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Eco-Villages the Name Makes Them Sound New and Revolutionary, Part of a New Movement Toward Sustainability and Community Eco-Villages Eco-Villages The name makes them sound new and revolutionary, part of a new movement toward sustainability and community. But in reality, this is the way humans have lived for thousands of years before we took a sharp turn toward unsustainable living. Eco-villages are glimpses to the past, to how humankind used to resonate with the natural environment. They are spreading and popping up everywhere where people are found. Here is an alphabetical list of ecovillages from the Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) website. 1. 5th dimensional eco-village (northern NM or southern CO, New Mexico, United States) Forming 2. Abeo (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) Re-Forming 3. ABRA144 Ecovillage - Amazonian Bioregional Village (Presidente Figuereido, Manaus, Brazil) Forming 4. ABRACADABRA Forming 5. Abundance EcoVillage (Fairfield, Iowa, United States) 6. The Alchemical Nursery Project (Syracuse, New York, United States) Forming 7. ALDEAFELIZ (San Francisco, Cundinamarca, Colombia) 8. Alderleaf Farm and Wilderness College (Monroe, Washington, United States) 9. Aldinga Arts EcoVillage (Aldinga Beach, South Australia, Australia) 10. Aleskam (684020 Razdolny Setl, Kamchatka, Russian Federation) 11. All Are Welcome: We Invite You (Olympia, Washington, United States) 12. Amazon Highlands Eco-Cooperative (Campamento Salto Yutaje) (Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas, Venezuela) 13. Amity Highlands Ecovillage Cohousing (Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States) Forming 14. Anarres Ecovillage (Northampton, England, United Kingdom) Forming 15. ANCIENT SOCIETY OF EOCHAID OLLATHAIR, INC. (YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, United States) Forming 16. Andelssamfundet i Hjortshøj (DK-8530 Hjortshoj, Denmark) 17. Aquarius Nature Retreat (Vail, Arizona, United States) Re-Forming 18. Arcosanti (Cordes Lakes, Arizona, United States) 19. ASL in Veg/an Ecovillage Communities (Cottonwood area, Arizona, United States) Forming 1 / 19 Eco-Villages 20. Aspenwood (Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States) 21. Astral City 22. Atamai Eco-Village (Motueka, New Zealand) Forming 23. Austin Area Ecovillages (Austin (area), Texas, United States) Forming 24. Avalon Community (Florida, United States) Forming 25. Avalon Springs (Middletown, California, United States) 26. Awaawaroa Bay Eco-Village (Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand) 27. Awakened Life Project (Benfeita, Portugal) Forming 28. A-WAY-KIN ECOvillage (Gimli, Manitoba, Canada) Forming 29. Back-to-Nature EcoVillage (Trang, Thailand) Forming 30. "BahamaStar"-Eco Resort on a Private Island in the Bahamas (Cistern Cay Private Island, Bahamas) Forming 31. Ballintaggart on the Atherton Tableland (Malanda, Queensland, Australia) Forming 32. Base Camps Conservation Network (ARATULA, Queensland, Australia) Forming 33. Bay View Ecovillage (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States) 34. Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage (Belfast, Maine, United States) Forming 35. Bellbunya Community Association (Belli Park, Queensland, Australia) (Sunshine Coast hinterland, Queensland, Australia) 36. Berea College Ecovillage (Berea, Kentucky, United States) 37. Bethel Suburban Ecovillage (Eugene, Oregon, United States) Forming 38. Betterfields (New Zealand) (United States) Forming 39. Betterway Farm and Ecovillage (Northeast Ohio) (Northeast Ohio - Wooster, Ohio, United States) Re-Forming 40. Between Two Cities (Portland, Corvallis, Oregon, United States) Forming 41. The Biblical Christian Community (Tonga, Tonga) 2 / 19 Eco-Villages 42. Big Island Cohousing and Ecovillage (Hawaii, United States) 43. The Blueberry Patch (Gulfport, Florida, United States) Forming 44. Boreal Farms (Duluth, Minnesota, United States) Forming 45. Brave New Mountain (Hoodsport, Washington, United States) Forming 46. Braziers Park (Wallingford, England, United Kingdom) 47. Breitenbush Hot Springs (Detroit, Oregon, United States) 48. Broken Earth Village (Santa Fe Area, New Mexico, United States) Forming 49. Brokenfoot Ranch (Carrollton, Georgia, United States) Forming 50. BTR Ecovillage (Dale (an hour outside of Austin, 15 minutes to Lockhart and Bastrop), Texas, United States) Forming 51. Camelot Cohousing (Berlin, Massachusetts, United States) Forming 52. Capital District Eco-housing (Albany region, New York, United States) Forming 53. Carolina Common Well (Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States) Forming 54. Casa da Ribeira (Coimbra, Portugal) 55. Catholic Ecovillage (Kentucky, United States) Forming 56. Cedar Grove (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States) Forming 57. Cerro Gordo Ecovillage (Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States) 58. Christian Ecovillage-Mid-Atlantic Region (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States) (Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States) (New York State, New York, United States) (Ohio, United States) 59. Church of the Earth (Haiku, Hawaii, United States) (Hilo, Hawaii, United States) Forming 60. Cinderland Ecovillage (Kapoho, Hawaii, United States) 61. CIRCLE P ECOFARM/VILLAGE (brunswick, Georgia, United States) Forming 62. CoHo Ecovillage (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) 3 / 19 Eco-Villages 63. Columbia Ecovillage (Portland, Oregon, United States) 64. CommonUnity (Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia) Forming 65. A Communeosho (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) Forming 66. Community Alive at Earthome (Pulteney, New York, United States) Forming 67. Community in Southern Saratoga County, NY (New York, United States) Forming 68. Community of Healers (Ash Fork, Arizona, United States) Forming 69. Comunidad Permacultural Na Lu' Um (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico) Forming 70. Comunidad Planetaria Janajpacha (Bolivia) 71. Concord Ecovillage (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States) (Newark, Delaware, United States) (West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States) Forming 72. Costa Rica Ecovillage (Costa Rica) Forming 73. Crystal Mountain Green (Queen Creek Foothills, Arizona, United States) Forming 74. Crystal Waters Permaculture Village (Conondale, Queensland, Australia) 75. Dallas Cohousing / Ecovillage (Dallas, Texas, United States) Forming 76. Dancing Bear Eco-Village (Cherokee County, Texas, United States) Forming 77. Dancing Bear Eco-Village 78. Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage (Rutledge, Missouri, United States) 79. Dapala Farm (Elk is located in Eastern Washington State Region, Washington, United States) Forming 80. Dedetepe eco-farm (Canakkale, Turkey) Forming 81. DFW Urban Ecovillage (Dallas, Texas, United States) (Fort Worth, Texas, United States) (DFW Ariport area--Mid-Cities/Irving, Texas, United States) (Oak Cliff, Texas, United States) (Waxahachie/Red Oak, Texas, United States) Forming 82. Dolphin Community (D-79737 Herrischried - Niedergebisbach, Germany) (Hausen im Wiesental, Germany) 4 / 19 Eco-Villages 83. Dom Druzej na prirode - common_house (Gus'-Hustlnyj, Vladimirskaja area, Russian Federation) Forming 84. Dragon Belly Farm (Pt. Ludlow, Washington, United States) Forming 85. Dreamtime Village (La Farge, Wisconsin, United States) 86. Earth First Australia (Hamilton, Victoria, Australia) Forming 87. Earth Kind Developments Corp. (Tofino, British Columbia, Canada) Forming 88. EarthArt Village (Moffat, Colorado, United States) Forming 89. Earthaven Ecovillage (Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States) 90. EarthFriends Ecovillage 91. Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood (Ranui, West Auckland, New Zealand) 92. EARTHYACHT (Mazatlan Sinaloa Northern Mexico Area, Mazatlan, Mexico) Forming 93. Eco village Piracanga (Itacaré, Bahia, Brazil) 94. Eco Yoga Park (General Rodriguez, Buenos Aires, Argentina) (General Rodriguez, Buenos Aires, Argentina) 95. Ecoaldea Huehuecoyotl (Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico) 96. Ecoculture Village (Arcata, California, United States) Forming 97. EcoLetu (Beijing, China) Forming 98. ECOMMUNE (Paducah, Kentucky, United States) Forming 99. Economic Eco-Village (Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States) (Bellefonte Chestnut, Pennsylvania, United States) Forming 100. EcoReality (Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada) Re-Forming 101. Ecotopia Romania (Stanciova, Timis, Romania) Forming 102. Ecotopia/Itkaka (Vathi/Ithaca, Greece) Forming 103. Ecovilla Asociación GAIA (NAVARRO, Buenos Aires, Argentina) 104. Ecovillage at Burdautien (Eire, Ireland) 5 / 19 Eco-Villages 105. The Ecovillage at Currumbin (Currumbin Valley, Queensland, Australia) Forming 106. EcoVillage at Ithaca (Ithaca, New York, United States) 107. EcoVillage at Ithaca - third neighborhood (Ithaca, New York, United States) 108. Eco-Village de la Paix-Dieu (Jehay, Belgium) 109. EcoVillage Detroit (Detroit, Michigan, United States) Forming 110. Ecovillage Dungeness (Port Angeles, Washington, United States) Forming 111. Ecovillage in planning (Georgia, United States) Forming 112. Ecovillage Network UK (Bristol BS99 3JP, England, United Kingdom) 113. Eco-Village of La Hermita (San Miguel de Allende, GTO, 37700, Mexico) 114. EcoVillage of Loudoun County (Taylorstown, Virginia, United States) Forming 115. Écovillage 2012 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Forming 116. ECOVILLAGE VIVER SIMPLES (Itamonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) Forming 117. The Eden Project Forming 118. Edinstvo ecovillage (Edinstvo gardens, Kagalnitskiy rayon, Rostov Region, Russian Federation) 119. Eliopoli (Port Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada) Forming 120. Enota Mountain Village (Hiawassee, Georgia, United States) 121. Esperanza de Finca Amanecer (Londres de Quepos, Costa Rica) Forming 122. Essene Eco-Village Maui (paia, Hawaii, United States) Re-Forming 123. Etherion Ringing Cedars Intentional Community (Guyra, New South Wales, Australia) (Upwey, Victoria, Australia) Forming 124. Factor 'e' Farm - Open Source Ecology
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