Visions of a Village

WHAT ARE WE AFTER?

This is a contest for the visions of an ideal sustainable village: a place where you would want to live, study, work and experience the challenges and rewards of an ecologically durable lifestyle. In other words: to define the future of living.  To find out more about the CLEAR Village project, visit: www.clear-village.org

HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE?

You can draw, sketch, take photographs, paint, use digital design tools to create images, or even submit poetry (however, poetry must make a visual statement as well as all entries will be treated as images).  You can be as creative as you like, but please keep in mind the key words and goals of the CLEAR Village.

Key words:

Collaborative, participatory, connected, global, vernacular, secular, inclusive,  multi-generational, multi-functional, adaptive, evolutive, holistic, systemic,  community, self-sufficient, sustainable, aspirational, future, masterplan, rural,  reboot, low-tech, hi-tech.

Goals of the CLEAR Village Foundation:

Develop an aspirational future of living in the midst of financial and ecological crisis.  Co-design a replicable masterplan strategy with global experts to reboot rural & peri-urban areas.  Harmonise low-tech romantic ideals with 21st century high-tech solutions and which offers alternative paths to non-sensical new builds.

PRIZES

First Prize: 2500€
Two Runners Up: 1250€ each

Winners names will be published in CLEAR Village publications and the winning entries will be showcased there.

DEADLINE

Submissions will be accepted until 15th August 2009 at 12.00 GMT.
The winner and runner up will be announced on 1st September 2009 at the CLEAR Village Launch.

http://www.clear-village.org/contest