Ezona Lali ze-Eco-ziGqwesileyo eHlabathini

Ihlabathi liya ngaku ubomi obuzinzileyo, kunye noluntu olulungele indalo lufumana ukuthandwa. Abantu bafuna i eyona eco-village ukuhlala kuyo¹. Iindawo ezifana neFindhorn eScotland naseCloughjordan e Ayalend baphambili. Bagxininisa kwizisombululo zoluntu imo iyatshintsha kwaye luhlaza izenzo².

Ukuhlala kwezi i-eco-village ilungile kwiplanethi kwaye inikeza indlela yokuphila eyodwa. Abahlali bayonwabela ubomi obuzinzileyo, intsebenziswano yoluntu, kunye nokukhula komntu³. Eyona nto iphambili kwezi i-eco-village is ubomi obuzinzileyo. Basebenzisa kwemvume, umoya ovuselelekayo, yaye izinto eco-friendly¹. Abantu bafuna indlela yokuphila ezinzileyo kwaye enomvuzo. Bakhangela uluntu oluneenqobo ezifanayo¹.

ezi i-eco-village balungiselela ikamva eliluhlaza. Bagxile kukuphila ngokuzinzileyo nokusebenza kunye ukusombulula imiba yokusingqongileyo².

I-Eco-villages yinxalenye ephambili yekamva lobomi obuzinzileyo. Banikezela ngendlela ekhethekileyo uphuhliso oluluhlaza kwaye indawo yokuhlala eco-conscious. Ngaphezulu kwamazwe angama-70 kwihlabathi liphela aseke iilali zendalo, ezibonisa umdla kwihlabathi liphela uluntu oluzinzileyo⁴.

Embindini we-eco-village yimigaqo engundoqo. Ezi ziquka uyilo oluzinzileyo, amandla ahlaziyekayo, kunye ulimo lwezinto eziphilayo. Le migaqo ijolise ekudaleni uluntu oluzimeleyo olunobuncinci ifuthe kwindalo esingqongileyo. Ngokomzekelo, abanye basebenzisa iiphaneli zesola kunye neeinjini zomoya zamandla. Abanye bagxininise kwigadi edibeneyo kunye neendawo ekwabelwana ngazo ukwakha amaqhina oluntu⁵.

Eminye imizekelo ephawulekayo ye-eco-villages iquka i-Eco Truly Park in Peru kunye neFama eTennessee. Olu luntu lusebenzisa izinto ezizinzileyo kunye neempawu ezonga amandla. Bakwagxile kwimithombo yeminye yamandla ukuphumeza ukuzimela⁵. Ukuhlala kwi-eco-villages kunokunciphisa kakhulu i-carbon footprints yomntu ngamnye ngenxa yezibonelelo ekwabelwana ngazo kunye izenzo ezizinzileyo⁵.

Ukuqukumbela, i-eco-villages ibonelela ngendlela eyodwa nezinzileyo yokuphila. Bagxininisa uphuhliso oluluhlaza, indawo yokuhlala eco-conscious, yaye ukuzibandakanya kwabahlali. Njengoko ihlabathi liqhubela phambili likhula ezidolophini, i ukubaluleka ye-eco-villages iya kukhula. Babonelela ngomzekelo wokuphila okuzinzileyo onokuphinda uphindwe kwihlabathi jikelele⁴.

Iilali zaseYurophu njengeFindhorn eScotland kunye neTamera e Photshugo bakhokela intshukumo yokuphila ezinzileyo. UFindhorn waqala ngo-1962 kwaye ebenguvulindlela onekhabhoni ephantsi ukusukela ngo-1985⁶. UTamera, owasekwa ngo-1995, ugxile kwemvume kunye nokuphila okuzinzileyo. Ezi ndawo aziphelelanga nje ekunciphiseni umzila wazo wendalo kodwa zakha iindawo ezomeleleyo ezinyamekela abantu kunye nesijikelezi-langa.

Obona bukhulu bungcono be-ecovillage bumalunga nama-50-150 abantu⁶. Lo bukhulu bunceda ukwakha ingqiqo yoluntu kunye nentsebenziswano. Unyawo lukaFindhorn lwendalo sisiqingatha seGreat Britain⁷. UTamera, okwangoku, unendlela yakhe yokuphila ngokuzinzileyo, egxile kwi-permaculture kunye noluntu.

ezi Iilali zaseYurophu ziyinxalenye yentshukumo enkulu ekhokelela kubomi obuzinzileyo. Njengoko sijongene nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nomonakalo wokusingqongileyo, i-eco-villages kunye uluntu oluzinzileyo baluleke ngakumbi. Ngokufunda kuFindhorn kunye noTamera, sinokubona amathuba okuphila ngokuzinzileyo.

• Ugxininiso lweFindhorn ekukhuleni ngokomoya kunye ukwakha uluntu
• Ugxininiso lukaTamera kwi-permaculture kunye nokuphila okuzinzileyo
• Zombini izibophelelo ze-eco-village ekunciphiseni indawo yazo ye-ikholoji

Ngokujonga impumelelo kunye nemingeni yaba vulindlela baseYurophu, sinokuqonda amandla e-eco-villages kunye uluntu oluzinzileyo. Basibonisa indlela yokuphila ngendlela engcono indawo kunye noluntu⁶⁷.

Kukho iilali ezininzi ze-eco ezijikeleze iMeditera kodwa UTorri Superiore kwaye Damanhur Yima geqe. Babonisa indlela yokuphila ngokuzinzileyo ngokuxuba indala Zakhiwo ngeengcinga ezintsha.

Ezi ndawo zineenkqubo zoluntu ezikhethekileyo. Bagxila ekusebenzeni kunye nasekuncedeni omnye nomnye. Ngokomzekelo, uTorri Superiore wabelane ngeegadi. Oku kuhlanganisa abantu kwaye kuncede uluntu lukhule⁸.

Bakwasebenzisa iindlela zokulima eluhlaza. I-Damanhur isebenzisa ulimo lwezinto eziphilayo kunye ne-permaculture. Oku kugcina umhlaba usempilweni kwaye kunika abantu ukutya okutsha⁸.

Iilali zaseMeditera njengoTorri Superiore kunye noDamanhur basifundisa okuninzi. Zisibonisa indlela yokuphila ngemvisiswano indalo. Ngokulandela umzekelo wabo, singakha uluntu olungcono, olunohlaza kumntu wonke⁹.

I-Eco-villas iya ithandwa ngakumbi njengoko abantu bekhangela indlela yokuphila eluhlaza. EMntla Melika, iindawo ezifana ne I-EcoVillage e-Ithaca Inc eNew York kwaye IFama eTennessee Yima geqe. Bagxininisa umoya ovuselelekayo kwaye Ukuphila okuluhlaza.

ezi Iilali zaseMntla Melika zonke zimalunga nokuphila ngokuvisisana nendalo. Basebenzisa uyilo olukhethekileyo kunye nobuchwepheshe, njengelanga izakhiwo kunye nezitiya eziphilayo. Umzekelo, i-EcoVillage e-Ithaca Inc isebenzisa ilanga uyilo kuba ukufudumeza nokupholisa¹⁰.

Ezinye iimpawu eziphambili zezi dolophana zibandakanya:

• Iinkqubo zamandla ahlaziyekayo, njengamandla elanga nawomoya
• Izitiya zeOrganic kunye neefama, ezibonelela ngemveliso entsha kubahlali
• Ukwenziwa kwezigqibo ezisekelwe eluntwini kunye nokuphila ngokubambisana
• Uyilo lolwakhiwo olutsha, olufana neenqanawa zomhlaba kunye nezindlu zeebhali zeendiza

Ezi dolophana zendalo ezingqongileyo ziyimizekelo yendlela yokuphila ngokuzinzileyo kunye nokwakha uluntu oluqinileyo. Banika ithuba lokuphila ngokulinganayo kunye nendalo¹¹.

Ngokusebenzisa umoya ovuselelekayo kwaye Ukuphila okuluhlaza Ezi dolophana zivula indlela yekamva eliluhlaza¹⁰.

UMvundla oDanisayo ukhokele Missouri eco-ilali oko kubonisa uyilo oluzinzileyo kwaye izakhiwo eco-friendly. Yaqala ngo-1997 kwaye sele isebenza malunga neminyaka engama-26¹². Ngezakhiwo ezingaphezulu kwama-40 ezenziwe ngezinto zendalo¹², sisibane se Uyilo oluhlaza.

Le lali ibonelela ngeendibano zocweyo ezifana neNdawo yoKwakha iNdalo kunye neNdawo yokusebenzela yeCob Oven¹². Ezi zifundisa abantu ngezinto ezizinzileyo kwaye zinceda ekwakheni uluntu. Inkqubo enkulu yokutshintshiselana ngomsebenzi inceda igadi yoluntu iphumelele¹³, ukubonelela ngokutya okuphilayo kunye nokunyusa nokuzinza.

Ezinye izinto eziphambili zoMvundla wokuDanisa ziquka:

• Iindawo zokuthengisa kunye nezorhwebo
• Ikhitshi loluntu kunye neendawo zokutyela
• Ifama ye-Organic kunye negadi yoluntu

Isitiya sivelisa ukutya okuninzi okuvela kwindalo, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ilali ikwazi ukuzimela¹³. Ilali iyakuthanda ukwabelana ngokutya, ingakumbi ehlotyeni¹³. Umvundla wokudanisa yindawo yokuhlala ephezulu e-US kunye nomzekelo oqaqambileyo wokuphila ngokuzinzileyo.

Ifama eseTennessee yaqala ngo-1971. Yayilutshintsho olukhulu kwabo basuka kwisithili saseSan Francisco's Haight Ashbury.¹⁴. Le ndawo yinkokeli yokuphila ngokuzinzileyo, ebonisa okulungileyo kwe-permaculture kunye ulimo lwezinto eziphilayo. Konke kukwakha uluntu kunye nokuphila ngokuvisisana nendalo.

IFama isebenzisa amandla ohlaza kunye nolwakhiwo lwendalo. Ikwatyala ukutya ngendlela ezinzileyo. Bade bancedisa ukuzisa amandla elanga kwiindawo ezikude eBrazil¹⁴. Umsebenzi wabo ukhuthaze iilali zaseBrazil, Argentina, yaye Mekhsikho¹⁴.

IFama inomsebenzi okhethekileyo uqeqesho iziko ukususela 1994. Lifundise amawaka malunga ukuphila eluhlaza¹⁴. Bafundisa izifundo zepermaculture, ukwakha ngendalo, kunye nokusebenzisa amandla ahlaziyekayo. Ngaphezulu kwe-400 yeendawo zokuhlala kwihlabathi jikelele¹⁵, IFama yindawo ephambili yokufunda nokukhula kunye.

E-Tennessee, iFama ikhokelela kwindlela eya kwikamva eliluhlaza. Ibonisa indlela ipermaculture kunye nokulima okuphilayo kunokwakha uluntu oluqinileyo. Ibali lale Fama lingqina ukuba kunamandla okuhlala kunye nokunyamekela umhlaba¹⁴.

• Imithombo yamandla ahlaziyekayo, njengamandla elanga
• Ubuchule bokwakha bendalo, kusetyenziswa izinto zasekhaya nezizinzileyo
• Imisebenzi yezolimo ezinzileyo, kubandakanywa ipermaculture kunye nokulima ngeorganic
• Ukwakhiwa koluntu kunye zentlalo u manyano, ngemisebenzi ekwabelwana ngayo kunye neenkqubo zokwenza izigqibo

IFama inguvulindlela wokwenyani kubomi obuzinzileyo. Ikhuthaze i-eco-village ezininzi kwihlabathi jikelele¹⁵. Ngumzekelo obalaseleyo kwabo bafuna ukuhlala ngendlela eluhlaza, enoxanduva.

ICrystal Waters yeyona ndawo iphezulu ye-eco-village Ostreliya, eyaziwa ngokuyila kwayo okuluhlaza kunye nokusetyenziswa komhlaba. Ijolise ekuboneleleni ngendlela yokuphila eyanelisayo nezinzileyo. Bangaphezu kwama-250 abantu abahlala apha, kwiindawo ezingama-83 ezikhuthaza umoya woluntu¹⁶.

Ilali inama-640 eehektare¹⁶. Uninzi lwalo mhlaba kwabelwana ngawo ukulima, amahlathi, ulonwabo, kwaye Zasendle iiprojekthi¹⁷. Le ndlela yokulawula umhlaba iphucule umgangatho wamanzi asekuhlaleni, eboniswa kuvavanyo lwamanzi¹⁷.

Abantu balapha basebenza kunye, belima izitiya namabhoma, bade bafuye nezilwanyana¹⁷. Bakwanceda ngenkxaso-mali kuluntu ngokuthengisa amaqashiso, nto leyo enceda ekwakheni iindawo ekwabelwana ngazo¹⁷.

Amanzi eCrystal alisibane se-eco-friendly yokuphila kunye netekhnoloji eluhlaza, ekhuthaza abanye kwihlabathi liphela¹⁷.

• Imigaqo yoyilo lwePermaculture
• Ulawulo lwamanzi iinkqubo
• Ezolimo ezizinzileyo kunye nezenzo zamahlathi
• Uthethathethwano noluntu kunye nentsebenziswano

I-Crystal Waters ibalasele njengemodeli ye-eco-villages e-Australia nakwihlabathi jikelele¹⁶.

Iilali zaseLatin America bakhokela indlela yokungena ulawulo loluntu kwaye umanyano loluntu. I-Eco Truly Park ePeru kunye neLas Gaviotas eColombia yimizekelo ephambili. Babonisa indlela yokuphila ngokuzinzileyo izisombululo eziqhutywa luluntu kwaye iindawo ezinobuhlobo nendalo¹⁸.

Ezi dolophana zigxile kuluntu kunye nentsebenziswano. Le ndlela ibanceda ukuba baphile ngokuzinzileyo kwaye banciphise ikhondo labo lokusingqongileyo¹⁹. Umzekelo, i-Eco Truly Park isebenza ekunciphiseni inkunkuma kunye nokusebenzisa amandla avuselelekayo. I-Las Gaviotas yenza izinto ezintsha kulawulo lwamanzi kunye nokulima.

Ezi lali azikho nje ukuhlala eluhlaza. Zikwasifundisa malunga ulawulo loluntu kunye nomanyano. Ngokwabelana kunye nokusebenza kunye, bajolise kuluntu olunobulungisa²⁰. I-Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) ibabona njengento ephambili Uphuhliso oluphathekayo kunye nokunciphisa intlupheko.

Ezinye zeempawu ezibalaseleyo zezi dolophana zibandakanya:

• Iinkqubo zolawulo eziqhutywa luluntu
• Iindawo ezilungele i-Eco-friendly kunye noyilo lwezakhiwo
• Amandla ahlaziyekayo kunye nezenzo zezolimo ezizinzileyo
• Ulawulo lwamanzi kunye nokugcinwa amalinge
• Ugxininiso kwi umanyano loluntu kunye nentsebenziswano yoluntu

Isishwankathelo, iindawo ezifana ne-Eco Truly Park kunye neLas Gaviotas zibeka umgangatho ophezulu wokuphila ngokuzinzileyo kunye ulawulo loluntu. Zisibonisa indlela yokwakha uluntu olunobulungisa ngokubambisana nentsebenziswano, ngelixa sikhusela umhlaba wethu¹⁸.

Iilali zaseAsia njengeSiddharth Village kunye neSeken bakhokela indlela yokungena ukhenketho oluzinzileyo kwaye ukhenketho lwezendalo. Banika ithuba lokubona izisombululo eziqhutywa luluntu kunye nempilo eco-friendly. Oku kubonisa indlela Iilali zaseAsia inokuba ngumzekelo wokuphila okuzinzileyo e-Asia.

Ilali yaseSiddharth isebenza nabantu bezizwe ezingama-200,000 ukukhuthaza inkcubeko yabo kunye nokulima ngendalo. Oku kuxhasa uluntu lwasekuhlaleni kwaye kunika abakhenkethi be-eco amava awodwa. Basenokufunda kwaye bazibandakanye kwiinkqubo ezizinzileyo.

Ilali nayo igxile ukhuseleko lokutya kunye nokuzimela kwimibutho yabasetyhini bezizwe ezingama-54. Le yinxalenye ephambili yomsebenzi wabo²¹.

Iprojekthi yokwenza izitena zendalo ngomnye umzekelo wokuzinikela kwelali. Iqeqeshe ulutsha oluyi-25, ingakumbi amantombazana ashiye isikolo. Oku kubonisa ukuzinikela kwale lali kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo²¹.

Ngokundwendwela ezi lali, abakhenkethi banceda uqoqosho lwengingqi kwaye baxhase iindlela ezizinzileyo. Oku kunceda ukukhula ukhenketho lwezendalo kwaye ukhenketho oluzinzileyo eAsia.

Khanada iqhayisa ngeelali ezininzi zendalo ezisibonisa indlela yokuphila ngokuzinzileyo. IYarrow Eco-Village ngumzekelo omhle. Inendlu enkulu, iGreenhaven, ezihlala iintsapho ezili-11²². Le ndawo iyinxalenye yokutyhala okukhulu Ukuphila okuluhlaza, kugxininise kuluntu kunye nemimandla eco-friendly.

ILa Cité Écologique de Ham-Nord yenye into ebalaseleyo. Yaqala ngo-1984 kwaye inamakhaya, isikolo kunye nendawo yokugcina abantwana²². Ezi dolophana zaseCanada zihamba phambili Ukuphila okuluhlaza. Zisibonisa indlela uluntu olungasebenzisana ngayo ukuze lube nekamva eliluhlaza.

Yintoni eyenza ukuba ezi dolophana zikhetheke? Bane:

• Itekhnoloji yokonga amandla njengeepaneli zelanga kunye nezixhobo zombane ezikrelekrele²³
• Izitiya zoluntu kunye namahlathi atyiwayo okutya okutsha²²
• Iinkqubo zokurisayikilisha kunye nokwenza umgquba ukugawula inkunkuma²³

Ezi mpawu zinceda ezi mizi yendalo ukuba ikhule. Basibonisa amandla oluntu ekudaleni iCanada eluhlaza.

I-Eco-villas iya ithandwa ngakumbi njengoko abantu bejonge ukuphila okuzinzileyo. I-Living Roots Ecovillage ngumzekelo omhle. Ibonisa iingenelo zokuhlala ekuhlaleni. Le modeli inokulandelwa kwihlabathi liphela²⁴.

Umdaniso weRabbit Ecovillage eMissouri igubungela iihektare ezingama-280²⁵. I-EcoVillage e-Ithaca igubungela iihektare eziyi-175²⁵. Ezi ndawo zibonisa indlela i-eco-village enokugcinwa ngayo kwaye igxile kuluntu. Banciphisa umonakalo wokusingqongileyo kwaye bakhuthaza umoya woluntu.

Ukuhlala kwi-eco-village kunika izinto ezininzi ezilungileyo. Uziva unemvakalelo enamandla yokuba ungowabanye kwaye ufumane ukwabelana ngezibonelelo. UDaniel Greenberg, owayesakuba nguMongameli weGlobal Ecovillage Network, ukholelwa ukuba i-eco-village inokutshintsha indlela esiphila ngayo²⁴. Iilali ze-Eco ezifana ne-Living Roots Ecovillage zibeka abantu kunye neplanethi kuqala.

Ngamafutshane, iilali zendalo ezifana neLiving Roots Ecovillage zibonelela ngendlela ekhethekileyo yokuphila. Bagxininisa kuluntu kunye nokuzinza. Le ndlela inokukhuthaza abanye ukuba baphile ngakumbi ngokusingqongileyo nangokucingela uluntu²⁴.

Umthombo IJamaica yindawo ye-eco-village yaseCaribbean ehlangabezana nayo Imingeni ye-eco-village kwaye imiqobo kuphuhliso lwe-eco-village. Kuye kwaphuhliswa ngendlela ekhethekileyo izenzo zetropikhi permaculture kwaye iinkqubo zothethathethwano noluntu ukoyisa le miqobo²⁶. Le eco-village ingumzekelo wokuphila ngokuzinzileyo kwiCaribbean. Amanyathelo ayo ajolise ekunyuseni iXabiso leNtlawulo yoNyaka ukuya kwi-1.3 yezigidi zeedola ze-USD kunye noMvuzo woMvumo woNyaka womfama ukuya kwi-1 yezigidi zeedola ze-USD.²⁶.

Umthombo iJamaica ibonelela ngamava endalo antywilayo. Ineendawo zokuhlala ezifana ne-Earthbag house, isakhiwo sokuqala sendalo saseJamaica, esasungulwa ngo-2007.²⁷. Umyinge wondwendwelo lwemihla ngemihla ubandakanya ukutya oku-3 kunye nezindlu, ezihlawulwa kwiintsuku ezisi-7 kwangaphambili. Amaxabiso aqala kwi- $100 USD/ubusuku bokuhlala umntu omnye kwi-Earthbag²⁷. I-eco-village nayo iyagxininisa imigaqo permaculture kunye nezisombululo zezindlu ezizinzileyo²⁷.

Ngokweenkcukacha-manani, ngaphezu kwama-200 iindawo ezikhuselweyo zisekwe eJamaica. IJamaica Protected Areas Trust Limited (JPAT) ijolise ekukhuseleni nasekuphuculeni ilizwe Uvimba wendalo kwaye eziphilayo²⁸. Umthombo iJamaica yinxalenye yalo mzamo. Amanyathelo ayo anegalelo ekukhuleni kwe Iilali zaseCaribbean kunye noluntu oluzinzileyo kwingingqi.

I-Twin Oaks, kumbindi weVirginia, ngumzekelo ophambili we olunye uqoqosho. Ibonisa ukuba i-eco-village inokusebenza njani, kugxilwe kuzinzo²⁹. Uluntu lusebenzisa izibonelelo ekwabelwana ngazo kwaye lusebenza kakuhle kakhulu³⁰. Inabantu abadala abangama-80 kunye nabantwana abali-15, abaphila ngokwenza i-hammock, itofu, kunye nokulima.³¹.

Uluntu luphila ngokwabelana ngengeniso nangentsebenziswano. Oku kuyenza ibe ngumzekelo wobomi obuzinzileyo²⁹. I-Twin Oaks iyakwazi ukuzimela ngenxa yolawulo lwayo kunye nokwenza izigqibo³⁰. Isebenzisa amandla ahlaziyekayo kunye nokulima okuphilayo, ebonisa into enokwenzeka³¹.

Ezinye izinto eziphambili kuqoqosho lweTwin Oaks zezi:

• Ukwabelana ngengeniso kunye nentsebenziswano phakathi kwamalungu
• Ukwabelana ngezibonelelo zoluntu kunye neenkqubo zokwenza izigqibo
• Ugxininiso lozinzo kunye nolondolozo
• Amashishini amaninzi, kubandakanywa ukwenza i-hammock, imveliso ye-tofu, kunye nokulima

I-Twin Oaks ibonwa njengomzekelo wokuphila ngokuzinzileyo. Ibonisa amandla e izisombululo ze-eco-village kunye noqoqosho lwentsebenziswano²⁹. Ngokusebenza kunye kunye nokwabelana ngengeniso, iTwin Oaks iye yakha uluntu oluzinzileyo³⁰.

Indawo yaseCloughjordan ngumzekelo ophambili wobomi obuzinzileyo. Ijolise kulimo oluxhaswa luluntu, ibonisa imodeli ye-eco-villages. I-ecovillage ina-55 izindlu malunga ne-100 yabantu abadala kunye nabantwana abangama-35³². Ikwanayo ne-17,000 yabemi bomthonyama imithi kwindawo yayo yeehektare ezingama-67³³.

I-ecovillage izinikele ekuzinzeni. Isebenzisa izindlu ezonga amandla kwaye ixhasa ukulima kwasekhaya. Inkqubo yokufudumala yesithili iyasika ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ngeetoni ezili-113.5 ngonyaka³². Ifama yasekuhlaleni ithatha iihektare ezili-12, uninzi lweentsapho ezibandakanyekayo³².

I-ecovillage isebenzisa izinto ezizinzileyo kwizakhiwo zayo. Oku kubenza bawonge kakhulu amandla. UCloughjordan uyinkokeli kwizindlu ezilungele indalo, emisela umgangatho ophezulu kwabanye.

Ifama yasekuhlaleni yinxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-ecovillage. Iintsapho zihlawula malunga ne-€ 130 ngenyanga ngemveliso entsha³². Oku kuxhasa ulimo lwasekuhlaleni kunye noluntu, nto leyo eyenza ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ikamva le-eco-village.

I-Alegria yilali ye-eco ekhokela indlela kubomi obuzinzileyo. Igxininisa izibonelelo ze-eco-village kwaye ubomi obuzinzileyo. Le lali ijonge ukuzimela, ngokutya kwayo, amandla, kunye nokulawula inkunkuma.

UAlegria wenza umzamo omkhulu izibonelelo zophuhliso lwe-eco-village. Ineenkqubo zoqeqesho, iindibano zocweyo, kunye neziganeko zasekuhlaleni. Oku kunceda abahlali bafunde ukuphila ngokuzinzileyo kwaye babe negalelo ekukhuleni kwelali.

Ezinye izinto eziphambili ze-Alegria ziquka:

• Iinkqubo zamandla ahlaziyekayo, ezifana namandla elanga nawomoya
• Ukulima okuphilayo kunye nezenzo zepermaculture
• Iinkqubo zezolimo ezixhaswa ngabahlali
• Eco-friendly izinto zokwakha kwaye ukwakhiwa technical

I-La Ecovilla, i-eco-village efanayo, ibonise impumelelo³⁴. Inehlathi lokutya, igadi ephilayo, kunye nesikolo esikhethekileyo. U-Alegria unenjongo yokulandela le ndlela, ukudala imodeli yokuphila ngokuzinzileyo. Ibonisa indlela uluntu olunokusebenzisana ngayo ukuze lube nekamva elingcono.

Iilali ze-Eco kwihlabathi jikelele zikhokela indlela eya ikamva elizinzileyo³⁵. Ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1990, baye baba ziindawo eziphambili kubantu abaphantsi ezintsha³⁵. Olu luntu lusibonisa indlela yokwakha uluntu olungcono, olulungeleleneyo.

Iindawo ezifana ne-Findhorn eSkotlani kunye ne-Dancing Rabbit e-Missouri zingaphezulu nje kovavanyo³⁵. Zizi-hubs zehlabathi ezabelana ngolwazi kunye nezenzo ezilungileyo³⁵. Bagxile kumandla ahlaziyekayo, inkunkuma yokurisayikilisha, kunye nokonga amanzi³⁶. Zifana neelebhu zobomi obuzinzileyo, ezijongana nemingeni emikhulu ebangelwa bubungxowankulu kunye nokudityaniswa kwehlabathi³⁵.

Yehlabathi i-ikhosistim ujongene neengxaki ezinkulu ngenxa yokukhula nokubawa³⁷. Kodwa i-eco-villages inika isisombululo esinethemba. Ziphila ngokuvisisana nendalo, zisibonisa indlela yokuyenza ngokufanelekileyo³⁶.

Nangona i-eco-villages iseyintshukumo encinci, izimvo zabo zinamandla kakhulu³⁶. Banokukhuthaza utshintsho olukhulu olusingise kwilizwe eliluhlaza, elinobulungisa. Njengoko sijongene nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nokungalingani, iilali zendalo zingasikhokelela kwikamva elingcono.

• I-Eco-villas iya ithandwa kakhulu njengoko abantu befuna iindlela zokuphila ezizinzileyo¹.
• Uluntu olunobuhlobo ngokusingqongileyo, ezifana neFinhorn kunye neCloughjordan, zikhokela indlela yokuphila ezinzileyo².
• Ukuphila ngokuzinzileyo kusembindini wezi dolophana, kugxilwe kuzo kwemvume ubuchule, umoya ovuselelekayo imithombo, kunye ne-eco-friendly izinto zokwakha¹.
• The eyona eco-village babonelele ngendlela yokuphila eyodwa neyomvuzo kubahlali babo, ngamathuba onxibelelwano loluntu, ukukhula komntu, kunye nokuzibandakanya noluntu³.
• Izisombululo eziqhutywa luluntu kutshintsho lwemozulu ngumba ophambili kwezi dolophana, ezininzi zibandakanya izenzo ezizinzileyo kunye umoya ovuselelekayo Kwimithombo².
• I-Eco-villages ayinanzuzo kuphela kokusingqongileyo, kodwa ibonelela ngoluhlu lweenzuzo kubahlali bazo, kubandakanywa nokuphuculwa impilo, intlalontle, kunye nomgangatho wobomi¹.

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2. Ii-Ecovillages ezi-5 eziKhokelekayo kwihlabathi jikelele-iNdawo eluhlaza- https://thegreenhubonline.com/5-incredible-sustainable-communities-ecovillages-around-the-world/
3. I-Eco-villages kunye ne-eco-communities eYurophu-Lumo Houses- https://lumohouses.com/learn/eco-villages-communities-europe/
4. Iilali ze-Eco-liLikamva loLuntu oluHlaza – https://medium.com/climate-conscious/eco-villages-are-the-future-of-green-communities-1e513286d72a
5. I-Eco-Villages: Uluntu oluPhila ngokuZinzileyo kwiKamva eliGcekileyo – https://www.greenvillages.com.au/sustainable-living-communities-eco-villages
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7. PDF - https://gen-deutschland.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GEN_D-Brochure-Ecovillages_as_a_Model_of_Practiced_Sustainability.pdf
8. Uluhlu lwe-GB 2014- https://org.wwoof.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/GB_List_2014.pdf
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11. Ii-Ecovillages ezili-10 ezilungileyo zoHambo oluZinzileyo- https://communityfinders.com/ecovillages-for-sustainable-travel/
12. Indawo yokusebenzela yoKwakha iNdalo-i-Ecovillage yokuDanisa uMvundla- https://www.dancingrabbit.org/workshops-and-events/natural-building/
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16. Ukusuka eCloughjordan ukuya kuManzi eCrystal: I-Eco-Villages kwihlabathi jikelele-iDash yoYilo- https://designdash.com/design/from-cloughjordan-to-crystal-waters-eco-villages-around-the-world/
17. Imbali yeCW kunye nemvelaphi-iCrystal Waters Eco Village- https://crystalwaters.org.au/about/cw-history-and-background/
18. I-EcoVillages - https://www.ecovillages.life/
19. Uluntu olunenjongo luyaphumelela eMexico: iNdlela yokuPhila ngeNgqondo kunye ne-Eco-Friendly- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/intentional-communities-thrive-mexico-pathway-mindful-emily-bron
20. Iindawo eziLungeleleneyo ne-Eco-Friendly eLatin America-Iiholide eziHlaza- https://www.greenvacations.com/destinations/eco-friendly-latin-america/
21. Ilali yaseSiddharth, eBhubaneswar, eOrissa – https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/siddharth-village-bhubaneswar-orissa/251280266
22. Kutheni sizithanda ii-Eco-Villages kulo lonke elaseCanada- https://www.harrowsmithmag.com/44647/why-we-love-eco-villages-across-canada
23. Indaleko yohlaza: Ukwamkela uluntu oluqaphela indalo eCanada-Ijenali yeNdalo- https://environmentjournal.ca/green-evolution-embracing-sustainable-communities-in-canada/
24. Imibono emitsha yoMbutho woLuntu kunye noDaniel Greenberg - https://www.ic.org/podcast-daniel-greenberg/?srsltid=AfmBOoosTEGm0GrZ5Ko8XHNSJdHYQ1LhNmXctLqtFPqsp7myA1U8UIhb
25. 5 Uluntu oluPhumelelayo, oluZinzileyo- https://www.treehugger.com/thriving-sustainable-communities-4863872
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27. Amava - Umthombo weSiseko seFama kunye ne-Ecovillage - https://www.thesourcefarm.com/ecovillage/volunteers-work-exchangers
28. Uzinzo lwaseJamaica kunye ne-EcoTourism- https://activecaribbeantravel.com/sustainability/jamaica-sustainability-and-ecotourism/
29. Iidolophu zaseMelika? Zikhona kwaye Nantsi imizekelo emi-5 eyonwabisayo- https://earth911.com/home-garden/ecovillages-5-american-exciting-examples/
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31. UKhenketho lwaseVirginia Ecovillage-UKhenketho lwe-Ecovillage- https://www.ecovillagetours.com/virginia
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34. Sichithe inyanga enye sihlala kwindawo ye-Eco eCosta Rica - https://hopscotchtheglobe.com/we-spent-1-month-living-in-an-eco-community-in-costa-rica/
35. Uzinzo kunye nenguqu kwezentlalo: indima yeendawo zokuhlala ezihlala kwindawo ohlala kuyo ekudibaneni nobuninzi bezinye iindlela ezikhokelwa luluntu - npj Intshukumo yemozulu - https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-022-00022-5
36. Ukwakhiwa kwe-eco-eco-living, inyathelo elibalulekileyo lokujongana nokutshintsha kwemozulu – npj Inyathelo leMozulu – https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00065-2
37. Uphononongo lokusesichengeni kwe-Ecosystem ye-Ecosystem kunye noKunyamezela: Iimpembelelo kuLawulo lokuTyelwa kobuntlango – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9180930/