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Saskatoon Ecovillage on City Council Agenda

Codicts Team
  • December 3, 2007

A project called the Ecovillage at River Landing is on the Saskatoon city council agenda for tonight. The ecovillage is a $21 million project of the Prairie Ecovillage Development Corporation.

It’s hard to tell how much of a sense of community this project will have. Is this an example of the Ecovillage name being co-opted by a mainstream developer? They do plan to have LEED-platinum buildings so their is some commitment to ecological practices.

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