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Decentralism

Decentralist Resources

• http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/frameset_land.html
  Community Land Trusts
  A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a form of common land ownership with a charter based on the principles of sustainable and ecologically-sound stewardship and use. The land in a CLT is held in trust by a democratically-governed group, while individuals own the buildings and the improvements created by their own labor and investment. Through an inheritable and renewable 99-year lease, the trust removes land from the speculative market and facilitates multiple uses such as affordable housing, agriculture, and open space preservation.
• The E.F. Schumacher Society, USA
  http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/
  The E. F. Schumacher Society, named after the author of Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered, is an educational non-profit organization founded in 1980. Our programs demonstrate that both social and environmental sustainability can be achieved by applying the values of human-scale communities and respect for the natural environment to economic issues. Building on a rich tradition often known as decentralism, the Society initiates practical measures that lead to community revitalization and further the transition toward an economically and ecologically sustainable society.
• The School of Living, USA
  http://www.s-o-l.org/
  For over Half a Century, the School of Living Has BeenÉ.
  * Assisting individuals to become more responsible and self-reliant
  * Nurturing healthy, Community Land Trust Communities
  * Promoting ecological use of land and natural resources
  * Empowering inquiry and action on local and global problems
  * Working to develop and implement approaches to a more just and free society
  É The School of Living is an educational organization dedicated to learning and teaching the philosophy, practices and principles of living that are self-empowering for individuals within the general aim of establishing decentralized, ecologically-sound, self-governed and humane communities. All its resources, but most specifically the land it holds in trust, are held in responsible stewardship for present and future generations.

Intentional Communities

• http://www.thevillage.ie
  Ireland's flagship Sustainable Development "Farm Village".
• The Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
  http://www.findhorn.org/ecovillage/
  The ecovillage model presents itself as an inspiring and viable solution to eradication of poverty and degradation of the environment, while combining a supportive social-cultural environment with a low-impact lifestyle... Ecovillage Education at Findhorn is a conscious response to the urgent environmental call of our times, which aims at the creation of conditions for sustainability and its vital consolidation on Earth...
• http://www.solheimar.is/Solheimar/English/Environmental_affairs_in_Solheimar/view.aspx?.
  Sólheimar is the first place in Iceland to be internationally recognised as a self-sustainable village.
  
• http://www.ic.org/
  Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives and other related projects and dreams... The Fellowship for Intentional Community nurtures connections and cooperation among communitarians and their friends. We provide publications, referrals, support services, and sharing opportunities for a wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages, community networks, support organizations, and people seeking a home in community.