meals

  • 1-3 times per month

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Growing our own
  • Locally sourced
  • Livestock / Animal Husbandry

Nature of social activity

  • People in the community regularly socialize together

Community activities and engagement

Shared meals, movie nights, busy bees

Local connectedness

  • We have strong relationships with our local community

Friendliness of people and local government

  • It’s a mix

Pet policy

  • No pets are allowed, except in special cases

Predatory animals such as dogs and cats are not allowed. Other pets (as well as support animals) are allowed.

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs in peripheral / discrete / only in personal or private spaces

Member support features

  • Transportation assistance available

Level of LGBTQIA+ inclusion

  • Somewhat - we have some LGBTQIA+ members

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Multi-generational (all ages well represented)

Racial / ethnic demographics

  • Mostly homogeneous (primarily one background)

Socioeconomic and wealth composition

  • Mostly middle class

Diversity representation

  • Chronic illness
  • Mental health conditions

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a Land Trust, Home Owners Association, or corporation

Ecosystem

  • Temperate Forest

Moderate climate with distinct seasonal changes
Includes deciduous and mixed forest types
Examples: Eastern North American Forests, European Broadleaf Forests

Setting

  • Town/Small City

Smaller municipalities with local services but rural character.

Community type

  • Cohousing

    Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
    interaction while maintaining independence.

Community type

  • Entirely or almost entirely built or remodeled with recycled or environmentally friendly materials, and/or using natural building methods
  • Built or remodeled using passive solar design
  • Super-insulated to reduce energy usage
  • Built or remodeled using passive house design

Sustainability approach

  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Sustainability education and community engagement
  • Water conservation and management
  • Waste reduction / composting
  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Natural / low-impact building

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture
  • The community is working to build soil using only natural methods

Community type

  • Entirely or almost entirely built or remodeled with recycled or environmentally friendly materials, and/or using natural building methods
  • Built or remodeled using passive solar design
  • Super-insulated to reduce energy usage
  • Built or remodeled using passive house design

Some or all of the buildings are...

  • Entirely or almost entirely built or remodeled with recycled or environmentally friendly materials, and/or using natural building methods
  • Built or remodeled using passive solar design
  • Super-insulated to reduce energy usage
  • Built or remodeled using passive house design

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy production methods

Solar panels and batteries

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Food production methods

Permaculture gardens and orchards, chickens

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • Up to 33%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Livestock / poultry
  • Shared kitchen or food co-op

Renewable water use

  • 33 - 66%

Water recycle methods

Greywater system

Source of water

  • Rainwater capture and storage for use (barrels, cisterns, etc.)
  • Greywater capture and storage for use

Wastewater management

  • Public sewage

Water conservation practices

  • Greywater reuse
  • Rainwater capture
  • Efficient irrigation (drip, timed, or moisture-based systems)

Waste management practices

  • Composting
  • Public waste collection
  • Recycling program
  • Land area size
    6,000 sqm
  • Land allocated for food production
    3,000 sqm

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  • Volunteering
1 month ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
  • Events
11 years ago

Build a small wind turbine course

“Build a small wind turbine” construction course November 20th to 29th, 2015 A ten day live-in course in Nea Makri, Greece Learn how to build a small wind turbine and put yourself on the road to self-reliance Organized by Nea Guinea Small wind turbines ‘Nea Guinea’ has been organizing small wind turbine construction workshops since 2009 and has empowered many people with the knowledge of harnessing power from the wind. The wind turbines built in the workshops are based on the designs of Hugh Piggott, a renewable energy expert living in the off-grid community of Scoraig (Scotland), as described in his ‘Wind Turbine Recipe Book’. These wind turbines can be constructed with the use of common materials, simple manufacturing techniques and basic tools, providing a low cost small wind turbine that anyone can built. Hundreds of homemade small wind turbines have been constructed worldwide using these designs, and have proven to be robust, efficient, easy to maintain and quick to repair. Typical applications of locally manufactured small wind turbines are development projects such as electrification of village communities in the global south, educational projects in universities and schools and sustainability projects such as renewable energy electrification of eco-villages. Course outline During this one week course a 600W small wind turbine with 2.4m rotor diameter will be constructed from scratch, using simple raw materials like wood for the blades, steel for the mounting frame and tail, copper wire for the coils and neodymium magnets cast in resin for the generator. The wind turbine will be the product of enthusiastic team work, as we will work in groups focusing on woodworking, metalworking and generator fabrication, along with short breaks to share what we have learned with the whole team. Woodworking will involve hand curving the blades of the rotor using drawknives and spokeshaves, planes and chisels. Metalworking will involve fabrica

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