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THE VILLAGE FORESTRural renewal for People and Planet |
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A series of articles by Alan:
On leadership in community
Two ways to build community
New roles for community
The Village Forest is a vision for a significant pioneering project with a range of social and environmental benefits:
- An eco-village for 200 people plus based on cohousing (self-contained dwellings plus shared facilities)
- An informal community with shared values, including sustainability, mutual support and wider service
- Visitor learning facilities for all aspects of sustainable living, an eco-lodge, spa and natural health centre
- A social-green enterprise park and public service projects for the local and wider communities
- A site with open space, community market garden and woodland
A substantial amount of feasibility research has been undertaken on this vision, and a significant number of people have expressed strong interest as potential residents. However, the project is not currently in active development: the catalysts to take this to fruition would be a supportive local authority, suitable site owner and developer-partners.
You can see more detail of how this vision could take practical shape in the section on DEVA, the Dorset Ecovillage, on the right. You can also see more about a pilot project embodying many of these features, which is already up and running, the Threshold Centre.
For more information on Alan Heeks, the prime mover in evolving the vision this far, click on the links to the right.
