
Food is an integral part of community: what we eat, how we grow it, and who we share it with. And an ecovillage’s approach to food can tell us a lot about its philosophy, too. Today on Community we visit one of Europe’s oldest and largest ecovillages, Findhorn in Scotland, to talk to food growers, …
Nov 9, 2021
27 min

This week on Community, the ecovillage podcast, with guest producer Evan Welkin from Borgo Basino we’re in conversation with author and journalist Tobias Jones, who has documented his explorations into the good, bad and ugly sides of community through his writing. We talked about his experiences visiting European communities and founding a therapeutic woodland community …
May 24, 2021
20 min

This week, Community visits Torri Superiore – a 30-year old ecovillage in a medieval town steeped in history in Northern Italy. Here we talk to Lucilla Borio, an expert in community building, who shares lessons from a life lived in community and gives her insights on where groups get it right – and wrong – …
Apr 26, 2021
32 min

From their food to their customs, few people know the ecovillages of Europe so well as Riccardo Clemente. Community resident, eco-architect, musician, former president of the Italian Ecovillage Network, GEN EU council member, and veteran ecovillage explorer, Riccardo will be taking us on an adventure this spring around European communities in our Meet the Ecovillages …
Mar 22, 2021
23 min

Aida Shibli describes herself as a queer Palestinian activist, an ecovillager, and a mother. On this week’s podcast we talk about her journey from Palestine to Portugal, identity in community, and hope and healing in the darkest of times.
Mar 8, 2021
31 min

How do ecovillagers make ends meet? When you start talking about ecovillages, it’s a question that sooner or later people are likely to ask you. In this episode of Community, we talk with researcher Dicte Frost about ecovillage economic models, personal and community resilience, and what it really means to make a living.
Feb 22, 2021
36 min

Love: it’s everybody’s business. Or that’s what the founders of the pioneering Tamera community believed, and it’s a conviction that has lead to the creation of a peace research centre, the Healing Biotopes plan, and the Love School, where people from around the world learn what it means to heal love – and in doing …
Feb 4, 2021
27 min

Bafut Ecovillage was a model of hope and good practices in challenging circumstances: providing education and ecologically sound livelihoods to youth and adults in Cameroon’s highlands. Then the war came. In this special episode of Community, we hear from Bafut co-founder and award-winning activist Sonita Mbah about her journey to community living and the devastating …
Feb 3, 2021
22 min

Is it possible to change your life? In Episode 1 of Community, the ecovillage podcast, we set out to explore what changed the life and values of two very different people, following their journeys from a chemical container ship and a secure job in a multinational company to life in a rural ecovillage. You can …
Sep 23, 2020
36 min
