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

February 18, 2019

How to Brew Kombucha

If you attend any outdoor, green-oriented event in Melbourne, Australia, such as the awesome Sustainable Living Festival, you are likely come across a kilted, happy-looking guy riding a bicycle-powered cool drinks dispenser. For a mere 5 dollars or so, he will pour you a refreshing, fragrant cup of sparkling, sweetly-sour, gut-friendly kombucha. His name is … Continue reading How to Brew Kombucha →

February 10, 2019

Treevolution

There is a moment, fruity and hazy-afternooned, just before the sun loses its heat and falls out of the marmalade-smeared sky, when I am stopped. Arms scratched and itching from the day’s garden toil. Tweaks of sharp discomfort here and there, yet still a sigh of deep contentment escapes. I sit on my haunches, rabbit-like … Continue reading Treevolution →

January 6, 2019

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. T.S. Eliot Almond blossom in January marks the beginning of Spring in Catalunya and today it shows itself, just as we come to the end of The Omen Days. … Continue reading On the Twelfth Day of Christmas →

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...