Describes the history and potential of the ecovillage movement, including the evolution of the Global Ecovillage Network and the developments in both North and South. This work examines the lessons that we can learn from ecovillages to show us how to live in a more ecologically sound and sustainable way.

Product Description: “This splendid book brings together the beauty of the earth and the shame of our insults.”—James Lovelock, environmentalist and author of The Gaia Theory“Will we continue with our short-sighted plunder, or will we take the positive steps necessary to secure our common future? Through extraordinary photographs this important book shows why the stakes are so high and time is so short...read more

Product Description: 'Essential reading for anyone wanting to move beyond critiques of economic globalisation to coherent and credible alternatives.' Dame Anita Roddick DBE 'Woodin and Lucas set out an eloquent and passionate argument which not only challenges the convenient assumption that economic globlisation is inevitable, but which also explodes the myth that globalisation benefits the poor...read more