500 acre farming community. Base for Sarvodaya Living & Learning Centre in SE Sri Lanka. … Read more
Aldinga Arts Ecovillage
Aldinga Arts Ecovillage is a community that emerged from distinct inspirations: the arts, permaculture and environmental sustainability, and the desire to create more cohesive community. It has since become a true community for all and continues to represent our collective vision for an ecovillage, characterised above all for the care we show towards one another and the earth. Our village in Aldinga is about people and for people. The community works primarily through exchange- it is the … Read more
Tui Community
The Tui Land Trust was formed in 1984 to create an intentional community village for holistic living. Most of the buildings are partially solar, with mains electricity. The main objective of the community is to create an environment supportive of families and personal growth; closeness to the land is therefore of great importance to us. No specific religious or political creed is followed but we celebrate the equinoxes and solstices and have spontaneous drumming circles, music nights, … Read more
Round the Bend Conservation Co-op Ltd
Conservation was and is the prime objective, with housing and living designed to minimise impact on the land. Community work parties are held in order to manage the land. (weeding, species regeneration, facilities maintenance)Houses are principally mud brick and owner built, with small gardens because of the low rainfall (500mm). Open days are occasionally held through environmental groups. No facilities for tourism. … Read more
Patanga
Patanga formed from a group of people living in Sydney who purchased the land and formed a company structure (Memorandum of Association) to enable people to live together. The vision was to become a healing community and also to work in cooperation with nature and the land. Two thirds of the community is on mains power, the other is on solar. Cars are used for private transport. The property is a wildlife refuge registered with the Dept. of National Parks and Wildlife. Patanga is certified … Read more
Otamatea Ecovillage
The common motivating philosophy is Permaculture and an aim towards self-sufficiency. Consensus decision making rather than votes is used and every three months an all day "hear and clear meeting" is held. Organic gardens are being established and domestic water is collected via roof runoff. Composting toilets and greywater systems deal with waste. Non or low toxic building materials are used. An annual newsletter is published in May and Permaculture design courses are also held. Basic camping … Read more
Kookaburra Park
The property was bought by a developer and designed as an eco-village by Max Lindegger. There are 124 freehold lots. 55 lots have sold with 23 occupied. Kookaburra Park is on mains power, two houses are connecting to solar. Shared meals, Christmas party and sweat lodge are the main ways the community gets together. Thiry percent of food is grown on site, nearly all organic. Own water supply. Asian food catering, puppet shows, musicians, builders, B&B, yard maintenance, LETS system and … Read more
Kommune Niederkaufungen
Founded over 21 years ago, in December 1986, and situated in a complex of half-timbered farm buildings in the centre of the village of Niederkaufungen, just outside Kassel, we are Germany's largest non-religious, non-spiritual commune. Our main principles and focuses are on sustainability and the attempt to be as ecological as possible, consensus decision making, left-wing politics, reduction of patriarchal and hierarchical structures, a completely socialised internal communal economy, and … Read more
Ces
Experiencing the Ces community ? Ces is a small village in the southern Swiss Alps. It is situated on a wild wide plain on 1450 m., high above the Leventina Valley, one of the main traffic connections between Northern and Southern Europe. The village has about 25 houses and stables, some of them in ruins, others already rebuilt. As there is no road leading to Ces, the only way to reach this spot is by walking up the mountain. This takes about two hours, depending on your physical … Read more
Delphin-Gemeinschaft
We bought an Old School House in wonderful area of "Black Forest" with best water, air +many procets of friends near by. … Read more
