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Clockworks – the lonely squatter (3)

Roughly one year ago the energy that transformed the old decaying building into an experimental space for self-sustainable urban living and creating suddenly left the Clockworks. Only the lonely squatter and memories of a more active past remained. You can see the traces of this past everywhere in the building: the self made solar panel and clay stove, the sophisticated way of making light and heating water, the beautiful murals and empty atelier spaces … the Clockworks is a space that would welcome new squatters and project with open arms. “But there is nothing going on in Derby. There is nothing to fill the Clockworks with any more.” the lonely squatter says. Continue reading

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Wild Derbyshire (1)

Many people have the dream to move to the countryside. Buy some land, make a commune, grow some veg! For many people who have decided to be serious about it it is a long way to arive there.
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A look behind the scenes of a self-sustainable eco-village (1)

Far away from the big cities of central Europe, high up in the lonely mountains in the west of Romania, there is an ecological village, a commune of about fifty people, who live almost all they need by themselves… Continue reading

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