Keyword: ecovillages

Finding Community
How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community
by Diana Leafe Christian

Finding community is as critical as obtaining food and shelter, since the need to belong is what makes us human. The isolation and loneliness of modern life have led many people to search for deeper connection, which has resulted in a renewed …
related subjects: Community Building

Ecovillages
A Practical Guide to Sustainable Communities
by Jan Martin Bang

Ecovillages have arisen around the world in response to the social fragmentation of modern life and its alienation from nature. They provide a variety of ways of living in community with others and with nature and are linked worldwide through the …
related subjects: Community Building

EcoVillage at Ithaca
Pioneering a Sustainable Culture
by Liz Walker

In a world filled with stories of environmental devastation and social dysfunction, EcoVillage at Ithaca is a refreshing and hopeful look at a modern-day village that is taking an integrated approach to addressing these problems.
This book tells the …
related subjects: Community Building

Creating a Life Together
Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities
by Diana Leafe Christian
foreword by Patch Adams

An intentional community is a group of people who have chosen to live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. An ecovillage is a village-scale intentional community that intends to create, ecological, social, economic, and spiritual …
related subjects: Sustainable Living