Nature and Environment Foundations – Dutch-based alternative energy and other environmental options.
World-wide links to the work of this agency. Based on non-confrontational approaches to nature and its custodianship. includes links and information on a diverse range of subjects.
Network Sailing Houseboats – a site for boat-dwellers in the Netherlands and those interested in the lifestyle anywhere around the world.
Link to Teara online encyclopedia, which provides a short history of NZ intentional communities, with some references to similar communities in other countries. Maoris traditionally lived communally. 1960s/70s communities included Wilderland and Karuna Falls.
Second link to the Christchurch City Library resources which suggest that there are between 50 and 100 intentional communities in NZ.
The former munitions storehouse of Rijksdomeinen was squatted in 1988 and pretty soon legalized. From the start it was aimed to house the widest possible diversity of creative professions and crafts. It provides work and living spaces close to the lands of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.
A major creative arts hub. With many events and art installations around the outskirts of the site.
Highly influential American radical thinker. “If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
Links to his official site and to a video of Noam talking about ‘militarization of space and science’.
Closed group – you have to join. Their aim according to site is for: “NOMADS (to provide) an online community for sharing ideas & information on low-budget/moneyless/low-impact ways to live sustainably on the road. If you have any relevant knowledge/experience you would be willing to share or have any relevant questions to enable you to better live in this way, then welcome home!”
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.
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 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.