Ecological Economics thesis: “Livelihood options in ecological communities” "The Findhorn Ecovillage case, Scotland"

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Description of Challenge

Ecovillages are communities that aim to live in a sustainable, resilient way. Since their formal origins in the 1990s, when the concept was formally coined, several studies have shown their ecological benefits. However, there is a lack of research about the economic dynamics of these modern settlements.

Ecovillage's economic structure is based more on making a community-resilient environment rather than a profit-making structure

Solution

The present study aims to contribute to the knowledge of the economics of ecovillages by researching the livelihood options of its members and how capable they are to generate enough resources to create a community resilient environment.

About Vicente Lombardozzi

I am an Argentinian-Chilean sociologist and MSc in Ecological Economics at the University of Leeds. I did both theses about ecovillages; you can find them at:

https://understandingecovillages.blogspot.com/

I love to practice yoga, meditating & spirituality.

It would be a dream fulfilled to find a suitable ecovillage to live in. If you know one that you consider is good to live in please, let me know! (I am willing to visit and meet different ecovillages).

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