Building an eco village

Lammas - creating a template so people can buy a piece of land, build a home and create a livelihood so that they can live in an affordable, attractive way - which is sustainable.

Last updated: 02 May 2010

Country Focus - Sunday 2 May 2010 @0730; repeated Monday 3rd May @ 0530 presented by Sarah Moore.

Last summer a group called Lammas obtained planning permission to build the Uk's first planned eco village. The 76 acre site is Newar Glandwr, in North Pembrokeshire, and building is already underway. The village will consist of nine small holdings and it's intended that Lammas will be different from other alternative communities. Sarah Moore discovers how as she's taken on a guided tour and meets the inhabitants embarking on a new way of life and hoping to achieve a more sustainable kind of living.


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