Ecoislands is a global leader for sustainable communities, which will enable every region around the world to achieve the ambitious target of living within their means. Drawing from their flagship project that will see the Isle of Wight become renewable energy self-sufficient by the end of the decade.
Ecoislands is developing a replicable ‘greenprint’ that will guide future ecoislands on their journey to sustainability. By bringing together major technology partners, providing access to funding and disseminating learning from their flagship project, Ecoislands is able to off the necessary resources to turn vision into reality.
If humanity were living sustainably, then our ecological footprint would be the same size, or less, than the plant we live on. It’s not. Our ecological footprint, the land needed to produce the resources we use and deal with the waste we produce, is currently estimated at one and and a half times our planet. Ecoislands defines sustainability as the point at which a community’s ecological footprint is no bigger than the land area that they occupy. Put simply, each ecoisland makes a commitment to reach a point where they can live within their means.