Houses at Findhorn Trying to summarise what Findhorn is about, what it does and what contribution it makes is almost impossible. Every visitor, resident, student or employee would focus on something different. Even in its own literature it describes itself as a ‘spiritual community, learning centre, ecovillage’. It is these three things and so … Continue reading Findhorn Eco-village, Forres, Scotland
Book review: The Birth of an eco-village by Paul Wimbush
Starting an eco-village is such an enormous and ambitious task that few attempt it and many fail early on. Despite a plethora of books about eco-village living, few detail the full painstaking journey of founding one (Diana Leafe Christian’s Creating a Life Together and Jan Martin Bang’s Growing Eco-Communities being the two main exceptions). This … Continue reading Book review: The Birth of an eco-village by Paul Wimbush
LILAC, Leeds: Low Impact Living Affordable Community
LILAC is a new co-housing eco-development in urban west Leeds (Bramley), Britain. It is particularly interesting because it is using straw bale, it is accessible (the definition of which I will return to), affordable, grassroots, collective, and (sub)urban. There are 12 flats, 8 houses and a communal house, building work is advancing at a pace … Continue reading LILAC, Leeds: Low Impact Living Affordable Community
The Triangle Housing Project, Swindon, UK
The Triangle Housing Project (Swindon UK) was designed by Glenn Howells Architects and was the vision of Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs fame. His aim was to build beautiful, contemporary, affordable, sustainable homes and still make money. He wanted to put into practice his ideology that housing should be a combination of Happiness, Architecture and Beauty (HAB Housing). … Continue reading The Triangle Housing Project, Swindon, UK
NEW REPORT: Low Impact Communities in Britain
I have recently given several talks around Britain about how we can encourage the building of more low impact communities. I have collated the talks into a short report on the topic, available here as a PDF: Low impact communities in Britain. The report identifies three key types of barrier to low impact communities: political, economic and … Continue reading NEW REPORT: Low Impact Communities in Britain
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