Tlholego Ecovillage                  
      A Sustainable Development Initiative in Rural South Africa      

 









 

 

"Tlholego", is a Setswana word meaning:

‘creativity from nature’

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Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering or knowing more about our work.

 

 

 

 

View some

Design patterns

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Kamogelo !  Welcome !   

The Tlholego Ecovillage is situated on 150ha of land near Rustenburg in the Northwest Province of South Africa and was established in 1991 to address the challenge of rural sustainable development. During its time of operation 3,000 people have visited Tlholego in order to be exposed to and find inspiration for ecological approaches to sustainability.

Over the past decade, one of the Tlholego founders, Ashoka fellow Paul Cohen, has helped to establish a rural 'living and learning centre' together with previously disadvantaged farm workers and city folk from the area.  One of our main aims is to inspire people towards more integral and sustainable lifestyles.

Tlholego has evolved through a process of practicing, learning and teaching sustainable approaches to land use, housing, food security and cultural/social development within our local community and watershed. 

Tlholego works with leading professionals from Southern Africa and around the world to develop and refine an integral model for rural settlements.  The project is focused on five key areas: sustainable agriculture, cooperative economics, education, cultural/social development, and the Molokwane Iron-Age Village Conservancy.

Tlholego children with painted faces

When people visit Tlholego, they mostly appreciate the tranquillity and diversity of plant and animal systems that have been restored in what was once a dry and eroded landscape.  Click on the following before and after pics to see how sections of the Tlholego landscape have been improved over a six year period (1994-1999).

 

Updated 4 February 2006

 

Thanks to Rooftops Canada and their sponsors, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for assisting in the development of this Web site

    

 

 

 

 

Tlholego is an experiment in conscious evolution, and aims towards developing more integral approaches to global sustainability challenges

 

 

 

UNDP assessment. Poverty in 2025. 1000 million people living in poverty in Sub Saharan Africa, compared to world total of 1500 million - 66% of world population.

 

Eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, particularly for developing countries.

(Draft Plan for WSSD)

 

 

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