LOTS of very good info here: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/ ;) In terms of specific solutions check out: Compost Toilets http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Composting_and_Recycling/Composting_Toilets/ Large stove from the inventors of the rocket stove http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/institutional-stove-project/institutional-project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx0z5OBq3Hg Also on the stove front: http://www.google.com/search?q=biochar+stoves http://www.google.com/search?q=tlud+stoves On the shelter front: http://hexayurt.com/ And on the Global Village Construction Set front (i.e. open source absolutely everything!): http://openfarmtech.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ux0Q2UtF6g And on the education front: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html We're (hopefully) going to try to prototype/ try out a lot of this stuff on our land in Spain this September! :) http://buildingman.org/ http://www.facebook.com/buildingman http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111042962304274