Johnathan Dawson, former president of the Global Ecovillage Network, describes five ecovillage principles in his 2006 book Ecovillages: New Frontiers for Sustainability: They are not government-sponsored projects, but grassroots initiatives.
Johnathan Dawson, bivši predsjednik mreže „Global Ecovillage“, opisuje pet ecovillage načela u svojoj knjizi 2006 Ecovillages: New Frontiers for Sustainability: Oni nisu projekti pod pokroviteljstvom države, već inicijative u osnovi.