Sieben Linden: A pioneering eco-village in Germany that is oft quoted, especially in the 'Eurotopia' Directory, as an example of an intentional community that ‘works’.
The Sierra Club. One of the oldest environmental action groups in the world. Jointly established by John Muir from Dunbar in Scotland. Currently particularly active on Arctic drilling.
Eco-artists’ village in Sweden. They own their own premises. Their website states that: “Eco-ateliers, ‘Cut Source’ is located in Bottna in Bohuslän, about a kilometer from the west sea. Here are 23 households, of which 7 are year-round residents, and each site includes a studio space. Many of us who live in Cut Source are artistically active in different ways: here live architects, artists, filmmakers, photographers, writers, musicians and ordinary WAGE-SLAVE.”
The Soil Association is a membership charity campaigning in the UK for organic gardening and farming. Includes links to organic farms that can be visited.
Shamanistic group with different base-camps around the globe including Costa Rica, that describes itself as:
“Sound of Light is a Sacred Medicine and Music Circle with a Healing Retreat Center in the Costa Rican forest. We facilitate seminars with the Sacred Visionary Plant Teachers that include healing ceremonies, meditation practices, intentional music study, Temazcal ceremonies (sweatlodges) and integration circles. We are a growing Forest Community that welcomes people and families that look for a simple and profound communal forest life in the essence of the Medicine Path. “
SPACES was a three year project for artistic and cultural action in public space, taking place in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. It lasted from December 1st 2011 - November 30st 2014 and a film was produced called ‘Free Spaces’, which shows examples of how artists can become political activists in their community spaces.
The film looks of interest but we cannot find a link to it on line. It’s been filmed in the German language. The description is:
“FREE SPACES, based on the Spaces project, shows a new image of four major Eastern European cities. Ina Ivanceanu followed artists and activists who try to regain their right to the city and their freedom of expression with wit and creativity. A cinema gets occupied, an old Soviet circus reactivated, a gloomy underground passage transformed into an ironic but glamorous arena and a factory site converted into a cultural Agora. The film shows that conditions are similar in Tbilisi (Georgia), Yerevan (Armenia), Chisinau (Moldova) - and in Kiev (Ukraine), where civil society revolts, led by artists. All actions and projects reclaim public space in artistic and innovative ways.”
The film seems to have been produced by the Amour Fou film group in Luxembourg and Vienna.
UK Photographer, Walter Lewis’s website.
He says: “ ‘Only when we are capable of dwelling... only then can we build’ – Martin Heidegger
In referring to 'dwelling', Heidegger is referring to a way of living which involves sensual encounter with the world around us. In other words a way of 'being' which involves a sensibility to the world which we inhabit. Only when we have that sensibility can we overcome the otherwise inevitable disenchantment of contemporary materialism, and start to build in a sustainable way.”
Some remarkable photos illustrating sustainability and how walking and photography can combine creatively. You can also link to Walter’s Blog from this site.
Squatting Europe resource bank. With articles and information of events and books.
'Start Again' is a short documentary (in two parts) about an alternative, more hippy lifestyle. Made in 1972, but still thought-provoking. Moving away from the cityscape and back to the garden! Worth checking out other films on this NZonScreen site.
UK and Ireland site linking Steiner Schools. Includes information on the Steiner educational methods and philosophy, known as ‘anthroposophy’. The second link is to world-wide Waldorf schools’ list.