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遠離擁擠 盤點全球十大世外桃源之地(中)

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er's Bubble – England

7.英國吉普賽人的滔泉小鎮

A 40 acre (16 hectares) community set in the rural Somerset region, England is the oldest low impact eco village on the island.

坐落在薩默塞特鄉村地帶的社區佔地40英畝(相當於16公頃),該島上最古老的低排放生態村當屬英格蘭鎮了。

For more than 21 years, different people and families have called Tinker's Bubble their home. While some are just passing through, others are permanent settlers.

21年來,來自不同地區、家庭的人們都稱其家園爲鐵匠之家。一些人只是路過,一些人則世世代代住在這裏。

They make a living and some extra cash for the community, mainly through forestry, gardening, growing chickens, honey bees and selling apple products (real apples, not iPhones or iPads).

村民們靠林業、園藝、養雞、釀造蜂蜜、出售蘋果(水果,而非Iphone手機或Ipad平板電腦)謀生,賺取一些閒錢。

They manage this without using any fossil fuel whatsoever. They do use wood for warmth and cooking, but other than that they are "zero-emission".

他們從不使用化石燃料,僅靠木材來取暖、煮飯。除此之外,可以稱得上是"零排放"。

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A wind-powered generator and several solar panels provide the community with enough electricity to power some light bulbs, to play music and run some laptop computers.

一臺風力發電機,幾塊太陽能電池板便可爲社區的人們提供足夠的電力,開燈照明、播放音樂、運行筆記本電腦都不在話下。

Every type of material they use, comes from the area, which gives Tinker's Bubble the low-cost eco-housing status. Its name comes from the nearby spring which ends in a small waterfall by the side of the road.

村民們使用的各種類型的材料都源於社區,因而爲其提供了低成本的生態住房。其名字源於附近的一處小泉,泉水在馬路邊匯聚成小瀑布。

Gypsies used to bring their horses to water them there, and they used to call a waterfall, "a bubble".

吉普賽人過去常常把馬兒牽到此處飲水,並稱這裏的瀑布爲"滔泉"。

as Eco Village – Wales

6.威爾士聖彼得生態村

Lammas Eco Village is a small community of people operating on the Pembrokeshire countryside in Wales since 2009.

聖彼得生態村是人們2009在威爾士的彭布羅克郡郊區建立的一個小羣落。

The members of Lammas all come from different backgrounds with some having extensive knowledge of low-impact living, while others have none.

聖彼得的成員背景各不相同,有些是在養生方面知識淵博,而有些則對此一無所知。

Water, woodland, and electricity are managed collectively and no building here is connected to any main pipe or line.

在那裏水、林地和電都是統一管理,所有建築裏也沒有主管道和主線。

There are a total of nine plots, each of about five acres. All of them are powered by a series of micro photovoltaic installations along with a 27kw hydro generator.

聖彼得生態村共有9個小區,每個約佔地5英畝,全部由一套光伏發電設施和一臺27千瓦的水力發電機負責供電。

Water comes from a local spring and managing a lot of rainwater – they are in the United Kingdom after all.

水源來自當地的一處泉水以及對雨水的利用——畢竟這兒是科技發達的英國!

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All the houses, bars and workshops have been built by the people living there together with the help of many volunteers.

所有的房屋,酒吧還有工作室都由這兒的居民和一些志願者共同搭建。

Every material is either local or recycled, lowering their carbon footprint to a minimum.

所有用材都是就地取材或回收利用而來,使碳排放量降到最低。

As you can imagine, they follow a subsistence way of living by growing their own food. They even went so far as to raise the levels of the soil's health.

可想而知,他們遵循着自給自足的生活方式,吃的也是自己種的食物。他們甚至要提高土壤的健康值。

To do this they carefully planned a new infrastructure across the landscape and planted many wild plants and native trees in order to raise the biodiversity in the region.

爲此他們依地形精心建造了一個新的基礎設施,並種植許多野生植物和鄉土樹種,這樣能提升該地的生態多樣性。

This way they were able to retain as much water and nutrients in the landscape as possible.

這樣做能儘可能多的保留當地的水分和養分。

a Dhamma – South Africa

5.南非的Khula Dhamma村

The name of the community is formed by combining two words from two different languages. "Khula Dhamma", combines the Xhosa word "khula", meaning "to grow" and the Pali word "Dhamma" meaning "the way" or "the path" (to grow on the path of awakening).

村名取自兩種不同語言的兩個單詞,Khula來自科薩人說的班圖語,意思是生長, Dhamma來自巴利語,意思是依照此法(連起來意思就是成長道路上的覺醒)。

Back in 2000 five friends bought a 180 hectare (445 acres) piece of land near the small village of Haga Haga, 60km north of East London and on the door step of South Africa's Xhosa heartland.

時間回到2000年,五兄弟買了小村Haga Haga旁邊一塊180公頃(約445英畝)的土地,此處距東倫敦市北60公里,是南非的門戶,也是科薩族的心腹地帶。

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Just eight kilometers away from the coast –with many pristine beaches by the way- and at an elevation of about 173 meters, the community is blessed with no harsh weather, thus being able to produce crops twice per year.

距離海岸線近8公里­——順帶說一句,那附近的海灘都是最原始的形態,該地海拔173米,得天獨厚的地理優勢使其從未受惡劣天氣的影響,因此這兒的作物能夠一年兩熟。

Besides practicing green-farming and trying to live as close to no impact on the planet as possible, they also offer people a Retreat Center.

此外他們踐行綠色農業,儘可能過與世無爭的生活,還有休養中心。

Here visitors take part in all sorts of activities, events, workshops and talks; all with the hopes of learning how to live a more holistic life in harmony with nature.

來到此處的遊客能身體力行的與當地人同耕同息,所有這一切都是希望人們能學習怎樣過上和諧舒適的生活,與大自然共存。

i Superiore – Italy

4.意大利Torri Superiore

Located at the foothills of the Ligurian Alps, just several miles away from the French border and the Mediterranean, Torri Superiore is a 13th century hamlet, built entirely out of stone.

Torri Superiore位於利古里亞阿爾卑斯山腳下,與法國邊境和地中海僅相距幾英里。Torri Superiore完全由石頭建成,是一座13世紀的小村莊。

It's also built directly on the cliff face, five stories tall and 100 meters long. Inside there are 162 rooms, all connected with each other through an intricate system of narrow corridors, making the whole thing into an amazing labyrinth of rooms, staircases and terraces.

此建築位於懸崖邊上,有5層樓高,100米長。裏面有162個房間,由排布覆雜的窄道連接起來,整座建築的房間、樓梯和露臺設計如迷宮般錯綜複雜。

It wasn't always like this though, being built in stages. The last additions were made during Napoleon's time, when the village reached its maximum population of about 200 people.

不過,在建造階段,其規模並沒有這麼大。拿破崙時期,該村人口數達到巔峯,約200人,於是人們對Torri Superiore進行了最後一次擴建。

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For about 100 years however, Torri Superiore was abandoned, as villagers migrated to urban areas, and the towers went into disrepair.

然而,大約100年後,村民們移居到城區,Torri Superiore由此被遺棄荒廢。

That's until 1989 when the Torri Superiore Cultural Association was founded, a permanent community of about 20 individuals was established and reparations began on the monument.

直到1989年,Torri Superiore高級文化協會成立,該協會是由約20人組成的永久協會。就是在那時,開始了對此建築的修復工作。

The association owns half the building while the other, the residents themselves.

此建築的一半屬於協會,另一半屬於居民。

Since 1992 Torri Superiore hosted over 400 children from all over the world. Each year one or two summer camps are held here.

自1992年來,Torri Superiore接待了400多個來自世界各地的孩子。每年有一到兩個夏令營在這裏舉辦。

The venue is also host to a multitude of events, workshops and courses aimed towards environmental education and eco-village living.

除此之外,這裏還會舉辦各種各樣的活動、研討會和課程,以實現環境教育和生態村生活。