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In 2015 the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ) were ratified by 195 countries. To be achieved by 2030, the goals aim to transform our world by leaving no one behind. In 2017 the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) investigated how 30 ecovillages from 5 continents already contributed to the UN SDGs. The results were presented on the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Based on the GEN research outcomes, we examined 17 international Ecovillages. We aimed to understand how ecovillages relate to the UN SDG framework. The research was done with Ecovillages Around the World subject students. Before the analysis, students became acquainted with the SDGs' targets and their implications in different communities. The research methods were web-content analysis and self-assessment from the ecovillages' representatives, and the results were compared. The research proved that studied ecovillages already contribute to most SDGs; still, most do not know or intend to use the SDG framework. The results indicate a communication gap between the global political community and local ecovillages. Both global and local efforts aim to support sustainable development, but there could be vast differences in the interpretation of sustainability. Therefore, there is a significant need to establish communication channels and platforms to support the partnership between stakeholder groups working for sustainability at different levels.

This article highlights the emergence of intentional communities known as ecovillages (ecoaldeas) in Mexico, exploring how humans seek to design sustainable futures in part by re-making rural livelihoods. Ecovillages are inherently speculative ventures, or as Burke and Arjona (2013) note, laboratories for alternative political ecologies, inviting—and indeed, necessitating—the reimagination of human lives with greater consideration for the natural world. In this sense, such communities might be understood as "exilic spaces" (O'Hearn and Grubačić 2016), in that they seek to build autonomous and self-sustaining agricultural, social, and economic systems while also reflecting a stance of resistance to neoliberal capitalist structures. At the same time, communities may also remain dependent on connections to broader regional or global markets in diverse and interconnected ways. Understanding ecovillages as diverse and emergent "worldings" (de la Cadena and Blaser 2018), I ask how these experimental social ventures reckon with their connections to the very systems they are positioned against. To trace out how communities negotiate this fragile space, this article is concerned with how ecovillagers spend their time at work—particularly when it comes to managing relationships with and between more-than-human beings. Drawing on participant observation with ecovillagers and more-than-human others they work with, I explore how the concept of "rentabilidad" (profitability) is differently constructed. To this end, I highlight ethnographic examples where rentabilidad is purposefully reconceptualized with more-than-human lives in mind; such a shift, I suggest, hinges on ecovillagers' individualized relations with the beings they (imagine themselves) to care for.

In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin embarked upon a journey to many of the world's ecovillagesÑintentional communities at the cutting-edge of sustainable living. From rural to urban, high tech to low tech, spiritual to secular, she discovered an under-the-radar global movement making positive and radical changes from the ground up. In this inspiring and insightful boo.

"The concept of ecovillages first arose in the late 1980s, with the intention of offering an alternative to a culture of consumerism and exploitation. Combining a supportive and high-quality social and cultural environment with a low-impact way of life, they have become precious playgrounds in which groups of committed people can experiment to find solutions for some of the challenges we face globally. Ecovillages are now part of a worldwide movement for social and environmental justice and have become regional and national beacons of inspiration for the social, cultural, ecological and economic revival of both rural and urban areas. This book (published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Global Ecovillage Network in July 2015) introduces a selection of ecovillage projects from all over the world. The editors have aimed to give a taste of their richness and diversity with examples from Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and North America."--Provided by publisher

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Sieben Linden ecovillage -- 2 The environmental impact of the Sieben Linden lifestyle -- 3 The environmental impact of the Sieben Linden buildings -- 4 Comparing daily impact and construction impact -- 5 Final remarks, recommendations and perspectives -- Index.

Artikel ini menuliskan tentang bagaimana partisipasi masyarakat di wilayah kabupaten barat dalam keikutsertaan program desa mandiri dalam rangka pemberdayaan masyarakat yang diadakan oleh pemerintah. Tujuan penulis menulis artikel ini adalah untuk mengetahui sejauh mana dan berhasilakn pemerintah dalam melaksanakan program pemberdayaan masyarakat berbasis desa mandiri ini, metode yang digunakan adalah studi literatur dan hasil yang didapatkan adalah masyarakat akan lebih mempercayai proyek atau program pembangunan jika merasa dilibatkan dalam proses persiapan dan perencanaannya, karena mereka akan lebih mengetahui seluk-beluk proyek tersebut dan akan mempunyai rasa memiliki terhadap proyek tersebut; dan merupakan suatu hak demokrasi bila masyarakat dilibatkan dalam pembangunan masyarakat itu sendiri.

Intro -- Foreword-K. Xhexhi Book -- Contents -- 1 An Approach from Ecovillages and Ecocities to Tirana, Albania -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Ecovillages -- 1.2.1 What are Ecovillages? -- 1.2.2 Ecological Building -- 1.2.3 Renewable Energy Systems -- 1.2.4 Energy Efficiency -- 1.2.5 Biological Wastewater Treatment -- 1.2.6 Recycling -- 1.2.7 Local Organic Food Production -- 1.2.8 Following the Traces of Ecovillages -- 1.2.9 Cohousing Projects and Ecovillages -- 1.2.10 Five Case Studies (Auroville, India -- Sieben Linden, Europe -- Ecovillages at Ithaca, US -- Ecoovila, Brazil -- Mbam and Faoune, Senegal) -- 1.2.11 Land Use -- 1.2.12 Pollution -- 1.2.13 Solid Waste -- 1.2.14 Water -- 1.2.15 Transport -- 1.2.16 Housing -- 1.2.17 Energy -- 1.2.18 Health -- 1.2.19 Biodiversity -- 1.3 Ecocities -- 1.3.1 What Are the Characteristics of an Ecocity? -- 1.3.2 Comparative Analyses of Ecocities -- 1.3.3 Urban Planning -- 1.3.4 Energy -- 1.3.5 Population -- 1.3.6 Cost of Project -- 1.3.7 Surface -- 1.3.8 Transport -- 1.3.9 Water -- 1.3.10 Waste -- 1.3.11 Timing of Project -- 1.4 Tirana, Case Study -- 1.5 Existing Situation of Tirana. General Data -- 1.6 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Tirana, the Capital of Albania. A Brief History of Regulatory Plans, Anti-Bombing Hideouts, and Its Climate Conditions -- 2.1 General Data for the City of Tirana -- 2.1.1 A Brief History of Tirana's Regulatory Plans -- 2.2 Architecture and Urban Planning of Dwellings During the Period of the Totalitarian Regime 1945-1990 -- 2.2.1 Focusing on Socialist Regime -- 2.3 Tirana's Climate and General Data -- 2.3.1 Climate Conditions in Tirana -- 2.3.2 Pollution Problems -- 2.4 Ecology, Biotic Resources, and Air Quality -- 2.4.1 Fauna -- 2.4.2 Areas of Main Faunistic Interest -- 2.4.3 Flora -- 2.4.4 Air Quality -- 2.4.5 Air Quality in the Project Area.