Spiritual and material aspects of eco-villages

Abstract

Civilizational processes of recent decades contribute to the emergence of large cities. Absorbing villages and towns, they merge into megacities. The urban environment of cities and megacities is characterized by sharp spatial gradations and differences, contrast of volumes, disharmony with the environment. In order to improve the human living environment, the city must be complemented and balanced by a measured and calm, harmoniously combined with nature architectural environment of rural settlements. Close harmony with the environment is characteristic primarily of ecovillages. Living and production activities of the inhabitants of eco-settlements are safely integrated into the natural environment. Communities of ecovillages profess the ideal of equality between man and other forms of life, in which man does not try to dominate nature. The development of eco-settlements based on the preservation of cultural heritage, together with the improvement of the ecological condition of the territories, can partially solve the problem of restoration, preservation and use of architectural and cultural monuments. Such processes are usually possible with the support of relevant government agencies and NGOs. The creation of such eco-settlements has prospects and interests both in Ukraine and in Poland, as on the territory of Ukraine there is a large number of palace and castle complexes with a common history for these two peoples.