The Village Community Co-operative was established in the

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near

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in the late 1970s. The co-operative was established as a multiple occupancy permaculture project at Kuipto Forest, south of Meadows. The community held fairs and meetings in town, field days and workshops at Kuipto and in Prospect. The Co-operative was originally run from a house on Braund Rd, Prospect. The house had a shop front which was opened as The Village Store. This evolved into Village Natural Technology Systems with a focus on solar, wind, sustainable house design, permaculture, books and workshops. Village Natural Technology Systems moved to Prospect Road, Prospect in the early 1980s and the Co-operative owned store was opened by the Honorable John Bannon, Premier of South Australia, on November 26, 1983 The Village Community Co-operative was also active in the anti-nuclear movement collaborating with CANE and

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to produce Your carry anywhere anti - uranium songbook for Australia.

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{{reflist Cooperatives in Australia Permaculture organizations Horticultural organisations based in Australia

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