LaSenda Ecovillage | A Rising Star of the Intentional Eco-Communities Movement
LaSenda Ecovillage is an ethosolution and wonderful example of one of the many successful sustainable living communities. It showcases the amazing potential we have as a species to not just live and survive, but to thrive in abundance and natural beauty–a lifestyle that stands ready to outshine what most people in the world know today.
The intention of LaSenda Ecovillage is to combine beautiful natural living with sustainable practices that make food, water, and free energy possible and inviting to people from all walks of life. LaSenda Ecovillage is designed as an intentional community that can also function as an eco-retreat.
Their approach is based on the most successful concepts used in sustainable living communities around the world, because the people behind this progressive project, Rick and Barbara Welland, have years of experience, experimenting, and living and testing what works and what doesn’t.
A Visionary Way Forward
LaSenda Ecovillage is an apt name for Rick and Barbara’s visionary new way of living because LaSenda, means, “the path” or, “the way”, and what they have created is exactly that, a way forward. The path or the way, they believe, is one of eco communities with foundations firmly rooted in aquaponics food production and conscious, community-value based living as the path to not just a better future, but a future where humans thrive in shared abundance, fulfilled living, and prosperity.
In such a system as the one the Welland’s have implemented at laSenda Ecovillage, basic needs for human survival like clean water, nourishing food, housing, and energy are givens built into the system, not recurring payments needing to be worked for one’s entire life.
Such an infrastructure goes beyond even meeting basic needs,
providing debt-free housing, as well as natural, renewable energy.
All ceilings will be organic bamboo on natural round vigas (beams)
Speaking of paths and ways forward for the future, author David Klein states,
“Without a roadmap based upon natural guiding principles for a sustainable future, we and our children are lost”.
LaSenda Ecovillage is a model example of exactly such a roadmap, and the roadmap or way forward seems to be intentional living communities. The Welland’s go on to say, “as we see humanity struggling daily with almost insurmountable economic and social ills that are tearing apart the fabric of our society we are reminded of a statement by Eckhart Tolle: “A significant portion of the earth’s population will soon recognize…that humanity is now faced with a stark choice: evolve or die… As new awareness emerges, some people will feel called upon to form… communities that reflect the enlightened consciousness.”
Aquaponics
Detractors to such an idea as the one LaSenda Ecovillage is based on may point out the time and strain of farming being impractical–too much hard work and too time consuming–but where there is a will, there is a way, and aquaponics farming takes the time and strain of manual, hard labor right out of the picture.
Aquaponic systems model nature’s natural cycle, providing a complete and sustainable system for food production. Not only is it zero-waste and sustainable, it removes the hardship from farming, and, once set up, requires very little maintenance. This means more free time to enjoy the best life has to offer.
Find out more about this amazing eco community at http://lasenda-ecovillage.blogspot.com/ or view a whole list of intentional living communities by using the directory at www.ic.org
Owner/Founders: Personal link to about them section: http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865659383676882381
San Miguel De Allende, GTO, Mexico