In shorth

This is a brief introduction to the Eliopoli Ecovillage Project, an intentional community project located in Port Maitland, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. In the image above you can see the wonderful Darling Lake peninsula on which Eliopoli is located. Eliopoli is the City of the Sun, from ancient Greek Helios: Sun and Poleis: City. Building Eliopoli we express our will to live in a different way and bring values to our every-day-life. Eliopoli will be the focus of a bigger network of ideas*. Our major goal is to balance economical, environmental and interior aspects in a rich synthesis, building an intentional community around ecological principles and archetype symbols, not a protected greenhouse for fragile people, but a forge of strong and gentle human beings.

We like to compare ourselves to the founders of the ancient Greek colonies in the mediterranean sea. Rich in their culture, the ancient colonists were seekers of new possibilities and spaces, and founded some of the most prosperous and beautiful cities of their times (for example Syracuse).

We see Canada as a huge “promised land” full of unexpressed potential.

A presentation of the Eliopoli project in flash format (Note: currently working only with Explorer!) is also available on the homepage Main Menu under About/Presentation.

You can find more details on this website.