A pioneering Slovenian art collective, the NSK originated in Slovenia in the early 1980s. The NSK exhibited at the 2017 International Art Exhibition in Venice (the 57th). They created a sloping installation that celebrates the shaky foundations of their imaginary country, and offers a ‘passport’ for the dispossessed. The NSK State was formed in 1992.
It explores the meaning of states, nations and statelessness. Here’s a link to an interesting BBC article about the NSK. And a link to their official site.
See also the World Passport site.
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.
This is a permaculture village located at Shawnigan Lake, British Colombia in Canada.
They say: “O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE is a sustainable learning community and demonstration site located in the beautiful Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We base our work on Permaculture principles and offer learning opportunities for Natural Building, Sustainable Food Production and Leadership.”
Links to their website and to a video.
Occupy Wall Street spawned an international movement known simply as ‘Occupy’. It was founded amidst social unrest about economic inequalities partly created by financial institutions and banking.
Organics network in Denmark. Active in sustainability issues, and organising conferences and events that support organic solutions in building, agriculture and every-day living.
Eco village development and applications of ecological solutions to societal problems are central to the OKO-Net’s work and practical approaches.
Old Hall with 40 adults and 10 under 18s, is one of the more established intentional communities in the UK. This intentional community in the East Anglian area of England, has a diversity of people and beliefs, but works on consensus. Environmentalism and woodland skills are at its core. It also has historic links with the Albion Festivals.
Links to their main site and to Reb Stevenson’s video about Old Hall WWOOFers!
Ome Cor and his life in Gypsy wagons in the Netherlands. Two links.
Site dedicated to archiving a wide range of counter-cultural materials, films, music video, magazines and more, including the whole archive of the underground newspaper, ‘Oz’. They also run courses.
A Big 'hub' site.
Links to their website and FB page.
Open Mind is a fairly mainstream, generic, rather glossy site for news articles on big subject areas such as ‘spirituality’ and ‘technology’. It covers a diverse range, from GM foods through to this link, which they’ve dubbed the 'World’s 12 Strangest Festivals'. They don't all sound especially 'nice'.
Uniquely disturbing Australian artist, visionary, theatre performer and musician. Inhabits the outer hemispheres of the brain and the occult. An alternative-festival cult, but not for the squeamish!
A couple of links to start you off into his diverse, wild worlds.