New Ecovillage Resources

Ecovillages a free, bimonthly e-newsletter.
Includes getting Ecovillage Zoning http://www.ecovillagenews.org

Recordings of presentations are now available for:
the 2007 International Permaculture Convergence
http://www.ipcon.org/
with DAY 2: Declan Kennedy - Architect and Urban Planner
Includes wrap around greenhouse, and energy surplus house with 8 year payback, in his ecovillage

Among the Ecocity 2008 World Summit articles & digital recordings
at http://ecocity.wordpress.com/
the Ecovillage category includes:
Sieben Linden, an eco-village in eastern Germany
&
A look at living in London's BedZED, the UK's first Zero Energy Development (ZED)

Eco-village Developments Increasing

Linking co-housing, eco-villages and permaculture is becoming more common
From: "Charles and Janis"
To: Urban-Permaculture.yahoogroups.com, Thu, 03 Jul 2008
Subject: Utah

Utah Valley Commons, a cohousing community to be located south of
Salt Lake City ... welcomes participation by
individuals and families interested in: co-housing, eco-village
development, permaculture, and sustainable living in general.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/utahvalleycohousing/
http://www.utahvalleycommons.com

....models are Eco-Village at Ithaca (http://www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us/),
Champlain Valley Co-Housing (http://www.champlainvalleycohousing.org),
the Wasatch Commons (http://www.econ.utah.edu/~ehrbar/coho/index.htm), and
Earthsong Eco-Neighborhood (http://www.earthsong.org.nz)