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33 curated starting points around the world. Visit their websites to learn more.
Sieben Linden
One of Europe’s best-known ecovillages, founded in 1997, with natural building, food growing and a large seminar programme.
Courses
Visit websiteDancing Rabbit
A rural ecovillage founded in 1997 focused on low-impact living, with visitor sessions and workshops.
Visitor programmeCourses
Visit websiteAuroville
An international township founded in 1968, with a published process for people who want to join.
Volunteering
Visit websiteFindhorn Ecovillage
A long-established ecovillage that grew from a community founded in 1962, known for ecological housing and education.
CoursesVisitor programme
Visit websiteKibbutz Lotan
A desert kibbutz known for ecological building and environmental education.
Courses
Visit websiteHarduf
A kibbutz built around anthroposophic education, therapeutic communities and organic farming.
Visit websiteTamera
A peace research and education centre founded in 1995, known for its water-retention landscape.
Courses
Visit websiteTorri Superiore
A medieval hamlet restored by its residents as an ecovillage with a guesthouse and courses.
Courses
Visit websiteSvanholm
A large collective founded in 1978 on an estate with an organic farm, sharing income and property.
Visit websiteMunksøgård
An ecological cohousing community with groups of homes for families, young people and seniors.
Visit websiteLILAC
An urban cohousing co-op with straw-bale homes and a model designed to keep housing affordable.
Visit websiteOWCH
Older Women’s Co-Housing: a cohousing community designed and run by women over fifty.
Visit websiteLammas
A low-impact eco-hamlet of smallholdings where residents build homes and live largely from the land.
Visit websiteCloughjordan Ecovillage
An ecovillage built within an existing Irish town, with shared land, a community farm and low-energy homes.
Visit websiteZEGG
A residential community and education centre founded in 1991, known for its work on community building.
Courses
Visit websiteSchloss Tempelhof
An intergenerational community living in and around a former manor estate.
Visit websiteKommune Niederkaufungen
A political commune founded in 1986 with a shared economy and collectively run workplaces.
Visit websiteDamanhur
A federation of spiritual communities founded in 1975 in the Valchiusella valley.
CoursesVisitor programme
Visit websitePlum Village
A Buddhist practice centre and monastic community offering retreats for lay visitors.
Retreats
Visit websiteLakabe
A once-abandoned mountain village brought back to life by a community living from the land.
Visit websiteSadhana Forest
Volunteer communities working on reforestation and food security.
Volunteering
Visit websiteKufunda Village
A learning village and community working on community-led development and sustainable living.
Courses
Visit websiteAldeaFeliz
An ecovillage in the Andes near Bogotá with a focus on community life and education.
Visit websiteTwin Oaks
An income-sharing community founded in 1967 that runs community businesses and a visitor programme.
Visitor programme
Visit websiteEcoVillage at Ithaca
Several cohousing neighbourhoods sharing land with an organic farm.
Visit websiteThe Farm
One of the longest-running intentional communities in the USA, founded in 1971.
Visit websiteArcosanti
An experimental town in the desert exploring compact, low-impact urban design.
Courses
Visit websiteCrystal Waters
A permaculture village of privately owned lots surrounded by shared land.
Visit websiteBruderhof
Christian communities in several countries where members share property and income.
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