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| A low impact woodland home |
A beautiful example of low impact architecture. |
| Annwn Valley yurts |
'Back to Nature' Yurt holidays in Carmarthenshire |
| Brithdir Mawr |
An intentional farm-community aiming at sustainability. |
| Coed Marros |
A sustainable woodland cooperative in South Pembrokeshire. |
| Countryways |
Organic gardening services. |
| Down to earth project |
A low impact project in Swansea promoting sustainability through education. |
| Eco-centre |
West Wales Ecocentre. |
| G-E-E |
Gwendraeth Environmental Education; Blaen y wern woodland project, providing courses and workshops across a range of woodland based crafts |
| Living lightly |
A co-op specialising in sustainable crafts and willow sculpting. |
| Nant-y-cwm |
The local Steiner School, which has a beautiful low impact building designed by Christopher Day. |
| Quiet earth |
The inspiring story of a low-impact self build project in Cardigan. The UK's first 2-storey straw bale house. |
| That roundhouse |
Tony Wrench's roundhouse. |
| Xandika |
Alternative eco-solutions - eco-products, eco-holidays, eco-foods. Featuring mobile compost toilets and washrooms, yurt holidays and Primal foods. |
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| National -Wales |
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| Centre for Alternative Technology |
CAT. The internationally acclaimed Centre for the research and promotion of sustainable technologies. |
| Cae Mabon |
A low-impact retreat centre in Snowdonia with very inspiring low impact architecture. |
| Climate Camp Wales |
Campaigning for a green future |
| Coed Hills |
A rural arts community with a low-impact ethos. |
| Ecodyfi project |
A bioregional regeneration project focused on creating a widescale example of sustainable practice in the Dyfi Valley, Mid Wales. |
| Green Pheonix |
A sustainable online information and shopping resource for the
Coed Tan-Y-Bryn nature reserve |
| Lammas ceredigion |
A local Lammas group in Ceredigion campaigning for a new low impact policy. |
| Rounded developments |
A sustainable building centre in Cardiff. |
| Primrose farm |
Primrose Organic Sacred Earth Centre. An inspiring land based horticultural/ healing project near Brecon. |
| Y Papur Gwyrd |
A Welsh language bi-monthly ecological journal. |
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| National -UK |
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| Alternative Building co. |
A low-impact builder specialising in straw bale constuction |
| Catalyst Collective |
A co-operative which helps people set up co-operatives |
| Eco diy |
One families mission to turn their conventional house into an eco-house. Includes a discussion forum |
| Ecological Land Cooperative |
A budding smallholding collective in South West England |
| Ecomotive |
A website which seeks to link potential self-build sites or land with people wanting to build their own sustainable home. |
| Growing co. |
A low impact building company specialising in cob |
| Hockerton Housing Project |
A low-impact housing development in Nottinghamshire. |
| Just for the love of it |
Promoting a free-economy approach to living - land sharing, tool sharing and skill sharing |
| Landmatters |
A low-impact settlement project in Devon. |
| Lowcarbon |
Promoting Earthship Design |
| Low impact living initiative |
LILI. Full of Low Impact Information and courses. |
| Permaculture |
Home of Permaculture in the UK |
| Reckless orchard |
A small landscape architecture practice with a special interest in sustainable design, homezones, straw bale construction and community led regeneration (Bristol) |
| Sci-scotland |
The first earthship in the UK |
| Stawbale house |
An innovative straw bale house design by Brain Waite |
| Zero Carbon Britain |
A brilliant and comprehensive proposal that details exactly how Britain could become Carbon Neutral by 2027. |
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| Europe |
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| Eco-living portugal |
A sustainable eco-community project in central portugal |
| Earth Hands and Houses |
Natural homes in Poland |
| Pure Portugal |
Rural properties and green holidays in central portugal |
| Portugese smallholding |
A smallholding in Portugal offering volunteering holidays for people wishing to learn about low-impact living and organic farming |
| The village |
An ecovillage project in Ireland |
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| International |
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| Climate Code Red |
Friends of the Earth Australia published this report on climate change in February 2008. It is an excellent and up to date overview of climate science and a call for emergency action at the political level. |
Ecofootprinting |
Calculate your own ecological footprint |
| Ecovillage at Ithaca |
An intentional co-housing ecovillage in New York |
| GEN |
Global eco-village network |
| Interdependent Project Radio |
An international network (including an internet radio station) dedicated to sustainability. Very Inspiring Site. |
| La Via Campesina |
International Peasant Movement |
| Natural homes |
Featuring a range of examples of low-impact homes. This inspiring website includes an interactive map of natural homes across the world. |
| The Occidental Arts and Ecology Centre |
A research ecovillage in California |
| Plan b ecovillage |
An embryonic ecovillage in Missouri, USA |
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