Beer has been brewed on the site between Knaudtstaße, Werderstraße and Speicherstraße since 1865. Since reunification, the site of the Schwerin brewery Schall & Schwencke has lain fallow. Now the brick buildings and industrial buildings, some of which are 100 years old, are to be given a new look. The administrative and production buildings will…
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CAT – The Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales is at the forefront of sustainable building in the UK. The Centre for Alternative Technology or CAT in Wales was founded in 1973 on the site of the disused Llwyngwern slate quarry near Machynlleth, in Mid Wales. It is now a world-renowned education and visitor centre…
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Lammas, the UK’s first planned Ecovillage. Lammas is a project which began as a fireside chat (as so many do!). Fortunately, around the fire were some of the most capable and determined low impact pioneers in the world. Tony Wrench had built a low impact roundhouse which has come to define low impact living in…
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Situated right next to the tranquil village of Cloughjordan, this is Ireland’s first eco-village. Building commenced in 2009 and continues step by step. More than 50 of the planned 130 houses/apartments/live-work units are already completed. The development shares a common technical infrastructure, including a central heating and hot water system. Unlike what you would find…
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Great movie about a workshop in Zazejova, featuring Jakub Wihan, Isabelle Melchior, Thomas Buzek and many others building a loadbearing straw bale house from foundation to roof icluding clay-plastering.
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Standing for ‘Low Impact Living Affordable Community’ LILAC is the UK’s first cohousing project. A community of 20 people are living and sharing this area in Victoria Park, making the world a better place for it. It’s a world away from any of the more modern buildings in the Leeds area, yet it’s probably the…
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Das Ökodorf Sieben Linden ist eine sozial-ökologische Modellsiedlung und Lebensgemeinschaft in der altmärkischen Gemeinde Beetzendorf (Sachsen-Anhalt). Es versteht sich als Modell- und Forschungsprojekt für eine zukunftsorientierte Lebensweise, in der Arbeit und Freizeit, Ökonomie und Ökologie, Individuum und Gemeinschaft, weltoffene und dörfliche Kultur in kleinen Lebenskreisen zu einem Gleichgewicht finden. http://www.siebenlinden.de Ecovillages and Eco-Communities in Europe…
read moreTous les amoureux de la nature se sont donné rendez-vous vendredi 8 octobre à Vandoncourt pour inaugurer la Damassine, la maison des vergers, du paysage et de l’énergie. Son architecture qui allie innovation technique et respect de l’écosystème fait de Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération une collectivité pionnière en matière de bâtiments publics en ossature bois…
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