Contributions of rural ecovillages to the United Nations 2030 Agenda: evidence from research applied in the state of São Paulo

Authors

  • Luciana Lima Domingues de Souza Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), Campinas, SP
  • Candido Ferreira da Silva Filho Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), Campinas, SP
  • Josué Mastrodi Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), Campinas, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v62i0.85045

Keywords:

human settlement, sustainable development, rural ecovillages, Agenda 2030, SDG 11

Abstract

Ecovillages are social organizations derived from the pacifist movement of alternative communities and the counterculture movement for ecology and human rights in the 1970s. Such communities play a relevant social and environmental role, constituting possible proposals for a conscious transition towards a more sustainable society. In this context, based on examples of rural ecovillages in São Paulo, the present study aimed to analyze the main contributions of these social organizations to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Brazil. The study was exploratory and descriptive, based on a qualitative and empirical approach. Additionally, in the bibliographic and documental survey stage, field research was carried out involving semi-structured interviews with twenty members of six rural ecovillages located in the east of the state of São Paulo in 2020 and 2021. Collected data processing was based on Content Analysis, supported by Atlas.ti software. Despite the sample limitations of the study, the results suggest significant contributions of ecovillages to 16 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which actions of restoration of native vegetation in continuous territories, water and food production, collective management, and equitable participation were detected.

Author Biographies

Luciana Lima Domingues de Souza, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), Campinas, SP

Doutoranda em Meio Ambiente e Sociedade no NEPAM/IFCH/UNICAMP. Mestre em Sustentabilidade pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCCAMP). Graduada em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCCAMP) e em Industriekauffrau (Tecnólogo em Administração Internacional do Comércio Industrial) pela AHK/IKK, Alemanha.  Membro do círculo de pesquisas e estudos sobre assentamentos humanos, ecovilas e comunidades sustentáveis do Conselho de Assentamentos Sustentáveis na América Latina no Brasil (CASA BRASIL). Membro do círculo Derechos de Tierra Madre do Conselho de Assentamentos Sustentáveis da América Latina (CASA LATINA).

Candido Ferreira da Silva Filho, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), Campinas, SP

Professor do Quadro Permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Sustentabilidade da PUC-Campinas. Membro e líder do Grupo de Pesquisa: Organizações, Sociedade e Sustentabilidade. Desenvolve pesquisas nas áreas de desenvolvimento sustentável e sustentabilidade, Environmental Social Governance (ESG) e responsabilidade socioambiental, e políticas públicas. Docente do Centro de Economia e Administração da PUC-Campinas para os cursos de graduação e pós-graduação lato sensu. Doutor em Ciências Sociais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Mestre em Administração (Administração Rural) pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA). Bacharel em Ciências Econômicas pela PUC-Campinas e Bacharel em Ciências Contábeis pela PUC-Campinas. Foi membro do Grupo e Apoio Pedagógico (GAPe/COGRAD/PROGRAD) em 2014-2015. Coordenador do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Extensão (NUPEX) do Centro de Economia e Administração da PUC Campinas (2009-2014). Diretor da Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas da PUC Campinas (2002-2006). Membro do Núcleo Docente Estruturante da Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas (2014-atual). Possui experiência como Avaliador de Instituições e Cursos Superiores do Conselho Estadual de Educação do Estado de São Paulo (CEE-SP). Atua como avaliador de periódicos científicos nacionais e internacionais.

Josué Mastrodi, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), Campinas, SP

Professor of the Post-Graduation Program in Law (PPGD) of PUC-Campinas.
PhD in Philosophy and General Theory of Law by University of São Paulo (2008). Master in Public Administration Law by Universidade Gama Filho (2003). Specialist in Commercial Law by PUC-SP (1999). Bachelor of Law by University of São Paulo (1994).
Acts in the Research Line 'Human Rights and Public Policies', mainly in themes involving protection and promotion of social rights, with emphasis on the Right to the City, Environmental Law and Urban Planning, and on the critique of the so-called sustainable development. The researches have in common the relation between Law and social reality, that is, between fundamental rights and scarcity of resources, within an approach that aims to verify that many of the normative outputs found for the social problems, such as the postulates of proportionality or sustainable development, are not truly capable of solving them.

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Published

2023-12-08

How to Cite

Souza, L. L. D. de, Silva Filho, C. F. da, & Mastrodi, J. (2023). Contributions of rural ecovillages to the United Nations 2030 Agenda: evidence from research applied in the state of São Paulo. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 62. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v62i0.85045

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Vol. 62 (2023): Psychoanalysis, philosophy and political ecology - Water, Sanitation and SDGs in Brazil: challenges, contradictions and governance

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