News & Events

Lifecycle.house launches at the Ecovillage

At the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, we wanted to take sustainable building design to the next level. After enshrining the basics of passive solar design into our Sustainable Building Design Guidelines, we took the next step of examining the energy it took to create, transport to site, and dispose of various building ...

Exclusive supplier deals for Ecovillage residents

As previously announced in our October newsletter, we have been liaising and negotiating with a raft of leading suppliers to be able to offer exclusive deals and the best pricing on exceptional sustainable products and services for Ecovillage residents. You can find a list of the suppliers offering deals here. ...

Making black gold

If you’ve been following the Ecovillage horticultural updates, you’re probably well aware of how much we value good compost. As such, in our demonstration gardens we have been making and trialling a few different systems to test the quality of compost made and ease of use. Firstly, what do we use ...

Closing the Ecovillage Sales Office

The holiday season is upon us! This is a precious time when many of us get the chance to properly rest, relax, rejuvenate and reconnect. Following this extraordinary year of immense challenges, it’s never been more important and necessary for us all. In this spirit, we will be closing the ...

Federal HomeBuilder grant deadline extended

The Federal Government recently announced it would extend the application deadline to 31 March 2021 for its popular $25,000 HomeBuilder grant but reduce the amount on offer. This will open the grant up to more potential buyers and will also give some breathing space to Ecovillage residents who are struggling ...

From The Editor’s Desk – December 2020

SALES & MARKETING UPDATE – DECEMBER 2020 Lot sales, love and gratitude It’s been a remarkable year of sales for the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, which we would never have predicted given the prevailing climate of uncertainty that cast a shadow over 2020. Lot sales have been strong and steady since May ...

Warming up the garden

Garden Update: October 2020 Over the winter months, the Ecovillage horticulture team has been consolidating its existing projects in readiness for the next phase. It’s good to have the nutrition, weed and pest and disease management programs in place and working well. Much of my focus in the last year ...

Preferred Supplier Deals

We have always wanted to use our community’s bulk buying potential to negotiate some great deals on products that we’re all going to need, like PVs, heat pumps, rainwater tanks, pumps, etc. We’ve also always been of the view that we only want to recommend the best and most sustainable products, ...

Stages 1-3 civil works resume

Construction Update – October 2020 Construction work on the Witchcliffe Ecovillage paused over the winter months and we are now looking forward to work getting underway again on 19 October. While site conditions over winter don’t suit civil works, the stonemasons have steadily continued in the Village Square and the ...