Robert Gilman set out a definition of an ecovillage that was to become a standard:
«human-scale full-featured settlement in which 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.»
You can find a couple of directories of different types of communities
Top 10 eco-communities around Europe shown in the documentary ‘A new we‘
- Sieben Linden (Germany-120 residents)
- Krishna Valley (Hungary – 150 residents)
- Schloss Tonndorf (Germany)
- Damanhur (Italy -1.000 residents)
- Schloss Glarisegg (Switzerland)
- Finca Tierra (La palma, Canary Islands – Spain)
- La Borie Noble (France – 100 residents)
- Tamera (Portugal – 160 residents)
- Valle de sensaciones (Alpujarras, Spain)
- Matavenero (Montes de León, Spain – 40 residents)
Sylvia García 