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- Global Eco-village network This is the BIGGEST DATABASE OF ECO-VILLAGES on the web. You can search by region, by theme, country … so sustainable lifestyle doesn´t mean one has to be absent from the web.
- sustainable settlements in the UK Eco-villages? Communes? Alternative settlements? There are more of them than you might think. Especially in the UK! Here´s a link that will prove it. So if you wanna search for projects on the island – get on it!
- Website for action in France (Alpes)
- Website for action in Greece You are going to Greece, you want to help the local activists AND you can read greek? This is the perfect website then …
- Website for action in Spain Alternative environmental and political action, direct action, workshops, demonstrations, people´s kitchen, … this website may help you to help spanish activists – or to meet them if you´re there …
Eat
- food-coop – do-it-yourself supermarket as you would want it to be: local and organic A food-coop is a collective of people who order products with local producers. Their food did not come by airplane from the other half of the globe and is organic in most cases. This link is a directory for food-coops in Germany.
- Whatever you are planning to do – there is a green way of doing it. The Green Guide tells you how. What to look for when buying paint? What vegetables are seasonally now? Small but important steps towards more sustainability are lited here.
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- Are you living as if we had 2.34 planets? Knowledge is power and here is some of it. Packed lunch? Chemical-free laundry balls? Read here what you could do to treat the planet as a singular thing
- E-cosystems under construction motivated people created this platform for you to fill it with information about green events, eco-communities and other stuff.
- Website for action in France (Angers) Demosphere calling for action in Angers
- Website for action in France (Gironde) This website makes activist´s life much easier – especially when living in Gironde. On demosphere you will find environmental, political and cultural events, announcements of demonstrations and proposals for actions.
- Website for action in France (Paris and region) Going to Paris? If you are up for environmentalist or political action, for meeting other activists and to work the international network – have a look what is going on in and around Paris.
- What is Online Activism? Some organizations are actually providing you with the rare privilege to become an activist without moving away from your beloved screen. Here is just one example of an “action” performed in the cyberspace
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- E-cosystems under construction motivated people created this platform for you to fill it with information about green events, eco-communities and other stuff.
- Eco-friendly technology You are not one of the back-to-the-roots people, not up for returning to the forest yet? Still you can be eco-friendly with all your gadgets around you!
- Grassroot radio round the world – a collection of independent frequencies Annoying publicities after every second minute, copypasted news and the same song over and over again … had enough? Diversity on your radio is what this link can offer.
Recycle
- Reduce, reuse, freecycle – get stuff for free If you do not need it this does not mean nobody else could use it – and the other way around: find your local freecycle network, subscribe and get rid of useless things, make your secret material dreams come true – all free of charge and environmentally f
- Whatever you are planning to do – there is a green way of doing it. The Green Guide tells you how. What to look for when buying paint? What vegetables are seasonally now? Small but important steps towards more sustainability are lited here.
Travel
- Couchsurfing – You can sleep for free at people´s places all over the planet. Check out how it works This is a sustainable alternative to staying in hotels where loads of waste is generated every day (disposables, plastic packaging, paper), enery efficiency is mostly ignored and not local economy but some big hotel chain profits from your stay.
- Global Eco-village network This is the BIGGEST DATABASE OF ECO-VILLAGES on the web. You can search by region, by theme, country … so sustainable lifestyle doesn´t mean one has to be absent from the web.
- sustainable settlements in the UK Eco-villages? Communes? Alternative settlements? There are more of them than you might think. Especially in the UK! Here´s a link that will prove it. So if you wanna search for projects on the island – get on it!
- Whatever you are planning to do – there is a green way of doing it. The Green Guide tells you how. What to look for when buying paint? What vegetables are seasonally now? Small but important steps towards more sustainability are lited here.
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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
Posted in How people live in communes
Tagged 2010, Art, artists, atelier, clay stove, clocks, Clockworks, culture, debate, decay, Derby, energy, environmental, Europe, high street, independence, independent, invisible, living off the grid, lonely squatter, lonelyness, presence, repair roof, self made, self-sustainable, solar panel, space, squatting, sustainablility, U.K:, urban, work, workshop, yard
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Clockworks – the lonely squatter (2)
The lonely squatter has two dogs and although he currently does not move much away from the Clockworks he is constantly travelling…
To places where electricity is not a matter of course, where lifetime is not structured by institutions and their demands, where one wakes and sleeps in accordance with the rhythm of the sun.
There was a time, back in the 19th century when clocks were produced in the workshop in and behind the squatted house. The building itself is much-much much older though – as old as the 18th century or even older, as indicated by the wood carvings on the walls inside. Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, 2010, act, ancient building, attempt, autonomy, blog, blogging, clocks, Clockworks, decay, Derby, electricity, English Heritage, Europe, event, Franklin, green, grid, history, host, lonely squatting, movement, narrative, Nottinghamshire, politics, Queen, refurbishment, self-sufficient, social function, space, squat, sustainable, Sustainable Alternatives, urban, voluntary work, workshop
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Squatting for Utopia (4)
It was decided, that no violence would emanate from the squatters. As soon as the people sleeping in the attic of the house were waking up, some of them would have meetings with local politicians and/or journalists. Others would have a breakfast with self made vegan chocolate, jam and cakes all made from food, skipped with love. Then they would immediately throw themselves into organising the next workshop, welcoming guests, writing texts for the website of the project … some of the people doing so day by day almost four weeks long experienced the first burn-out of their lifetime. Continue reading
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Tagged besetztes Haus, blog, blogging, community, day to day, Europe, eviction, Gegenvorschlag, Germany, group dynamics, journalist, life, local, Mainz, modern, night, Obere Austraße 7, organise, politician, project, recent, RLP, social, squat, squatting, Sustainable Alternatives, today, try, typical, urban, workshop
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A community threatened by a legislation
In the community of “La ferme des sots” in Aquitaine day-to-day life is going on in the middle of a quiet clearing, but in the evening when they gather around a fireplace to share their wine, the inhabitants are considerately talking about politics in their home country. In 2009 a revised version of a law on interior security affairs made by the governing right wing and central-right wing party UMP came into force. The existence of numerous eco-villages and communes hidden in the vast and beautiful countryside of France is endangered. Continue reading
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Tagged Aquitaine, Bordeaux, commune, community, countryside, drinking water, environmentalist, expulsion, France, interior security, Jacques Chirac, La ferme des sots, law, LOPPSI 2, LOPSI, manifestation, Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, progress planning, Sustainability, Sustainable Alternatives, sustainable lifestyle, UMP, water supply, workshop, yurt workshop, yurte
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