Bellbunya Sustainable Community

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2008

What we do

Bellbunya Community is set up as a small eco-village on 16 ha (40 acres). We have organic food gardens, wildlife corridors, a creek and lagoon, a conference hall restaurant, and accommodation for volunteers and 20 guests in twin-share and bunkroom accommodation. The Centre is run on 100% renewable energy.
Bellbunya is owned by Association for Sustainable Communities Inc, a not-for-profit association with a tax-deductible fund. The Association dreams of being able to seed more communities!
Bellbunya Community was established to explore ways to create a re-localised and sustainable future. Our “4-bottomline” approach includes: (1) personal and spiritual growth, (2) social sustainability, (3) economic sustainability, and (4) environmental sustainability. We practise a permaculture approach to organic growing and engage in bushland regeneration. Over time, we have sought to employ a broad range of group process skills and techniques for group facilitation, collaborative decision making, team building, conflict resolution, and project management. We have developed various processes and structures to support us in functioning effectively and to be able to continue to learn and grow – both as a community and as individuals. Our developing enterprises consider the healthy interplay of relationships with our environment and each other.
Join us for a community experience, incorporating activities such as permaculture, yoga, healthy eating, and community living.
With comfortable accommodation and well-equipped conference facilities, Bellbunya can also provide an inspirational environment within a rural setting ideal for:
* Yoga, spiritual retreats and personal awareness
* Group eco-awareness
* Permaculture and sustainable farming workshops
* Sustainable building and green technology workshops
* Community and team-building retreats
* Healthy living and cooking classes
Receive regular updates on what we are up to by joining our email list or Facebook group.
http://www.bellbunya.org.au

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Danish
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2008
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
12

How to join

Join the Community form on the website.
Meet the community members and visit the property by organising a day trip and be part of the garden sessions run every Wednesday and from there be part of community meal, or book short term guest accommodation or apply as a part-time volunteer. There is a 4 week trial for any new member.

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Location

  • Australia

Promoted Needs and Offers

  • Events
8 years ago

Fall part time Permaculture Design Course

Dates: 9 weekends (16 days) from Sept 8th -Dec 9, 2018 What better way to wind down the growing season than to embark on a permaculture design course? During this 100 hour course students learn to read the landscape, analyse problems, and design ecological solutions for the home, garden, or city. The Permaculture Design Certificate is a participatory and dynamic learning experience; classes include in-depth permaculture theory, design methodology, exercises, and group projects. They also include a whole lot of deep questioning, laughter, and growth! The curriculum we follow at P3 was developed by the late Bill Mollison in Australia in the 1970’s, and is today regarded as the standard in permaculture education, recognized and respected worldwide. At P3, our facilitators emphasize that permaculture goes beyond gardening and agriculture. With permaculture we can design solutions for: food deserts, the heat-island effect, and mis-managed waste systems. With edible landscaping and ecological architecture, we can increase the efficiency of our homes, our farms, and our communities. The solutions-based vision of permaculture practice is holistic and regenerative. P3 Permaculture alum have used their PDC to start projects and businesses in permaculture consultation, education, ecological agriculture, regenerative community organizing, urban farming, composting, and much more. The PDC program helps students to closely observe the natural principles and patterns that drive ecological systems. Understanding nature and our place within it is the first step towards healing broken systems. We hope that you can join us!
  • Events
10 years ago

Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship

Are you a Permaculturalist? Ecovillage Designer? Deep Ecologist? Builder? Gardener? Natural product maker? Healer? Herbalist? Nutritionist? Shaman? Dancer? Artist? Yogi & Yogini? Are you looking for a community to live to practice your knowledge and skills, a space to share your knowledge and skills with others, a place to use your knowledge and skills to create positive impact on earth? Then, you might be interested in this program! What is Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship Program? The Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship is a 4 months program where we provide a learning space for those who wish to deepen and widen their knowledge and skills relating to sustainable and conscious living, who wish to use their knowledge and skills to help creating a better place on earth and who wish to share their knowledge and skills with others, who want to gain experience on teaching, leading groups and practice their facilitation skills as well as other skills for community living. Who might be interested? We are providing this program especially for people who are interested in teaching / practicing/ experimenting their knowledge that is related to sustainable or conscious living such as the following areas: Permaculture, Ecovillage Design, Deep Ecology, Spiritual Ecology, Wilderness retreats, Gardening, Natural Building, Alternative Technology, Nutrition, Herbalism, Healthy Food & Diet, Natural Healing & energy healing, Natural Products, Shamanism, Dance, Artists, Yoga & Tai Chi etc. What the Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship offers to teacher interns? Time to study/research/experiment in your area of expertise for two days a week. This does not include the holiday (Sunday) Space to practically practice/experiment/to go deep in your area of expertise/interest Training and mentoring on facilitation skills and leadership styles (workshop on facilitation skills every two weeks) Training and mentoring on workshop/session design Chance to lead /give sm

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