POR OUTROS MODOS DE BEM VIVER: O PLURIVERSO DE ALTERNATIVAS E AS ECOVILAS NAS CONFLUÊNCIAS COMUNITÁRIAS.

In the face of global crises, various communities around the globe have been undertaking counter-hegemonic alternatives for social and productive organization. This essay takes up this premise, and through a narrative review of the academic literature and from a decolonial perspective, discusses the role of ecovillages within the pluriverse of alternatives, aiming to contribute to a critical reflection on the community confluence processes that strive to be both fair and ecological. It is understood that the socioenvironmental practices of ecovillages, in confluence with the plurality of networked community alternatives, tend to represent a promising path for the necessary transition towards a fair and low-carbon society, in tune with the three-pronged dimensions of cultural identity, social equity and ecological sustainability associated with the communal ethics of Good Living [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]