O.U.R. Ecovillage
O.U.R. Ecovillage is a 25-acre permaculture demonstration site and educational research centre established in 1999 on Vancouver Island near Shawnigan Lake, operating as a non-profit community services cooperative. It hosts guided public tours that walk visitors through natural building examples, food gardens, and ecological systems, reflecting decades of hands-on sustainable design. A touring cyclist would find it a genuinely unusual cultural stop — an intercultural, intergenerational living community with working farm, cob structures, and immersive courses ranging from permaculture design to natural building.
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Contact
Address: 1565 Baldy Mountain Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC V0R 2W2
Phone: 250-743-3067
Website: https://ourecovillage.org/
Required Criteria
?Bike parking
✓Water bottle refill
✓Washrooms
?We Welcome Cyclists Local Knowledge Sheet or equivalent local info
Amenities
Showers (drop-in or fee)Café or food on site*Water without admissionLuggage / bag storageVending machinesBike rack visible from insideCovered bike parkingPublic rack nearbyBike allowed inside/on patioDevice chargingWi-FiE-bike chargingPumpDiscount for arriving by bike
Café or food on site: Website's public tours page states: 'We offer a mostly vegetarian, yummy, mostly organic, and mostly from OUR Garden' — lunch is available on tour days for those staying after the tour.
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