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sustainable house day
Ecovillage residents will again this year open their homes for Sustainable House Day. Sustainable House Day, for 2011 will be held on 11 September. It is an annual national event held to showcase sustainable design and construction to the general public to educate and inspire green living.
This year the 10th Annual event - will see 4 Ecovillage residents welcome visitors to view their sustainable homes and another will showcase their productive permaculture-style garden. This is an unprecedented event for Australia: no other esidential estate in Australia boasts so many homes open for public display - and for free!!
Last year over 2000 people visited The Ecovillage to see just how these homes are exemplary models of sustainable living. The homes displayed energy efficiency, water self-sufficiency and how beautiful a sustainable home can be. Open were Strawforest home, a strawbale construction with exceptional style and two other contemporary designed and constructed sustainable houses.
Ecovillage homes comply with strict Architectural and Landscaping Covenants so as to maintain a high standard of environmental criteria whilst still remaining aesthetically pleasing and contemporary in their design. They offer comfortable temperatures year round, healthy air quality, low impact building materials and smaller building footprints.
See the Testimonials page on this website for residents’ experiences of living in their wonderful homes.
The Village Hall will host workshops held by QUT throughout the day. All are free events open to the public. Come and see a case study presentation of the World’s Best Environmental Development, sustainable technology advancements and even workshop designing a sustainable school within the Ecovillage!
The Ecovillage community are holding an Eco-Expo with suppliers and services stalls as well as food, drinks and coffee.
tomewin mountain challenge
The inaugural Tomewin Mountain Challenge was held recently with the start and finish line on Village Way in The Ecovillage.
The brains of Chris Van Hoof of local training guru Chisel Fitness, the race is a 22.5km run up Tomewin Mountain, to the border gate and return. Over 120 runners took the field, volunteers marshalled and a great days fun was had by all.
The challenge will hopefully springboard to an annual event and if numbers and enthusiasm are anything to go by, it will certainly be achieved. Ecovillage resident Yoko Okuda (Japan’s top female triathlete) was the second female home. The first female home was in third place overall.
Ringing Cedars / Anastasia Discussion Group
Testimonial from Anastasia / Ringing Cedars books:
“Like nothing you’ve ever read!
Anastasia will have you dancing with delight and squealing with excitement as you re-discover YOU - in all your glory! Like waking from a dream, you will find yourself suddenly remembering who you REALLY are! Her soft-spoken words will go straight to your heart - like nothing you have ever read!”
Many residents within The Ecovillage at Currumbin have made a discovery. They are all interested in and inspired by the Anastasia Ringing Cedars series of books. A group of community members is getting together to form a Discussion Group to learn from and gain further insight into this marvellous information.
The Anastasia series speaks of Ecovillages and places where humans co-exist with fauna and flora and with deep respect for the planet and their environment. A couple of devoted Anastasia fans have become Ecovillage owners as they sought to find a place that embodies the principles found in these fascinating and inspirational writings.
community spirit
Ecovillagers are now enjoying the benefits of their wonderful Old Dairy Recreation Facilities. These facilities house a Village Hall, gym, dining room, commercial-style kitchen, spa pavilions, wood-fired pizza oven, childrens playgrounds, lap / recreation pool, picnic and bbq areas and much more.
Monthly movie nights, community games evenings, weddings, parties, soup nights and lots of other enjoyable organised evenings are spent as well as the occasional impromptu informal get together.
Community living certainly has its virtues as children can play freely in easily visible proximity to parents as they socialise and gather with neighbours and friends. The indoor / outdoor nature of the facilities takes great advantage of our year round fabulous climate.
