Umqondo we-Lammas ecovillage uwukulima okuhlangene kwabanini abancane okusekela umqondo wokuzanelisa ngokugcwele ngokusebenzisa umhlaba kanye nemithombo yemvelo etholakalayo. Le phrojekthi isebenzisa indlela ye-permaculture ekulimeni, lapho abantu beyingxenye ebalulekile ye-ecosystem. Ukwakhiwa kwe-ecovillage kwaqala ngo-2009-2010. Abantu baseLammas bavela ezinhlobonhlobo zezizinda, abanye babo abanokuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila ngokuvumelana namandla emvelo, futhi abaningi babo abanalo. Umndeni ngamunye unesiza esibiza u-35000 - 40000 pounds neminyaka engu-5 yokusiqeda. Amanzi, ugesi namahlathi kulawulwa ngokuhlanganyela, kuyilapho umhlaba usetshenziselwa ukutshala ukudla, i-biomass, i-eco-business kanye nokugaywa kabusha kwemfucuza yemvelo. Ibhizinisi lendawo lihlanganisa ukukhiqizwa kwezithelo, imbewu nemifino, ukukhulisa imfuyo, ukufuya izinyosi, ubuciko bezinkuni, i-vermiculture (ukuzalanisa izikelemu zomhlaba), ukutshalwa kwamakhambi angavamile. Minyaka yonke, i-eco-village inikeza uMkhandlu umbiko ngenqubekelaphambili ngezinkomba ezimbalwa, ezifana nokufa-nenzalo, ukukhiqizwa komhlaba, kanye nesimo semvelo kule ndawo. Le phrojekthi idinga ukukhombisa ukuthi iyakwazi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo eziningi zabahlali ngokusebenzisa ezolimo, futhi ibonise imithelela emihle kwezenhlalo, ezomnotho kanye nezemvelo. Zonke izakhiwo zokuhlala, ama-workshops kanye namakamelo ezinsiza aklanywa futhi akhiwa yizakhamuzi ngokwazo ngosizo lwamavolontiya. Ngokwengxenye enkulu, izinto zemvelo zendawo noma ezigaywe kabusha zazisetshenziselwa ukwakha. Izindleko zendlu zisuka ku-5000 - 14000 pounds. Amandla kagesi akhiqizwa ukufakwa kwe-micro photovoltaic kanye nejeneretha ye-hydro engu-27kW. Ukushisa kunikezwa ngokhuni (kungaba imfucuza yokuphathwa kwehlathi noma amasimu ama-coppice akhethekile). Amanzi asekhaya aphuma emthonjeni wangasese, kuyilapho ezinye izidingo zamanzi zembozwa ukuvunwa kwamanzi emvula. Ngokomlando, indawo ye-eco-village yayingamadlelo anomhlaba osezingeni eliphansi, yayinepulazi lezinyamazane. Kodwa-ke, ngokuthathwa komhlaba ukuze kwakhiwe indawo yokuhlala ngo-2009, ukuvundiswa kwendawo kwaqala ukugcina i-spectrum ebanzi yemvelo ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zabantu ezahlukene. Manje amaLammas anezinhlobonhlobo zezitshalo nemfuyo.
Isiqephu ngasinye sinomhlaba ocishe ube ngamahektha ama-5 kanye nesabelo sawo endaweni yonke yehlathi. Isakhiwo ngasinye sihlanganisa isakhiwo sokuhlala, indawo yokutshala izitshalo zasendlini (izindlu zokugcina izithombo nezindawo zokugcina izithombo), inqolobane kanye nendawo yokusebenza (yemfuyo, ukugcinwa kanye nemisebenzi yezandla). Indawo yokuhlala itholakala kumamitha ayi-120-180 ngaphezu kolwandle. Imvume yokuhlela ye-Lammas yazuzwa ngemva kwesikhalazo ngo-Agasti 2009. Izakhamuzi zanikezwa umbandela: phakathi neminyaka emi-5, indawo yokuhlala kufanele ihlanganise ngokuzimela u-75% wesidingo samanzi, ukudla kanye nophethiloli. "kusho isakhamuzi saseJasmine." Izakhamuzi zaseLammas zingabantu abavamile: othisha, abaklami, onjiniyela kanye nezingcweti ezazifuna ngempela ukuphila "emhlabathini". I-Lammas Ecovillage ihlose ukuzimela ngangokunokwenzeka, isibonelo sempilo ezimele neqhubekayo esikhathini esizayo. Lapho kwakunedlelo elimpofu lezolimo, iLammas ivumela izakhamuzi zayo ukuthi zenze izwe eligcwele impilo yemvelo kanye nenala.