ECO Units: a definition document

This document provides a broad definition of anĀ  Eco-Unit to act as a starting point for people wanting to develop their own eco-village. I believe it can help development of eco-villages if the owners and administrators can agree at an early stage what it is they are aiming for. A document like this sets up Read more about ECO Units: a definition document[…]

Eco units provide Naoki Shiomi’s Half Farmer/Half X lifestyle

The concept of the Half-Farmer/Half-X lifestyle was first proposed in the mid-1990s by the Japanese Naoki Shiomi, who now lives in the city of Ayabe in the north part of Kyoto Prefecture. The basic idea is that people pursue farming, not so much as a business but to grow food for their own family, while Read more about Eco units provide Naoki Shiomi’s Half Farmer/Half X lifestyle[…]