Gaviotas . . . model for a sustainable future? . . .

[OneBlueSky]

here's some info about a village in Colombia that's doing some pretty interesting things . . .

http://www.friendsofgaviotas.org/about.htm

Gaviotas is a village of about 200 people in Colombia, South America. For three decades, Gaviotans - peasants, scientists, artists, and former street kids - have struggled to build an oasis of imagination and sustainability in the remote, barren savannas of eastern Colombia, an area ravaged by political terror. They have planted millions of trees, thus regenerating an indigenous rainforest. They farm organically and use wind and solar power. Every family enjoys free housing, community meals, and schooling. There are no weapons, no police, no jail. There is no mayor.

The United Nations named the village a model of sustainable development. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has called Paolo Lugari the "inventor of the world."

http://www.friendsofgaviotas.org/about.htm

[Mountainman]

1. This reminds me of Aldous Huxley's book "Island"

Island is my favorite book. The peaceful island of Pala seems to me to be similar to Gaviotas. The outside world could not let Pala exist because "someone will take it over someday, it might as well be us."