Download now! This is the ebook version of 'Sustainable Communities: Lessons from Aspiring Eco-Villages' by Malcolm Hollick and Christine Connolly.

This widely referenced eco-village study and guide is now available here as an ebook for immediate download to make it more available to those about to embark on living in or developing new environmentally more sustainable 'villages' and communities.

The book first introduces eco-village concepts and then describes eleven eco-villages and communities in Australia, the USA and Europe. Seven of these are members of the Global Eco-village Network and/or the Eco-village Network of the Americas.

An integrated view of each community is given which includes details of their beliefs and values; legal, financial, social and economic structures; technological systems, and interactions with the outside world.

In the second part of the book, eight key issues arising from this study are discussed in depth:

• Building the legal foundations
• Finding the money
• Community sharing versus individual responsibility
• Creating a caring, sharing community
• Making decisions and managing conflicts
• Making a living
• Land selection and community design
• Technologies

The book contains a careful discussion of what makes a community an eco-village, and an imaginative glimpse of a sustainable future based on eco-village communities.