Ecovillages Around the World: 20 Regenerative Designs for Sustainable Community
This book provides a view into the future. Its many diverse examples show solutions to particular times and places. In all their experimental imperfection, ecovillages are perfect examples of what we need more of! The chronological progression from oldest to newest shows an interesting development – from projects that originally had a more spiritual origin, like Findhorn, or socially responsible origins like Solheimar, to fully-fledged ecologically planned villages that provide ready-built homes for anyone and everyone interested in making a difference, like Hurdal and Permatopia. The concept of ecovillages is no longer a marginal movement but a powerful force for change – a change that is happening not by revolution but by gentle evolution, the natural way.
The 20 ecovillage projects are:
- Solheimar in Iceland
- Findhorn in Scotland
- Auroville in India
- Damanhur in Italy
- SEKEM in Egypt
- Svanholm in Denmark
- Huehuecoyotl in Mexico
- Céu do Mapiá in Brazil
- Kibbutz Lotan in Israel
- Torri Superiore in Italy
- Ecovillage Ithaca in the USA
- Lilleoru in Estonia
- Tamera in Portugal
- Sieben Linden in Germany
- Chololo in Tanzania
- Narara in Australia
- Hurdal in Norway
- Tasman Ecovillage in Australia
- Hua Tao in China
- Permatopia in Denmark
