Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. a small self-sustained and eco-friendly community
Etymologies
- eco- + village (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Siben Linden, a well-known German eco-village, is composed of straw buildings that serve as multi-family homes for around 80 adults and 30 children, according to Athena and Bill Steen of Chelsea Green.”
“Situation comedies that explore the humorous side of life in an "eco-village" of fifty or more people learning to live together, presenting both the challenges and the joys;”
“The proposal being considered was for a research station for visiting scientists to be staffed by Chagossians living in an eco-village.”
“The conference at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington was organised by bestselling novelist Philippa Gregory and television presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle, ostensibly to discuss a proposal for a combined eco-village and research station that would house a small number of Chagossians and marine scientists on one of the outer islands of the Chagos archipelago.”
The Guardian: Chagossians would not damage their homeland | Sean Carey
“I went into my spiel explaining that we've been developing these amazing eco-village projects and sustainable products and services and we've learned how it can be done cost effectively.”
The Huffington Post: Sue Riddlestone: Being a Leader in This Great Transformation
“Gallastegui is also watching over an autistic teenager who arrived with activists from a London "eco-village" which had been dismantled by police.”
“Tapped a kilometre down, hot reservoirs in granite fissures below Weardale are set to service a new "eco-village" in the valley, and provide the country's first naturally warm spa since the Romans at Bath.”
The Guardian: Natural hot reservoirs harnessed by scientists to service Pennine eco-village
“We have partnered with Cal-Earth to work with villagers and design an eco-village complete with permaculture agriculture, compost toilets, and aquaculture.”
The Huffington Post: Tiffany Persons: Tribewanted: Sierra Leone
“If you combine the love of bringing others to Sierra Leone, with the strong desire to create an eco-village using the wisdom of the elders combined with new world ecological technologies such as wind and solar power, you get: Tribewanted: Sierra Leone.”
The Huffington Post: Tiffany Persons: Tribewanted: Sierra Leone
“After lunch, we trudged back through the snow to the eco-village.”
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