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We are pursuing the development of an Ecovillage in the Rochester, Minnesota area. An Ecovillage is an urban or rural community that strives to integrate a supportive social environment with a low-impact way of life. Our vision is a village of 10-20 homes clustered to enable sharing of utilities and resources on 5-10 acres. This will be an off-the-grid development that we hope will demonstrate an alternative to a conventional low sustainability housing development. If this concept interests you, please get in touch with us and keep checking back for updates on our progress. You can comment below or email me at hope.ecovillage@gmail.com

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Thought for the day

At what point do we Americans believe that we can't continue with our unsustainable lifestyle, that we need to get more aggressive in ending our dependance on fossil fuels. Unfortunately, while everyone knows that you shouldn’t stick your tongue against a frozen flagpole in the winter, we all had to try it anyway! So I don’t think real change will come until we’ve already felt the devastating consequences and the pain.
It’s been one hell of a party the last 75 years and we don’t want it to end, but it’s almost closing time and the beers about gone. All we have to look forward to is the hangover.

I don't want to be a downer, but the sooner we start making meaningful changes, the less painful it will become.

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