Phil Rooksby’s personal site, with links to books, ideas, and well, lots of nicely Utopian dreams! A world nomad and seeker of the absolute, best low-impact dwelling place possible. El Pocito!
Also dedicated to his sadly demised partner, Maureen Rooksby and her book ‘Tread softly because you tread on my dreams’.
Lots of interesting links off this hub site.
There are a number of organisations and communities around the world with this name. This is the link to: Emmaus International, which is committed to its work in six priority areas:
right to water,
health
education,
ethical finance,
fighting human trafficking,
international migration
Enabler Publications site, based in the UK offers an interesting portal into information, links and books about the new Travellers in the UK and beyond, the evolution of festivals, eco-living, alternative Australia and a diverse range of interests around creative work with young people and the environment, including Africa.
Enough is Enough
A radical protest hub site.
Agree or disagree, it’s challenging, controversial and gets the brain ticking!
Located on coast of California at the Big Sur. Esalen is a commune; a centre for human consciousness-raising educational workshops; hot springs; land conservation and stewardship; yoga and tantric sex; a retreat. And at various times, home to talents and ideas of luminaries such as Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary, Joan Baez and Albert Hoffman.
A fascinating seedbed of influence even on Russians such as Boris Yeltsin.
One of a number of retreats and intentional communities in a beautiful area of Peru.
Their Facebook site says:
“Espíritu de Anaconda is a healing center where the art of Traditional Amazonian Medicine is practiced in its pure essence. The center is under the supervision of Master healer Guillermo Arévalo and his wife Sonia Chuquimbalqui.”
However, there are many critical posts about the Master.
Links to their Facebook page and one of the critical postings from Canada.
Eurotopia – Links to some pages and extracts from the: Living in community directory of communities and eco-villages in Europe. An invaluable guide book in print form to communities.
The site says it:
“is a platform for experimental urban development. We think that the liveable and sustainable cities of the future will emerge from urban experiments rather than being the result of traditional planning. This website is meant to inspire new ways of working with urban development, based on 1:1 experiments in urban space and is intended as a resource for citizens, developers, planners, politicians and others who is interested in working with experimental urban development.”
US-based sister organisation to the Fellowship for Intentional Community. Provides a support network for a number of communal groups in North America. So, it is a small hub site with links to a range of communal groups.
A fairly radical, but practical year-long demonstration project and photographic exhibition by Walter Lewis, documenting alternative approaches to agriculture and land management. Focussed on England and Wales. He says:
“A radical new approach – or approaches – is required – a case of learning from the past and moving on with new farming and growing systems which are actively regenerative of the land and soil, the environment, community and communities, and ultimately our individual souls.”
Lots of interesting images and ideas including the Woodsmen of Allendale in Northumberland.