Hi Lars,
in the 1960’s these were co-operative social communities often called ‘communes’ – apparently its quite a difficult thing to achieve successfully – some very famous ones spring to mind like the Findhorn Foundation Eco-village in Scotland and the Damanhur Community in Italy..
Some pioneers of sustainable living are the folk at the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth in Wales…
Ancient peoples and native tribes folk have always lived spiritually in tune with nature through necessity and our modern day equivalent is now called “Bushcraft…”
Sometimes this is purely wilderness exploration and survival based experiences; though often schools will teach the shamanic and spiritual holistic versions of it.
One tenet of it is that it can be difficult to catch live food! – and certainly ancient and native communities were definetly in awe and in love with the animals they hunted and caught.
In the UK a well liked and rounded presenter of practical Bushcraft living is a guy called Ray Mears, his latest programme is set in Canada and is called ‘Northern Wilderness’ its worth watching if you can find it – he seems a genuinely nice person.
Anyway Lars good luck with your project – I need to live more in tune with Gaia too, starting to grow my own vegetables is a new year resolution !
