News & Events

Housing grants to stimulate Ecovillage construction 1
Housing grants to stimulate Ecovillage construction

  Up to $55K in government grants available for Stage 1 buyers The Witchcliffe Ecovillage enthusiastically received the Federal and WA governments’ consecutive announcements last week of stimulus grants valued at $25,000 and $20,000, respectively, for the building of new homes and major renovations, plus an additional $10,000 + stamp ...

11
Jun
Q&A with natural winemaker Sam Vinciullo 2
Q&A with natural winemaker Sam Vinciullo

  Tell me a bit about yourself. I’m from an Italian-Australian family with both sets of grandparents moving from Sicily to Australia at the start of the 1950’s. My parents were public school teachers and I grew up in the Wheatbelt for my first 10 years before moving to Perth ...

10
Jun
The Ecovillage model: A solution for a world turned upside down 3
The Ecovillage model: A solution for a world turned upside down

  Coronavirus has hijacked the news cycle and social discourse so completely in the last four months that it’s difficult to find anything to read that is not, in some way, influenced by the pandemic gripping our world. Indeed, the unfolding impact of COVID-19 is the catalyst for this article ...

10
Jun
Places and spaces take shape 5
Conceptual image depicts the Ecovillage Piazza at the entry to the Village Square.
Places and spaces take shape

  Landscape Update – June 2020 We have had a very busy six months finalising the landscape drawings for construction of Stage 1, which includes community garden residential clusters 1A, 1B and 1C, streetscaping and entry statements along the main road (Road 1) into the Ecovillage, the Piazza and adjoining ...

10
Jun
Is the Ecovillage right for me? 6
Is the Ecovillage right for me?

  The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is no ordinary residential community. This is a development unlike anything ever built before in Western Australia. In fact, we’d contend that its sustainability credentials and features rival the best in the world. While there seems to be a growing societal awareness of issues like climate ...

10
Jun
Building in the Ecovillage 7
Image courtesy of Sorensen Architects.
Building in the Ecovillage

  Housing Design As we’ve mentioned in previous updates, we have been working with a small group of local builders and designers to develop some prototype plans that suit our three lot types in Stage 1. So far, we have five preliminary layouts and pricing for Groupie, Cottage, and Family ...

10
Jun
Stage 1 civil works near completion 8
Stage 1 civil works near completion

  Construction Update – June 2020 After commencing civil construction of Stage 1 in February 2020, just as details of a global pandemic were emerging, we saw intense activity on site, which continued right through the lockdown. During this time, we have put about 7km of sewer pipe in the ...

10
Jun
Planning ahead 9
Artisan stonemasons from Stone Age Construction are crafting beautiful granite feature walls in the Village Square.
Planning ahead

  Town Planning As the civil works progress on site, our town planning focus now is to ensure we are meeting our requirements to allow for the creation of titles for Stage 1. While future Ecovillagers can put down a deposit on the block of their choice, they can’t actually ...

10
Jun
From the Editor’s Desk: June 2020 10
From the Editor’s Desk: June 2020

  This edition of The Village Collective newsletter has been a long time coming! Like many, our best intentions of dispatching a bi-monthly newsletter were thwarted by COVID-19, among other things. But we now have plenty of news that we are excited to share with you. Sales Update After much ...

10
Jun