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Eco-Villages

 

 

"Eco-Villages are full featured settlements in which 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.”  (Gilman, 1991,p.37)

 

The motivation for Eco-Villages is the choice and commitment to reverse the disintegration of supportive social/cultural structures and the upsurge of destructive environmental practices on our planet.

 

For millennia, people have lived in communities close to nature, with supportive social structures. Many of these ancient communities exist to this day, but are struggling for survival. However, beginning in the 1960s, various intentional communities with spiritual, ecological, and social orientations were formed, allowing people to once more live in communities that are connected to the Earth in a way that helps enable the well‐being of all life‐forms into the indefinite future.

 

Depending on who’s counting, there are between 500 and 15,000 Eco-Villages and intentional communities within a loosely knit and globally affiliated network around the world.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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