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Living Villages ƙungiya ce a Burtaniya da aka kafa a shekarar 1993 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Gidauniyar Athena ta Burtaniya (wanda yanzu aka rushe) kuma a matsayin Gidauniyar Living Village Trust a shekarar 1997   ta Carole Salmon da Bob Tomlinson.  Manufofin su ne ƙarfafa ci gaba mai ɗorewa ta hanyar ƙira mai dacewa da ayyukan kasuwanci na ɗabi'a. An gina aikin farko na gidaje biyar masu aminci ga muhalli da ake kira Bells Court a Bishops Castle, Shropshire, UK a shekarar 1997, da kuma unguwa mai gidaje 40 masu muhalli da ake kira The Wintles, wanda kuma yake a cikin Bishops Castle, don nuna cewa sabbin gidaje na iya zama masu kyau ga muhalli, masu kyau da kuma amfani ga al'umma.  

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An kafa Living Villages a shekarar 1993 a matsayin ƙungiya mai zaman kanta, sakamakon amsoshi masu kyau ga shawarar da aka bayar na gina ƙauye mai muhalli bisa ƙa'idodin Permaculture da ƙira da Christopher Alexander 's A Pattern Language ya yi wahayi zuwa gare su.

Sun fara aikin Wintles a shekarar 1999 a matsayin sabuwar unguwa mai tafiya a ƙasa tare da isasshen wadatar kai ga garin Bishops Castle mai fadin eka 17 wanda ya haɗa da gidaje, lambuna na raba, wuraren samar da abinci, dazuzzuka da wuraren more rayuwa waɗanda suka haɗa da gonar lambu mai labyrinth wanda Keith Critchlow ya tsara. Masu zane-zane Pat Borer da David Lee sun yi aiki a kan tsarin farko tare da gudummawar Christopher Alexander da Leon Krier, amma Bob Tomlinson ne ya samar da zane-zane na ƙarshe kuma suka zama samfurin aiki don ƙa'idodin ƙira. Ecostruct sune abokan haɗin ginin. 

A shekara ta 2007, Living Villages ta lashe kyautar Housebuilder of the Year Award don The Wintles. BBC How We Built Britain ,

Ministan Tsare-tsare Nick Boles ya ambaci Wintles a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin tsare-tsaren gidaje da gwamnatin Burtaniya ta fi so. BBC How We Built Britain ,

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