Living in the Future | Films about Community and Sustainability

Building community, one film at a time...

Living in the Future is an ongoing project documenting sustainable communities and ecovillages around the world. We host a free online series, a regular blog and a set of three feature documentaries - Ecovillage Pioneers, Lammas and our latest film, Deep Listening. Watch them online or on DVD or USB, or even better, host a screening in your own community!

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Blog

November 19, 2018

Positive Stories for a Change

What stories are you telling yourself today? What are you reading, hearing, thinking about, and passing on? If you started your day with newspapers – whether print or online, it’s likely you were bombarded with bad things that have happened. For me, wildfire, murder and political chaos dominate my headlines today and while it’s possible … Continue reading Positive Stories for a Change →

October 10, 2018

Camino de Santiago – tourist trap or spiritual path?

We start early, woken by the keen energy of other Camino pilgrims and greeted outside by a star, falling through crisp, dark sky. Since we began our walk, the moon has waned from a full, bright round to craggy quarter. A dirt road takes us around lanes, between village homes still quiet with sleep, until … Continue reading Camino de Santiago – tourist trap or spiritual path? →

September 19, 2018

Harvest Gatherings

In the Anglo-Saxon calendar, September is known as Hāligmonath, or “holy month,” when traditionally, people came together to celebrate the bounty of summer. I remember Harvest Festival from my childhood, bringing ripe plums and crisp apples to school and church, piling them up on the table amongst pumpkins and sunflowers. I was thinking about this … Continue reading Harvest Gatherings →

Online Series

Rachel Shiamh’s Strawbale House — Rachel Shiamh won a Grand Designs Award for her 2 storey load bearing strawbale home in Wales.

Cae Mabon with Eric Maddern — Eric Maddern is our host at Cae Mabon - a 'Welsh Shangri-La' near Llanberis in Snowdonia.

Murundaka Co-housing — What does a modern, purpose built, urban intentional community look like? A bit like this...