Sister Projects

Sister Projects in this context are all non-RBE and non-RBE-like ecological projects that exist in the world and share elements in common with RBE objectives or values. The purpose of this page is learning from their features, qualities, similarities and differences, successes and failures, experiences, contact details, history, etc. This page is most valuable in conjunction with the Technical Resources page.

Listings of Sister Projects

• Appropedia - http://www.appropedia.org/Ecovillages
• Fellowship for Intentional Communities - http://www.ic.org/
  • Community List: http://directory.ic.org/iclist/
  • Directories:
    • Search: http://directory.ic.org/records/?action=search
    • Maps: http://directory.ic.org/maps/
• Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) - http://gen.ecovillage.org/index.php/ecovillages/worldmap.html
• Werkstatt N (Workshop N) - http://werkstatt-n.de/
• One Community Global's partners - http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/partners/
• WikiEarth Solutions Project - Sanford Hinden - sanfordhinden@verizon.net
• Uniorder

Global

• Four Years. Go. (4YG) http://www.fouryearsgo.org/
• Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) - http://gen.ecovillage.org/
• Resilience - http://www.resilience.org/
• Transition Network - http://www.transitionnetwork.org
  • Partners list: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/about/partners
• International Communes Desk - http://www.communa.org.il/
  • Contact body between the communes of the world - where the term "commune" covers the wide spectrum of intentional communities, kibbutzim and other types of communal living
• One Community - http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/
• New Earth Project - http://www.new-earth-project.org/
• Dr Bill Metcalf, Griffith Uni, Australia's foremost scholar on Community living -

http://www.griffith.edu.au/environment-planning-architecture/griffith-school-environment/staff/dr-william-james-bill-metcalf

Europe

• Eurotopia - http://eurotopia.de/
• Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Europe - http://www.gen-europe.org/
• Zero Waste Europe

Denmark

• Christiania
• Gaia Trust - http://www.gaia.org/
  • Charitable entity supporting sustainabilty projects around the world

Britain

• Findhorn Foundation - http://www.findhorn.org/
  • Findhorn Foundation College - http://www.findhorncollege.org/
• Pekham experiment
• Ecovillages:
  • Lammas, Wales - http://lammas.org.uk/
  • Brithdir Mawr, Wales - http://brithdirmawr.co.uk/

Germany

• Council for Sustainable Development (Governmental, MME) - http://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/
• More Than Shelters (Company) - http://morethanshelters.org/
  • http://facebook.com/morethanshelters
  • Combines knowledge and expertise in the fields of architecture, design and engineering, with the experience of aid institutions, NGOs and other partners, to provide the best possible care to refugees and informal settlements through adequate housing.
  • Partners page (several valuable organisations/companies): http://morethanshelters.org/index.php?page=partner
• Ökodorf Sieben Linden - http://siebenlinden.de/, http://www.ecovillagenews.org/wiki/index.php/What_We_Can_Learn_from_Ecovillage_Sieben_Linden
• ZEGG Community - http://zegg.de/

Greece

• Telaithrion / Free And Real (English / Greek website)

Italy

• Beppe Grillo

Romania

• Aurora Community - http://www.aurora-circle.org/
  • http://www.facebook.com/aurora.community.romania
  • http://www.communitiesconvergence.com/
• Permacultura Romania - http://www.permacultura.ro/
• Zero Waste Romania - http://www.zerowasteromania.org/

Spain

• Mondragon Community

Middle East

United Arab Emirates

• Masda City, Abu Dhabi - [[1]]

Israel

• Haluza - http://www.haluzasmartcity.org/smartcityen

South Asia

India

• Auroville - http://www.auroville.org

Central America

• ecoaldea alborada
• Ecoaldea pachamama
• Ecoaldea.com ecosalvia
• Yacu yura eco village
• Sat yoga
• Ecoaldea chilam balam
• Eco portal.net

Costa Rica

• /Proyecto EBR Costa Rica/
• Fundación Durika
• Comunidad Pléyades
• Awakenig Soul

South America

Chile

• El Manzano - http://elmanzano.org/

Colombia

• Eco Aldea Feliz

Peru

• Kadagaya - http://www.kadagaya.org
  • A community started in 2014 implementing and evaluating the concepts and tehnologies an a resource-based economy.

North America

• Federation of Egalitarian Communities - http://thefec.org/
  • The Federation of Egalitarian Communities is a network of communal groups spread across North America. We range in size and emphasis from small agricultural homesteads to village-like communities to urban group houses.

United States of America

• Acorn Community - http://www.acorncommunity.org/
• East Wind Community - http://www.eastwind.org/
• Emma Goldman Finishing School - http://egfs.org/
• Sandhill Farm - http://sandhillfarm.org/
• Skyhouse Community - http://www.skyhousecommunity.org/
• Twin Oaks Community - http://www.twinoaks.org/

Oceania

Australia

Listings: http://coopliving.info/coophousing/ http://www.communities.org.au/home/

Communities:

• Alpha Artists Housing Cooperative, Erskineville, Syndey NSW - See page 31 on http://www.housingaction.net.au/sites/default/files/research/censw_report.pdf
• Bellbunya, Sunshine Coast hinterland, QLD - http://www.bellbunya.org.au/
• Bend Neighbourhood Association, Bega, NSW - http://bend.org.au/
• Bhula Bhula Community, Northern Rivers, NSW - http://www.bhulabhulacommunity.org/
• Bindarrabi Cooperative Village, NSW - http://www.bindarrabi.com/
• Brisbane EcoDiggs (now defunct)
• Bundagen Co-Op, Mid North Coast NSW - bundagen.org.au/
• Cascade Cohousing, Hobart, TAS - http://www.cascadecohousing.com/
• Christie Walk, Adelaide, SA - http://www.urbanecology.org.au/
• Cohousing Australia - http://www.communities.org.au
• Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Sunshine Coast hinterland, QLD - http://crystalwaters.org.au/
• Currumbin Ecovillage, Gold Coast, QLD - http://theecovillage.com.au/
• Emohruo, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW -
• The Famunity, Gold Coast Hinterlands, QLD - https://www.facebook.com/groups/698815106816753/
• Friends of South East Queensland - http://www.envirobusiness.org/public/page.php?pageId=9
• Jasper Hall, NSW - https://www.facebook.com/Jasper-Hall-Ecovillage-Community-144495655598913/
• Manduka Community Settlement Cooperative, Maleny, QLD - http://proutglobe.org/2011/05/maleny-cooperatives-examples-of-small-scale-cooperative-enterprises/
• Narara EcoVillage, Gosford, NSW - http://nararaecovillage.com/
• PROUT Community Settlement Cooperative www.amriverschool.org

New Zealand

• Atamai Village, Motueka - http://www.atamaivillage.org/ http://www.atamaivillage.com/
• Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood - http://www.earthsong.org.nz/