Intentional Communities, Ecovillages, and Cohousing

   The Fellowship for Intentional Community has a website listing intentional communities by geographical location. There are 1924 listed in the US.

http://directory.ic.org/iclist/geo.php

Similar information may be found under the subject of co-housing;

http://www.cohousing.org/directory

1. The Redfield Community

 
To quote an excerpt from their website,

'...Redfield is an Intentional Community situated in North Buckinghamshire, England. The house is a large old mansion with 17 acres of gardens, woodland and pasture surrounded by farmland.' This community has been functioning and evolving since 1978.
   The website for the community is;

http://www.redfieldcommunity.org.uk/

2. The Lammas Land Project, evolving since 2006, located in Pembrokeshire, England

  
   This is another excellent set of resources both for intentional community and low impact living.

   References to 'The One Planet Development Policy',  development plans to achieve low impact development, and, 'Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook stoves', as well as much other useful information, may be found at  

   http://www.lammas.org.uk/
 
   Their write-up includes what it has been like to develop an intentional community in the face of local opposition. It is well worth a read.

   At the time of this writing (2/12/2012), I am not associated with nor contemplating evolving an eco-village. What I have is an ecosystem. People are part of it, but it is not structured into a design of multiple housing units.
   I have spent most of my life surrounded by- not wilderness- but open space, with the company of trees and birdsong. This is where I come for refuge, where I recover from the insanity of work and the city. I take in solitude like a long drink of cool spring water. I like to go and be with my animals and my gardens. They are good company.