Experimenting with Energyscapes: Growing up with Solar and Wind in Auroville and Beyond
In this article, Sarah Strauss and Carrick Eggleston track the transition to renewable energy in the village of Auroville in South India.
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Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: Bioregionalism, Permaculture and Ecovillages
Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia brings together case studies from across the globe to reveal underlying cultural ontologies and call for more integration between the work of scholars and practitioners.
Plant This Movie
This film examines a vibrant urban farming movement that is catching on across the globe.
Voices of Transition
This film explores how various communities around the world are transitioning to a more sustainable and local way of life.
We Never Lock Our Doors
Ecovillage resident and author Diana Leafe Christian talks about life in an ecovillage.
Ideals and Practices of European Ecovillages
In the context of the current global economic crisis, it seems that people are increasingly looking for more sustainable ways of living. Ecovillages provide people with a way to pursue a more sustainable lifestyle.
Realizing Utopia? Reconstructing its Normative Potential
A utopian narrative must be understood not so much as a concrete plan or set of policy recommendations, but as a call to decide for oneself about the plausibility and the desirability of the postulated ideals.
A Culture of Sustainability
How do the three pillars of sustainability—environment, economy, and society—come together in the daily routines of a society? Research in Community (RIC) has given itself the goal of building a network to investigate and promote a culture of sustainability.
Ecovillages: Islands of the Future?
Von Lüpke suggests that ecovillages are a response to a need for change: they are “islands of the future” that are helping to develop new ways of thinking, new social tools, and new scientific and social approaches.
Ecovillage Research Review
Most relevant academic papers offer insights into prior studies of ecovillages, but there are none that offer a complete overview. This review is meant to contribute to filling that gap.