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Gaviotas Eco-Village in Columbia

Gaviotas is an amazing-sounding eco-village in Colombia. According to an article on Social Design Notes, they have achieved energy self-sufficiency and no net greenhouse gasses (due, in part, to their massive reforestation efforts - over 1.5 million trees planted).

See also:

• Gaviotas on Wikipedia.
• Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World - a 1998 book by Alan Weisman (review, Amazon listing, an article in Mother Jones by Weisman).
• Dispatches From a Colombian Utopia by Kate Willson:
  • "Gaviotas: In a War Zone, but Not at War".
  • "An Ecologically Sound Paradise in the Middle of a War Zone".
• New Internationalist: "Time for Utopia.
• Gaviotas home page at University of Iowa.
• Living on Sun, Water, Wind, Grass, and Community.
• Gaviotas article on MetaFilter.

Seen at Boing Boing: Water pump driven by kids' roundabout.
eco-village, intentional community, community, environment, ecology, Colombia, Gaviotas, wind power, windmill, rainforest, energy, consensus.

Gaviotas Eco-Village in Columbia

Gaviotas is an amazing-sounding eco-village in Colombia. According to an article on Social Design Notes, they have achieved energy self-sufficiency and no net greenhouse gasses (due, in part, to their massive reforestation efforts - over 1.5 million trees planted).

See also:

• Gaviotas on Wikipedia.
• Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World - a 1998 book by Alan Weisman (review, Amazon listing, an article in Mother Jones by Weisman).
• Dispatches From a Colombian Utopia, by Kate Willson:
  • "Gaviotas: In a War Zone, but Not at War".
  • "An Ecologically Sound Paradise in the Middle of a War Zone".
• New Internationalist: "Time for Utopia".
• Gaviotas home page at University of Iowa.
• Living on Sun, Water, Wind, Grass, and Community.
• Gaviotas article on MetaFilter.

Seen at Boing Boing: Water pump driven by kids' roundabout.
eco-village, intentional community, community, environment, ecology, Colombia, Gaviotas, wind power, windmill, rainforest, energy, consensus.