The project

This website aims at providing a better understanding of what are ecovillages.

It shows that other lifestyles are possible, based on a further connection to nature, respect of local ecosystems and development of new social systems.

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What is an ecovillage?

An ecovillage is a community (either rural or urban) whose main aim is to build a shared culture of living based on all 4 dimensions of sustainability (social, culture, economy and ecology) and local participatory processes.


The 4 dimensions of sustainability integrated in ecovillages

Social Social
Culture Economy