This video was completed during a photomedia class taken at the University of Kansas. It explores the Dancing Rabbit eco village and the concept of sustainable living.

I did this video for my Year 9 Geograph Project.

Ecovillage development concept applied in Odi, Niger Delta region of Nigeria

www.permacultureplanet.com The Permaculture (Permanent Culture) lifestyle now reaches the most far flung corners of our globe. In this short news report meet Anatoly Molchanov and his family near Moscow in Russia. Inspired by Vladamir Megre, Anatoly has adopted a variety of Permaculture principles and techniques in the development of the Rodnoye Eco-Village. The main concept is to become better unified and affiliated with nature. In a city man lives in an artificial world, he becomes a robot. But if man lives in a natural environment he can become a spiritual being. It is only in nature that man becomes man, Anatoly Molchanov

Eco Village in Croatia – Bale visit www.eia.hr ( eko selo ) volunteering // permaculture // spiritual healing // helping people // happiness and love camera&video: alen kuscar

Many people are learning to live sustainably, without money. In this video, they discuss their struggles, how they got to and developed kew bridge eco-village. To find out more on alternative life styles visit: analternativelife.wordpress.com http

On October 5-7, Dancing Rabbit celebrated its 10th anniversary and reunion, and rabbits present and past joined to commemorate and reminisce about the community. In this episode of DRTV, Tony and Cecil, two of the six original Dancing Rabbit co-founders reflect on the progress and growth of the ecovillage against the backdrop of the reunion celebrations and festivities. The land on which Dancing Rabbit is situated was originally purchased ten years ago, in October 1997, and since then it has come quite a ways since the days when the community was almost nothing more than a vision.

doyouknowyourdead.com checks out the Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland.

It’s a utopian fantasy- discover a ghost town and rebuild it in line with your ideals-, but in Spain where there are nearly 3000 abandoned villages (most dating back to the Middle Ages), some big dreamers have spent the past 3 decades doing just that. There are now a few dozen “ecoaldeas” – ecovillages – in Spain, most build from the ashes of former Medieval towns. One of the first towns to be rediscovered was a tiny hamlet in the mountains of northern Navarra. Lakabe was rediscovered in 1980 by a group of people living nearby who had lost their goats and “when they found their goats, they found Lakabe”, explains Mauge Cañada, one of the early pioneers in the repopulation of the town. The new inhabitants were all urbanites with no knowledge of country life so no one expected them to stay long. When they first began to rebuild, there was no road up to the town so horses were used to carry construction materials up the mountain. There was no electricity either so they lived with candles and oil lamps. In the early years, they generated income by selling some of their harvest and working odd jobs like using their newfound construction experience to rebuild roofs outside town. Later they rebuilt the village bakery and sold bread to the outside world. Their organic sourdough breads now sell so well that today they can get by without looking for work outside town, but it helps that they keep their costs at a minimum as a way of life. “There’s an austerity that’s part of the …

This film shows the new life of Ieuan Davies, a 45 year old British Instrument Repairer, on his new home in a squat Camping site. With no money to pay rent after losing his job when the 2008 financial crisis broke down, Ieaun had no option but leave his house, and go live on the streets. He slept under a tree in Richmond Hill for 10 weeks, struggling to survive without a home, money, and sometime even food. He eventually find a new home living with activists in a new build Eco Village, in a empty plot of land in Kew Brigde, in the suburbs of London. The activists were eventually thrown away by Brentford authorities and went to live on Parliament Square.