QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS

Life in Ecovillages

• What are three key features of an ecovillage that make it sustainable?
• How does life in an ecovillage differ from life in a city? Provide one example for each of the following: housing, community, and resource use.
• Do you know any ecovillage by name? If so, which one(s)?
• How many ecovillages are there in your country?
• If you could visit one ecovillage, which would it be? What would you want to learn or experience there?
• What are the advantages of living in an ecovillage?
• What challenges might someone face when moving to an ecovillage? How would you overcome them?
• What is one thing from ecovillage life that you think your current community could adopt?
• Do your family members know about ecovillages? If so, what do they think about them?
• Do you think you could live in an ecovillage? Why or why not?

Global Ecovillage Network

Open the website: ecovillage.org and discuss it.

• What is this website about?
• Who can use it?
• What resources are available on the website?
• What did you find most interesting about the website?