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Ecovillages : a practical guide to sustainable communities / Jan Martin Bang.

Title
Ecovillages : a practical guide to sustainable communities / Jan Martin Bang.
Author
Bang, Jan Martin.
Publication
Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2005.

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Description
284 p. : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"This book explores the background and history of the Ecovillages movement, and goes on to provide a comprehensive manual for planning, establishing and maintaining a sustainable community. Issues discussed include leadership and conflict management, house design, building techniques, farming and food production, water and sewage, energy sources and alternative economics. In the final chapter, the author brings everything together in a step-by-step guide."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Organic living > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Environmentalism
  • Collective settlements
  • Green movement
  • Bio (Style de vie) > Guides, manuels, etc
  • Communautés
  • Écologisme
  • Environnementalisme
  • collective settlements
  • Collective settlements
  • Organic living
Genre/Form
  • handbooks.
  • manuals (instructional materials)
  • Handbooks and manuals
  • Guides et manuels.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-274) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The story of the global ecovillage network -- Patterns in nature -- Modelling the ecovillage : the social aspect -- House design and building techniques -- Agriculture : soil, plants, gardening, and farming -- Water and sewage -- Energy sources and alternative technology -- Alternative economics -- Design hands-on.
ISBN
  • 0865715386
  • 9780865715387
OCLC
60567010
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library