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Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her People Paperback – August 1, 2002

by Hildur Jackson (Author), Karen Svensson (Author)

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Ecovillage Living is a guide to everything you've always wanted to know about ecovillages, from the tools to make them happen to the people behind them. If you have ever dreamed of natural housing, water treatment systems, solar panels, composting toilets . . . If you have wanted to work close to home, have neighbours whom you know, live in a safe place for your children, or have a more harmonious lifestyle . . . If you're building a community, and want to learn from others' experiences . . . then this is the book for you. It is an unprecedented how-to, and why account of ecovillage living, and a vibrant story of people spearheading a lifestyle which is rapidly growing into a new global culture.

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180 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Green Books
Publication date

August 1, 2002
Dimensions

8.25 x 0.5 x 11.75 inches
ISBN-10

9781903998168
ISBN-13

978-1903998168
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Sergio Lub

An illustrated manual of sustainable lifestyles available today

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2023

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Revealing evidence of the new solutions embraced by those who liberated themselves from corporate life.

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Sherylncs

EXCELLENT INFO!

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2013

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This book has everything - case studies, engineering information on power, water, waste systems,...Aside from a few grammatical/spelling errors, it was nicely put together. It was more of a textbook-style with great information and questions to consider, long lists of resources to further your research too. Some good and some blurry graphics. Sections are divided up so you get perspectives from ecological, social and cultural focuses. Pointed out several things in which we were able to avoid mistakes and overcomes challenges in developing our eco-village. The best help I've found out there thus far (after reading about 9 books on the topic).

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Susan Castle-Lovejoy

Just what I was looking for

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2011

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This book is full of excellent information for anyone either considering starting an intentional community or living in one. It refers to experiences from all over the world ... what was helpful and where organizers got off track. Highly recommend!

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J.W.K

Nature Has No Reset Buttons

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2002

Finally, it has arrived. I've been waiting for this book for a long time. As an environmental philosopher, I have come to believe that ecovillages (or urban villages - the Global Ecovillage Network doesn't distinguish) are our only hope for survival on this planet. And this is the best book available on the subject.
A quick glance at modern society shows many signs of cultural and economic stress: including war, militarization, gun violence, media violence, over-consumption of resources, overpopulation, failing democracy, money in politics, monopolization, sexual inequality, racism, inadequate health care, rising crime rates, advertisement glut, commercialized education, materialism, community fragmentation, work-related stress, mass layoffs, poverty, and a mass sense of alienation - from self, other and nature.
Signs of biological stress in the natural world are even more daunting. Fisheries are collapsing, forests are shrinking, rangelands are deteriorating, soils are eroding, species are disappearing, global temperatures are rising, rivers are draining dry, water tables are falling, the ozone layer is depleting, more destructive storms are brewing, the polar ice caps are melting and sea level is rising (see ECO-ECONOMY for details on the eco-crisis). It is in this context that Chris Bright's warning rings ominous: "Nature has no reset buttons."
Trapped in the confines of global economic corporatism, we must ask, Could it be that the fundamental design of society is flawed? Are large nation-states and even larger corporations conducive to ecological and cultural health? How about wage labor and the monetary system in general? How do we go about creating unique and beautiful communities without inequality, hunger, insecurity, want - and without killing the planet? In a word, how can we live the Good Life? Is it possible?
The answer to all of these problems is the same, and you will find them in this book. Ecovillages are the answer! In this book you can expect to find a great collection of photographs, wonderful charts and graphs, maps, people profiles, design layouts, philosophical perspectives and the historical background of the ecovillage movement. There is no better book on the subject, and no more important subject for the new millennium. How else will homo sapiens reach homeostasis on this planet? If you can think of a way, please send me an email.

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Russ Purvis

The Coming of Age of a Movement

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2002

This book has the same potential for impacting global society as Bill Mollison's seminal work, "Permaculture: A Designers' Manual"! In fact, "Ecovillage Living" adds the human dimension to permaculture. As permaculture was a new word and espoused an alternative harmonious world view, based on a natural order and relatedness, "Ecovillage" has now been retrieved from the banality of contemporary "Green" suburban marketing slogans. An acceptable standard for "Ecovillage" has now been defined in all of it's wonderful, practical, complexity. "Ecovillage Living" comes from the source, Hildur Jackson, one of the founders of the Ecovillage Movement.
Like a well cut diamond, "Ecovillage Living's" beauty is multi-faceted. It could be a textbook for the wealth of data, practical real life examples, and additional resources presented. The remarkable compilation of photographs and renderings,takes the reader to many of the 15,000 sites and into the hearts and minds of the movement. This visual variety and global context easily translates into a coffee table icon, that could stimulate dreams into action. In a more personal vein it could be seen as a personal diary/contemporary record of an increasing number of people on six continents that sense their need to reconnect with the planet and each other. It's a diary/record of their dreams manifested, and invites others to join them!
As former President of Silicon Valley Habitat for Humanity,Inc., a "Green" builder and developer, and an aspiring Ecovillage occupant, it's a pleasure to give "Ecovillage Living" my highest recommendation.

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garten

a wonderful book

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2003

I have never heard of ecovillages before and it seems to be the perfect idea. The book consists of articles about and by different people about different ecovillages around the globe. I am fascinated how many aspects there are to ecological cultural and social living. There is lot of pictures of "green" houses and maps of some villages, also there is emailadresses and a lot of recources. I just started reading but I know that this is definitly the most important book I found in a long, long time.

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Joanna Desseaux

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2006

I had to do a paper for university on Ecovillages. What a blessing when i found this book at the library! It's just perfekt, I wanted to translate everything and not change a word.

It gives a good overvieuw of the movement and shows examples of ecovillages around the world. There are also some interviews whith key people!

GREAT GREAT stuff.

It made me want to take a plane and go and live in one of those places right away... I'm seriously considering it!

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Raerae

good articles, great pictures

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2007

Great introduction to eco-villages and what they are all about. Love the pictures.

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