Green Canvas of Light is a conscious sustainable Permaculture development project, intentional community, and place of Yoga and spiritual practice on a beautiful and fertile 50ha forest-farm in the Wilderness Lakes area of the Garden Route in South Africa. Fish Eagles, Leopard, Wild Boar, and Monkeys share the land with us. --- Full details about this project can be found on our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/green.canvas.of.light/ --- Vision: The creation of an … Read more
Projeto Walden XXI
Walden ou a vida nos bosques é uma autobiografia do escritor transcendentalista Henry David Thoreau. A obra é considerada, simultaneamente, como uma declaração de independência pessoal, uma experiência social, uma viagem de descoberta espiritual e um manual para a autossuficiência. Publicado em 1854, Walden é um manifesto poético contra a civilização industrial, que então ganhava força nos Estados Unidos. Diante da crescente complexidade da vida social estadunidense, derivada do … Read more
Kalamos island eco-community Greece
Our goal is to create an eco-community that will act as a catalyst towards the environmentally damaging practices in the area through direct actions and income-generating alternatives creation … Read more
Vale das Lobas
Vale das Lobas is a Rural Regeneration Project in the Beira Alta region of Portugal, promoting biodiversity, well being and discovery, and providing inspiration in natural medicine, eco-construction and agro-ecology. It is time to reverse the trend of the past few millennia, and set a course towards a healthy world for our children and grandchildren. … Read more
Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions (ISEES)
ISEES Center for Community and Ecovillage Development – is established as a living and learning center to build the capacity of ecovillage leaders and transition local communities into ecovillages. Projects such as the Bomigo Ecovillage Project seek to build resilience in local communities towards climate change adaptation, mangrove conservation and sustainable energy for productive uses. … Read more
Ecovillage at SEED, an International Community for Sustainable Living
Our ecovillage is comprised of members who own ½ hectare (~1.25 acre) private lots within the 150-hectare (~370 acre) sustainability focused SEED Corporation property. SEED is an acronym for Society for Ecological Education and Development. The five SEED Corporation partners all have ecological education and development backgrounds, and each owns or co-owns a residential property in the ecovillage. The Ecovillage at SEED is one of the corporation’s primary projects. Another is the ongoing … Read more
Tinos ecolodge
The eco lodge idea is about building an ecofriendly touristic destination on the island of Tinos, using sustainably the natural resources that surround us, cultivating the land and creating a self-sustained off the grid system. Because we believe that knowledge must be shared we organise every year a Permaculture Design Course in Autumn end September- beginning October. … Read more
Meadowsong EcoVillage
WHO WE ARE: “Meadowsong Ecovillage is an intentional community of educators, eco-entrepreneurs, and cultural creatives, located in Dexter, OR.” VISION: We envision the full maturation of a multigenerational, bioregionally adapted, culturally innovative community, committed to long-term stewardship of its land and culture. MISSION: Our mission is to explore, sustain, and share the values and practices of indefinitely sustainable living. VALUES: We are guided by the core … Read more
Ndem
Ndem is a community in the ‘Bassin Arachidier’ of Senegal, the Peanut Growing basin of the Sahel region. The area suffered rapid desertification and soil loss due to the climatic changes combined with the extensive monoculture of peanut that was once introduced by the French for export to its other territories. The rapid exodus reached its peak with the drought conditions in the 1980s that hit most of West Africa. For 30 years Ndem has been led by the spiritual Sufi leader Serigne Babacar … Read more
Casa Cares
Casa Cares is a guesthouse and meeting center of the Reformed Waldensian Church of Italy. For over thirty years it has established itself in the township of Reggello, an area known for olive oil. The villa in part is over 400 years old and the property includes a theater-chapel from the 1700's as well as 5 hectares of woods and 4 hectares of olive grove and organic vegetable garden and fruit orchard. Commitment to environmental care is also evident in the photovoltaic solar panels and the plant … Read more
