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Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World
by Alan Weisman

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The eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombia, known as the llanos, are among the most brutal environments on Earth, an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told. Here, more than twenty-five years ago, an intrepid visionary named Paolo Lugari set out to create a village that could sustain itself agriculturally, economically, and artistically. He reasoned that if a community could survive in the Colombian llanos, it would be possible to live anywhere.

The new village was named after the graceful river terns common in the area, los gaviotas. The early inhabitants of Gaviotas soon realized that if they wanted even basic necessities, they would need to be very resourceful. So they invented wind turbines that convert mild breezes into energy, super-efficient pumps that tap previously inaccessible sources of water, and solar kettles that sterilize drinking water using the furious heat of the tropical sun.They even invented a rain forest Two million pine trees planted as a renewable crop have unexpectedly allowed the rain forest to re-establish itself. Paolo Lugari and the Gaviotans, in their quest to create a model human habitat, serendipitously renewed an entire ecosystem. This is why Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has called Lugari "The Inventor of the World."

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"After the fall of so much idealism in Latin America, it is wonderful to discover this luminous book about a luminous place in Colombia. Alan Weisman takes us to Gaviotas via many stories. The path is completely engrossing." Julia Alvarez

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"Alan Weisman's Gaviotas is the ongoing saga of what real, hands-on sustainability means, calluses and all, practiced in the most demanding social and environmental circumstances conceivable. This inspiring story demonstrates that the best design comes from the severest limits." Paul Hawken

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"Alan Weisman has captured what we always knew but seem to constantly forget in our drugged industrial lives — that all the solutions are within us. It has taken a small town in Colombia to show us the way to go home. We need Gaviotas more than it needs us. May this book have a million readers." Charles Bowden

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229-230]).
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Table of Contents

Overture
PART I The Savanna
"Topia"
PART II The Tools
PART III The Trees
Caribbean Pines
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography

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myriahj, June 17, 2006 (view all comments by myriahj)
This book is for those who believe in change and progress, for those who understand the predicament the world is in but are tired of reading depressing novels, essays, non-fictions etc. that provide no answers. Gaviotas is a stimulating, inspirational read...for me a page turner. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone as I think the principles are both practical and necessary and I believe the more people who read this book, the better off the world will be. Enjoy enjoy!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781890132286
Subtitle:
A Village to Reinvent the World
Author:
Weisman, Alan
Author:
Weisman, Alan
Publisher:
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Location:
White River Junction, Vt. :
Subject:
Study and teaching
Subject:
Environmental Science
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
Economic Development
Subject:
Human ecology
Subject:
Sustainable Development
Subject:
Colombia
Subject:
Development - Sustainable Development
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Copyright:
1999
Edition Number:
Paperback ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. 155
Publication Date:
September 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.99x6.01x.67 in. .88 lbs.
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