Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions (ISEES)

Communities

About the Communities

Established
English
Ecological
Rural

Founding year

2014

What we do

The Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions (ISEES) is a non-profit institution based in Ghana dedicated to building the resilience of local communities, and national governments through policy advocacy, capacity building, research, promoting sustainable energy and environmental solutions and climate-smart technologies to transition indigenous traditional and transitional communities into ecovillages.
We train sustainable leaders in sustainable energy solutions such as biogas, clean cookstoves, solar PV for lighting, heating, water pumping for irrigation and community water supply systems, wastewater harvesting, and purification systems among others. Visit our website: www.iseesghana.org
A member of GEN Ghana and GEN Africa aiming to support the ecological transition of traditional villages and learning centers into sustainable communities.
ISEES has been implementing a number of programs and projects aimed at facilitating energy access in rural and peri-urban communities, empowering youth and community leaders for environmental sustainability. www.iseesghana.org/programs-projects/
ISEES has established its learning Center for Community and Ecovillages Development (CECODEV) to champion initiatives for building the capacity of youth, community leaders, CSOs, and government officials to promote ecovillage ideals in their activities
ISEES is implementing the Bomigo Ecovillage Project as well as Beposo and Governorkrom Ecovillage centers for sustainability.

Website: www.iseesghana.org
Facebook: https://.facebook.com/iseesghana or www.facebook.com/isees.org
Twitter: https://.twitter.com/iseesghana/
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/iseesghana

Purpose

Ecological

Languages

English

Community type

Ecovillage

Activities

Permaculture
Education
Experiences

Commemorative dates

January 1, 2014

Started living together

Membership

Open to new members

Open to visitors

Total

550

Guest Book

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Location

Ghana

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Volunteering

Looking for Full Time Volunteers

We are currently accepting full-time residential volunteers. Join us for 6 months (or more) at our Tibetan Buddhist center. Volunteers receive their own private room as well as all meals covered. Volunteers also have full access to classes, workshops, events, and ceremonies. This is a labor-intensive work study program–volunteers work 6 days a week on a variety of tasks such as cooking, cleaning, house maintenance, gardening, It & Tech, event planning, administrative duties, and more.

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Events

Healing Love Healing Money: Trust As The Foundation For A New Culture

Money, love and power are among the hardest things any community works with, and many of us carry the same fears into both: not having enough, losing what we have, and the sense that if someone else gets money or love, we won’t. Healing Love, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture is taught by two intentional communities. Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle are from Clear Sky Meditation and Retreat Center, a Buddhist-lineage community in the BC Rockies. Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera Healing Biotope, a community of about 160 people in southern Portugal that has spent decades studying love, trust and relationship. Clear Sky has spent years working on its relationship with money, and our two communities found surprising parallels in the fears beneath both. Over four sessions we explore the roots of fear around money and belonging, love, possession and power, trust as infrastructure (community as a container for healing), and ethical livelihood. We use short meditations, body-based practices, reflection and small-group conversation. You do not need to be in a romantic relationship or live in community. When: October 27, Nov 3, 10, 17. All four sessions: 12–2pm Vancouver, 1–3pm Alberta, 7–9pm UK and Portugal, 8–10pm Central Europe. Note: US and some Canadian provinces change clocks on November 1, so the US west coast is 12–2pm on October 27, then 11am–1pm for the remaining sessions, and Eastern is 3–5pm on October 27, then 2–4pm for the rest. Cost: sliding scale Details and registration: https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/healing-love-healing-money-online/

October 27, 2026 13:00 – November 17, 2026 15:00

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Communities with Openings

Two Homes Available in Cohousing Community - Indianola, WA

The Wise Acres Community is a cohousing neighborhood in Indianola, Washington. We currently have two openings: a 5-bedroom house and a 1-bedroom cottage. In Wise Acres, we gather for dinners, parties, and other events in our common house and tend a community garden together. We look out for each other, make decisions by consensus, and share the work of stewarding the land. One house available for rent has 4 bedrooms, plus a study that can be used as a bedroom. The kitchen and great room face east and south, with high windows that invite lots of natural light. The single-story home has a wood-burning stove in the living room and a whole-house A/C heat pump. Unfurnished. For photos and a floor plan of this house, click here. The other home available for rent is a 1 bedroom 650 sq ft cottage with skylight and a forest balcony. The tranquil, three-story house is suitable for those with good physical mobility. For photos, click here. Wise Acres is walking distance from the beach in a small, friendly town that is 6 miles from the ferry to Seattle. Here’s a link to the Wise Acres community website. We are seeking to rent to a household that wants to participate fully in community life. For more information, call or text 360 860 0644.

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Affordable Cohousing in California

La Querencia is an established, multigenerational cohousing community of 28 private homes in northeast Fresno, California. Homes of different sizes are available for sale or rent, at prices well below those of many other cohousing communities—especially in California. We each have our own homes and lives while also sharing meals, gardens, celebrations, a common house, a pool, and the work of caring for the community together. See current homes, prices, photos, and details: https://www.laqcoho.org/available-homes We offer monthly virtual information sessions and in-person tours for people who would like to get to know the community. Tour information is available through our website: laqcoho.com.

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Professional Services

Free Training in Sociocratic Governance 🦋

I am a budding trainer of sociocracy and am looking for intentional communities to offer practice trainings to. Once I am a certified trainer of sociocracy, I will go on to meet the requirements of becoming a consultant- so implementation support could also be an option in the future for groups who want to adopt sociocracy as their governance model. If you’d like to learn more about me, you can view my communitarian resume. And, if you are interested in exploring the possibility of working together, please fill out this brief google form to explain who you are and what you’re hoping to get from these trainings. Blessings from the Pacific Northwest, Turtle Island. The land of the salmon, orca, and abundant clouds! 💧

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Housing For Rent + Shared

Indianola Cohousing Rental

Two separate homes available for rent in an established cohousing community. We are looking to rent to folks who want to participate fully in community life. Please visit this listing for information: Two Homes Available in Cohousing Community – Indianola, WA

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Real Estate For Sale

For Sale: Brick Home in Solterra Cohousing Community, Durham NC

Live where nature, sustainability, and community come together. For sale in Solterra Cohousing (Durham, NC): all-brick 3,376 sq ft home, 3 bedrooms upstairs + open loft, 2.5 baths, craft room, screened porch, 2-car garage. House and bathrooms freshly painted and renovated. Brazilian hand-sanded hardwood floors throughout. Kitchen with 8 x 4 island. 14 solar panels, large windows. A supportive, established multigenerational community with shared meals, gardens, common house, and beautiful dog park. Ask about furniture not included in move. $740,000 | MLS #10197168. Contact: Eila Voloshen, Inhabit Real Estate — 917.855.3009

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Communities with Openings

12 acres in Collinsville Mississippi

We are looking for 2 more founders for our community. We are renting RV spots at $500 a month plus 10 hours a week volunteer.