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!
Organics network in Denmark. Active in sustainability issues, and organising conferences and events that support organic solutions in building, agriculture and every-day living.
Eco village development and applications of ecological solutions to societal problems are central to the OKO-Net’s work and practical approaches.
Old Hall with 40 adults and 10 under 18s, is one of the more established intentional communities in the UK. This intentional community in the East Anglian area of England, has a diversity of people and beliefs, but works on consensus. Environmentalism and woodland skills are at its core. It also has historic links with the Albion Festivals.
Links to their main site and to Reb Stevenson’s video about Old Hall WWOOFers!
Ome Cor and his life in Gypsy wagons in the Netherlands. Two links.
Site dedicated to archiving a wide range of counter-cultural materials, films, music video, magazines and more, including the whole archive of the underground newspaper, ‘Oz’. They also run courses.
A Big 'hub' site.
Links to their website and FB page.
Open Mind is a fairly mainstream, generic, rather glossy site for news articles on big subject areas such as ‘spirituality’ and ‘technology’. It covers a diverse range, from GM foods through to this link, which they’ve dubbed the 'World’s 12 Strangest Festivals'. They don't all sound especially 'nice'.
Many of the UK’s new Travellers and other hippy spirits from around the globe, elves, pirates and all kinds of alternative types, have long made their homes in the area of Southern Spain around Grenada.
Lots of old clapped out vehicles, people and cave-dwellers. In other words, a mixed bag. Good and bad. Optimistic and sad…
A couple of links to tales from this area. One from Plaid Zebra magazine and one to a Spanish site in English.
Uniquely disturbing Australian artist, visionary, theatre performer and musician. Inhabits the outer hemispheres of the brain and the occult. An alternative-festival cult, but not for the squeamish!
A couple of links to start you off into his diverse, wild worlds.
German language magazine featuring news and information about intentional communities, environmental issues, human rights issues and more.
One of the older intentional communities in the USA. Their Facebook site says:
“Padanaram is alive and well today and is located on nearly 3,000 acres in the wooded countryside of Martin County in southern Indiana. Founded in 1966 by Daniel Wright, his wife Lois and a few friends, it has grown from 86 acres to its present size.”
God’s Valley in Indiana. An relatively old ‘backwoods’ commune first formed by devoutly, and individually religious, Daniel Wright. At one time 200 folk lived there. But it is just about keeping going, now more a 'community' than a commune.
The second link is to a newspaper article and short video.
Unusual museum in the UK which offers insights into: “The Panacea Museum tells the history of The Panacea Society, an interesting and unique religious group that once existed in Bedford.”
Includes materials and videos on the 'The Gender of Apocalypse', a seminar discussing women’s roles in Millenarian Movements.
The Panacea Society believed that their home was the site of the original Garden of Eden.
Links to the Museum main site and a site about the Millenarian Movements.