Taking a critical look at our development process and the various consequences of maintaining the current model, we see the emergence of intentional communities proposing another way of life, based on different values and principles, indicating paths in the transition to a sustainable way of life. Ecovillages are multifunctional communities focused on sustainable local development.

They are living laboratories that are creating and experimenting with new ways of living and relating, providing both quality of life and low environmental impact, and can be seen as examples for creating new ways of inhabiting the planet. Ethnographic research at the Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland, complemented by an investigation into the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), made it possible to gain a greater understanding of the subjectivities involved in building the lifestyle, values and practices of ecovillages.

At Findhorn, the care taken with the way people communicate and relate to each other, the search for effectively participatory governance and a spirituality related to the connection with nature, lay the foundations for a regenerative culture. .