This is a real ‘web’, just like a spider’s – a place of connections – ideas – information – of dreams!
Our aim is to make it a Web of Hubs for alternative and free cultural spaces and people
The idea is to provide a loose-knit, non-hierarchical, web-based resource network for a wide range of what we are calling ‘Free Cultural Spaces’ (FCS). They wouldn’t necessarily use that term to describe themselves, but we need a simple, non-threatening term!
Greenpeace International is a campaigning and activist organisation to give “the Earth a voice”.
Senegalese eco-village in Africa. An agricultural commune founded in 1933 by a group of French people.
Still actively working for social and environmental change.
Since 2009 it has been a commune. To find out more, check out their website.
Links to a couple of guerrilla gardening sites. The idea is to radicalise and ‘re-wild’ community spaces – public or private. More than a mix of seed bomb tactics and the arcane knowledge of William Robinson’s Wild Gardening.
Best known for developing the concept of temporary autonomous zones (TAZ). Originally, his name was Peter Lamborn Wilson - he is an often controversial USA, Sufi-anarchist writer and activist.
This is a link to his writings available at the Anarchist Library. Plus a video link to rather self-opinionated interviewer talking to Hakim Bey.
German police have been evicting treehouse activists after a six-year standoff to protect a 12,000 year old forest from being turned into an open cast coal mine
Link to the website of, and a film about, La’Akea Permaculture Farm on Big Island, Hawaii. They host permaculture courses and conferences in an amazing setting of lush forests and volcanoes.
It’s a small community group with equal co-ownership of the land.
Links to their website and a short video.
Hawkwind Mission Control – legendary free festival favourites - psy-rockers.
Like similar schemes, this offers an alternative to WWooFing for both hosts and volunteers.
They say: “HelpX is provided primarily as a cultural exchange for working holiday makers who would like the opportunity during their travels abroad, to stay with local people and gain practical experience. In the typical arrangement, the helper works an average of 4 hours per day and receives free accommodation and meals for their efforts.”
The ‘work’ is more varied too. But the internet shows that there is a diverse range of experiences that have come from the scheme, not always entirely positive.
Like other similar schemes, it is essentially a membership database, for both hosts and volunteers. See their website for details.
Duke Foundation State. Formerly a squat, there is now low cost affordable housing and workshops in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. An activist centre.
This site explains its history and bit about what is currently going on.
The Burgers factory building in Eindhoven, Netherlands, was squatted originally in 1990.
Now, the HertogStaat Foundation aims to create and maintain affordable living and workshops for starting entrepreneurs, artisans and artists. Includes events and happenings.
A lively community of residents and creators.