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Bellbunya Sustainable Community

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Commenced:	01/12/2008
Submitted:	14/03/2013
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	114 Browns Road, Belli Park, Queensland, AU
Phone:	(07) 5447 0181
Website:	www.bellbunya.org.au
Climate zone:	Sub-tropical

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Bellbunya Sustainable Community

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Intentional Communities

Project Summary

Bellbunya is a 4 bottom line intentional community/ecovillage.

Project Description

Bellbunya is a demonstration centre for sustaining living on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland in Queensland Australia. Allow us to host your next conference, retreat or workshop. Or, get a taste of community life as a visitor or a volunteer. Learn with us by doing and sharing, or participate in a course - permaculture, yoga, holistic health, sustainable design, alternative economics, group processes and much more.

Bellbunya is owned by an environmental charity and set up as a small eco-village on 40 acres. We have organic food gardens, wildlife corridors, a creek and lagoon, a conference hall and restaurant and accommodation for 30 guests. The Centre is run on 100% renewable energy. Bellbunya Mist
Integral to the Centre is the Bellbunya Sustainable Community, established to model ways to create a re-localised and sustainable future. Our “4-bottomline” approach includes: (1) personal and spiritual growth, (2) social sustainability, (3) economic sustainability, and (4) environmental sustainability. We practise permaculture, biodynamics and bushland regeneration. We provide daily yoga and organic meals. We employ a broad range of group process skills and techniques for group facilitation, collaborative decision making, team building, conflict resolution and project management. We have developed various processes and structures to enable us to function effectively and to continue to learn and grow – both as a community and as individuals. We are developing sustainable enterprises that develop the healthy interplay of relationships with our environment and each other.

As a visitor or volunteer you will get to be a part of this. Ask us about community experience packages, incorporating permaculture, yoga, healthy eating, and community living.
With comfortable accommodation and well-equipped conference facilities, Bellbunya provides an inspirational environment within a rural setting that is ideal for:

Yoga, spiritual retreats and personal awareness
Group eco-awareness
Permaculture and sustainable farming workshops
Sustainable building and green technology workshops
Community and team-building retreats
Healthy living and cooking classes

We welcome visitors so please contact us in advance to arrange a suitable time. Receive regular updates on what we are up to by joining our email group.

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