Eco village culture to and industrial economy city culture r1

Eco-villageculture
& industrialeconomy city culture
… a comparison

In the industrialeconomy city people live in buildingsbuilt from materials from afar by facelessworkers

In the ecovillage, people live in buildingsbuilt from local material by themselvestogether with local experts

Industrial economy city food is pre-prepared and packaged with a wideamount of choiceyear round.

In the eco-village, muchfood in producedlocally, usedfresh and is seasonal

In the industrialeconomythingscome from afaralonglengthysupplychains, fossil and mineral fueled

In the eco-village, local people provide goods and services by refininglocal materials

In the industrialeconomy city you interact seldom with people who live near you

In the eco-villageeveryone talks to everyone

In the industrialeconomy city people buywhattheyneed from people theydo not know in shops owned by people far away

In the eco-village people buywhattheyneed from localstheyknow in shops locallyowned

In the industrialeconomy city high activity levels go on day and night

In the eco-village, life follows the rhythms of nature

In the industrialeconomy city familiesgather to be entertained and informed by the mass media

In the eco-village people make theirownentertainment

In the industrialeconomy city you get a pleasure kick from surroundingyourself with luxurygoods

In the eco-villageyou get life’ssimple pleasures

In the industrialeconomy city you have a detachedrelationship to your urine and faeces

In the eco-village you know your urine and faeces are used as fertilser and that they are part of a naturalcycle

The industrialeconomy city gathers a minorityelite to make decisionsabout your life

In the eco-village, major decisions are madetogether, sitting in a circle, with everybody’s opinion heard.

Work in the industrialeconomy city requires you use your free time to keepfit

In the eco-village, there is a lot of low-impactphysical work that people dotogether, keepingthem in trim.

People in the industrialeconomy city measuretheirwealth by howmuchmoneytheir assets are worth

In the eco-village, wealth is measured as the capability of the village’s assets to provide life’sneccesities, including social cohesion

This is work in the industrialeconomy city

In the eco-village, people work to live, not live to work

In the industrialeconomy city, beingenvironmentalmeansbeing ”less bad”

In the eco-village you focus on havingnaturedo as much work as possible

In the industrialeconomy city, gathering and recycling materials takes a lot of energy and work

In the eco-village, materials are used and recycledconstantly as waste from one process is direct input to another

You leave the industrialeconomy city to get away for a vacation, often from an airport.

In the eco-villagecancanhave a great hoidaywithoutgoinganywhere

The industrialeconomy city surrounds you with advertisingmessages

The eco-villagesurrounds you in naturalbeauty

The industrialeconomy city has foodgrown on large, fossil-fueled farms, oftenusingpoorly-paidlabour

The eco-villagepays farmers a goodwage and everyone is involved in chemical-freefoodproduction

Whichever you choose,
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by Stephen Hinton