community

Seasteading Concept Gets “Off the Ground”

Roddy Scheer communities, community, crowdfunding, floating, homestead, homesteading, Indiegogo, seastead, seasteading, Seasteading Institute, seastedding, Wayne Gramlich

A new breed of homesteaders are looking to the sea (“seasteading”) to create new communities focusing on human and environmental health.

Behind the Greens

How You Can Convince Leaders in Your Community to Adopt Eco-Friendly Practices

Megan Wild activism, allies, alternative, buy local, carbon dioxide, change, community, community solar, confront, convince, do it, energy, face-to-face, food, in-person, leaders, policy, policymakers, renewable, research, retro-commissioning, solar, urge

If you want to convince your community leaders to adopt eco-friendly practices, you’ve got to do your research & look for in-person opportunities…

Sustainable Cities

Washington DC Clean Energy Plan Leads the Way

Ethan Goffman array, city, clean, Clean Energy DC, community, DC, energy, fossil fuel, LEED, municipal, nation's capitol, Nixon Peabody, roof, solar, sun, Washington

The Clean Energy DC plan aims to reduce energy use 50% by 2032 while increasing renewables to supply 50% of Washington, DC’s needs in that same period.

House & Home

Cohousing: An Idea Whose Time Should Have Come

Ethan Goffman Blueberry Hill, co-housing, cohousing, Cohousing Association, community, Eastern Village, home, house, Neighborhood for Mindful Living, Potomac Vegetable Farms, Takoma Village

The contemporary American suburban community is wasteful, with cars for every individual and guest rooms, exercise rooms, weed eaters, snow-blowers and other equipment severely underused. With the planet under severe environmental stress and the average American using some four times their fair share of resources, wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to […]

Going Green

Telethrion or Bust

Stav Dimitropoulos communal, commune, community, experiment, Greece, Greek, island, Telethrion

What would motivate crisis-struck Greek urbanites gather in a picturesque Northern-Euboean village of olive trees to join a project commanding radical change in every aspect of their life as they knew it? The answer lies in the name of the mountain hosting the village: Telethrion. Telethrion is the first Greek eco-community that aspires to restore […]