Uros Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
The Uros Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca in Peru are home to an indigenous community living on floating reed islands.
Contrasts and challenges of Lagos, Africa’s largest city
Lagos, Africa’s largest and soon the world’s largest city, is a city of inequality that faces a multitude of challenges.
Reforestation and community living at Sadhana Forest India
Sadhana Forest India is a reforestation project and a model for sustainable community living.
Utopian ideas meet sustainable living at Auroville
Auroville is an experimental universal township where all people can live in peace and harmony, regardless of politics or nationality.
Build with Gambia Earth Architecture Workshop: Social architecture in practice at Kantora Arts Village
Build with Gambia Earth Architecture Workshop was a project at Kantora Arts Village aiming to create a positive social impact through architecture.
Ganvie, Africa’s largest lake village
Ganvie village is a 400-year-old settlement that is built in the middle of a lake in Benin.
Life inside the volcanic crater of Pico do Fogo
The residents of Chã das Caldeiras on the Cape Verdean island of Fogo choose to live inside the crater of an active volcano despite the constant threat of eruption.
Tunbung Art Village, a haven for creativity in The Gambia
Tunbung Art Village is an outdoor studio in The Gambia where art, earth architecture and environmental protection meet in a creative way.
Senegalese villages fight desertification and poverty by becoming ecovillages
Rural communities in Senegal are turning to permaculture and the global ecovillage movement in an effort to fight desertification while improving food security and quality of life.
Improving indigenous lives with coffee and culture
Preservation of culture and a women’s coffee cooperative are two grassroots projects by the members of La Laguna indigenous community in Nicaragua.