Lebensgarten, which means the ‘Garden of Life’ - is a spiritual intentional community located in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the site of a former Nazi arms factory. Lebensgarten also has a large permaculture park, in which the organisers say that our “agriculture and human settlements are modelled after nature”.
There’s a second link to a video about the community and park.
A German initiative in Schermbeck. It appears to include workshops and a creative café.
They say: “The Life Lernort Old brick factory consists
of two parts, the interconnected and are mutually strengthening:
1. The living area is an incorporated,
non-profit organization, which can issue donation receipts-and receives received subsidies-members.
2. The social enterprise Life Lernort Old brick has three areas which include:
2.1. Space - Rentals
2.2. LehmOase - earth construction / consulting
2.3. Life Workshop”
Ley lines
This Facebook community says:
"Our beautiful Planet Earth is a conscious and vibrant living entity. As our body have 7 major Chakras, so does the Earth. Energy flows through each of Earth's main Chakra and makes up the spiritual body that is our world. The Chakras of the Earth are connected by energy circuits called Ley lines...”
Enter in to their link and another one about the history of Ley lines.
Living in the Future. The personal website of Helen Iles, with lots of links to intentional communities, eco-villages and participatory film-making (she used to work with ‘Undercurrents’, and more.
Lost Valley and Meadowsong Eco-Village is located near Eugene, Oregon in the USA. This well-established community is home to resident artists and workers who help run the associated education and permaculture centre.
A useful site to explore just how they deal with visitors and those seeking to join the community team.
Lowimpact.org is a non-profit organisation - a network of great people and organisations providing information, training, products & services to help you live more sustainably. In the section, ‘Change your life’, over 200 topics to engage with, from becoming a Willing Worker on Organic Farms (wwoofers) to living in intentional communities.
An organic farmland area near Schiphol airport – squatted, but under threat from airport business developments.
A major ‘contested’ site at a time of climate change and environmental concerns. Demos and festivals to support the site are continuing.
A Netherlands’ freespace described as:
“LBB or Landbouwbelang was an old grain storage facility. Abandoned years ago.
Since 2002, the LBB has been squatted and turned into an autonomic freezone in Maastricht for music, arts and culture. It is a collective of spaces, entrepreneurships and creative people. It creates space for experimenting, exchanging knowledge and developing sustainable and creative lifestyle.”
At the Mushroom Farm, 70 kms from Vilnius in Lithuania. The Magick Gathering is a new psych-event with a hippy ideology. Based in 25 hectares of rural woodlands and ponds. A magick and mystical site indeed.
Very much a small acorn that being is loved and nurtured. The Mushroom Farm is set to become a venue for a variety of festivals and live events. Link to the MG facebook page.
Frank from Doel says: "An artisan group living and working in the so-called Gorgs, a part of the Pyrenees Mountains situated in Spain near an old factory in the village of Castel Follit de la Roca. Most people speak Spanish there, so it is good to bring a booklet Spanish-dutch or visa-versa, since the last locals living in the village probably don't know the 'lingua franca'. Their site is operated from the Netherlands, strangely enough...
When and where they work? They are operating constantly whilst there is good weather of Spain, but their practices are more Basque probably. They offer suggestions for free living practices. E.g. To make an outdoor kitchen for free. Check it out in real life or or visit them digitally and read in American, and French as well. Their motto is: Make more with Less..."