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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Ecovillage: Housing development centered on people, earth

City of Charlottesville:
“Not satisfied with the state of community and the environment, one group has decided to create something more to their liking, an ecovillage. During a recent open house, about 50 people met at Charlottesville Ecovillage’s property off East Rio Road to hear about plans to use the 6.6-acre site as an intentional community and ecovillage — an alternative approach to housing focused on caring for oneself, each other and the Earth…

The vision statement for the community identifies ‘compassion, kindness, cooperation, open communication, justice and mutual trust as central to healthy living.’”
~Writes Effie Nicholaou of Charlottesville Tomorrow

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