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.
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.
Hippyland is really rather a strange site that mixes historic artefacts, rants and rather naïve meanderings about what being a hippy is all about.
Co-housing intentional community in Nottinghamshire, England.
They say: “Hockerton Housing Project is a community business and a self-sufficient co-housing development. Our mission is to, by practical example, act as a catalyst for change towards ecologically sound and sustainable ways of living.
We run a not-for-profit co-operative which hosts tours and courses for all ages, and provides consultancy services to help others deliver sustainability in their home, community or workplace.
Our earth-sheltered homes are built with high thermal mass and high levels of insulation to eliminate the need for heating systems.”
Includes videos on the HHP site and a link to an interesting newspaper article about HHP.
Born in Cambride, England, but influential as an Australian writer, minister and advocate of a rural communitarian way of life towards the end of the nineteenth century
Here is a link info about his life and to his novel, ‘The New Arcadia’.
The UK has a small, but interesting, ‘hutting’ movement particularly focused on Carbeth to the north of Glasgow in Scotland and Humberston in Lincolnshire. ‘Huts’ are sort of garden houses in rural areas – a home from home. They started out as somewhere for poorer people in urban areas to build and then experience their personal slice of country life.There’s a lot of them called ‘tuin’ houses in the Netherlands, especially around Amsterdam.
There’s a current Reforesting Scotland movement to achieve a new total of 1,000 huts and changes in planning regulations. Here are links to a couple of hub sites. Fascinating stuff!