Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World. Hardcover - 1998

White River Junction, VT Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1998. Hardcover First Edition (1998); Third Printing. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows slight spine lean; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a minor, unobtrusive imperfection only. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ is flawless; unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.35 x 6.3 x 1 inches). 231 pages. Illustrated by Antonin Kratochvil. Language: English. Weight: 19 ounces. First Edition (1998); Third Printing. Hardback with DJ. Gaviotas is an ecovillage located in the Llanos of the Colombian department of Vichada. It was founded in 1971 by Paolo Lugari, who assembled a group of engineers and scientists in an attempt to create a mode of sustainable living in one of the least hospitable political and geographical climates in South America. Gaviotas' pragmatic approach to its survival disassociates the village from many philosophies and political ideologies. The villagers realized that the impressive pine forest was a sustainable source of pine resin used in the production of a wide variety of products like turpentine and violins. Their terraformation of the llanos allows Gaviotas to thrive, but it is not an example of low impact ecology practised by many eco-villages. Gaviotas is largely apolitical, a strategy which has allowed it to grow amidst the cocaine growers, paramilitary and insurgent guerrilla groups, and military troops present in the llanos. The village is further separated from many eco-anarchist movements because of its early ties to the United Nations and the Colombian government.