Urban Planning Websites

Intentional Communities

The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is a resource linking eco-villages and related projects around the world. It has discussion forums, a resource library, and high-content downloadable newsletters (PDF format).

Article by Albert Bates, regional secretary for the Americas of the Global Ecovillage Network, and
principal founder of the Institute for Appropriate Technology in Tennessee, where he has taught sustainable design, natural building, agriculture, and technology. 

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Intentional Communities site serves the growing communities movement, an eclectic, and invaluable, free bulletin board for people seeking communities, and communities with openings.

Northwest Intentional Communities Association has great articles, founding documents, profiles of local projects

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Earthaven Ecovillage, a growing neo-tribal ecovillage, is dedicated to caring for people and the Earth by learning, living and demonstrating wholistic, sustainable culture. Culture's Edge, our non-profit education center, offers hands-on workshops and programs throughout the year which are integral to the overall vision of Earthaven as a living demonstration ecovillage.

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Kookaburra Park Eco-Village,  located in Gin Gin, Queensland, Australia, was designed as a place where the needs of our modern culture and the use of its technology would be combined using sound environmental practices. We aim to create an environment which is conducive to the attainment of true community.

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Los Angeles Eco-Village: LA continues to expand to accommodate ever larger  and more diverse populations, how can we achieve a decent standard of living without sacrificing a better quality of life? ...what responsibility will our city take to model living patterns in balance with the planet's life 
support systems? 

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RAINBOWORLD LIVING ECO-VILLAGE SOCIETY is a network marketing time-share membership in a pan-global Eco-Village Resort and permaculture society. All land, resources, facilities, supplies, education / training, coordination, infrastructure, services, e-commerce, and network support are provided by Rainboworld.

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Gaviotas - Alan Weisman’s book, GAVIOTAS: A Village to Reinvent the World.