WestWyck ecovillage now occupies the building and grounds of the former Brunswick West Primary School in inner suburban Melbourne. The school ran out of students in the 1980s and threatened to become yet another example of quality inner-urban infrastructure that faced the bulldozer. This story has a happier ending than many as committed developers stepped in to bring the building and site to new and vibrant life as an urban demonstration showpiece of sustainable development and good design.