Table of Contents, November 2000

On these pages Ecovillages is pleased to Feature Highlights of Colombia and the Darién Foundation host of 2000 Annual Meeting of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas Back to News index SUSTAINABILITY AND BIODIVERSITY Colombian Darién - Biogeographic Chocó Darién Foundation By Claudio Madaune "Among the members of the Darién Foundation, the professional disciplines represented are: biologist, teacher, sociologist, geographer, farmers, artesans, others. Common to the members is that they have opted for a different way of life at the Sasardí Integrated Reserve, building up a sustainable community in close relationship with nature." Reserve Integral Sasardí Photos Environmental Situation of the Colombian Darién and Paper on the Ecovillage Territorires of Peace By Jórge Davíd "Colombia, with 1,141,748 kms2 (a territory as large as 2 Spains or 4 Italys), has 10 % of the world's biodiversity on just 7 % of the surface of the planet, occupying the third place, after Brazil and Indonesia, of the 12 countries richest in biodiversity." Montaña Mágica, an ecovillage in the making - Medellin, Colombia (In Spanish, only) Montaña Mágica Photo Gallery Coming back from Planet Colombia Enrique Hidalgo, Bolivia ENA Council representative, Northern South America Reflections on the journey to and experiences of Colombia, site of the ENA Annual Meeting September 25 - October 2, 2000. Press Releases in or about Colombia and ENA Colombiano, Medio Ambiente section 5B, Sept. 7, 2000 Futuro de la Tierra debe preocuparnos ( In Spanish, only) Colombiano, Medio Ambiente section 7B, Sept. 14, 2000 Unguía, "ecopueblo para la paz" (In Spanish, only) THE NINTH REGION A Network of Mobile Ecovillages Alberto Ruz Buenfil, La Caravana “With the creation of the NINTH REGION we want to extend an invitation to all nomadic ecovillagers and projects... to help weave an international web and to further the work that GEN and ENA have been pionnering for the last decade.” Excerpts from: The Art of Consensus Recycling: A solution within our reach By Giomar Sarmiento, Venezuela Artículos del diario El Mercurio de circulación nacional en CHILE, en su revista Espacios Hogar... Un paseo por el verde Sometido por Julio Pérez (In Spanish, only) From Canada Excerpt from: Gardens of Spirit William Bradley, Sudbury Originally published in its entirety, in the Ecovillage Network of Canada Newsletter Back to News index