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!
Nomads United organise horse caravans, reforestation festivals and more.
Norway is home to the largest and apparently 'best' public hut system in the world. It's a way of life for locals and a novelty for visitors.
The Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) oversees more than 500 cabins spanning the country and situated incrementally throughout the National Parks and other areas of great natural beauty.
There is an annual charge and huts are graded and charged accordingly.
NBHAP: Hub site to all sorts of festivals, music, reviews, culture and more info. Glossy, but especially useful listings for some good Eastern European festies.
A mix of news and politics. Lots of interesting articles, ranging from squats to eco-villages to sexuality and world issues. At times the alternativism is a bit ‘glossy’.
They run different news streams to different parts of the world.
Lots of podcasts and links.
Innovative plans to turn abandoned cityscapes into vibrant new co-housing communities.
An interesting report focusing on Improvistos architects work in Alfarfar, south of Valencia in Spain.
A pioneering Slovenian art collective, the NSK originated in Slovenia in the early 1980s. The NSK exhibited at the 2017 International Art Exhibition in Venice (the 57th). They created a sloping installation that celebrates the shaky foundations of their imaginary country, and offers a ‘passport’ for the dispossessed. The NSK State was formed in 1992.
It explores the meaning of states, nations and statelessness. Here’s a link to an interesting BBC article about the NSK. And a link to their official site.
See also the World Passport site.
A hub site for explorations into the worlds of ‘permaculture’ and ‘natural building’ and more. With links to other web resources. Particularly powerful images of women as builders. A nice mix of passion and skills.
They say that their site is: “NuMundo is the story of a group of passionate, young travelers who came together with a purpose: to share first-hand experiences with personal transformation, planetary regeneration, and living in community.”
Link to an article on ‘Natural building is empowering women’ and to the main site.
This is a permaculture village located at Shawnigan Lake, British Colombia in Canada.
They say: “O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE is a sustainable learning community and demonstration site located in the beautiful Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We base our work on Permaculture principles and offer learning opportunities for Natural Building, Sustainable Food Production and Leadership.”
Links to their website and to a video.
Annual Psychedelic Tribal Gathering in Hungary. More than a festival, rather, a portal into new insights for life, living and EDM music and dance! Describes itself as, “a Spiritual Awakening”.
The O.Z.O.R.A. Festival has been held on an estate in Ozora near small village Dádpuszta every year since 2004. The first party was called Solipse and took place during the Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999.
The Ozora festival (with Solar United Natives festival) is one of the two sizeable psytrance festivals in Hungary, and is one of the fastest growing psychedelic trance festivals in the world.
Occupy Wall Street spawned an international movement known simply as ‘Occupy’. It was founded amidst social unrest about economic inequalities partly created by financial institutions and banking.