The document compares life in an industrial economy city to an eco-village. In an industrial economy city, people live in large buildings built by others far away using materials shipped in. Food comes from large, processed corporations. Interactions are limited and decisions are made by distant elites. In an eco-village, people build their own homes and community together from local materials. Food is produced and consumed locally and seasonally. Everyone knows each other and makes decisions collectively. Work follows natural rhythms rather than constant activity.

1. Eco-villageculture & industrialeconomy city culture … a comparison

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

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

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

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

6. In the industrialeconomythingscome from afaralonglengthysupplychains, fossil and mineral fueled

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

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

9. In the eco-villageeveryone talks to everyone

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

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

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

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

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

15. In the eco-village people make theirownentertainment

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

17. In the eco-villageyou get life’ssimple pleasures

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

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

20. The industrialeconomy city gathers a minorityelite to make decisionsabout your life

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

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

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

24. People in the industrialeconomy city measuretheirwealth by howmuchmoneytheir assets are worth

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

26. This is work in the industrialeconomy city

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

28. In the industrialeconomy city, beingenvironmentalmeansbeing ”less bad”

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

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

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

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

33. In the eco-villagecancanhave a great hoidaywithoutgoinganywhere

34. The industrialeconomy city surrounds you with advertisingmessages

35. The eco-villagesurrounds you in naturalbeauty

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

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

38. Whichever you choose, Get involved to make it work foryou and coming generations http://openworldvillages.com