Ecovillages
Lessons for Sustainable Community
Litfin, Karen T.
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Electronic books.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
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Cambridge
Polity Press
2014
monographic
eng
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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.
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.
Karen T. Litfin.
Community development
Sustainable living
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
General
Community development
Sustainable living
Community development
Litfin, Karen
Sustainable living
HN49.C6 L54 2014
307.77
Ecovillages
Litfin, Karen T.
Polity 2014
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