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Lynedoch Ecovillage Follow up. My amazing journey
My Amazing Journey To my Dream ( an Ecovillage )
Today I woke up at 7.00am to set off to go and visit the ecovillage. I arrived there at about 8.00am this is where the magic started. As I walked through the main gates of the ecovillage I was struck by the sense of tranquility and serenity. I only had to walk a matter of steps to be greeted by a friendly worker. His name was Lukus and he was doing the litter clean up. I asked him what exactly the litter clean up was and he explained that every day it is a specific persons duty to walk around the entire village and pick up all the litter that was lying around. I helped him finish off the last bit of the village clean up as we chatted about how the ecovillage worked and how I could possibly get involved. He walked me around and showed me how the village was self reliant on natural energy. He also gave me a chance to take a look around in the green house where they grow and produced all their fruit and vegetables. The main focus of the ecovillage is the eco-school which they have set up. The school students are mainly farm children and a few of them are sadly suffering for foetal alcohol syndrome This school is fully self sustainable. They even have a no energy required air-conditioning system where they have special metal pipes that are place all around the school that help reduce the temperature.
I unfortunately was unable to meet the professor in charge today but I am trying to arrange a meeting for next week saturday because I would really like to get involved with this project. I have heard that evoke are going to be supporting projects like these and I would possibly like to make my impact on the Lynedoch Ecovillage.
Here are some pictures of my amazing journey today:
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Comment by Thinkwell Ndhlovu on March 8, 2010 at 10:13am
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Wow i like this, it is resourceful and full of insight.Am 100% backing you on this project.Thats excellent.
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Comment by Raymond M. Kristiansen on March 8, 2010 at 10:43am
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@Peter Beare: THIS is what Evoke is all about. Connecting people in different roles, and sharing resources.
Reid's personal quest to get to know more about the eco-villages (and share that with others) links with the similar quests of so many others. My hope is that at the end of the EVOKE cycle (these 10 weeks), Reid will have found pragmatic ways he can support his friendly neighbourhood eco-village, and the rest of us living close to one also will have ideas. I know for instance that there are several such projects in Denmark - but I haven't heard of any in Norway yet. I should definitely check that out.
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Comment by Liza Davis on March 8, 2010 at 11:11am
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Really inspiring. I applaud your initiative for investigating what is happening in your locale
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Comment by cameron michael keys on March 8, 2010 at 11:55am
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dude, so cool. I award you +1 resourcefulness points. for me, your situation is magical, and urgent evoke is magical. inspiration is a powerful fuel. really it's the alternative energy that will save the planet. peace // cameron
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Comment by Neil Marais on March 8, 2010 at 12:57pm
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reid i've been your friend for 10 years now. and you have never mentioned any of this to me...? i wish you luck buddy.
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Comment by Comelia Tang on March 15, 2010 at 8:50pm
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Wow, this is impressive. +local insight!
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 15, 2010 at 9:05pm
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Wonderful info, +1 for Local Insight. Would an eco-village be similar to a Kibutz?
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