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What is a viable ecological community?
What is an ecovillage?
What is a sustainable development?
What is a community land trust?
How is Terravie different from land trusts?
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What is a viable ecological community?
It is an autonomous group of active ans implicated persons who share a common vision of its future, which embraces the harmony with nature. Its healthy and dynamical development involves the preservation of its population's health, its culture, its economy, its environment and its beauty*.
* http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/sd/suscom_e.html
What is an ecovillage?
An ecovillage is a small community of united persons sharing a common goal, based on ecological values. An ecovillage tends to maintain a global balance by respecting the principle of not taking from the earth more than we can give it back. It integrates different domains on its territory:
- Sustainable development
- Economical viability in the country
- Ecological construction
- Community life
- Renewable energies
- Social and domestic support
- Biological agriculture
For more details on ecovillages
What is a sustainable development?
The development aims the ecological integrety, the equity between nations,
individuals and the generations as well as the economical effenciency.
It can be reached by these conditions:
- The rate at which the use of renewable natural resources does not exceed the one of its regeneration
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The rate at which the exhaustion of non-renewable resources does not exceed the rate of renewable substitutes development.
- The amount of pollution and of waste does not exceed the one environment can absorb.
What is a community land trust?
The community land trust is structured like a non-profit land trust. It aims to protect, preserve and lay out lands ecologically for the community. As a fiduciary, Terravie must see to it that the use of its land meets the standards of its charter and rules .
A community land trust is a non-profit charitable organisation which aims to protect, preserve and layout lands for the community, insuring the unique and perpetual vocation of the site, without modification due to econimical, political or organizational situations.
This initiative is based on the principle that land is not a commodity, but a fundamental resource to be protected for the community as a whole.
How is Terravie different from land trusts?
Although land trusts are established for similar reasons, TerraVie is different in that its purpose also includes the development of viable ecological communities.
It acts as a local economic development tool while informing the people about the various aspects of a lifestyle in harmony with nature. It emphases ecovillages and elimination of land speculation.
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