The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is a unique residential development that is set to become one of the world’s first fully integrated villages that is self sufficient in renewable energy, water, and fresh food produce.
The Witchcliffe Ecovillage vision is to create a model of a highly sustainable, self reliant community in a regional village setting, with the best of 21st century technology that enables the community to produce as much energy as it consumes; be self-sufficient in water; care for the local environment; generate ongoing economic and social opportunities for the area, and be self-sufficient in fresh food produce. A place in which people live, work, socialise, and provide for their material needs sustainably, where most of what they consume on a daily basis can be produced within the ecovillage, in harmony with the permaculture principles of “earth care, people care, and fair share.”
The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is being designed and developed in a manner that will enable the community to be as harmlessly integrated into the local environment as possible. This means that the community’s energy, water and fresh food produce will be produced and harvested on site without pollution, with an emphasis on restoring and protecting indigenous flora and wildlife habitat.
In time, it will grow to be a model demonstration site where people can come to learn how to live more sustainably. To find out more, visit www.ecovillage.net.au
