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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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Text | Request in advance | HX635 .B36 2005 | Off-site |
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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
- 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