Name of the Social Innovation: Ecovillage
Founder/Initiator/Leader/Developer of the
Innovation: George Ramsey(founder)
For more information: http://gen.ecovillage.org/
Project Summary
Ecovillages
are intentional communities whose goal is to become more socially, economically
and ecologically sustainable. Most range from a population of 50 to 150
individuals, although some are smaller, and larger ecovillages of up to 2,000
individuals exist as networks of smaller subcommunities. Certain ecovillages
have grown by the addition of individuals, families, or other small groups who
are not necessarily members settling on the periphery of the ecovillage and
effectively participating in the ecovillage community. Ecovillagers are united by
shared ecological, social-economic and cultural-spiritual values. Concretely,
ecovillagers seek alternatives to ecologically destructive electrical, water,
transportation, and waste-treatment systems, as well as the larger social
systems that mirror and support them. Many see the breakdown of traditional
forms of community, wasteful consumerist lifestyles, the destruction of natural
habitat, urban sprawl, factory farming, and over-reliance on fossil fuels as
trends that must be changed to avert ecological disaster and create richer and
more fulfilling ways of life.
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