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Sieben Linden ecovillage in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany is also the subject of a feature length documentary that explores the lifestyles of its residents.
Sieben Linden ecovillage in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany is also the subject of a feature length documentary that explores the lifestyles of its residents.
Founded in 1997 and located in the Altmark region of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, Sieben Linden is considered a classical example of an ecovillage as it tries to present a special “Culture of Sustainability” whose inhabitants aim to maintain an ecologically sustainable lifestyle without reducing their own quality of life.
Kelly Parker examines several kinds of growth, seeking to identify a sustainable form which could be adopted as normative for human society.
This film explores how various communities around the world are transitioning to a more sustainable and local way of life.
This film considers wildlife conservation in Africa from the perspective of those who live in close proximity to the animals.
Clotilde Lebreton analyses the discursive, participative, and negotiation practices in the territorialized public action that occurred during the category change of the Nevado de Toluca Protected Area in Mexico from a high conservation status to a more flexible one.
Looking at cases of Indigenous land and sea management in Australia, Austin et al. suggest four ways Indigenous groups and institutional investors can work together to establish meaningful criteria for ensuring effective conservation outcomes.
Rigby reimagines green cities from an interdisciplinary environmental humanities perspective to see how they can also be sites of more-than-human prosperity.
The authors investigate how land cover, land use, and protected area management affects communities around a forest reserve in the Philippines. They conclude that incorporating local livelihoods into forest conservation strategies results in a measure of sustainability and positively impacts the socioeconomic well-being of communities near the protected area.
The authors use the case study approach to provide insights into how an indigenous population, the Baka in Cameroon, face barriers to participation in policy making, hindering recognition of rights to traditional forestland.