Background & Ethos

Eco-Chateau co-housing is the inspiration of the current owner to transform her property, Chateau de Cautine, into an eco community, each with their own living space yet sharing common areas and land. Yearning for a more coherent & satisfying life for herself and her children, the vision for this project has emerged.

Ethos: Everyone will share the common goals of the community.  There will be no particular prohibitions, prescriptions, philosophies or lifestyle rules but a commitment to freedom, respect and common shared goals as agreed by consensus.  Service to others (and thereby to ourselves) will be at the heart of everything we do.

IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE...

 To help others to learn

 To live, work and learn in the same place

 To get off the treadmill of money, work and consuming

 To get ‘off-grid’ & create a self-sufficient life in case of economic turbulence and collapse

 To learn how to build, repair and recycle for everyday living

 To learn how to grow food & sustain yourself

 To connect to the world of nature and understand how to live without harming it

 To have a community & a connection to other people of all ages and types

 To slow down

 To have time and meaningful activities to do with your children

 To put music, art & dance within everyday life

 To create an environment where money is not the drving factor

 To take constant anxiety out of daily life and feel safer

 To move out of the grip of monopolies - energy, medicine, the media, the government and education

 To discover new ways of being and treating each other

 To put change & learning at the heart of life

 To create space to start living with enjoyment!

 Don't come to us without bringing music.
We celebrate with drum and flute,
with wine not made from grapes,
in a place you cannot imagine.

RUMI (13th century Turkish poet)