Ecovillage
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An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and ecologically sustainable. It is consciously designed through locally owned, participatory processes to regenerate and restore its social and natural environments. Most range from a population of 50 to 250 individuals, although some are smaller, and traditional ecovillages are often much larger. Larger ecovillages often exist as networks of smaller sub-communities. Some ecovillages have grown through like-minded individuals, families, or other small groups—who are not members, at least at the outset—settling on the ecovillage's periphery and participating de facto in the community.
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See also
- Bioenergy village
- Bioneers
- Cohousing
- Communities Directory
- Deep ecology
- Den Selvforsynende Landsby
- Diggers and Dreamers
- Eco municipalities
- Ecodistrict
- Eco-communalism
- Eco-feminism
- Eco-tourism
- Garden city movement
- Green cities
- Green development
- Intentional community
- Leopold Kohr
- Principles of Intelligent Urbanism
- Retreat (survivalism)
- Sustainable habitat
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