The residents of the ecovillage have come from all walks of life and their plots are individual expressions of sustainable living. Some residents like to remain private, while others are happy to share their knowledge through running courses and tours of their smallholdings, and by accepting volunteers.
Water, trackways and electricity are generally managed collectively and the plots are largely dedicated to growing food, land-based businesses, growing biomass and processing organic waste. Land-based enterprises include fruit and vegetable production, livestock and bees, woodland and willow crafts, value-added food production, and seed production. Originally planning permission was granted for 9 smallholdings.
Since then there has been a range of peripheral development adding to the community here. Under the planning conditions smallholders report to the Council each year, setting out their progress against a series of performance indicators that include traffic generation, land-based productivity, and ecological foot-printing.
The Lammas Ecovillage was one of the first projects to benefit from the One Planet Development planning policy. The dwellinghouses, workshops and barns have been designed and built by the residents themselves, with a lot of help from volunteers.
For the most part they are built from local natural materials or recycled materials. Low-impact construction is by its very nature, organic and low-cost. The holdings are off-grid, with electricity from hydro and solar power.
These are big, continuing positives, no matter what has happened to the ownership structure. Tao and Hoppi Wimbush and their two children, whose Maes Melangell smallholding covers 7. That was more than enough to live on. They have a private water supply, private drainage, generate their own electricity, and use their own wood for fuel much of the year. If everyone lived as they do, we would need only 0. Looking ahead, Tao says he expects the eco village to continue to grow in biodiversity, productivity and wellbeing.
The feedback that we get from our guided tours and courses is that Lammas inspires hope that we, as human beings, can transform our relationship with the natural world for the better. Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. Whilst the majority of residents are very settled and happy here some people have still to move out of temporary accommodation into their final dwellings.
It takes courage, stamina and resources to build the infrastructure necessary to support a sustainable land-based lifestyle from scratch. Thank you for your comments. We are of course happy to correct any factual mistakes that are pointed out.
Lammas shows that soil fertility can be quickly and massively improved, and that smallholdings can support families today. I feel that everyone who supports One Planet Developments owes Lammas a great deal. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. About Contact Info and Complaints Policy. News: Lammas Ecovillage Ten Years On: Revitalised Land, Some Rocky Relationships Lammas, the acre ecovillage at Tir y Gafel, Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, now has richly flourishing productive smallholdings, but no longer functions as a fully united, collaborative community venture.
The emphasis is on edible plants. Array of panels for solar power. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Print. Under the planning conditions the project reports to the Council each year, setting out its progress against a series of performance indicators that include traffic generation, land-based productivity, and ecological foot-printing.
The project is required to substantially meet its needs from the land and demonstrate positive environmental, social and economic benefit. Facebook Twitter. Lammas Ecovillage News. The Lammas Project for Alternative Living The Lammas project has been created to pioneer an alternative model for living on the land.
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