Ecovillage settlements are also an offshoot of the Ringing Cedars series. This video mentions over 200 new communities across the “ancestral land” in Russia.

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Zooming out from Russia to the whole planet: Karen Litfin has done what I’ve dreamed of doing, traveling the world to check out the new intentional communities. And, at the end of the video, she recognizes that we can create these villages right where we live, in our cities, towns and suburbs. Simply, change our perceptions from egocentrism to ecocentrism, from fear to trust, from individualism to sharing, from kvetching to creating! No excuses. This is the year. Uranus/Pluto in full force. How fortunate we are to live in such interesting times!

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