Essays about: "eco-villages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word eco-villages.

1. 1. Governance and decision-making : Lessons from three French eco-villages

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Gwenaël Bertrand; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In a context of rising environmental pressure and slow societal changes in response, the emergence of ecovillages comes as a small-scale solution to actively propose sustainable alternatives to the modern consumerist society. The human factor plays a key role in enabling such ecovillages to last. READ MORE

3. 2. From Grassroot to Global: Community-Based Entrepreneurs Shaping Systemic Change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Merel Evers; Merel Jasmijn Hulst; [2023]
   Keywords : Depletion of natural resources; re-organizing the economy; bottom-up efforts; community-based entrepreneurship; common-based economy; eco-villages; community boundary management; collective action; social and environmental change; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research explores how community-based entrepreneurs can contribute to the reorganization of natural resource management and find solutions to environmental problems within the current capitalist economy. Recent scholars on post-capitalism, believe that the economy can be organized by different institutions than the market and investigate the role of individuals as catalyst of environmental and social change from the bottom up. READ MORE

4. 3. The Influences of an Eco-village towards Urban Sustainability : A case study of two Swedish eco-villages

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Mi Youn Kim; [2016]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Eco-villages; Environmental behaviour; Grassroots Innovations;

   Abstract : Scholars who study grassroots innovations argue that small-scale community-led urban projects can serve as catalysts accelerating sustainability, by spreading their techniques and practices into a broader society. This thesis explores the claim by investigating influences of two Swedish eco-villages through two spheres: individual and whole eco-village project basis-influence. READ MORE

5. 4. Not for Sale: How home grown Scandinavian eco-cities take climate change imaginaries beyond market mechanisms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Marcella Carby-Samuels; [2014]
   Keywords : values-based planning theory; critical institutional theory; eco-communities; ecocity; eco-city; ecovillage; eco-village; peri-urban; urban agriculture; urban gardening; urbanization; socio-ecological systems; socio-ecological justice; social sustainability; equity; subnational authorities; climate talks; UNFCCC; cities; climate change; global warming; political ecology; critical realism; adaptation; mitigation; urban heat island effect; green roofs; 8 House; Western Harbour; Augustenborg; Munksøgård; Copenhagen; Malmö; Roskilde; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Inter-governmental climate talks have, over a twenty-year period, had little success in implementing measures to mitigate human-induced climate change. Their fundamental perspective, one of economic rationality, has not provided a compelling or effective basis for achieving their desired goals. READ MORE

6. 5. Striving Intentionalities: Vision and Practice in Cloughjordan Eco-village

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Pedro Coutinho Campos; [2013]
   Keywords : alternative vs. mainstream; green thinking; sustainable living; eco-villages; intentional communalism; structural conditioning; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Eco-villages are intentional communities whose ultimate purpose is to provide alternative ways of living that are locally rooted, self-reliant, socially supportive, and ecologically sustainable. The issues that hinder these communities from realizing their vision and aspirations are the main draw of this study. READ MORE