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UK Ecovillage, Initially Rejected by Planning Authorities, Wins Government Grant

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After an exhausting planning process, during which the initiative was twice rejected by local planning authorities, a group of families building a 74 acre ecovillage in Wales won £350,000 (over half a million US dollars) in grant money from the UK government last week.

via UK Ecovillage, Initially Rejected by Planning Authorities, Wins Government Grant : TreeHugger.

The ecocommunity is called Lammas, and because they also practice permaculture, they’ve just received another grant for carbon sequestration. Follow the link above for the complete story.

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Written by Brian

December 27th, 2009 at 8:22 pm

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