Diana Leafe Christian, national ecovillage expert, comes to Belfast
Thursday, March 05, 2009 — Filed in: Events
Belfast
Cohousing & Ecovillage presents “Ecovillages:
Where They Are, What They’re Doing, Why They’re
Important”,
a slide presentation and discussion by Diana Leafe
Christian, on Friday, March 20th from 7:00-9:00 pm at
the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
Author of Creating a Life
Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and
Intentional Communities (2003) and
Finding
Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional
Community (2007), Christian’s talk
will feature the ecological, economic, social and
cultural aspects of sustainability, with over 400
photos of 30+ ecovillage projects worldwide. The
presentation will explore how finding community is as
critical as obtaining food and shelter, since the
need to belong is what makes us human. The isolation
and loneliness of modern life have led many people to
search for deeper connection, resulting in a renewed
interest in intentional communities. These
intentional communities and ecovillages are an
increasingly appealing choice for like-minded people
who seek to create a family-oriented and ecologically
sustainable lifestyle. Ecovillages that thrive do so
because of the combined skills and resources of their
members.
