The RD&D program will provide the ideal forum for research projects that would benefit from on-going monitoring and long term inquiry. Ecovillages provide the stability, follow-through, willingness to experiment, and social context for a wide variety of sustainability research projects. Universities provide the faculty, graduate students and researhers with a strong academic base, scientific method, peer review and resources. Living Routes will provide the program, funding coordination, the continuity, and ensure scientific and professional standards are present.

1) Are you a Researcher, Faculty, or Research Center looking for a real-world laboratory and continually staffed monitoring station for your area of research or research projects? Or perhaps you are interested in the social influences and impacts in the use of a specific technology.

2) Are you an Ecovillage Representative looking to bring scientific research skills, peer review, the support and energy of faculty and students, and possible funding into your projects?

3) Are you a Technology Developer in need of a beta test site, real-world monitoring station, or demonstration project to show investors?

4) Are you interested in helping support the RD&D program as a Source of Funding? We are looking for partners in helping us realize the full potentials of the RD&D program. Join us in our work!

5) Are you a  Dean or Department Administrator looking for an opportunity for field research for your sustainability curriculum? The Living Routes' Ecovillage RD&D program could be the perfect match.

6) Are you a  Graduate Student looking for hands-on research projects in specific technologies, permaculture practices, or sustainable social systems?

7) Are you an  Undergraduate Student with a internship or research project that is best done in the context of an ecovillage? Through our Consortium of participating universities and ecovillages we can arrange for you to get academic credit for your project and integrate your studies into a larger program of study in your ideal major.

 

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If you are interested please contact Living Routes.

Together we can ensure a sustainable future!

Living Routes
routes@ecovillage.org
www.LivingRoutes.org
72 Baker Rd
Shutesbury, MA 01072
413-259-0025
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This page last updated: 3/29/2000

 

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