This essay seeks to place the movement towards land-based community living within its deep evolutionary context, arguing that it is the form of life that we are evolved for and in which we are most happy and fulfilled.

This report explores the idea that almost any 30–50 acre field or field system in the UK can be rapidly transformed into an ecologically diverse, agriculturally productive, low-impact land-based community providing low-cost homes, land-based livelihoods, environmental gains, and multiple benefits for its local community.

This report investigates how planning policy across the UK is affecting the emergence of low-impact communities. It examines current policies and frameworks in each nation, highlights case studies, analyses why these communities remain rare despite demand.