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    Low-tech living in a light-earth house

    Jun 20, 2021 6 minutes

    Wolfgang and Sabine emigrated from Germany in 1987, full of verve and the pioneering spirit needed to live an intentional low-impact life independent of the grid, in a community of likeminded people.

    Eventually they joined a group interested in developing an eco village; one of the projects to come out of this was Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood, formed by Robin Allison in West Auckland in 1995

    PERMACULTURE LIFESTYLE

    In the 90s Wolf and Sabine lived on a lifestyle block adjoining Rainbow Valley Farm in Matakana, north of Auckland, where permaculture pioneers Joe Polaischer and Trish Allen lived. The couple both achieved their Permaculture Design Certificates during that time.

    In 1997 they bought a five-acre property, which they named Pukahu, in the new Otamatea Eco Village near Kaiwaka. The new village had also come out of the Eco Village Group and was founded on permaculture principles: ‘earth care – people care – fair share’. Each household has their own land plus a share in 175 acres

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