Ideaplants

Open Source Ecology takes an open source approach to technology development with the aim to empower individuals to develop their own self-sufficient ecovillages without depending on supply chains, trademarks & corporations.

‘Factor E Farm’ provides a tool set that makes it possible for individuals to become self-sufficient. Tool set’s include instructions on how to create construction [...]

Hello,
We are involved in an ecological housing project in Karlstad, Sweden.

Our city already has two ecovillages called Tuggelite (which was first in Sweden) and Mjölnartorpet. Since almost everyone keeps on living in their ecohouses it’s hard to move there. That is why we came up with the idea to create Ekoby3.0 (EcoVillage3.0).

So far we [...]

Together with Mira and four others we visited a co-housing/ecovillage project in Poncelle, Province of Luxemburg, Belgium this past weekend.

Imagine a little village in the least polluted areas of Belgium on a sunny day. You arrive around lunchtime and have lunch with Michel, who three years ago had the idea of starting up a co-housing [...]

A place somewhere in a warm country far away from traffic and stress. A place with nice people sharing the work, doing things together they really enjoy and thinking out of the box. Am I the only one here, or is this also something you sometimes dream about?

Here the good news: These places do exist. [...]

Greenpeace UK just released an interesting animation called EfficienCity. It is shown how renewable energy can be used in a city efficiently. A very clear, solution oriented & somehow human approach. Well done GP UK!

Treehugger.com is a website full of ideas on sustainable living. Have a look its a great resource.