2011 PROSPECTUS for Masters' Programme in Sustainable Development (The Sustainability Institute is located within an eco-village development known as the Lynedoch Hamlet. This is a 7 hectare property that forms part of a wider agricultural community. The Sustainability Institute's facilities are in a large ecologically designed renovated building that includes a primary school for 450 farmworker children, and a large hall that is used for school, performing arts productions and community events. The construction of Phase 1 of the EcoVillage began in January 2004 and includes 42 ecologically designed houses which will become home for a mixed community, plus 30 residences for the Sustainability Institute. 11 of these residences are in a renovated Cape Dutch Estate Home that is a national monument. The remainder will be constructed during the course of 2004.
The Sustainability Institute's facilities include classrooms, library, meditation room, offices, canteen and kitchen, boardroom, guest house and hall.
The Spier Estate is located across the road from the Lynedoch Hamlet. This includes a 150 room upmarket hotel, four restaurants, an outdoor amphitheatre for the arts and a major winemaking facility.