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Gaviotas - Reinventing the World in Colombia
Gaviotas - Reinventing the World in Colombia
by Ron Nicholls
"Gaviotas is a state of mind, more than anything. It is not really so much a place. It's a way of living and thinking. It means not just thinking outside the box, but constant innovation and re- invention." (Paolo Lugari)
Las Gaviotas
One of the most inspiring stories of sustainable development in recent years is the establishment of the Las Gaviotas community on the eastern savannas of Colombia in Central America. Considered to be one of the richest ecosystems in the world, Colombia is situated upon the equator with a range of natural elevations ideal for the efflorescence of an extraordinary abundance of biological diversity. With a highly educated and literate population, the country produces more than a hundred exportable crops and has developed a large range of manufacturing industries including textiles, chemicals, electrical apparatus and transport equipment.
However, since the late 1940s Colombia has been principally known for an ongoing cycle of violence associated with the struggle between government forces and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or the FARC. This ongoing struggle, coupled with the well- publicised narcotics trade, has established Colombia as one of the most dangerous places on earth. Yet despite the very real social crisis, Gaviotas has managed to create one of the worlds most significant sustainable communities and in 1997 was awarded the World prize in Zero Emissions from the United Nations Zero Emissions Research Initiative. (...)
Find this article: Urban Ecology - http://www.urbanecology.org.au/articles/gaviotas.html
by Ron Nicholls
"Gaviotas is a state of mind, more than anything. It is not really so much a place. It's a way of living and thinking. It means not just thinking outside the box, but constant innovation and re- invention." (Paolo Lugari)
Las Gaviotas
One of the most inspiring stories of sustainable development in recent years is the establishment of the Las Gaviotas community on the eastern savannas of Colombia in Central America. Considered to be one of the richest ecosystems in the world, Colombia is situated upon the equator with a range of natural elevations ideal for the efflorescence of an extraordinary abundance of biological diversity. With a highly educated and literate population, the country produces more than a hundred exportable crops and has developed a large range of manufacturing industries including textiles, chemicals, electrical apparatus and transport equipment.
However, since the late 1940s Colombia has been principally known for an ongoing cycle of violence associated with the struggle between government forces and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or the FARC. This ongoing struggle, coupled with the well- publicised narcotics trade, has established Colombia as one of the most dangerous places on earth. Yet despite the very real social crisis, Gaviotas has managed to create one of the worlds most significant sustainable communities and in 1997 was awarded the World prize in Zero Emissions from the United Nations Zero Emissions Research Initiative. (...)
Find this article: Urban Ecology - http://www.urbanecology.org.au/articles/gaviotas.html
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