VLOG: How to Create & Build an EcoVillage

Today, we are stuck spending our time doing things that don't matter to us. Most, if not all, of our time is spent on survival. This makes us bitter, resentful, angry, unhappy. But, we actually can live a life where we are connected, joyful and live a life of contribution and giving back... to the earth, to each other, and ultimately to ourselves. Mother earth offers us alternatives. It's up to us to choose a different way. This video is the beginning of a journey, the beginning of a creation, the beginning of a happier way of life. 

What is possible when we create a relationship with the land, creating an ecologically sustainable community that serves us all? What if we could expand each of us, including the land, to a greater existence than when we first met? What would it be like to thrive, not just survive? 

An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and/or ecologically sustainable. An ecovillage strives to produce the least possible negative impact on the natural environment through intentional physical design and resident behavior choices. It is consciously designed through locally owned, participatory processes to regenerate and restore it's social and natural environments. Most range from a population of 50 to 250 individuals, although some are smaller, and traditional ecovillages are often much larger. Larger ecovillages often exist as networks of smaller sub-communities. Some ecovillages have grown through like-minded individuals, families, or other small groups—who are not members, at least at the outset—settling on the ecovillage's periphery and participating de facto in the community. Ecovillagers are united by shared ecological, social-economic and cultural-spiritual values.