Ecovillage Focus Group Progress

From CFI

This web page will keep the reader updated as to the progress of the Economic Localization focus group that is seeking to locate land and plan the development of an Ecovillage.

Ecovillages are intentional communities that aspire to create a more humane and sustainable way of life. One widely quoted definition (by Robert and Diane Gilman) defines ecovillages as "human scale, 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 which can be successfully continued into the indefinite future." An intentional community aspiring to become an ecovillage attempts to have a population small enough that everyone knows each other and can influence the outcome of community decisions. It hopes to provide housing, work opportunities, and social and spiritual opportunities on site, creating as self-sufficient a community as possible. Typically, an ecovillage builds ecologically sustainable housing, grows much of its own organic food, recycles its waste products harmlessly, and, as much as possible, generates its own off-grid power. (Taken from "Creating a Life Together - Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities" by Diana Leafe Christian)

(Jason Bradford) Something to look into: http://www.restorative-business.org/index.htm http://www.restorative-business.org/casf.htm http://www.energybulletin.net/3636.html