Originally shared by Aztec Renewable Energy, IncOff-Grid Eco-Village Pilot CommunityThis Dutch town being built just outside of Amsterdam will grow its own food, live off-grid, and handle its own waste.The California-based developer, ReGen Villages, wants to harness the power of today's technology to create "off-grid capable neighbourhoods" that provide the comforts of a regular modern lifestyle, but which are entirely self-reliant and sustainable: growing their own food, generating their own energy, managing waste locally, and recycling water.
The idea is that by combining sustainable farming and land management with an independently run tech infrastructure, ReGen Villages will be "power positive", effectively generating surplus energy that can be fed back into surrounding electricity grids, and growing about half of all the food the inhabitants eat.
If the Dutch village is a success, CEO James Ehrlich says he expects to roll the sustainable communities across the cool climates of Northern Europe, and then expand into the Middle East.
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