News & Events

Reflections on “3000 Generations” event

Early in November, Michelle and I were privileged to see our dear friends Dr Wayne (Wonitji) Webb and Stuart Hicks present their wonderful slide show on the Wadandi people’s inhabitation of our magnificent region, ‘3000 Generations & the Next One’, at The Margaret River HEART – Nana Bardip Mia (Our ...

Lawn mowing with Babydolls

By Mark Tupman, Productive Ecology Ecovillage residents will be well familiar with our resident flock of Babydoll sheep by now. We (Sustainable Settlements) started the WEV flock around four years ago with some lambs purchased from Tanjar Babydoll stud, and later acquired a few more from the only other available ...

Community management of the avocado orchard

We enjoyed another milestone in October when we held a little community event to hand over several rows of avocado trees to clusters 1A, 1B and 1C from the orchard in the wastewater irrigation zone. It was a fun and informative couple of hours where all who attended received a ...

All systems go! Energy update

We were thrilled to finally receive approval to turn on all of the solar systems in Stage 1 last month. During the summer of 20-21, Western Power experienced a couple of large grid burnout events due to the amount of solar installed in some of Perth’s suburbs. Western Power’s response ...

EV use in the Ecovillage

EV use in the Ecovillage It’s great to see several Ecovillage residents buying EVs, including Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona and a Peugeot e-2008. As an early EV adopter, I have often been asked for my recommendation on the best EV to purchase at present. My first two questions are: ...

Putting uncertainty behind us

The hardest aspect of the project has been dealing with the stress of ongoing uncertainty dogging every milestone. While it has been an incredibly difficult 14 years, I’m very pleased to say that Michelle and I finally feel we are through the toughest days, and we are starting to feel ...

R.I.P. Ross Mars

Our dear friend, Ross Mars, passed away on 9 November 2023. There’s only a small handful of people who I can say truly changed the course of my life, and Ross was one of them. Ross introduced me to Permaculture in 1993, 30 years ago. I’d never met Ross before ...

Witchcliffe Ecovillage wins industry’s highest accolades for sustainability and affordability

Sustainable Settlements and Perron Developments, the team behind the unique Witchcliffe Ecovillage, was thrilled to win two awards for ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Affordable Housing’ and be a Finalist for ‘Masterplanned Communities’ at the prestigious Urban Development Institute of Australia WA (UDIA WA) Awards For Excellence on 16 September 2023. Up against ...

Exemplary Eco Elegance at the Witchcliffe Ecovillage – SOLD

SOLD – 11 Yornitj Grove, Witchcliffe – Cluster 1A Witchcliffe Ecovillage. It is a true privilege to sell such a magnificent high-quality home in the unique, sustainable Witchcliffe Ecovillage community. Barely more than a year old, this beautifully appointed 2 bed 2 bath custom home on a 465sqm Cottage lot ...