Hockerton Housing Project
The Watershed
Gables Drive
Hockerton
Southwell
Nottinghamshire
NG25 0QU
England
Website
www.hockertonhousingproject.org.uk
Telephone
01636 816902
From the very outset the Hockerton Housing Project has been recognized as a possible model for sustainable living. The massive interest that it has attracted indicates that there is a desire from a significant proportion of the public to seek new ways of living that reduce their impact on the environment. In the last few years the project has attracted over 3,000 enquiries.
The Sustainable Community project builds on the Hockerton Housing Project’s current activities to provide a co-ordinated package of services to help people establish new sustainable communities. Many of the enquiries we receive are from individuals and groups looking to set up similar developments or communities. However setting up a sustainable community involves a different understanding of planning, legal and financial issues, as well as new building techniques and technologies. Living in a sustainable community involves many other attributes including new skills and ways of relating to others.
From the large number of such individuals/ groups that we have met, many have struggled to realize their goals, because this knowledge is difficult to access. Their feedback directly to us is that they are seeking this information, but finding it difficult to take the next steps. This project aims to assist such people to move forward by providing a toolkit of relevant services.
Venue Type:
Science centre, Environmental or ecological centre
