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.
Facebook group that is pretty much all about what it says on the tin.
Some nice video and photo links to enviro-stuff around the world.
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.
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!
See also: Free Tibet listing
Here are links to the International Campaign for Tibet, campaigner, Kate Saunders and the Tibet Society.
There is no definitive view on the best ways in which to support Tibet, Tibetans and the Dalai Lama.
Lots of blogs, news items, links to videos, books and more.
This cultural, business and education platform in Aarhus was founded in 2009. It was established by Bureau Detours. The Institut (X) say:
“It is an independent and not-for-profit culture association arising from citizen initiatives.
The (X) is continuously redefined by the members of the platform, which include:
250 + active members
90 studios & workshops
50 businesses
25 associations
The outdoor spaces and park areas are public and we invite everyone to use and co-produce them.”
The interactivist info exchange.Up-keep by Autonomedia.
Australian ecology writer, activist, musician and founder of the Rainforest Information Center (RIC). Deep Ecologist and influential thinker. A communitarian. But also a person of humour and intelligence and gentle passion
Lots of information, videos and links about his books, ideas…and life are to be found at his homepage at the RIC.
The Japanese village of Kamikatsu has taken their commitment to sustainability to a whole new level. The town instated the Zero Waste Declaration with the goal of being completely waste-free by 2020.
It is reported that 80% of the town's garbage is recycled, reused, or composted, with the rest going to a landfill.
The process saves the village a third of its former costs from waste incineration.