Vision & Mission

Vision:

We envision an expanding network of communities, businesses, NGOs, media, educational institutions, governments, foundations, writers, researchers, educators, students, and citizen activists exchanging information and experiences globally to enhance our individual and collective capacity for living sustainably in community, at the present and for future generations.

Mission:

To provide networking services and leadership to the expanding network of individuals, organizations, and communities who are implementing sustainability practices around the world.

Goals:

1. To provide networking services in the form of information, encouragement, tools, examples, and leadership in developing and demonstrating sustainability principles and practices.
2. Through information exchange, advocate a community lifestyle to individuals from all walks of life, for them to cultivate balanced, healthy and sustainable living --- socially, spiritually, economically, and ecologically.
3. To serve as a think-tank, incubator, international partner organization and catalyst for Ecovillages, ecovillage-related projects, and lifestyle models that expedite the global shift to sustainability.