Our village project started in 1993. For a long time we searched but then found a suitable place for the project near Tampere. Finally Kangasala offered a plot with which the members felt comfortable and the project was ready to begin. In the meantime many of the original members had already found their own homes elsewhere. So to-day the assembly of the group is rather different than the original set-up.



The village consists of nine households - 17 adults and 16 children. The main building material will be wood. In the middle of the village there will be a district heating centre, which will use wood-chips. The building has been built to the roof phase, but has not the needed technical equipment yet. All the houses will have compost toilets. There will not be any municipal drain in the project, but the sewage will be handled locally. The used system is called "Green-Pack". The grey water will be filtered and will go through reed and rushes. In this way it is clean enough to be leached into the ground.



There is also a field in our village area, so that it is possible for people to grow food. Some members are also dreaming of having animals: hens, sheep, bees and horses. None of us are a real farmers, but everyone is interested. Let us see what happens. The majority of us have a technical background: engineers, architects and computer people, also a kindergarten-teacher and a fireman.



It is important that the relations between people remain good and unfortunately the common activities are often the source of most quarrels. It has, therefore, been decided to keep the common parts to the minimum. But the village offers all the possibilities for people who want to have more from life. The sky is limit. Some of us are idealists, some are not. We all think that the freedom to choose one`s own way is important. The building is now going on and everything goes fine. Greetings to other villages out there in the world.