TY - BOOK AU - Litfin,Karen T. TI - Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community SN - 9780745681696 AV - HN49.C6 L54 2014 U1 - 307.77 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge PB - Polity Press KW - Community development KW - Sustainable living KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Sociology KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Litfin, Karen KW - Electronic books KW - Case studies N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=688372 ER -