Author: Liz Walker
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Keywords: culture, sustainable, pioneering, ithaca, ecovillage
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-05-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0865715246
ISBN-13: 9780865715240

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 story of life at EcoVillage at Ithaca, an internationally recognized example of sustainable development. It transports the reader into the midst of a vibrant community that includes co-housing neighborhoods, small-scale organic farming, land preservation, green building, energy alternatives and hands-on education. By integrating proven social and e

Authors:Hildur Jackson, Karen Svensso,
Publisher: Green Book
Keywords: people, earth, restoring, living, ecovillage
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2002-08-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1903998166
ISBN-13: 9781903998168

Ecovillage Living is a full-color guide to everything you’ve always wanted to know about ecovillages, from the people behind them to the tools to make them happen. If you have ever dreamed of natural housing, to know your neighbors, and a more harmonious lifestyle then this is the book for you. This is an unprecedented how-to and why account of ecovillage living, and a vibrant story of people spearheading a lifestyle that is rapidly becoming a new global culture. Here, you will find articles and interviews with ecological builders, water treatment experts, ecovillage designers, mediators

Author: Diana Leafe Christian
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Keywords: community, intentional, ecovillage, join, finding
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0865715785
ISBN-13: 9780865715783

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 interest in intentional communities. These intentional communities or ecovillages are an appealing choice for like-minded people who seek to create a family-oriented and ecologically sustainable lifestyle—a lifestyle they are unlikely to find anywhere else. However, the notion of an intentional community can still be a tremendous leap for some—deterr