Our focus is on environmental sustainability and community building. We are governed through consensus process and highly value nonviolent communication. Roots was founded in 2012 by 10 activists out of the Occupy movement and promotes awareness of societally generated oppression with the goal of creating a new standard for non-hierarchical relationships.Now at Roots, we endeavor to create an ecovillage in order to achieve our goal of environmental and social sustainability. This will … Read more
Ecovillages
Songaia Cohousing Community
Community Values SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE AND ABUNDANCE Moving toward a more sustainable lifestyle; we share many resources such as childcare, tools, and expertise. We recycle, repair, reuse, and practice patterns of cooperative living together. We live out of a sense of abundance and therefore approach community with the understanding that getting enough is more important than "counting beans" to ensure exact equality. SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTRIBUTION Creativity and engagement … Read more
Bergen Ecovillage
Bergen Ecovillage is establishing an ecovillage which will house a diversity of people and possibilities, buidning sustainable houses and creating green jobs and activities. We live a rich and simple life, taking care of each other, the nature and the future, focussing on growing, sharing and fair trade. - See examples of some houses: www.opaform.no/bergen-okologiske-landsby. See pictures on Instragram! … Read more
Investing in People Worldwide
My community is a small locality in the south west region of Cameroon. Since 2016, my country has been in a sociopolitical crisis. Freedom of movement within the community on certain days and to certain areas is being restricted. The killings, shootings and burning down of villages has caused a high increase of internally displaced persons to flee in my town Buea, for refuge and help. In order to keep many of these women and youth, we (IPW) , implemented trainings on income generating … Read more
Help create a new intentional community eco-tourism farm stay and healing center in a forest next to the USA border Ⓥ Mexico
We recently started to build a little off-grid intentional community, Glampling Eco-Resort Project located in the mountains near the border with the USA (San Diego), 30 mins. driving to the only magic town in the state of Baja California, Tecate. Much more than just a Boutique Resort, it will be a healing center and an amazing place for retreats, events and workshops, a space for people to meet, learn, relax and explore a holistic life. We are setting up a small organic/permaculture garden. We … Read more
Taiyari
Comenzamos este proyecto mi pareja y yo desde hace ya algunos años, este tiempo ha sido un constante de prueba y error, de investigación de nuevas formas (y no tan nuevas) de acercarnos a la solución de nuestras necesidades. En este tiempo se han sumado amigos que se han convertido en una segunda familia. Trabajamos bioconstrucción y autoconstrucción con un enfoque de empoderamiento personal, sembramos, reciclamos, compartimos el temazcal y aprendemos a relacionarnos nuevamente con los altares … Read more
Lebensraum Belmont
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FREE: Future Rural Economic Empowerment
The head quarters of FREE, an organisation focussed on self reliant regeneration of underprivileged rural communities. We host community meetings, music/cultural festivals, local food and craft markets, trainings in permaculture, ecosocial entrepreneurship, and regeneration; and are building community food/training gardens at the site.This is achieved by uniting individuals and communities through knowledge, sharing and working towards a common goal eg. food production, local enterprise, … Read more
C’est la Vie
Projet d'Ecovillage “C’est la Vie” "C'est la Vie" ecovillage project in France[English below //]Nous sommes une poignée de personnes souhaitant s'installer sur un terrain entre le Jura et les Vosges.La mission de l'écovillage est d'accueillir des personnes handicapées ou en souffrance et de leur (re)donner une vie épanouissante au sein d'un lieu près de la Nature. Nous voulons aussi faire de cet endroit une communauté internationale et accueillir d'autres cultures.Nous … Read more
El Manzano
El ManzanoSiendo el cambio“…auto-organizándose para la resiliencia local…”El Manzano es una pequeña comunidad familiar en la región del BioBío, Chile. Despertando, alzándose, afirmando el derecho humano y la responsabilidad fundamental de la autodeterminación.Un aldea familiarSomos cuatro familias que vivimos juntas en una aldea familiar. La casa grande es el centro de la aldea, hogar de los abuelos. Está rodeado por tres bellas casas, hechas a mano con materiales locales, … Read more
