Consolidating our energy towards a global network of steem-based eco-communities is a clear priority for 
. We deliberately and consciously curate those posts which speak to the issues, challenges and needs of the emerging steem eco-communities around the world.
GREAT content this week - here are some of the gems, eco-green wisdom & insight shared under the #ecotrain tag this week on the steem blockchain. Even if you don't have VP or RC to upvote, a meaningful comment is usually upvoted by a smart author, so please go and lavish your appreciation and engagement on this great content.
We truly are an amazing global community - and growing with new contributors every week!! If you want to help
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Upvote this eco-community curation and our featured posts if you can. Comment, resteem this curation and a few of the posts. Follow, engage and enjoy.
#togetherwecan
It's happening. Digging and planting and planning in the first Eco-Village, located in Portugal. 
Planting 300 trees in 5 Acres of Land
Arguably the MOST exciting eco-community is an established, traditional community which learns, grows and re-orients itself to the core values of honouring the Earth and providing for one another. Kudos and a standing ovation to this community of faith coming together around tree planting, simply so that one day the community may enjoy the fruits and relax in the shade.
Book Review: 2040 - Hoping For A Better Future
Envisioning a different future is at the heart of all eco-community. 
Birds Are In The Glades or Ten Thousand Islands, Sawfish and the Calusa
The eco-communities of yesteryear re-establishing after Hurricane Irma. 
Question of the Week this week is HUGE!!!
Don't Miss This Week's Ecotrain QOTW Steem In Prizes In What Ways Has Centralisation Failed Us?
We're getting AMAZING entries already - LOTS of them! But don't despair - YOU STILL HAVE TIME. We welcome everyone to join us and post your answer to this question titled "In what ways has centralization failed us?"
- Your answer can be a written post, a video, or any way you wish to express yourself.
- You can post anytime from now until Tuesday 12th November.
- Use the tag 'ecotrain' along with any other tags you wish to use.
- Please also post a link to your post in the comments of the challenge post so that we'll find it, you'll be eligible for the prizes and we can easily add you to the Challenge Tie Up Post.
We hope you have enjoyed these eco-village & eco-community related posts - please LAVISH them with upvotes, reblogs, comments and engagement.
If you're able to delegate, or increase your delegation, to , it's a simple and practical way you can help to engage with, and fund, steem eco-villages around the world.
Most importantly, consider writing under the #ecotrain tag this coming week - we love all posts eco-green, earth building, spiritual and natural, but mostly as those things relate to the building and evolution of eco-community
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