Ecovillages

Litfin, Karen T.,

Ecovillages Lessons for Sustainable Community / [electronic resource] : Karen T. Litfin. - Cambridge : Polity Press, 2014. - 1 online resource.

Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Living a New Story; 2 Around the World in Fourteen Ecovillages; 3 Ecology: Living in the Circle of Life; 4 Economy: Prospering in the Circle of Life; 5 Community: Relating in the Circle of Life; 6 Consciousness: Being in the Circle of Life; 7 Scaling It Up; Epilogue; Resources; index.

In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin embarked upon a journey to many of the world's ecovillages�Nintentional communities at the cutting-edge of sustainable living. From rural to urban, high tech to low tech, spiritual to secular, she discovered an under-the-radar global movement making positive and radical changes from the ground up. In this inspiring and insightful boo.

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Community development.
Sustainable living.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Community development.
Sustainable living.
Community development.
Litfin, Karen.
Sustainable living.


Electronic books.
Case studies.
Electronic books.

HN49.C6 / L54 2014

307.77