The emerging ecovillage Spoluzemě Vrábsko is located between Písek and Příbram in southern Bohemia next to ponds with herons and swans, in the Schwarzenberg countryside full of thick oaks along roads, fields and spruce monocultures.
There are about 12-15 people and a few children living here. The core is 12 members – from the founding circle of the Community in March 2021. Most of our members have their own projects, create something or start a business.
In the future, we would like to have more members, to be such a small eco-village. In the first phase, we are now creating the foundation – housing, space, garden and tuning the internal system. To a certain extent, we already have our stability and in the near future we would like to gradually welcome other members and families with children who will have enough appetite and courage to step into the unknown and develop the project. There are no accommodation capacities in the houses yet – we have to gradually create everything together. But there would be a place for an enclave of small houses. The total potential includes a building plot as well as a residential attic, which requires investment and reconstruction.
LONG TERM VISION
About 50-70 of us live here. We are a small ecovillage. We are one of the ecovillages in the Czech Republic, we are interconnected. Children learn together here – in our School of Life. We have workshops for creating everything possible – a fermentation workshop, a weaving workshop for making carpets and bags, a sewing workshop, a workshop for working with wood…
We live in our own smaller houses and a few buildings in several enclaves, each with its own common facilities. Some live more independently, some live together a lot. Although some people have their own little garden around the house, we also have communal gardening and an edible forest.
In addition to the desire to live meaningfully, in respect and in a natural grouping, we are also connected by the project of an educational center and a place where people come for stays. Visitors are inspired, take part in the proceedings, relax and experience the local atmosphere. They are transformed by the direct experience of being in Vrábsk.
One should come a few times to some of our evets or for a visit and should spend couple of days with us. Then one can come to live with us for a longer time if the community agrees. One can ask to become an aspiring member and after 6-12 months can be accepted as full member.
Send us an email or come to one of our events listed here: https://www.facebook.com/vrabsko/events/
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
We have appointed council dealing with day to day agenda of the community.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Regular fees: $33
Labor: Yes (3 hrs/week)
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Internet
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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