News & Events

Newest (and cutest) resident moves in!

Photo: Brodie van der Schaaf I was a volunteer possum carer for 5 years when we first moved to Margaret River, and it was always distressing to me that so many Western ringtail possums, or gnuraren, would come in to care with injuries caused by cats and dogs in people’s ...

31
May
Edible Gardens Festival

On Sunday, the 12th of May 2024, 21 gardens in Ecovillage Cluster 1B collectively welcomed over 200 visitors from the Edible Garden Festival. Britta and Michael Sorensen, both true Ecovillage pioneers (read their story here), encouraged their cluster to join the festival – with great success!  “We’ve participated a couple ...

31
May
The Green Season – Gardening Tips for Autumn

At last, after a long, dry parched season, we’ve had some relieving rain. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we can get a lot of leverage out of the water that falls from the sky in the wet season that’s ahead of us. Plants, soil fauna and ...

31
May
Feed it Forward – Tackling Food Waste in Australia

by Clara Evelyn Fischer Did you know that in Australia, over 7 million tonnes of food end up in landfills annually? That’s an equivalent of roughly 140kg per person!* To combat this problem, Feed it Forward saves huge amounts of surplus food each week from partnering supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths. Volunteers ...

31
May
Come and join us in the Ecovillage!

After the success of Sustainable House Day, Edible Garden Festival, some great press coverage, and quite a few busy sales tours, sales activity in the Ecovillage has been buzzing. The SHD and Edible Gardens Festival events inspired several Ecovillage visitors to envision their life in the village and take the ...

31
May
From the Editor’s Desk

Sustainable House Day was a huge success – not only for us as the Ecovillage, but especially for our over 100 visitors attending the day. We opened up 8 houses with different building materials, one of them the first ever short stay accommodation in the village located overlooking the central ...

31
May
Kyloring Housing Cooperative update

Many of you might know about the Kyloring Housing Cooperative already. However, we gained quite a few new newsletter readers lately, so it’s a good time to provide an update on this unique project. The Kyloring Housing Cooperative is a stand alone cooperative housing project within the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, developed by Co-operation ...

31
May
Picture Perfect! SOLD

22 YORNITJ GROVE, WITCHCLIFFE – CLUSTER 1B, WITCHCLIFFE ECOVILLAGE SOLD SOLD It is a delight for us to offer for sale such a charming, beautifully finished home in the unique, sustainable Witchcliffe Ecovillage community. Designed by Seiber Design and built by the owner (a New Zealand qualified carpenter with 20 ...

03
May
Sustainable Sanctuary

Under Offer Rare opportunity to purchase a beautiful strawbale home in the Witchcliffe Ecovillage 48 KULBARDI WAY, WITCHCLIFFE - CLUSTER 1C, WITCHCLIFFE ECOVILLAGE ...

18
Apr