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Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World--10th Anniversary Edition,   ISBN:9781603580564
     
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Binding: Paperback
Release Date: September 2008
Edition: 10th anniversary
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ISBN-13: 9781603580564
ISBN-10: 1603580565
Author: Alan Weisman
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
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Summary:

Los Llanos—the rain-leached, eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombia—are among the most brutal environments on Earth and an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told. Here, in the late 1960s, a young Colombian development worker named Paolo Lugari wondered if the nearly uninhabited, infertile llanos could be made livable for his country’s growing population. He had no idea that nearly four decades later, his experiment would be one of the world’s most celebrated examples of sustainable living: a permanent village called Gaviotas.

In the absence of infrastructure, the first Gaviotans invented wind turbines to convert mild breezes into energy, hand pumps capable of tapping deep sources of water, and solar collectors efficient enough to heat and even sterilize drinking water under perennially cloudy llano skies. Over time, the Gaviotans’ experimentation has even restored an ecosystem: in the shelter of two million Caribbean pines planted as a source of renewable commercial resin, a primordial rain forest that once covered the llanos is unexpectedly reestablishing itself.

Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez has called Paolo Lugari “Inventor of the World.” Lugari himself has said that Gaviotas is not a utopia: “Utopia literally means ‘no place.’ We call Gaviotas a topia, because it’s real.”

Relive their story with this special 10th-anniversary edition of Gaviotas, complete with a new afterword by the author describing how Gaviotas has survived and progressed over the past decade.

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Average Customer Rating: Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5

Engineers create paradise!
Customer Rating:  Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5

The story of Graviotas builds inspiration upon inspiration right up through the final chapters. I finished the book from beginning to end but in relatively small doses while recovering from surgery. It is an amazing story and one into which I was drawn so fully that I felt that the characters became personal friends. As soon as I finished the book--note that it is a true story-- I wanted to share it. I bought three copies, sending one to each of my sons and to a friend. The book provides hope in a world in desperate need.

I love this book
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This is one of my favorite books. I recommend it to anyone who will listen. I just love it. I've read it twice and I'll probably read it again sometime. I want to live in Gaviotas!

Gaviotas - inspiring
Customer Rating:  Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5

Wonderful book, highly recommended, inspiring. A real look at sustainable development in a highly unlikely place in the world. MUST READ!!

Must Read
Customer Rating:  Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5

This is an amazing story about an amazing REAL place... It is an obligated reading for all of those who care about sustainability and renewable energy and wonder whether there is an alternative for our society.
Read this and you will be full of hope and energy for action.

Engaging Style
Customer Rating:  Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5

This book shows people solving ecological problems as a community. Weisman engages the reader by showing the people involved, not only the ones with training in certain disciplines, but also natives with practical solutions for living in a Columbian village. Even the children got involved in problem solving in Gaviotos.

They have learned to live in a place where there are many dangers due to drug wars, yet their survival skills are exceptional.

I highly recommend this eye-opening book

Barbara Spring
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