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From the Editor’s desk

“Excellence in Sustainability & Affordable Housing was awarded to Witchcliffe Ecovillage – a first in carbon negative community living with a holistic approach to reducing ongoing living costs in our South West. If we had a “Hard Won Victory” category, Sustainable Settlements & Perron Developments would have won that too ...

What’s life like in the Ecovillage?

Sometimes it feels a little challenging to answer the question: “What’s life like in the Ecovillage?” Primarily, I am afraid of sounding like a cliché! And secondly, we’ve met so many people who are waiting to move into their Ecovillage homes, or are just starting their design journey, and we ...

Commentary: The view from my e-bike

Over the past couple of months, many of you will have seen me riding my bike around the Ecovillage, chatting to residents and contractors. ...

Riding the wave

  What a crazy few months it’s been navigating the Coronavirus chaos! Like everyone, the Witchcliffe Ecovillage has been impacted by the pandemic fallout, but all things considered, we seem to have weathered the storm relatively well so far. However, we’ve had to change our sales and marketing schedule several ...