@misc{10481/110465,
year = {2025},
month = {12},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/110465},
abstract = {This paper explores ecological resistance through the lived experience of Arterra Bizimodu, an ecovillage in Navarre, Spain, where around 40 people have come together to create a life centred on cooperation, sustainability, and shared governance. As part of a wider neo-rural movement, many of the residents – mainly aged between 25 and 45 – have chosen to leave urban life behind in search of a more meaningful and ecologically aligned existence. The community is the headquarters of GEN-Europe (Global Ecovillage Network) and plays a key role in networks supporting transforma-tive learning and regenerative living. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in 2024, includ-ing participant observation and 12 interviews, this study looks closely at how socio-cratic decision-making, permaculture design, and everyday ecological practices shape both personal and collective transformation. Tools like non-violent communication and participatory democracy help foster mutual trust, emotional awareness, and a sense of shared responsibility. Rather than representing utopian idealism or retreat, Arterra Bizimodu functions as a grounded experiment in socio-ecological transition. It illustrates how ecovillages can act as real-world laboratories in the daily practice of care, participation, and interdependence.},
publisher = {Universitá degli Studi Firenze},
keywords = {Neo-ruralism},
keywords = {Intentional communities},
keywords = {Transformative learning},
title = {Ecological Resistance in Intentional Communities. A Case Study of Sociocratic Governance in an Ecovillage in Navarre (Spain)},
doi = {10.36253/smp-16189},
author = {Bertino, Marina and Martín-Lagos López, María Dolores},
}