towards a sustainable community, dedicated to mindfulness, deep ecology and forest restoration
Inspired by the teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, we share a dream: to build community for the practice of mindfulness in daily life, to live lightly on the earth, and share a space for the cultivation of meditation, insight and healing. Please take a moment to explore our project manifesto to find out more about our vision.
some important themes for our project...
forest restoration
sustainable and affordable housing
right livelihood
meditation
study and practice
non-violent communication
we need your help!
We are currently looking for a home, somewhere in the mid-north coast of New South Wales. We are also trying to raise funds to purchase land. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you think you might be able to help.
We are live…
Greetings from Myanmar. We have reached an important milestone in our project, the launch of this website! I am so grateful to everyone who has shown their interest and support, to all my teachers, and to the great thinkers and practitioners who have provided the inspiration for this project, many…
Meet our founders… Tenzin Alex
As a teenager I had a brush with Zen philosophy through the poems of Basho, and a fascination with the work of Masanobu Fukuoka, but in many ways the forest was my first meditation teacher. At the time I was engaged in field work for my doctoral research into climate…
power of community summit
This great summit just finished: https://ecovillage.org/event/power-of-community-summit/ I managed to catch a few talks, including Fritjof Capra, Christiana Figueras, and Joanna Macy, which were really good. Due to the timezone difference between here In New South Wales, Australia and Findhorne in Scotland, it was hard to see them all. So we…
the project begins…
we are just getting started with our project, deciding on a name, getting a website up and running…