Khonoma, Asia's First Green Village has seen a change in lifestyle. Discover this self-sustainable village in the Khonoma Travel Guide.
Image 40 of 57 from gallery of Innovative Self-Sustaining Village Model Could Be the Future of Semi-Urban Living. Photograph by EFFEKT
Serenbe, a planned sustainable community, is a new village designed to help its residents gracefully age in place.
Sustainable Skaneateles is focusing our 2014 efforts on the 7 Rs. We will be encouraging community residents, the village and town governments, as well as the schools to rethink what we usually to…
Open sourcing 7 low-impact development and housing designs: earthbag, straw bale, cob, earth block, shipping container, recycled materials, tree houses
Due to growing concerns about our world, people are developing sustainable communities committed to natural living. These are ecovillages. If you’re not entirely familiar with the concept of an eco-village, this article highlights what you need to know alongside a rundown of some amazing ecovillages.
Open sourcing 7 low-impact development and housing designs: earthbag, straw bale, cob, earth block, shipping container, recycled materials, tree houses
Image 4 of 4 from gallery of White Arkitekter + ReGen Villages Create First Circular, Self-Sufficient Communities for Sweden. Photograph by White Arkitekter
Discover the Netherlands like never before with our curated list of "The 15 Best Tours in Netherlands.
Here are eight reasons why everyone should visit Carinthia in the summer. Get inspired to visit Austria’s sunniest region.
Passive strategies enhance the usage of renewable sources of energy, which in turn make the build cost efficient. Different passive design techniques include building’s orientation, window placement, sizes, shading devices
“Imagine a group of people of all ages, living sustainably as a thriving community in a contemporary development near Sydney – having fun, living lightly, being connected…” Narara Ecovillage is an intergenerational residential community on…
Before the air conditioner came into common use less than four generations ago - that's the home where your great-grand parents grew up - buildings were designed to condition themselves. The American Dogtrot is a prime example. (The photos are of a typical 150 year old dogtrot.) Raised off the ground with a central open breezeway, the dogtrot house cooled itself naturally by encouraging air movement around, through, and underneath the structure. Centuries ago, every professional builder knew how to construct a home that worked with the environment - they had no choice. Today, technology makes it possible to equip houses with mechanical air conditioning and heating, running 24/7, 365 days a year. But just because we can run air conditioners continually, should we? The dramatic rise in energy prices over the past decade has given us cause to reconsider this relatively recent silver bullet approach. Ignoring Mother Nature is getting harder and harder to do "on the cheap." Why not design first for environmental compatibility and utilize mechanical heating and cooling as a back up system? A home designed with natural heating and cooling systems integrated into the layout costs less to operate year-round without necessarily costing more to build, and as a bonus, natural ventilation leads to better indoor air quality for healthier living. With conscious and creative architecture, the same building materials can be combined in a different way to produce an environmentally compatible result. Here's my take this age-old environmental prototype - the Modern Dogtrot.
Image 28 of 28 from gallery of Taisugar Circular Village / Bio-architecture Formosana. Diagram
Designed by EFFEKT. An innovative new housing model dubbed ReGen Villages (short for regenerative) has been developed in response to some of the world's most pressing...
Here are eight reasons why everyone should visit Carinthia in the summer. Get inspired to visit Austria’s sunniest region.
The houses in Brøndby Haveby fan out like sunrays.
It was Iraq's 'Garden of Eden'; unique wetlands in southern Iraq where a people known as the Ma'dan, or 'Arabs of the marsh', lived in a Mesopotamian Venice, characterised by beautifully elaborate floating houses made entirely of reeds harvested from the open water. These little-known architectur
Image 16 of 17 from gallery of The Observatory / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Materiality / Sustainability
The Napoleon Complex fourlightshouses.com WORKING TITLE: The Napoleon Complex WORKING SUBTITLE: Co-Housing for the Antisocial DENSITY: 16–22 houses-per-acre SIZE: 40 -70 houses at 270 s.f. – 700 s.…
The United Kingdom’s Hanham Hall Development is the largest eco-village aspiration to date. Designed by HTA and funded by Barratt Developments and the Homes & Communities Agency, there are a rumored 188-195 zero carbon homes in the overall housing scheme.
Ecovillages as a sustainable way of living may be a good solution to minimize further strain to our already stressed-out planet.
An ecovillage founder offers 10 guidelines for success, including “Start with people.”
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Image 12 of 23 from gallery of An Eco-Village for Orphaned Kenyan Children - Competition Winners Announced. Roof Plan. Image Courtesy of ClarkeHopkinsClarke
In an era when residential energy use accounts for a fifth of U.S. emissions, these off-the-grid communities are carving their own sustainable paths.
Discover the best things to do in the Bregenzerwald and get to know the distinct character and lifestyle of this fascinating Austrian region.
What is ecotourism and why is it important? This form of tourism protects the environment and local communities through travel. Find out how.
Curious about tiny houses and tiny home living? Welcome to The Tiny Life, your one-stop for tiny house tips, tiny house plans, and all the information you need to set up your small space.
Biogas needs your help right now with their crowdfunding campaign. Get a set of complete biogas plant design plans for your contribution and help fund their design of what is needed to make biogas accessible here in the states!
BedZED (Beddington Zero Energy Development) is the UK's largest eco-village, a mixed housing / work space development, with sedum greenroofs.
ReGen Villages could be built in more rural parts of the world, establishing attractive living situations outside of metropolitan areas.
Are you wondering about sustainable travel in Cambodia? This Siem Reap floating village tour will open your eyes to another world.
Designing a house in the tropics should respond to the climate. With climate change, designing a house to be more responsive, is essential.
Experiments in cooperative living offer a great model for building sustainable urban communities. But can they work for everyone?
This 6-day Introduction to Ecovillage and Permaculture Design is based on the Global Ecovillage Network’s Ecovillage Design Education, an internationally taught training for sustainability an…
Publisher: New Society Publishers Pub. Date: 2005-05-01 ISBN: 9781550923070 Format: Digital - 256 pages Size: 6" x 9" (w x h) BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural
Designed by EFFEKT. An innovative new housing model dubbed ReGen Villages (short for regenerative) has been developed in response to some of the world's most pressing...
