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What is an Ecovillage? All over the western world today, many people are choosing to re-investigate the idea of community. Many feel that an important quality of life was lost when village life disappeared for most of us. In the rush of city life crime seems to be random and ever increasing as less and less of us know our neighbours. A lot of us are dismayed at the inefficiency of having so many individual homes that each have a lawnmower, whipper snipper, trailer etc. An ecovillage is a
subdivision that will have a beneficial or minimal environmental impact and
at the same time enrich people's lives. This is
Sustainability is the measure of providing for the present in balance with the needs of the future. This should be the main criterion for the development of any ecovillage. In any optimistic vision of the new century, emphasis on quality of life, rather than consumerism at any cost, is fundamental. The future rests on educating ourselves and our children to see that the good life depends on quality rather than quantity. An ecovillage is just such a setting to begin this education and to reclaim a balance with the land and within ourselves. Things provided by the ecovillage could be:
You can read more about the definition of an ecovillage on Wikipedia including the Robert Gilman definition.
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