News & Events

Ecovillage welcomes the Webb family 1
Ecovillage welcomes the Webb family

When Michelle and I started the journey of exploring the potential for building an ecovillage in Witchcliffe we consulted extensively with the local community. We made it very clear from the outset that we had no intention of proceeding with the extensive planning process to rezone the land unless there was ...

15
Dec
Loving and learning at the Ecovillage 2
Loving and learning at the Ecovillage

By Alex Jolly and Georgie Holbeche, residents of Cluster 1B It was while camping at Mike and Michelle’s place in Margaret River in Jan 2017 after a concert that we first heard of the Witchcliffe Ecovillage. Mike and Michelle had an amazing property and over the weekend we had the ...

15
Dec
Redink Homes Southwest joins the Ecovillage 3
Redink Homes Southwest joins the Ecovillage

We are delighted to announce that Redink Homes Southwest is joining the Ecovillage guild of builders, commencing immediately. Redink is a large project home building company with a substantial presence in the South West. This new offering is a welcome addition to the Ecovillage, giving buyers access to a company ...

15
Dec
Civils nearly complete, landscape rolls on 4
Civils nearly complete, landscape rolls on

Southern entrance all that remains of civil works Practical Completion on Stage 5B was achieved on 1 December and the roads to Stage 4 and 5 are now fully open for public access. Civil works on the Southern Bussell Highway Intersection is all that remains now as part of the ...

15
Dec
WEV office moves to the Community Centre 5
WEV office moves to the Community Centre

The WEV team is so excited to have moved our office into the bright and shiny new Ecovillage Community Centre a few days ago. We’ve spent many years swallowing the irony of designing passive solar, thermally efficient homes while sitting on heated blankets and shivering in the perpetual cold and ...

08
Dec
Building Update - Dec 2022 6
Building Update – Dec 2022

We’re so thrilled with the quality and diversity of homes being built in the Ecovillage to date. Homes are predominantly being built from timber, straw bale, reverse brick veneer and hempcrete (apparently the most hempcrete homes in one suburb in the Southern Hemisphere, and soon to be the world). They’re ...

08
Dec
Ecovillage Lot Sales Update – Dec 2022 7
Ecovillage Lot Sales Update – Dec 2022

Buyers come out of hibernation Ask any real estate agent and they’ll tell you buyers come out of hibernation in spring. That’s certainly the case in South West WA where the end of winter is highly anticipated and celebrated by locals. The Ecovillage sales team has definitely registered a spike ...

08
Dec
From the Editor’s Desk 8
From the Editor’s Desk

Taking stock, 13 years in It’s astonishing to look back at how much we’ve achieved since we put our first lot on the market a mere two and a half years ago, after more than 11 years in planning. Capturing a moment in time, here are some fun facts as ...

07
Dec
Ecovillage Sales Office closed for the holidays  9
Ecovillage Sales Office closed for the holidays 

It’s impossible to sum up a year like 2022, other than to say, PHEW! The Ecovillage team, like so many of you, will be taking a good long break to recharge our (solar) batteries and soak up that summer sunshine.  I’m looking forward to lazy days at the beach and ...

05
Dec