sustainable intentional village
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Presented first at the FUTURE PERFECT festival in Sweden, this slide deck give insight into the history and current status of the village being established in Sweden called Änggärdet (Eng Yairdet),TRANSCRIPT
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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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Checklist for land
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