South African eco-village progresses
The first actual eco-cottage built in the shack village in Cape Town (where shacks have been built from garbage by the poor) will be available to eco-culture-tourists in April. For every 200 paying guests, another real cottaqe can be built for a family living in a make-shift shack. The eco-cottages are made from locally sustainable materials, with composting toilets, wind power and organic gardens, and built with help from the people themselves, including unemployed youth. From within, this shack town is slowly being transformed to a self-sustaining eco-village.
With love,
