sustainable intentional village

Peak Oil Climate SystemDisruption

Economic SystemDysfunction

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THE RESILIENT VILLAGE...• Provides nutritious food and wonderful shelter affordably• Is insensitive to fossil fuel price hikes• Has a strong community that can respond to climate change• Gives you a place to be with a clear social conscience• Enables you to be the change you want to see• Provides something you can pass on to your children

Folke Günther

Systems Ecologist

Since 1970’s:

Researched back to 1600’sLived self-sufficientTried everything practicallyEncouraged others tirelessly

http://holon.se

100 friends (with their children) and

A farmerSome land access - one hectar per familySome woods and other land

REALITY NUMBER ONE:

You are starting a business together that is worth anything from EURO 2- 6 million

OPPORTUNITY NUMBER ONE:Your investment will give you what you need – a great place to live and organic food – whatever the economic situation

REALITY NUMBER TWO:

It is like entering into a new relationship, with all the associated fun and trials and tribulations…..

OPPORTUNITY NUMBER TWO:

You get a lot of new friends and be in a group of people who will support each other

REALITY NUMBER THREE:

You are embarking on a personal development course

OPPORTUNITY NUMBER THREE:

You are embarking on a personal development course

Business Plan

• Stage one: legal organisation - youth hostel• Stage two: weekend/holiday home• Stage three: CSA scheme• Stage four: permanent home• Stage five: home and work-life platform

Co-operatives

• Your investment gives value while it is with the organisation

• Have a ready made democratic legal structure• Tried, tested and accepted

Limited companies

• Your investment gives value when you sell it• Means many people can be involved with a

small amount of money• Should give the equivalent or more of what

you can get in the bank• Could provide other benefits like rebates on

goods bought.

Primary production

33%

Processing17%

Distribution26%

Consumption24%

61% of the fuel is used after food leaves the fields

Planting15% Vävhantering

2%

Bevattning 6%

Gödsling 4%

Växtskydd 3%

Handhackning 7%

Maskinhackning 3%

Skörd 18%

Transport 5%

Sortering packning, 37%

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SO FAR

We have hosted some amazing courses

We have enjoyed making food for each other and dining together

We have enjoyed some great moments with simple pleasures

Experienced the mental and physical rewards of using your body

Just gone and got food from outside the door

Worked out simple solutions like using an earth drill and….

Putting your green compost directly in it.

Planned, financed and started two new homes.

Found ourselves talking…. A lot.

There’s plenty left to do…• Get planning permission for the other houses• Do the group dynamics, team building,

”cleaning backwards” stuff• Work out how to find that farmer and deliver

food for 15 families• Continue to develop nutrient recycling and

water handling• Get a firm grip on financial and project plans

Opportunities open up• Investing in Open World Villages in savings

plans• Turning neighbourhoods into eco-units/open

world villages• Using land you own to make the change