Tour a sustainable community in Ibiza, Spain with recycled/reclaimed materials.
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Organic Growth Cities
“Organic Growth Cities,” a Top Trend by Trends Journal for 2018, celebrates the rebirth of down and out towns struggling through hard economic times.
Off-grid Living | Living With The Land | Part 7
Pat Bowcock explains how she left her 9-5 lifestyle to live in tune with the land, creating her own five acre permaculture smallholding, that is her home, her work and her life. (Absolutely lovely place.)
Underground Cities of Cappadocia
I reported on the Underground Cities of Cappadocia back in 2014. What I didn’t realize then was how vast these underground cities are. There is a network of over 200 underground cities in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. Some of these cities are at least 11 levels deep (total of over 200 feet deep) according to National Geographic. Scientists are not sure how they were built.
Permaculture Neighborhood Tour w/ Costa Rica’s Stephen Brooks
Imagine a whole neighborhood full of tropical fruits on every lot, on every embankment & around any corner. Then combine the lush food forest with the most impressive community garden, river access, great spaces & even a well-planned biogas system that creates energy from each home’s septic waste. All of this intelligent design can be found at La Ecovilla’s permaculture community, in San Mateo, Costa Rica.
How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
Loneliness doesn’t always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us — and it’s often the result of the homes we live in. She shares an age-old antidote to isolation: cohousing, a way of living where people choose to share space with their neighbors, get to know them, and look after them. Rethink your home and how you live in it with this eye-opening talk.