Every now and then we thought that a few more seats here might not be bad. Then, recently, the company...
Perspectives
Progress in the CommunityKitchen
The original construction of the community kitchen took place in 2017. In 2018, the domes were completed. Unfortunately, one day...
This is our fuel
This is a report about the food we eat here in ProtoVillage every day. For breakfast we have either “ragi...
A typical day in Proto
With this post, I would like to try to show you a little bit more about everyday life in Proto....
How I came to Protovillage
Hello everyone, my name is Valentin, I am 19 years old and come from Germany. I have been living in...
4 days, 5 projects, 40 students
First of all, my name is Henrike, I’m 18 years old, from Germany and I’m living here for a year...

BW LPG powers us on towards rural Resilience
Covid brought with it, an unprecedented threat exposing the vulnerabilities of the current healthcare and livelihood systems particularly in rural...

Shanti Samsara
Shanthi Samsara is our annual festival at ProtoVillage, occurring over the third weekend of December each year. The first ever...

COVID – the opportunity for awakening!
A few years ago, a buddhist monk in Bhutan introduced me to a powerful word – Bardo – meaning an...

Not Scale-Up But Scale-Out
The most recent update from ProtoVillage

Economy – Organising for Sustainable progress
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish (skill development) and you've fed him for a lifetime.”

Omelas – Walking away ain’t an option.
we are an integral part of the larger natural ecosystem, and that our life is a result not just of our actions, but of a concerted effort by the billions of species that we share the planet with.