If you happened to glance at a recent BBC Surrey news website report entitled: ”Runnymede squatters: National Trust wins eviction order”,  you could be forgiven for thinking that the Digger’s 2012 Runnymede Eco-village was situated on land owned by the National Trust.  We are taking this opportunity to clarify that Runnymede Eco-Village is not situated on land owned by the National Tru…

In the wake of the English Revolution, 1649 saw rural eco-socialist communes created, at St George's Hill in Surrey and elsewhere, by Gerard Winstanley and the Diggers, aka the True Levellers [1] – centuries before 'ecology', 'socialism', and 'commune' were coined and became attractive radical beacons of hope for a better future for all. In 1871, the Parisian Communards created a city-wide urban c…

a group calling themselves 'diggers2012' and loosely affiliated with the occupy movement, are attempting to set up an eco-village on a piece of disused land on the windsor great park estate.

this article is getting regular updates (including an arrest and court hearing) so keep checking back