Springhouse is a prototype of regenerative culture. We envision a regenerative culture where all people are connected to the vitality within themselves, their community, and the Earth. We move toward this vision by creating and sharing a model of regenerative culture through vitality-centered education that equips people to courageously respond to the world’s emerging needs. … Read more
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Blueberry Creek Village
Blueberry Creek Village is a non-profit cooperative located on a beautiful 90 acres property, in the Blaeberry, 20 min away from Golden B.C near the Canadian Rockies. The land is surrounded by mountains, has its own creeks and a waterfall! We want to co-create with the environment an eco-village with a human dimension; sustainable houses that work in harmony with their environment! Our main goals are: create an alternative school Produce sustainable food Defend community … Read more
Kwasha Mukwenu
Although Zambia is endowed with vast natural resources such as abundant water bodies, a variety of minerals, fertile soils and fair weather conditions; a number of people, particularly those in rural areas, continue to go on empty stomachs day in, day out. Worse still, life debilitating diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria seem to continue thriving on their poverty situation. This prompted us to rise up and awaken the local people to the reality that there is actually so much … Read more
ECO-CLEAN GHANA FOUNDATION
Eco-Clean Ghana Foundation is a Not for Profit organization that recycles waste into resources and creates entrepreneurial opportunities for the vulnerable in our society. It uses permaculture and ecovillage sustainable modules in turning waste into resources and creating livelihood empowerment opportunities. It empowers women and youth into generating income from plastic waste. … Read more
Jacutinga do Caparaó
We founded the Associação Permacultural Jacutinga do Caparaó in 2017, now we are 14 families in this group. We are located in the Caparaó region, in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. We are agroforesting an area of 6 hectares, in a land of 12 hectares, and our intention is to create a permacultural school in this area. Now some families are constructing their houses, expecting to move there soon. We are a group of studies and practices in technologies for the transition. Our understanding … Read more
ReSCOPE Programme
Our flagship project is the Green economy and Social Enterprises for community resilience which is being implemented in 10 communities in Zambia. The project is aimed at helping vulnerable groups in these communities to fight both poverty and climate change and achieve climate justice through innovation. The participating communities are diversifying their farming and adding value to their produce … Read more
Daruma Ecovillage
Daruma is a permaculture designed educational Ecovillage that facilitates life-long learning activities. Designed from the outset with permaculture principles in mind, the intention behind Daruma is to be a lifelong learning centre. There is no particular spiritual doctrine. Respect for others, old & young, and a natural curiosity & desire to learn seem to be common to all who visit here. Everything on-site can and is used for educational purposes, as are resources in the local … Read more
Eco Aldea Tierra de Niebla
VISION Ser una comunidad ecológica y autosuficiente, donde familias e individuos cuidamos el entorno, compartiendo nuestros recursos, habilidades y talentos para llevar una vida creativa, digna, sostenible y plena. MISION Somos un grupo de familias e individuos organizados con el fin de lograr un modo de vida sostenible, fomentando la seguridad alimentaria, educación alternativa, salud holística, economía solidaria y protección ambiental, aprendiendo y compartiendo conocimientos y … Read more
Magic Forest Community in Bulgaria
We are 3 families (with a total of 8 kids) based in Bulgaria, an hour South-West of Sofia, in a neighborhood of a village, suitable for populating to form an environmentally-friendly community within the same physical area. We have an extended network of other families that have chosen a life in nature in the surrounding area (20 km radius) that we meet with and support each other. … Read more
Earthaven Ecovillage
Earthaven is an aspiring ecovillage founded in 1994 on 329 acres in the mountain forests of Western North Carolina, about 50 minutes from Asheville. We are spiritually diverse and value sustainable ecological systems, permaculture design, elegant simplicity, right livelihood, and healthy social relations. We have both vegetarians and omnivores, and some of us raise livestock for food. We hope to become empowered, responsible, ecologically literate citizens who model bioregionally appropriate … Read more