Archive for the ‘Eco-villages’ Category

How to build a community? How to plan a self-sufficient family homestead? How to establish contact with the existing ecovillage initiatives? How can a city dweller get organic produces from the land he owns, while at the same time support local villagers as well? How to manage 50 hectares of land, if someone wants to produce organic foodstuff? What are the actualities in Hungarian ecovillages?
Questions like the above and others were discussed during the 11^th Winter Ecovillage Meeting in Somogyvámos a few weeks ago.
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So many houses, so many customs. And thereby, so many eco villages, so many varieties. Although the greatest expectation from eco villages is their environment saving lifestyle, according to our experience without collective ideological basis and functional social relations, that is to say, without a real community the system is unsustainable, where most likely people will be unhappy. Read the rest of this entry »

We may wonder how the devotees began building Krishna Valley in Hungary, which now attracts 30,000 tourists per year. And why did these young people turn to a natural and simple life? What is the mission of this community? Gaura-Sakti Das, the president of Krishna Valley ISKCON community, answers these questions of Krishna Valley Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »