Wukania Biesenthal

„Wukania Projektehof“ is a community, where people work and live together. In the time of the GDR (German Democratic Republik), the compound was a college of physical education with lots of facilities to train various kinds of sport. Situated next to the lake Wukensee, it is part of the little town Biesenthal (approx. 5500 citizen). The region is a protected area, called “Nature Park Barnim”. In the project of Wukania, people come together to practice a self-determined and sustainable lifestyle. There are lots of different projects: two housing projects, a flat for refugees, a forest kindergarten, facilities for groups to run seminars, a place for camping including outdoor facilities like solar showers and composting toilet, an outdoor kitchen and some little gardens. Some people are working in the workshops for wood and metal. A few horses and chicken are also living in the yard. There are many plans for the future like another housing project with facilities for people who need care will be build and a collective will work as catering service for schools and kindergartens in the region. It is important to know that Wukania is kind of a living example for a human utopia: houses, facilities, projects are self-organized, decisions are made in the spirit of consensus. Inhabitants like to learn from each other and to support each other. Wukania wants to work and live in sustainable manner; renovation works in buildings are often made with clay, the heating in the buildings runs with wood, hot water is prepared with solar power, composting toilets help to save water and give fertilizer. Food is prepared vegetarian or even vegan. Inhabitants show a high commitment in political, social and cultural projects and they are well connected within the region. For instance, they work together with the „Kulturbahnhof“ in Biesenthal, or a shelter for refugees next town and keep in contact with different vegetable farmers nearby. For more information please visit http://www.wukania.net/