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== Real world examples: == | == Real world examples: == | ||
===Asia: | ===Asia:=== | ||
* [http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Smoke-Free_Village The Smoke-Free Village] in Andhra Pradesh, India | * [http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Smoke-Free_Village The Smoke-Free Village] in Andhra Pradesh, India | ||
* [[Auroville]]{{wp sup|Auroville}} in India (though the emphasis is broader, and there is a spiritual basis). | * [[Auroville]]{{wp sup|Auroville}} in India (though the emphasis is broader, and there is a spiritual basis). | ||
=== Australia and Oceania === | === Australia and Oceania === | ||
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=== Europe === | === Europe === | ||
* [[CAT - Centre for Alternative Technology]]{{wp sup|CAT - Centre for Alternative Technology}} in Machynlleth Mid-Wales - an old slate quarry which has been a centre for demonstrating and teaching appropriate technology since 1974. | * [[CAT - Centre for Alternative Technology]]{{wp sup|CAT - Centre for Alternative Technology}} in Machynlleth Mid-Wales - an old slate quarry which has been a centre for demonstrating and teaching appropriate technology since 1974. | ||
See also the Directory of European eco-centres http://www.cat.org.uk/links/links.tmpl?subdir=links&sku=LINKS_EECSR | |||
=== Latin America === | === Latin America === | ||
Revision as of 08:00, 12 October 2008
Appropriate technology villages are places where people live with, make and demonstrate appropriate technology, i.e. technology for sustainability, affordability and appropriateness to its setting. They have similarities with ecovillages and some sustainability-oriented communes, and all these concepts overlap to a degree.
Real world examples:
Asia:
- The Smoke-Free Village in Andhra Pradesh, India
- AurovilleW in India (though the emphasis is broader, and there is a spiritual basis).
Australia and Oceania
Europe
- CAT - Centre for Alternative TechnologyW in Machynlleth Mid-Wales - an old slate quarry which has been a centre for demonstrating and teaching appropriate technology since 1974.
See also the Directory of European eco-centres http://www.cat.org.uk/links/links.tmpl?subdir=links&sku=LINKS_EECSR
Latin America
North America
- Open Source Ecology - Factor E Farm Facility
- Monte Cerro Solar Power Village - A project of the Tamera Community
- Arboriculi A highly sophisticated Experiment of the Damanhur Community in Italy
Proposed examples:
- Vinay Gupta, Smári McCarthy and Chriswaterguy have speculated about setting one up, possibly in the South of India or elsewhere in Asia. (We could live in Hexayurts.)
- A similar concept is Living Co-laboratories, developed by Marcin Jakubowski and Richard Schulte