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2012—Time for Change
2012—Time for Change sees the Mayan Calendar’s prediction of imminent doom as an opportunity for transformation.
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Burtynsky, Edward, "My Wish: Manufactured Landscapes and Green Education"
Edward Burtynsky’s photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind.
Perspectives Article
The Ecovillage: A Model for a More Sustainable, Future-Oriented Lifestyle?
This article describes the ecovillage Sieben Linden from the perspective of one of its residents.
Perspectives Article
We Never Lock Our Doors
Ecovillage resident and author Diana Leafe Christian talks about life in an ecovillage.
Perspectives Article
Utopian Struggle: Preconceptions and Realities of Intentional Communities
Most people know little about intentional communities, and what they think they know is often wrong. Metcalfe discusses some of these preconceptions and why they are inaccurate.
Perspectives Article
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.
Perspectives Article
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.
Perspectives Article
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.
Perspectives Article
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.
Perspectives Article
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.