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.
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.
Exist to Resist is:
A 2017 hardback photo book from Matt Smith focusing on the underground culture of ‘resistance’ in the UK.
Particularly looks at the Traveller, protest and rave scenes. Very hands-on.
Albion and Barsham Fayres/Fairs in East Anglia, England, 1972-86. A lovely record of some splendid olde-worlde, idiosyncratic festivals including many horse fairs.
Festival Eye magazine features news and info about the more alternative-style festies, mostly UK-focused. Worth checking out some of the older issues.
Floating Neutrinos are a diverse floating community of water-borne dwellers and adventurers. Not just about scrap-raft building and living AND sailing rafts across the Atlantic Ocean. But, about sustainability and freedom to a home in an over-crowded world. Under Poppa Neutrino, Captain Betsy and others they have also developed what they call ‘triadic’ thinking and methods to self-repair.
They are pretty awesome! And 'random lunacy' is their pledge.
Link here to their official website, which includes videos, plus another video from Poppa about some of their adventures afloat.
Dutch-based site and concept for what they describe as:
"A Flow Town can be seen as a combination between an (eco) village, care farm, inspiration and education place. They are meant to be about 90% self-sufficient. With their own flow-school, own food supply, and a recycling purpose. The purpose is a global network of flow towns (eco villages).”
So, all about making connections. Some of those involved with discussing the term have also described making an international network of places where ‘nomads’ can travel to, stop and move on. Link to their website with videos, pics, the book, ‘Nova Globe’ and info on summer camps and more.
Lots of floating ideas from Denmark! The Floating City, electricity generating bikes and much more.
Their site states: “The goal of Flydende By is to build up a sustainable society from below. We develop methods to create decentralised sustainable solutions out of reused and organic resources.
We want to find ways of using the ocean in a sense-ful and constructive way, as part of the future sustainable society.”
UK Web Archive through the British Library for Friends, Families and Travellers info.
UK Channel 4 TV documentary show featuring lots of literally, amazing spaces for living and working. Many of them low-impact, sustainable and DiY. From sensational sheds, fabulous floating homes, to eye-watering nomadic bus conversions. Lots of great ideas and some amazing builders too. Artistic and practical ingenuity in bucket-loads!