Set just outside Stellenbosch, the Sustainability Institute has become synonymous with the Lynedoch EcoVillage, a hamlet promoting sustainable lifestyles through efficient energy usage, the utilisation of natural resources and knowledge empowerment.

The Lynedoch EcoVillage stands as a shining example of the first ecologically designed socially mixed community in South Africa. A Montessori-based pre- primary school accommodates 35 children from nearby farms while the primary school has 475 children. Phase 1 of the housing scheme caters for 42 sociologically designed houses for
employees and community members, of which 14 are subsidised by the government.