Directory of Eco-villages in Europe - Kennedy Bibliothek

UFA-Fabrik
"An hour of doing accomplishes more than years of procrastination".
In the summer of 1979, more than 100 highly-committed people took
this motto to heart and peacefully took over the desolate grounds of the
former UFA-Fihn Studios in a very dense city area of Berlin. There
they created a comprehensive work and living project, where art, work,
housing, and daily life form together to create a new unit. Soon, it
became an urban ecological community, hosting many innovative ideas
and concepts which were not only presented to the general public and
discussed, but were practically implemented in the process of renovating
the many dilapidated buildings.
From its beginning, the members of the UFA-Fabrik were concerned
with ecological issues. Theyy were, for instance, one of the first groups
in then West-Berlin to seperate and recycle all their wastes. The use of
healthy materials was a stated aim, long before such materials were
generally available.
Inspite of the large number of visitors, ,the area remains a reviving oasis
in a major city - thanks to its gardens, green-roofs, an independent
energy source and a rain water-collecting system. This is why we like
to refer to it sometimes as an urban eco-village. The recently installed
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Berlin
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eco-village