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Global
Ecovillage Network (GEN):What is an
Ecovillage?
Ecovillages are urban or rural communities
of people who strive to integrate a
supportive social environment with a
low-impact way of life. To achieve this,
they integrate various aspects of ecological
design, permaculture, ecological building,
green production, alternative energy,
community building practices, and much
more.
Ecovillages are living models of sustainability.
They represent an effective, accessible
way to combat the degradation of our
social, ecological, and spiritual environments.
Jonathan Dawson's Five Principles of
Ecovillages:
1. Ecovillages are private citizens'
initiatives. They're grassroots.
2. Ecovillagers value community living.
3. They are not overly dependent on
government, corporate, or other centralized
sources for water, food, shelter, power,
and other basic necessities.
4. Ecovillagers have a strong sense
of shared values, often characterized
in spiritual terms.
5. They often serve as research and
demonstration sites. Many offer educational
experiences for others.
-Paraphrased from Ecovillages: New Frontiers
for Sustainability, by Jonathan Dawson
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of Intentional Communities - Indiana |
Ecovillages
http://www.ecovillagenews.org/wiki/index.php/What_Visiting_
Huehuecoyotl_Taught_Me as a
free, bimonthly newsletter in order
to encourage and inspire ecovillage projects
with news about ecovillages worldwide.
People seem to love photos and stories
about how others are succeeding in good
work. Ecovillages will feature stories
about successful projects in every issue,
and practical, how-to information, too.
Subscribe!
Diana
Leafe Christian: diana~at~ic.org
828-669-9702
1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain,
North Carolina, USA 28711
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Community
Sustainability Assesment
Introduction
With the aim of creating and presenting
to the world outstanding examples of what
it means in live in harmony with nature
in a sustainable way, GEN promotes and
facilitates communities--whether rural
or urban--which develop and implement
technologies and practices such that human
activities are harmlessly integrated into
the natural world in a way that is supportive
of healthy human development and can be
successfully continued into the indefinite
future.
The Global Ecovillage Network is developing
the concept of sustainability auditing
to provide measuring rods for individuals
and for existing villages and communities
to compare their current status with ideal
goals for ecological, social, and spiritual
sustainability. In addition, these tools
are learning instruments - pointing out
actions aspiring individuals and communities
can take to become more sustainable.
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT (CSA)
Contact Person: Linda Joseph • linda@ecovillage.org
Ecovillage Network of the Americas
64001 County Road DD • Moffat, CO
81143 • USA
www.ecovillage.org - Developed by the
Global
Ecovillage Network - http://www.gaia.org |
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Ecovillage
Networks of the Americas, known
as the ENA's Mission is to engage the
peoples of the Americas in common effort
to join the global transformation towards
an ecologically, economically, and culturally
sustainable future.
" ENA serves as the Western Hemisphere
representative of the Global Ecovillage
Network.
" ENA works to unite cultures from
North, Central and South Americas and
the Caribbean to become a unified force
in the ecovillage and sustainability
movements.
ENA's
Primary Objectives
" To promote and nurture new and
existing ecovillages within the Americas
" To network ecovillages with each
other, sharing resources and practices,
and coordinating collaborative activities
" To promote the understanding
and use of ways of living in harmony
with each other and the Earth through
the research, development and demonstration
of sustainable living strategies
" To share the work and inspiration
of the ecovillage movement with society
at large through demonstration projects,
educational programs, networking conferences
and meetings with government and other
organizations.
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| Intentional
Communities is an inclusive term
for ecovillages, cohousing, residential
land trusts, communes, student co-ops,
urban housing cooperatives, alternative
communities, and other projects where
people strive together with a common vision. |
| Fellowship
for Intentional Community nurtures
connections and cooperation among communitarians
and their friends. We provide publications,
referrals, support services, and sharing
opportunities for a wide range of intentional
communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages,
community networks, support organizations,
and people seeking a home in community. |
| Ecovillage
Training Center - researches,
demonstrates, and trains in the shift
from high consumption lifestyles to more
satisfying, high-quality, low environmental
impact lifestyles and social structures.
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The
15 Elements of Ecovillage Living according
to Hildur Jackson and Karen Svensson,
Editors of "Ecovillage Living:
Restoring the Earth and Her People",
Ecovillages provide us with "a
glimpse of the enormous potential
for positive change that is available
to us and can lead us into a more harmonious
and satisfying future"
"Ecovillages
are basically a matter of living on
the Earth with respect for all beings
and natural systems. They embody a mindful
lifestyle, which can be continued indefinitely
in the future."
For
the purpose of their publication, divided
the subject into 15 basic elements of
ecovillage living. These fifteen elements
constitute a broad definition of sustainability,
including social and cultural/spiritual
dimensions. Each of the three dimensions
contains five elements; together they
comprise the ecovillage sustainability
circle.
Social - Economic
Education and Communication - Living
and Learning
Healthy Lifestyle - Preventive Healthcare
- Complementary Medicine
Building Community - Decision-Making
- Conflict Resolution
Modernizing Welfare - Care of children
& elderly - Integration of Handicapped
Localizing Economics - Complementary
Currencies
Ecological
Green Business - Life cycle Analyses
Ecological Building - Renewable Energy
- Local Water Care
Permaculture - Ecovillage Design
Wilderness, Biodiversity, Earth Restoration
Local Organic Food Production, Consumption
and Recirculation
Cultural - Spiritual
Creativity, Personal Unfolding
Spirituality - Finding Divinity within
- Uniting with Nature
Celebrating Life - Honoring Cultures
- Natural Cycles
Holistic Circulatory - Worldview, Science
and Philosophy
Localization, Bioregions - Resisting
Globalization
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Magazine - Life in Cooperative
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| "Finding
Community, How to join
an Ecovillage or Intentional Community". |
| Ecovillage
Living: Restoring the Earth
and Her People |
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