Home Ecovillage Project

The place where our village can connect.

PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES & VISION

Our purpose is to live happily in a beautiful ecovillage: a human-scale, mixed-use community that works towards ecological, economic, cultural and spiritual sustainability.
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Getting Started

Frequently Asked Questions

Blog Posts

Gavin White

Focusing on business development

Posted by Gavin White on 27 April 2009 at 6:54pm — 1 Comment

Alan Jackson

Goodbye Asbestos - Hello EcoGarage

Posted by Alan Jackson on 17 April 2009 at 11:22pm — 2 Comments

Alan Jackson

EcoVillage Links

Posted by Alan Jackson on 30 March 2009 at 12:33am

Alan Jackson

Findhorn Visit - EcoVillage in Scotland

Posted by Alan Jackson on 29 March 2009 at 1:30am

Maria

VortexHealing Groups

Posted by Maria on 23 March 2009 at 10:34am

How we work together

We have a set of agreements about how we work together. You can read them here.

We support and encourage Roving Leadership! This means anyone can 'champion' a group or task and get on with it, reporting back to the group as a whole and the development team at meetings. Get involved now by going to the Committees tab and get co-creating!

We use Formal Consensus to make whole-group decisions. You can learn more about that here.

This article is fascinating for those who want examples of what has inspired our organisational structure.
Committees may use consensus, but don't necessarily have to.

Photos

Videos

This is where our Home Ecovillage Project can meet online. We're developing an ecovillage in Southern England, currently looking for land.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome! If you want to become a full member (different to being an online member) and participate, then contact Matt on the members page and leave him a message. Similarly, if you want to get on and do something useful, contact Nate or Tara in the same way. There are plenty of committees to join in with. If you are a lawyer or an accountant and have some time to help us with the legal issues involving incorporation, please get in touch. Have fun! Thanks.

01/06/09 - Matt has just made a new proposal for moving forward with the ecovillage project. It is in the discussions below - 'Land for Life'. Please read it and send him your feedback if you have time - thanks!

We Fully encourage and support Leadership! If you wish to 'Champion' your group, which means that you are the point of contact, you organize group meetings, you show up at Core Organizing meetings and generally get things done!, then send your nomination request to the group. If you have consensus then go for it! Make yourself known to the group and the Core Organizing team. We love you - congratulations!

Events

June 13

Saturday

July 1

Wednesday

July 10

Friday

Forum

Charlie Portlock

Inspirational communities/ buildings visits 24 Replies

Started by Charlie Portlock in Developing Purpose and Principles. Last reply by mujinga 21 Apr.

Alan Jackson

Feedback on the "Ning" web site usability 14 Replies

Started by Alan Jackson in Current Business, Agenda Setting. Last reply by mujinga 21 Apr.

Julian Howell

Home Ecovillage Project's image 3 Replies

Started by Julian Howell in Invitations, News and Events. Last reply by tara perry 10 Mar.

Latest Activity

emma replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Reality Check' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!yesterday
Hi Gabrielle i may be interested dependant on the cost ... can you call me on 07798923544 xx emma
Alan Jackson added an eventon Friday
July 10, 2009 at 6pm to July 12, 2009 at 6pm
There is a weekend course in building with rammed earth at LILA on the 10th - 12th July. I'm booked on it. I'm particularly interested because this is a likely technique I'll be using in building my off-grid office.
A discussion started by Matthew was featuredon Wednesday
Land for Life Trust / Co-operative Land consortium
Hi everyone, Here is a proposal for a new idea I have been working on to acquire land! I am very excited about it, as I believe it takes matters into our hands and makes a concrete start. I have called it the Land for Life Trust. It is in the at...
mujinga replied to mujinga's discussion 'places' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 29
nope, haven't spoken to the agents .. i'm still trying to firm up what we are all looking for, but it seems like from that last meeting, a lot of energy has ebbed away .. i dont think there's much point viewing unless we actually have a firm commi...
mujinga replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Reality Check' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 29
after checking it out, i believe forming a housing co-operative gets around these multiple occupancy rules
jendrekszmidt replied to mujinga's discussion 'places' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 22
shepperton is to close to london,imagine,all pollution coming with north side wind,specialy in winter time.
jendrekszmidt replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Reality Check' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 22
yes it is a good point,but do you know what,for example,do a students to rent a house in a large amount of people,they do agreement on one person who is studying now,and in this way,they avoid cunsil tax and all thouse prosiders.what sey you?do we...
Gabrielle replied to mujinga's discussion 'places' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 22
hello, well if we take into consideration the potential for flooding, then i think we should rule out shepperton and barcombe, buxted is a little over budget for what it is, but stonegate sounds amazing. Good acreage, 3 properties and relatively a...
mujinga added a discussion to the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 21
places
hello, i have been here, but lurking for a few reasons.. if we could find something fast to rent i would be up for it .. right now i live by myself and i am starting to be bored of that... here are some properties i found: stonegate - http://ww...
mujinga replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Albourne Farm' in the group Land selectionJune 21
i am up for looking at it..
mujinga replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Reality Check' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 21
hmm yes this is a good point
mujinga commented on tara perry's group 'Mini-Eco-Now!'June 21
the vision board thing is great fun, i have been playing around with it, but nothing yet finished... cheers!
Wendy replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Albourne Farm' in the group Land selectionJune 16
Hi, this looks great. Ticking many of our boxes. Are we in a position to look into this further in terms of member interest and possible finance plans?
Gabrielle added 2 discussions to the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 13
Gabrielle replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Cuckfield?' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 13
this has gone now
Gabrielle replied to Gabrielle's discussion 'Cuckfield?' in the group Mini-Eco-Now!June 13
Hi Wendy, Glad your up for it - not sure where everyone else is?! can't do Mon or Fri next week but any other day or maybe the week after if not too late. will only be viable if we can get at least 4 or 5 people together. Please give me a call on ...

Our Name

Home Ecovillage Project is our Development Group / Company.

Antonia On-Line used to be the working name for this social network... the name comes from the movie "Antonia's Line", which Nate and Charlie are inspired by. The group didn't decide on it, and it only applied to this website. Now it's changed!

The village name has not yet been decided. Among those suggested so far: "Source Village" (rhymes with Sauce...), "Home Ecovillage," "Brightling," and "Brightfield."

More suggestions welcome, as always.

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