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In the early 1970s, a unique community was founded in the los llanos region of Colombia. Located north of the Amazon rain forest, this region is an expansive savannah, sparsely populated and generally considered uninhabitable. Gaviotas originated out of the belief that the current state of urban expansion and poverty and the continued depletion of natural nonrenewable resources could not be sustained and that the future required people to learn how to live in harsh, inhospitable environments and to do so in an ecologically sound and sustainable manner. Journalist Weisman tells the story of a remarkable and diverse group of individuals (engineers, biologists, botanists, agriculturists, sociologists, musicians, artists, doctors, teachers, and students) who helped the village evolve into a very real, socially viable, and self-sufficient community for the future. The people of Gaviotas today produce innovative technologies (solar collectors, irrigation systems, windmills, and hydroponic gardens) that use the environment without depleting or destroying it. While some of their creative endeavors have not succeeded, even the failures tend to spawn ideas for future successes. Weisman does a fine job of detailing Gaviotas's evolution and placing it within the larger global historical context. The story he presents is wonderful testament to human creativity, commitment, and effort toward building a socially viable and environmentally sustainable future.?Karen Collamore Sullivan, Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Saginaw, MI
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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The third world, particularly Columbia, gets horrible press nowadays for its violent drug-ridden society. Wouldn't you be surprised to learn that the future of humanity lies near the Equator? It's fact, not fiction. If CNN is your only guide to the world, you simply have to read this book because you won't believe it. Break free of the drug war propaganda and read something inspiring.
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Do you believe in Utopia? Throughout history people have looked for the ideal community, a place where problems are solved, not created, where a dream of peace and harmony can be fulfilled. In the words of the high llama of Shangri-La, in Capra's classic film, Lost Horizon: 'the world must begin to look for a new life and it is our hope that they may find it here. For here we shall be with their books and their music and a way of life based on one simple rule: Be kind. When that day comes, it is our hope that the brotherly love of Shangri-La will spread throughout the world.' Alan Weisman writes his account of the Columbian settlement of Gavoitas firmly in the tradition of utopian literature: he has found his Shangri-La and it is not only a utopia but an eco-topia too. I found the story he has to tell immensely inspiring from an environmental point of view, especially his description of the way in which the Gaviotans have managed to reforest the pampas. However, I also found that the way he tells the story detracts from some of its potential power. At one point, he mistakenly claims that 'utopia' is the Greek for 'no place'and that therefore Gaviotas cannot be a utopia because it exists. In fact 'utopia' is Greek for 'good place', which would admirably describe Gaviotas, I would have thought. The problem with utopian writing is that it often leaves the reader doubting the reality of the place described. Can Shangri-La really be found? Can Gaviotas really exist, magically protected as it is from the twin ravages of marxist gorillas and cocaine barons? In promoting the positive aspects of the Gaviotan experiment, Weisman downplays any negative aspects that must surely exist. I would have liked to have read an account that presented the settlement 'warts and all', rather than this rather one-sided eulogy. Sure, Gaviotas may well be a utopia, a 'good place', and so many of its discoveries could well change the world, but please, Mr Weisman, let the reader decide.
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Utopia? No. Topia? Yes. 10. Februar 2000
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In 1966, when he was 22, Paolo Lugari and his brother drove over barely passable roads to a desolate area 200 miles east of Bogota, Columbia. The llanos area is a poor-soil barren that grows only a few nutrient-deficient grasses, a vast expanse of sun-baked plains in spite of over 100 inches of rain per year. A place of deadly water and hungry mosquitos. Conditions were so daunting that the Columbian government abandoned an attempt to build a road through the area. Lugari saw an opportunity to create something very special. And he did it. Today Gaviotas is a thriving, sustainable community of hundreds of joyous people studying, inventing, producing, singing and dancing amidst a huge forest that they planted. Residents from all walks of life have designed and built, planted and harvested, birthed, nurtured, taught, and entertained. There are teeter-totters that operate super-efficient pumps to bring water to the school, solar heat to cook meals, solar kettles to sterilize drinking water, ultra-light windmills to provide power. The hospital has been designated one of the 40 most important buildings in the world. Some have called Gaviotas a utopia. Lugari insists that, "Utopia literally means no place. We call Gaviotas a topia because it's real." Gaviotas the village is surprising, uplifting, extraordinary. Gaviotas the nonfiction book is as compelling as a novel, as educational as a textbook, as inspirational as the biography of a great person. If you need to rise early, do not take this book to bed with you.
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The challenge of sustainability in a chaotic world
A captivatingly inspirational account of story that reaches to the core of what is remarkable about human nature, human courage, and human ingenuity achieving something great and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Dezember 1999 von Craig Stern
An overly back slapping tome with no usefull information
As someone living in a very remote area with unreliable or nonexistant technological supports, I was extremely interested in just what the Gaviotans managed to accomplish and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Great book
This book allows us to realize what can be done to save our planet. It shows that it is possible if we want to. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. September 1999 von Etienne Gruyez (egruyez@mindspring.com)
Sustainable living, tools and design that really, truly work
Disclaimer: I do not know Alan Weisman and do not hold stock in Chelsea Green.

"Gaviotas: A Village To Reinvent the World" is the story of the failures and successes... Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 8. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Inspirational!
Gaviotas is the true story of a group of people using their creative powers to invent a society that is environmentally sustainable without limiting the luxuries we take for... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Inspiring but Bitter-sweet
At its best, Gaviotas is a wonderfully inspiring story of real people facing real problems, and coming up with real solutions (which sometimes work and somtimes don't work). Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Too chatty; no data, no drawings, poor bibliography.
If you have heard Weisman speak on NPR there is no reason to read this book. If you want to espouse the eco-cause you need to back up ideas for change with data, drawings,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. September 1998 von Bruce Cook
A book filled with hope
When Jessie Jackson refrains, "Keep hope alive! Keep hope alive!" we were with him, but I, for one, was left wondering where this hope was. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. September 1998 von Zachrey Helmberger
Gaviotas holds out a real hope for the future of this Planet
Come along as Alan Weisman deftly weaves the true story of one man's dream and many peoples making. A dream of hope for our planet and belief in the triumph of many human... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
Gaviotas Shows People Working Together CAN Make a Difference
Gaviotas describes the trials & tribulations of Environmental Improvement in a place called the LLANOS in Colombia-The book has inspired me to help fund a project to bring... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
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