Directory of Eco-villages in Europe - Kennedy Bibliothek

The Global Eco-village Network and Europe
a network at the meeting in Allesano in Dec. 1996; Russia had an information
office in St. Petersburg since 1995, but a network has not been
founded so far, although there seems to be 15 to 20 eco-villages or
initiatives on the ground. A co-operation with the Sacred Earth Network
in Moscow is in progress; Turkey has become a network member
in late 1997; and the United Kingdom which has really only one fully
fledged eco-village (namely Findhorn Foundation in Scotland), has an
organisation called the Eco-Village Network of the United Kingdom
(EVNUK) which has been meeting, publishing newsletters and networking
since mid-1996.
Many of the members in these networks, particularly in England and
France, are people looking for a new way of life, discussing to find
their niche, but have not yet made the step to get an eco-village going.
We have representatives living in eco-villages and/or starting an information
node in 14 other European countries: Ganserndorf near Vienna,
Austria; Terre d'Enneille, south of Brussels, Belgium; Latinovac,
a peace eco-village in Croatia; Tala near Pafos, Cyprus; Gyiirufii, near
Ibafa, as a founding member of GEN in Hungary; Solheimar - maybe
the oldest in Europe (founded 1930) - in Iceland. The Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain - all have many initiatives,
but only one person or planning office acting as information centre
- at present; Sweden has a network of long standing: Njord - that is
in the process of deciding whether it wants to be a member of GEN-
Europe.
This movement invites us all to say YES to a way of living which addresses
the critical issues and enables us to live together with respect for
nature. As the eco-village models become established, we can expect
to see more and more people moving every year into rural or urban
eco-villages or transforming suburbias into eco-villages. We can be
witness to eco-village concepts being implemented in cities of Denmark
(Fredensgade - Kolding, Torsted-Vest, and Vesterbro, Copenhagen);
Germany (Kreuzberg, Berlin and Rehbockstrasse, Hannover) and
in the Netherlands (Bikkerhof, Utrecht or Wilhelmina Terrein, Amsterdam).
Three of these urban eco-village projects are included in this
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