O.U.R. Ecovillage

Regenerative Community… for a Change!  

 

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OUR SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO IN-PERSON VISITORS.

 

The pandemic hasn’t slowed down our drive to engage with the community though! There are many ways you can get involved and we’d love to have you!

 

We support other organizations and facilitators working through the O.U.R. website and outreach channels and continue to serve the wider community in all ways possible.

OUR Ecovillage CSA Box photo

Orders are now open for OUR
2022 Healthy Lifestyle Boxes

Weekly fresh farm produce and more!

Register now for a 20-week share beginning June 2.

O.U.R. Vision & Mission

To educate, inspire and transform by co-creating a thriving learning community and permaculture demonstration site. Sustainable well-being for the land, ourselves and our worldwide village. 

O.U.R. Ecovillage is a 25 acre “Regenerative Living Demonstration Site and Education Centre”. host to multiple non-profit’s and community-based organizations.  Home to collaborative projects with government, academia, corporate sponsors and grassroots programming.

UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS

Advancing Natural Building and Ecological Design Colloquium

Panels . Presentations . Demos
With bonus access to our 2020 event!

March 18-20th, 2022

A virtual gathering for builders, teachers, professionals, and those passionate about natural building: it is a place to exchange the latest developments in practical applications and technology and share ideas with other other people in the field. 

OUR Educational Regenerative Lifestyle CSA Box

Join in the MAGIC of OUR  Weekly Educational CSA Box Program!

Each week you will receive nutritious surprises based on the current growing season. Fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs and legumes ready for pick up or delivery by O.U.R. Farm Team!

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OUR Programs

Permaculture Greenhouse

Permaculture

Observe O.U.R. land in any season and deepen your ecological understanding through the practice of permaculture.

Education

Education

O.U.R. learning center is an immersive environment that teaches how we may live in sustainable harmony with the earth.

Volunteers building a structure

Volunteering

Contribute your talents to O.U.R. community while building sustainable relationships with earth and others.

Picking mushrooms

Wellness

O.U.R. workshops, retreats, and ceremonies unearth your ability to heal through traditional wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the power of nature.

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.

Mark Lakeman

Permaculture Teacher

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 & natural buildings. Many people come into permaculture with a dream of founding a community or an ecovillage and here – they’ve actually done it.

StarHawk

Teacher and Activist

O.U.R. is committed to modelling & 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.

Jason Guille

CEO, Stream of Consciousness

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Healing with the wisdom of cycles

Healing with the wisdom of cycles

Discover this unique 4-part conversation series where food and land serve as the foundation for medicine. This journey is designed for adults to use awareness tools to (re)cultivate connections with food, land, and self by aligning with the cycles of nature. Each...

Mark Your Calendars: 25th Anniversary!

Mark Your Calendars: 25th Anniversary!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!OUR Ecovillage's 25th Anniversary The BIGGEST sharing of all is that in March 2024 marks OUR Ecovillage's 25th Anniversary!!!We have a wondrous first Grand re-Opening and Anniversary Event on March 24th, 2024 at 2:00pm.  Please RSVP, mark your...

OUR Ecovillage Cooperative Report 2023

OUR Ecovillage Cooperative Report 2023

After an amazing, often beyond magical, and sometimes heartbreaking year - OUR Ecovillage Cooperative is reaching out with gratitude and love for the many experiences that had us all grow and expand OUR vision for the future. Many of the assumptions we held to be...

“It is probable that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Land Acknowledgement

OUR ECOVILLAGE is situated on unceded Indigenous lands. The Coast Salish Peoples are the guardians of these lands and waters where we live, work, pray, and play. Quw’utsun (Cowichan) is a historical place of gathering and Na’tsa’ maht Shqwaluwun/”one-heart one-mind” for many Indigenous peoples.

OUR ECOVILLAGE is committed to regenerate land and all ecosystems while acknowledging and respecting Indigenous knowledge that ensures thriving for all beings; we call this Permaculture.

OUR ECOVILLAGE is dedicated to continuously educating ourselves and our communities about the history and peoples of OUR bio-region, to assist in decolonization and re-villaging as a path towards peacemaking,from local to global.

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Land acknowledgment

OUR ECOVILLAGE is situated on unceded Indigenous lands. The Coast Salish Peoples are the guardians of these lands and waters where we live, work, pray, and play. Quw’utsun (Cowichan) is a historical place of gathering and Na’tsa’ maht Shqwaluwun/”one-heart one-mind” for many Indigenous peoples.

OUR ECOVILLAGE is committed to regenerate land and all ecosystems while acknowledging and respecting Indigenous knowledge that ensures thriving for all beings; we call this Permaculture.

OUR ECOVILLAGE is dedicated to continuously educating ourselves and our communities about the history and peoples of OUR bio-region, to assist in decolonization and re-villaging as a path towards peacemaking, from local to global.