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This book explores the background and history to the ecovillages movement, and then provides a comprehensive manual for planning, establishing and maintaining a sustainable community, using a permaculture approach. Aspects discussed include: tools for social design leadership and conflict management house design and building techniques gardening, farming and food production water and sewage energy and heat sources, and alternative economics. Featured throughout the book are full colour case studies - or 'Living Examples' - of successful ecovillages ranging from Kibbutz to Camphill communities and from as far afield as Australia, Israel, Europe and the United States. Each example includes data on its location, date of founding, number of residents and spiritual or ideological affiliation, the photographs bringing to life the special characteristics of the particular community. Packed with tips, useful insights, sage advice and a compendium of resources, Ecovillages will appeal to broad range of people interested in living in community - or planning to do so.
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Jan M Bang
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Format:Paperback
A very good overview but for me (moving in to a newly established eco-village) I was hoping for more on internal mechanisms like work credits, consensus gathering, car-sharing, cleaning & cooking sharing.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Packed with practical applications; not just theory
3 Jan 2006
Format:Paperback
There's long been a movement towards living in community with others as an alternative to the nuclear family model, but in modern times 'ecovillages' have emerged around the world, adding attention to sustainability and social interactions to the model. Ecovillages explores these developments, opening with a history of the movement and progressing to include a practical manual for planning and maintaining a sustainable community using permaculture as a foundation. From house design and building options to farming and handling sewage and energy sources, Ecovillages is packed with practical applications; not just theory.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Not practical at all
16 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
Although this is a very interesting book that cointains info that may be very valuable for some people, it is not what it promises to be. It says "A Practical Guide to Sustainable Communities", but, as the author explains in the foreword, the initial idea for the book changed on the way while he was writing it.
If you are somebody who whats to build an Ecovillage, who wants practical advice about others experience, get Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities instead.
If you just want a nice magazine-style book for a tour visiting many of the more succesfull ecovillage experiences in the world, this is a great book.
I just give 2 stars because the subtitle "practical guide" is misleading. If it not were for it, I would give it 3 and a half.
If you are somebody who whats to build an Ecovillage, who wants practical advice about others experience, get Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities instead.
If you just want a nice magazine-style book for a tour visiting many of the more succesfull ecovillage experiences in the world, this is a great book.
I just give 2 stars because the subtitle "practical guide" is misleading. If it not were for it, I would give it 3 and a half.
9 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Not at all what I thought it would be....oh well.
20 Mar 2006
Format:Paperback
This book offered nothing new or enlightening about sustainable living. However, if you are looking for a book on hippie communes (i.e. communal living), than this is the book for you. That about covers it.
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