Uganda is among the poorest countries in the world, with 85% of the population living on less than $2 a day. Tourism provides the community of Kahangi village near Kibale National Park with a reliable source of income and helps tackle poverty and protect the environment. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism has come to a standstill. … Read more
Spiral Wetlands A grey water treatment design
The proposed solution describes a natural grey water treatment system based on aquatic plants in a spiral design which requires little space to implement and meet the quality of treatment required by legislation. … Read more
Easy Dry Toilet Accessible and safe technique for maintenance and use of humanure and urine from a dry toilet
The solution offers an easy to implement technique, based on accessible resources (ashes and lime), that promises to neutralize pathogens, control insects while providing a quick way to generate compost from humanure and solve sanitation issues anywhere in the world. … Read more
Family living, organic and working towards self sustainable
Our dream is to join together with like minded families and people to share, exchange and grow together. We like to built, do handcrafts, learn with our kids, have animals around us, get our hands dirty and develop our spirits and minds. We like to be open and learn from each other. Our vision is to find people that would like to build a community by becoming neighbours and living in a freely arranged community. To exchange knowledge and goods and give our kids a space to grow and … Read more
Balaya Buyul Community
The community is a land-sharing community consisting of 24 adults and 13 children (and growing) ranging in ages from 0-70 years. We care for a beautiful 95 acre property near the town of Mullumbimby with a mix of waterholes, rainforest, food growing and livestock. We are in the process of building our houses (approval for 12) with an existing community centre. Our community vision is to become a regenerative, abundant, joyful and inspiring community using best practices for shared community … Read more
Educating for transitions: ecovillages as transdisciplinary sustainability “classrooms”
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pedagogical tools that can enhance transdisciplinarity in higher education and stimulate sustainability transitions, based on the case study of a partnership between the University of Brasilia and an ecovillage in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study was carried out, based on professors’ experience, students’ reports and registration data. Emergent themes were discussed based on the concepts of sustainability transitions, … Read more
Conscious Movement Luxembourg
Conscious Movement Luxembourg is a non-profit organization founded in 2018 and its mission is to protect essential human rights and facilitate social interaction. We believe in holding space and nurturing the nature of community life. Together we move, breathe, eat and dance consciousness. Welcome home. … Read more
Sunshine Ecovillage
Sunshine Ecovillage is an organization promotes the ecovillage movement in China. It is a partner of GEN and the UNESCO National Working Committee on ESD. It is located at Xuling Village in a valley near Hangzhou with terrace, mineral water and fresh air. It lives in a lifestyle searching the relations between man & Society & Nature. It tries to promote the transformation of eco-civ by education. … Read more
Vaishnav Dham Ecovillage
We are looking forward to work on the following domains: 1. Regenerative Agriculture 2.Employment Generation 3. Women Empowerment 4. Circular Economy 5. Education Project 6. Solar Energy 7. Water Harvesting 8. Sewage Water Treatment 9. Waste Management … Read more
The Camphill School
We are part of the worldwide Camphill movement and the only Camphill community in North America for children. We offer residential and day academic and prevocational programs, as well as therapeutic care for children in kindergarten through grade twelve. We also offer a Transition Program for young people ages eighteen to twenty-one. Students participate in a full range of conventional and holistic therapies along with prevocational programs, community-based instruction, entrepreneurial … Read more
