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It tends to be assumed that urban living entails having to live with urban blight: traffic choked roadways; polluted air and watercourses; suburban sprawl and alienated social environments. Less obvious is the extraordinary inefficiency of cities in dealing with energy needs, the supply of resources such as food and materials, the disposal of waste and the fact that private transport contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. http://permaculturewest.org.au/ipc6/ch07/simpson/index.html

Urban Eco-villages Group In Melbourne

Bega Eco-Neighbourhood Developers Inc. is a not-for-profit Incorporated Association that formed in December 2002. http://www.thebegavalley.org.au/bend.html

Bega: BEND - Bega Eco-Neighbourhood Developers

Permaculture is a branch of ecological design and ecological engineering , which develop sustainable human settlements and self-maintained agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Permaculture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Permaculture College Australia

http://permaculture.com.au/online/ This new publication from Gaia Education features over 40 authors, including Robyn Francis, Maddy Harland, Patrick Whitefield, Albert Bates, Declan Kennedy and other key figures of the permaculture and ecovillage movements. Edited by Chris Mare and Max Lindegger, the book is a great anthology, placed at the cutting edge of holistic, ecological design. PDF available now for free download.

Living Schools

http://www.livingschools.com.au/ A 'living school' is a living, breathing example of sustainable living.
Growing your own food is one of life's purest pleasures.

CityFood Growers

http://cityfoodgrowers.com.au/