News & Events

FOR SALE – Character & Charm

Craftsman built by New earth Living - natural edge mahogany with bush poles and rammed earth features. 25 YORNITJ GROVE - CLUSTER 1C, WITCHCLIFFE ECOVILLAGE ...

SOLD – Ecovillage Excellence

This is an exceptional opportunity to walk into a sustainable life - with style. 54 KULBARDI WAY, WITCHCLIFFE - CLUSTER 1B, WITCHCLIFFE ECOVILLAGE ...

What a year! A 2024 wrap-up of life in the Ecovillage

Orchids in the Ecovillage Commons Conservation Area, images courtesy of Sandra Handy It’s been a busy year for all of us here at the Ecovillage office as we embarked upon the final stages of bringing this ground-breaking village to life, with a naturally smaller, but very focused team. There has ...

SEVI: An exemplar of how electric vehicles can energise communities

Researchers from Curtin University and the University of Technology Sydney are leading a team from across the country to investigate stand out examples of strategic electric vehicle integration (SEVI) as part of the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). The project has selected the Witchcliffe Ecovillage as a world ...

Celebrating a milestone moment for the Ecovillage Commons!

The end of 2024 has seen us achieve a much-anticipated milestone, the amalgamation of the Ecovillage Commons land, which signals to us that we are inching ever closer to bringing the final piece of the Ecovillage masterplan, the Ecovillage Commons Limited (ECL) company, into community ownership. Community Avocado Orchard on ...

Short Stay Cottages available for bookings

We are excited to let you know that the three beautiful BirdNest holiday homes in Cluster 4D are open and taking bookings for short stay visitors. It is lovely for us to see their twinkling lights across the oval from the Community Centre when we work back at night, and ...

What 2025 holds for the WEV founders

Almost five gruelling years after starting construction in February 2020, Michelle and I are ready to start stepping back from full time work in the WEV office.  This is being made possible due to our fantastic Admin team, Karen & Michelle, book keeper, June, and the appointment of a new, ...

Ecovillage Profile : Karen Majer & Boyd Wykes

The first time I heard about the Witchcliffe Ecovillage was in November 2012 when Mike Hulme presented the idea for this innovative settlement to a Transition gathering at the (then) Tingrith meeting house. Over the years Boyd and I followed the Ecovillage from a twinkle in Mike and Michelle’s eyes ...

A visit from Narara Ecovillage founder

It’s been a year of unexpected and serendipitous connections for Mike and I with other Ecovillage developers in Australia. It’s a bit of a niche what we do in this space as creators of truly sustainable, community focused human settlements, and despite our different locations, we share many unique challenges ...