O.U.R. (One United Resource)
Regenerative community… for a change!
OUR ECOVILLAGE is a 25-acre Regenerative Living Demonstration, Research Center and Bioregional School hosting a land-based permaculture learning community. OUR vision is: sustainable well-being for the land, ourselves, and our worldwide village.
STAY FOR A SHORT WHILE EXPERIENCE
STAY FOR A LONGER WHILE STAY
MAKE OUR VILLAGE YOUR HOME TRANSFORM
OUR ECOVILLAGE is a 25-acre Regenerative Living Demonstration, Research Center and Bioregional School hosting a land-based permaculture learning community. OUR vision is: sustainable well-being for the land, ourselves, and our worldwide village.
STAY FOR A SHORT WHILE EXPERIENCE
STAY FOR A LONGER WHILE STAY
MAKE OUR VILLAGE YOUR HOME TRANSFORM
Grow and learn with us
EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND TRANSFORM
O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE is a 25 acre “Regenerative Living Demonstration Site and Education Centre”, host to multiple non-profits and community-based organizations, based on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Home to collaborative projects with government, academia, corporate sponsors and grassroots programming. OUR village is framing the future with precedent-setting work, laying down legal and regulatory foundations for lawful permaculture work through co-operative action and restorative reconciliation.
Join us living in right relationship with the land and each other. OURs is a whole systems living experience, combined as a place of beauty for families and others who support co-creating a replicable model. We welcome visitors and new residents who are willing to step up and steward the land in a process of re-villaging.
Upcoming events and courses
PDC: Permaculture Design Certificate
June 30 – July 14, 2023
Learn how to design human systems that mimic natural systems, using a minimum of energy and resources and creating real abundance and social justice.
Introduction to Permaculture
June 30 – July 2, 2023
This Introduction to Permaculture will give you all the basics of design, ethics, and principles in the first three days.
Permaculture Design Upgrade
June 30 – July 14, 2023
This course is for permaculture design certification graduates who are looking to refresh their knowledge and apply their skills in an immersive on-land and in-person environment
Healthy lifestyle CSA boxes
WEEKLY FRESH FARM PRODUCE AND MORE!
The 2023 edition of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE CSA is open for new members. Expect an abundance of fresh, in-season produce, eggs, meat and meat-alternatives, baking, and other goodies along with an expanded commitment to education and, of course, community.
O.U.R. Vision & Mission
WHOLE SYSTEMS LIVING
O.U.R ECOVILLAGE is designing a replicable ecologically and socially responsible way of living that brings historic knowledge to the lands we steward. Our re-villaging process is evolving through integrative restorative justice and community learning in deep relationship with the Cowichan nation elders.
We are a capacity building non-profit charity with a focus on eco-agricultural-educational tourism and co-operative living. Some of the primary programs and movements supported here are: permaculture, holistic wellness, green burial, peace making and natural building.
OUR Stories…
The courses at O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE are a life changing experience for everyone who attends. I mean it. The comprehensive thinkers, designers, and builders on team have a serious specialty or two to share with you.
They will take care of you.
O.U.R. is a fantastic place because when you’re here permaculture is all around you: you’re living it and seeing it in the gardens u0026amp; natural buildings. Many people come into permaculture with a dream of founding a community or an ecovillage and here – they’ve actually done it.
O.U.R. is committed to modelling and sharing the future we all need. Whether you stay for an hour or a decade, a piece of the village goes with you – and a piece of your heart stays there. Deepest bows to all who work to evolve this important community space.
