FW: [**] Ecovillage Checklists

http://ena.ecovillage.org/English/index.html

Ecovillage Network of the Americas have recently published their
proposals for assessing the 'sustainability' of
ecovillages/communities around the world.

http://gen.ecovillage.org/activities/csa/English/toc.html

Community Sustainability Assessment

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Ecological Checklist

   Sense of Place - community location & scale; restoration &
      preservation of nature
   Food Availability, Production & Distribution
   Physical Infrastructure, Buildings & Transportation - materials,
      methods, designs
   Consumption Patterns & Solid Waste Management
   Water - sources, quality & use patterns
   Waste Water & Water Pollution Management
   Energy Sources & Uses

Introduction to the Social Checklist

   Openness, Trust & Safety; Communal Space
   Communication - the flow of ideas & information
   Networking Outreach & Services - resource exchange internal/
      external)
   Social Sustainability - diversity & tolerance; decision-making;
      conflict resolution
   Education
   Health Care
   Sustainable Economics - healthy local economy

Introduction to the Spiritual Checklist

   Cultural Sustainability
   Arts and Leisure
   Spiritual Sustainability
   Community Glue
   Community Resilience
   A New Holographic, Circulatory World View
   Peace and Global Consciousness

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http://gen.ecovillage.org/activities/csa/English/index.html

Introduction

With the aim of creating and presenting to the world outstanding
examples of what it means in live in harmony with nature in a
sustainable way, GEN promotes and facilitates communities--whether
rural or urban--which develop and implement technologies and
practices such that human activities are harmlessly integrated
into the natural world in a way that is supportive of healthy
human development and can be successfully continued into the
indefinite future.

The Global Ecovillage Network is developing the concept of
sustainability auditing to provide measuring rods for individuals
and for existing villages and communities to compare their current
status with ideal goals for ecological, social, and spiritual
sustainability. In addition, these tools are learning instruments
- pointing out actions aspiring individuals and communities can
take to become more sustainable.

The process of community sustainability assessment is an
exploration and cultivation of the qualities needed to bring
mankind through the 21st century.



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