Ecovillage Pioneers

Take a personal journey following the pioneers of low impact living as a young mother journeys through Australia, Spain, the UK and Ireland, in search of a more sustainable way of life. In Wales, Tony Wrench’s turf-roofed roundhouse radically alters the Welsh government’s policy on low impact housing and paves the way for Lammas - the UK’s first planned ecovillage.

I kept your Ecovillage Pioneers film by my bed as inspiration for the way I wanted to live.
Charly, UK.

A journey towards low impact living

Ecovillage Pioneers is the story of the UK's first planned ecovillage, Lammas, and more. Independent film-maker Helen iles explores community living at Crystal Waters permaculture village in Australia, appropriate technology at Sunseed in Spain, and spiritual connection with the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. She visits Ireland's first ecovillage and meets the Tinkers Bubble and Kings Hill communities in Somerset. In Wales, Tony Wrench’s turf-roofed roundhouse radically alters the Welsh government’s policy on low impact housing and paves the way for Lammas – the UK’s first planned ecovillage.