Happy holidays from the Ecovillage team!

From all of us here at the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, we want to thank you for supporting us through another amazing year of achievements. We couldn’t have done it without you. ...

Interactive plans on Ecovillage website

Have you discovered the interactive plans of the Ecovillage on our new website yet? Like four plans in one, this nifty feature begins with a plan of the overall Ecovillage site with pop-up tool tips explaining the key features and public buildings of the Ecovillage. Click on the highlighted clusters ...

Local builders are keen to get involved

Now that the project has a green light, we are turning our attention to the buildings that will make up the Witchcliffe Ecovillage. Last week, we invited approximately 20 of the region’s best small builders to attend a briefing at the Ecovillage offices to learn about the project. The invitation ...

A trip down memory lane at the Ecovillage

“Very good memories…” “I loved this place…” “Happy days here…” – 80-year-old John Shervington, who was born in Margaret River and spent part of his childhood on what is now the Ecovillage site. The Witchcliffe Ecovillage team was delighted to host a get-together on Wednesday with a couple of special ...

Witchcliffe Ecovillage clears its final hurdle

What great timing to be able to coincide the launch of our fantastic new website with the exciting announcement that we have cleared our final statutory hurdle and the Ecovillage has green lights across the board. We were thrilled and relieved to receive approval late last week from the ERA ...

Come Fly With Me – Oct 2019

This month’s “Come Fly With Me” video features the incredible progress of the horticultural team across the site, from planting out the organic vineyard and avocado orchard to milestones in the demonstration vegetable gardens. Thanks again to our resident drone enthusiast, Andrew Jager, for his footage and photography of the ...

Life Cycle Assessment of the Ecovillage

By Andrew Moore, Principal Sustainability Scientist, Life Cycle Logic What is LCA and why is it important to the Ecovillage? Life cycle assessment (LCA) has emerged internationally as the preferred method to provide scientific proof of sustainability. It is a holistic approach that addresses a range of environmental impacts over ...

Digging deep: Horticulture update

The core horticulture team of Mark, PB, Paul and Byron, supported by a casual workforce and a jovial, hard-working group of garden volunteers, have been going hell for leather across the property making exciting tangible progress. The NASAA certified organic demonstration garden at the Ecovillage office is being transformed both ...

Community gardens: The heart of daily life

I recently joined the Sustainable Settlements team and have been involved in developing the Stage 1 community gardens from original concept plans to a much higher level of detail. There were a lot of design parameters that needed to be met for each community garden, such as: providing an exclusive use ...

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