Members
The network includes a variety of types of sustainable settlements and ecovillages:
- Ecotowns, such as Auroville in South India, the Federation of Damanhur in Italy and Nimbin in Australia;
- rural ecovillages, such as Gaia Asociación in Argentina and Huehuecoyotl, in Mexico;
- permaculture sites, including Crystal Waters, Queensland, Australia, Cochabamba, Bolivia and Barus, Brazil;
- urban rejuvenation projects, such as Los Angeles EcoVillage and Christiania in Copenhagen, and
- educational centres, such as Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales and the Ecovillage Training Center in Tennessee.
Read more about this topic: Global Ecovillage Network
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