A model of Lammas’ “community hub.” (Photo courtesy of Lammas.) After an exhausting planning process, during which the initiative was twice rejected by local planning authorities, a group of families building a 74 acre ecovillage in Wales won £350,000 (over

half a million US dollars) in grant money from the UK government last week. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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UK Ecovillage, Initially Rejected by Planning Authorities, Wins Government Grant