That Auroraville map looks like garbage. “Progress Garden”, “Harmony Garden”, “Perfection Garden”, etc. sounds like it was dreamt up by some ‘spiritual’ type who was more concerned with hippy names than any genuine long term plan for a functioning town.
We need realistic plans for living spaces, done with an understanding of the local environment and the needs of the people. They need to be able to evolve and grow naturally as all towns do, not be centrally planned before construction by top-down planners.
Thats because it is.multi religious spirtual building with a public park around it. It does not show the buildings used in day to day life. The planning is not that great to be honest, but the place is working fairly well and has some really cool stuff going on. When you make it over 50years you do have a properly working community. The real plan is this:
I’ve never heard of an ecovillage, but just from context it sounds interesting. I’ve been drafting a bill to submit to my state legislature, and my emphasis has been on non-market housing and housing cooperatives. Basically housing cooperatives are collectively owned apartments, where all the tenants are the collective owners and elect a governing body. There is no profit on residency dues either, making it cheaper
Go! That’s an awesome thing to be doing. We need more diverse options like these. You are doing the right work.
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Can you elaborate on what else worked and what didn’t?
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One thing that is not talked enough, and in fact it’s not discussed in this blog post also, it’s the need of staying away from parents for some time or more. Villages are just doomed to be abandoned by anyone who wants to explore any facets of society that need high density of population to be developed…
At this point is probably easier to just reclaim cities imo, aiming for the smaller ones
