Journeyland presents
A two-day gathering for land-based living.
The Living Village aspires to bring together people who are ready to co-create healthier, more connected ways of living.
Our gathering is rooted in self-responsibility, mutual care, ecological awareness, and a shared commitment to stewarding land and community.
A gathering to convene and explore the practical, cultural, and ecological foundations of building a local ecovillage in the London region.
The program blends workshops, storytelling, hands-on learning, and community dialogue.
The event will attract people interested in living closer to the land. Local leaders, community organizers, growers, builders, creatives, and others who value cooperation and shared stewardship.
A participatory immersion that blends connecting with the land and each other, storytelling, and practical skill-building.
Hear from ecovillage leaders, join workshops on ecovillage design, and participate in hands-on demos like natural building and permaculture.
Pollination is one of the most important ecological services. Bees, butterflies, birds, and bats help plants reproduce, supporting the food supply and plant diversity.
Let us learn from our relatives, and join in the natural cycles of life. By planting our collective vision, we can ensure that the land and our community continues to bloom.
Our current economy treats money and time as the main units of exchange. Nature works differently. Exchange is reciprocal, seasonal, and woven into place.
Let’s work together, like nature does.
At registration, people choose a pathway contribution: time, skills, goods, or currency, and state what they’ll give and what they’d like back. Contributions flow into a shared Reciprocity Pool that first covers essential overhead, then supports land stewardship, and finally redistributes value back to community.
Everyone who comes holds a piece of what makes this village come alive.
We’re calling them roles, and really they’re ways of belonging.
You can hold more than one. You can swap. The point is that you’re in.
Tends to what is sacred. The energy of ritual, transition, and intentional coming together.
Opens and closes spaces. Holds the threshold between ordinary time and village time.
For you if: you’ve held space before. You’re comfortable with silence. You trust timing.
The village memory. Capturing moments, voices, fragments that would otherwise disappear.
Supports the media team. Invites reflection.
For you if: you notice things others miss. You love documenting experiences and storytelling.
Makes sure no one goes hungry. Mealtime feels like communion, not logistics.
Coordinates meals, labels food, facilitates communal kitchen moments.
For you if: you find joy in feeding people. Food is the most concrete form of love.
Keeps the foundation steady. The unseen hands that make everything work, from the chairs to the compost.
Prepares and resets spaces. Tends the land, the tools, and the flow when things shift in real time.
For you if: you act before asked. You move with purpose. You care for the whole.
Holds the portal. The first face someone sees. The last energy they carry home.
Welcomes arrivals, orients newcomers, holds departure check-ins.
For you if: you’re warm without being overbearing. How someone arrives shapes everything.
Bridges concept and people. Helps everyone understand and trust the shared stewardship model.
Guides folks through how it works. Supports exchanges. Tracks roles and answers questions.
For you if: you’re curious about new economies. You explain things simply. You like knowing how things work.
Herds the people, notices who’s isolated, holds space for the emergent.
Introduces strangers, supports facilitators, and keeps a schedule.
For you if: you value collective learning, shared experiences, and the thrill of making magic happen.
Participating, bringing practical skills, sharing cultural knowledge, and offering lived experience, so we may learn together. There will be opportunities to join leadership circles, so we can take our learnings and start to take action towards our collective vision.
You can hold more than one role. You can swap. The point is that you’re in.
Saturday, June 20, 2026.
A work-bee day at The Living Centre. We'll be on the land together: building, planting, getting things ready for August. Around the fire that evening, we'll join The Living Centre's solstice dance. Camp overnight if you want to stay.
The land won't be ready without hands. This is one of the ways the village is built.
Open to August 15–16 attendees. Walk the path with us to RSVP for both.
Walk the path with us →Saying yes to The Living Village is more than a ticket. Pick the role that calls to you, shape your contribution, sign your name to a small promise. Take it at the pace it asks of you.