We are an international intentional community who are working to train teachers who are empowered through education and capable of responding to the big issues of our time and the future. Developing independent thinkers, problem solvers and alternative educators. … Read more
Ecovillages
Hallingelille Ecovillage
In Hallingelille, we work to learn and create more sustainable ways of building and living. We use various sources of inspiration such as good ecological principles and the idea of permaculture - as goals and tools, where we are flexible in the specific situation, but strive to find the best and most sustainable solutions. We explore the respect for diversity, including our different borders. What stirs in us and among us, the things we act for and towards, represent the 'flow' we as … Read more
Avnø Oasis Ecovillage
Avnø Oasis consists of a cohousing community, an educational institution and entrepreneurial projects. The guiding principle of Avnø Oasis is to live in a world, where we compassionately connect to ourselves, each other & the environment and contribute towards a thriving planet. … Read more
Friskoven
Friskoven is a newly started ecovillage that focuses on Radical Sustainability, Free and Self directed Learning and Economic freedom, which means we want to take sustainability to a level where we grow most of our own food, share resources and build with natural materials. We want to create an environment for homeschooling and home life which calls for economic freedom for freedom of fulltime work … Read more
New Roots
New Roots is a project in the ecovillage Hallingelille in Denmark. We invite traumatized refugees for rehabilitation through nature-based therapy and experiences of community. New Roots started in 2014, working with a nearby asylum center. Later it was part of a research project run from the University of Copenhagen, looking into nature-based therapy for refugees. In our experience the combination of nature and a welcoming community has a great potential of stabilizing traumas, rebuilding … Read more
Dyssekilde Økosamfund
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
AIH Andelssamfundet i Hjortshöj
AiH aims to be an example of a holistic way of living with sustainability as a keyword in respect to both ecological, economical and social aspects of life. This approach is visible in many ways in our daily life. … Read more
Munksøgårds
Munksøgård is situated near Roskilde on Zeeland just half an hour by train from Copenhagen. The community's focus is on finding solutions to living in ways that are environmentally sustainable together with people from different backgrounds. Munksøgård sonsists of 100 houses divided into 5 groups of two-storey buildings each situated around a farmhouse which acts as the common house for eating together and hosting social events. The different groups are composed of different types of … Read more
Hertha Levefællesskab/Hertha Living Community
Hertha Levefællesskab/Hertha Intentional Community is situated near Aarhus in Jutland on a slope with a tremendous view. It was founded in 1996 and now consists of about 150 people including 27 developmentally disabled persons. The main topic in this village community is social ecology, i.e. how do we get a culturally and socially sustainable community running including a group of people with special needs. The community decisions are made on an anthroposophical (Rudolf Steiner) basis and we … Read more
Christiania
Christiania is a self-governed community in Copenhagen, Denmark, where every individual is free to express themselves whilst also bearing a certain responsibility to ensure sufficient uptake. As a community, Christiania tries to show that as a society we must take away some of the energy invested in economics and learn to release some of the mental and physcial stress that often dominates. During its more than 30-year history, the community has gone through many changes and it things haven’t … Read more
