User:KameronSch/Ecovillage/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Bibliography

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Bibliography

Daly, Matthew. “Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Ecovillages and Co-Housing Communities: A Systematic Literature Review.” Local Environment, vol. 22, no. 11, Nov. 2017, pp. 1358–77.^[1]
- This peer-reviewed academic journal article was published in the Local Environment in 2017, so it should be a reliable source. It also provides in-depth information as a systematic literature review for the environmental impact of ecovillages, it is helpful to develop notability.
Carragher, Vincent, and Michael Peters. “Engaging an Ecovillage and Measuring Its Ecological Footprint.” Local Environment, vol. 23, no. 8, Aug. 2018, pp. 861–78.^[2]
- This peer-reviewed academic journal article was published in the Local Environment in 2018, so it should be a reliable source. I will look into who funded this research more (Research funded by through the Academy of Champions of Energy project). It covers an ecovillages ecological footprint and examines one case study, the ecovillage in Ireland, Cloughjordan in county Tipperary. So, it may be used to establish notability.
Sherry, Jesse. “The Impact of Community Sustainability: A Life Cycle Assessment of Three Ecovillages.” Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 237, Nov. 2019.^[3]
- This peer-reviewed academic journal article was published in 2019 in the Journal of Cleaner Production, so it should be a reliable source. It examines three ecovillages in-depth, so it can be used to establish notability.
Tres, Guilherme Smaniotto, et al. “Communal Labor in Ecovillages: Contradictions, Impasses, and Possibilities within the Notion of Self-Sufficiency.” Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, vol. 34, no. 5, Oct. 2023, pp. 922–32.^[4]
- This peer-reviewed academic journal article was published in 2023 in the International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, so it should be a reliable source. This article collected data from four ecovillages for 49 days, so I believe it can be used to establish notability.
Casey, Katherine, et al. “Prefiguring Sustainable Living: An Ecovillage Story.” Journal of Marketing Management, vol. 36, no. 17/18, Dec. 2020, pp. 1658–79.^[5]
- This peer-reviewed academic journal article was published in 2020 in the Journal of Marketing Management, so it should be a reliable source. This paper explores how individuals apart of these ecovillage communities navigate and provides insightful perspectives which I believe can be used to help establish notability.

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

^ Daly, Matthew (2017-11-02). "Quantifying the environmental impact of ecovillages and co-housing communities: a systematic literature review". Local Environment. 22 (11): 1358–1377. doi:10.1080/13549839.2017.1348342. ISSN 1354-9839.
^ Carragher, Vincent; Peters, Michael (2018-08-03). "Engaging an ecovillage and measuring its ecological footprint". Local Environment. 23 (8): 861–878. doi:10.1080/13549839.2018.1481021. ISSN 1354-9839.
^ Sherry, Jesse (2019-11-10). "The impact of community sustainability: A life cycle assessment of three ecovillages". Journal of Cleaner Production. 237: 117830. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117830. ISSN 0959-6526.
^ Tres, Guilherme Smaniotto; de Souza, Washington José; de Moura Ferraz, Janaynna (2023-10-01). "Communal Labor in Ecovillages: Contradictions, Impasses, and Possibilities within the Notion of Self-sufficiency". VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 34 (5): 922–932. doi:10.1007/s11266-022-00537-9. ISSN 1573-7888. PMC 9643956. PMID 36406243.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
^ Casey, Katherine; Lichrou, Maria; O’Malley, Lisa (2020-11-21). "Prefiguring sustainable living: an ecovillage story". Journal of Marketing Management. 36 (17–18): 1658–1679. doi:10.1080/0267257X.2020.1801800. ISSN 0267-257X.

Outline of proposed changes

I will need to reconstruct the lead section to include the newly added major sections and consolidate the existing information, so it is concise
Either properly cite the image that's included or replace it with a newly cited image following Wikipedia's copyright regulations
I will search beyond the four included definitions to see if I can add any more relevant definitions
I will update the history and include more recent history since this article doesn't have newer history
I will expand upon the principles as I have found more applicable principles in my gathered references
I will completely redo environmental impact since it only has 4 sentences and is poorly written
I will expand on the governance section and include decision making
I will recheck the validity of the references and see if there is more up-to-date information that can replace irrelevant/outdated articles
Based off the references I've gathered I can add sections to address the content gaps
- social dynamics/lifestyle
- economic systems
- case studies
- challenges/criticism
- future direction
I wanted to add sections about architecture/building materials, educational initiatives, cultural expression but I haven't found sufficient sources to include these in the content, but I will continue looking for more references

Additional Information as of 3/5/24

Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Collective Identity Supporting Sustainability Transformations in Ecovillage Communities (mdpi.com) https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fsu13158148

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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[1] Daly, Matthew (2017-11-02). "Quantifying the environmental impact of ecovillages and co-housing communities: a systematic literature review". Local Environment. 22 (11): 1358–1377. doi:10.1080/13549839.2017.1348342. ISSN 1354-9839.

[2] Carragher, Vincent; Peters, Michael (2018-08-03). "Engaging an ecovillage and measuring its ecological footprint". Local Environment. 23 (8): 861–878. doi:10.1080/13549839.2018.1481021. ISSN 1354-9839.

[3] Sherry, Jesse (2019-11-10). "The impact of community sustainability: A life cycle assessment of three ecovillages". Journal of Cleaner Production. 237: 117830. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117830. ISSN 0959-6526.

[4] Tres, Guilherme Smaniotto; de Souza, Washington José; de Moura Ferraz, Janaynna (2023-10-01). "Communal Labor in Ecovillages: Contradictions, Impasses, and Possibilities within the Notion of Self-sufficiency". VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 34 (5): 922–932. doi:10.1007/s11266-022-00537-9. ISSN 1573-7888. PMC 9643956. PMID 36406243.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

[5] Casey, Katherine; Lichrou, Maria; O’Malley, Lisa (2020-11-21). "Prefiguring sustainable living: an ecovillage story". Journal of Marketing Management. 36 (17–18): 1658–1679. doi:10.1080/0267257X.2020.1801800. ISSN 0267-257X.

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