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- noun   a small self-sustained and eco-friendly community
Etymologies
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Examples
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								I went into my spiel explaining that we've been developing these amazing eco-village projects and sustainable products and services and we've learned how it can be done cost effectively. Sue Riddlestone: Being a Leader in This Great Transformation Sue Riddlestone 2012 
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								The proposal being considered was for a research station for visiting scientists to be staffed by Chagossians living in an eco-village. 
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								Siben Linden, a well-known German eco-village, is composed of straw buildings that serve as multi-family homes for around 80 adults and 30 children, according to Athena and Bill Steen of Chelsea Green. The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: White House Relents on Solar Panels; Why Congressional Inaction Hasn't Stopped Green Building The Media Consortium 2010 
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								I went into my spiel explaining that we've been developing these amazing eco-village projects and sustainable products and services and we've learned how it can be done cost effectively. Sue Riddlestone: Being a Leader in This Great Transformation Sue Riddlestone 2012 
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								The conference at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington was organised by bestselling novelist Philippa Gregory and television presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle, ostensibly to discuss a proposal for a combined eco-village and research station that would house a small number of Chagossians and marine scientists on one of the outer islands of the Chagos archipelago. Chagossians would not damage their homeland | Sean Carey 2011 
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								Situation comedies that explore the humorous side of life in an "eco-village" of fifty or more people learning to live together, presenting both the challenges and the joys; Duane Elgin: Take Back the Airwaves! Duane Elgin 2011 
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								Siben Linden, a well-known German eco-village, is composed of straw buildings that serve as multi-family homes for around 80 adults and 30 children, according to Athena and Bill Steen of Chelsea Green. The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: White House Relents on Solar Panels; Why Congressional Inaction Hasn't Stopped Green Building The Media Consortium 2010 
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								Situation comedies that explore the humorous side of life in an "eco-village" of fifty or more people learning to live together, presenting both the challenges and the joys; Duane Elgin: Take Back the Airwaves! Duane Elgin 2011 
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								I went into my spiel explaining that we've been developing these amazing eco-village projects and sustainable products and services and we've learned how it can be done cost effectively. Sue Riddlestone: Being a Leader in This Great Transformation Sue Riddlestone 2012 
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								Gallastegui is also watching over an autistic teenager who arrived with activists from a London "eco-village" which had been dismantled by police. 
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