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Meltemi

Region: GEN Europe
Languages: Greek, English

We are an ecovillage located just outside the coastal town of Rafina, in Attica, Greece on a plot of 150 stremma, with more than 200 resident families. We are a fully fledged non-profit NGO for sustainable development and ecological sensitivity, governed by a combination of direct participatory democracy and representative democracy. Meltemi was established in 1946, in the midst of the Greek civil war, as a back-to-nature, getaway from the city by a group of Petroleum Company employees. … Read more

Dyssekilde Økosamfund

Region: GEN Europe
Languages: Danish, English

DYSSEKILDE STORY The Ecovillage Dyssekilde (ED) has born and developed from the idea to create a village with ecological principles (sustainable and recycled materials, low-energy and simplicity), where people had self-made private houses and common outside grounds. The social vision was to develop a good and supportive neighborhood and take decisions together in common meetings (4 each year). The association bought some land with a farm building and 13 hectares of potato fields in 1987. 50 … Read more

ASB Valley Panpoli

Region: GENOA
Languages: English, Tamil

Presently the land is with Coconut, Mango, Cashew orchard and we would like to include cattle, fish farm and intence crop under organic cultivation. Presently only two family is settled we plan to increase it another 5 famililies. … Read more

Wilderland

Region: GENOA
Language: English

We host volunteers all year round for 4 weeks immersive experiential learning about living off the land, organically and holistically. … Read more

Matavenero y Poibueno

Region: GEN Europe
Languages: Spanish, English, French, German

Este proyecto nacido en 1989, se fundó por un grupo de personas pertenecientes al movimiento Rainbow. A través de un anuncio por parte de la diputación, el cual expresaba la preocupación por el abandono rural y la creciente despoblación en la provincia de León se les cedió este valle abandonado de tan singular belleza, para … … Read more

Lakabe

Region: GEN Europe
Languages: Spanish, Basque, French

Somos una pequeña comunidad ubicada el norte de navarra. Hace 34 años decidimos ocupar un pueblo e intentar ver que pasa cuando decides ser tu propio sujeto activo del futuro. … Read more

Valle de Sensaciones

Region: GEN Europe
Languages: English, German, Spanish, Swahili

Our paradise valley invites for exploration, celebration, learning and to find sanctuary. Here we enjoy a paradise environment with treehouses, cave spaces, artistic clay buildings, circus and other caravans, the ‘Spa’ glas-temple with hot tub, the ‘Moon temple’ as a sacred space for feminine empowerment and healing, the … Read more

Suderbyn Permaculture Eco-village

Region: GEN Europe
Languages: English, Dutch, French, Russian, Swedish

Suderbyn Ecovillage is an intentional community of open-minded people from various countries and cultures, located on the island Gotland in the middle of the Baltic Sea. We question patterns of consumption, social structures and cultural stereotypes. We experiment in different areas with innovation and traditional knowledge with the attempt to create a model of healthy and happy society. … Read more

Atamai Village

Region: GENOA
Language: English

Planning began in 2006 with the vision of establishing a sustainable settlement for up to 50 families. The driver was a shared concern for the dramatic changes coming from climate chaos and energy descent so initial design considerations took these emerging processes into account. An orchard has been established on the Commons with a pond for irrigation. Utility trees have also been planted. The Commons is managed collectively by villagers using a modified consensus decision-making process. A … Read more