Sunday, May 20, 2007
SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE
Here is the information about the sustainable village, Giovatas in Columbia:
http://www.dharma-haven.org/five-havens/gaviotas.htm#Gaviotas%20Web
NPR documentary:
http://www.dharma-haven.org/five-havens/weisman.htm
WEISMAN: Its design has since been copied from Central America to Chile. In one corner, Gonsalo shows me stacks of solar panels that can heat water with diffused sunlight in rainy climates, then he leads me across the factory floor to a machine resembling a stationary bicycle, which uses pedal power to strip stalks of posada. Gonsalo and factory foreman Juan Navoa next take me outside to what they call Gaviotas most significant achievement. All I see is a yellow pump handle attached to a covered well.
http://www.pcdf.org/meadows/living_on_sun.htm
Beth A.
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