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Ecovillages in China, the Glossary

Index Ecovillages in China

Ecovillages in China are typically rural communities designed to promote ecological, cultural, economic, and social sustainability, in concert with the natural environment of a particular area.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Biogas, BREEAM, Building Research Establishment, Carbon footprint, Chinese economic reform, Chinese language, Clear waters and green mountains, Dai bamboo house, Ecotourism, Ecovillage, EEWH, Geothermal energy, Global Ecovillage Network, Hydroelectricity, Net zero emissions, Permaculture, Rammed earth, Robert Gilman, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable living, Taoism.

  2. Ecovillages
  3. Environment of China

Biogas

Biogas is a gaseous renewable energy source produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste, wastewater, and food waste.

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BREEAM

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), first published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990, is the world's longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings.

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Building Research Establishment

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust.

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A carbon footprint (or greenhouse gas footprint) is a calculated value or index that makes it possible to compare the total amount of greenhouse gases that an activity, product, company or country adds to the atmosphere.

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Chinese economic reform

The Chinese economic reform or Chinese economic miracle, also known domestically as reform and opening-up, refers to a variety of economic reforms termed "socialism with Chinese characteristics" and "socialist market economy" in the People's Republic of China (PRC) that began in the late 20th century, after Mao Zedong's death in 1976.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Clear waters and green mountains

Clear waters and green mountains, alternatively green mountains are gold mountains or two mountain theory, refers to a political slogan on environmental policy formulated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping.

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Dai bamboo house

A Dai bamboo house is a type of stilt building primarily constructed of bamboo as the traditional form of housing for Dai people.

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Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a form of tourism marketed as "responsible" travel (using what proponents say is sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

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Ecovillage

An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and/or ecologically sustainable. Ecovillages in China and ecovillage are ecovillages.

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EEWH

EEWH is the green building certification system in Taiwan.

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Geothermal energy

Geothermal energy is thermal energy extracted from the Earth's crust.

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Global Ecovillage Network

The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is a global association of people and communities (ecovillages) dedicated to living "sustainable plus" lives by restoring the land and adding more to the environment than is taken. Ecovillages in China and global Ecovillage Network are ecovillages.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Net zero emissions

Global net zero emissions describes the state where emissions of greenhouse gases due to human activities, and removals of these gases, are in balance over a given period.

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Permaculture

Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems.

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Rammed earth

Rammed earth is a technique for constructing foundations, floors, and walls using compacted natural raw materials such as earth, chalk, lime, or gravel.

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Robert Gilman

Robert C. Gilman, born 1945, is a thinker on sustainability who, along with his late wife Diane Gilman, has researched and written about ecovillages.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Sustainable living

Sustainable living describes a lifestyle that attempts to reduce the use of Earth's natural resources by an individual or society.

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Taoism

Taoism or Daoism is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao—generally understood as an impersonal, enigmatic process of transformation ultimately underlying reality.

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See also

Ecovillages

Environment of China

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecovillages_in_China