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- ItemDesign for sustainable communities : an integral perspective(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03) Cohen, Paul Anthony; Swilling, Mark; University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Management and Planning.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the complexities facing humanity in the light of impending social and environmental collapse, it is the design of sustainable communities at all levels of our society that must be achieved to limit this potential outcome. Attaining such a goal, it is known, requires that humanity ‘consciously evolve’. Furthermore I suggest that Integral Theory, because it is grounded in the evolution of consciousness, provides an important map to help navigate this tremendous journey. In this thesis I use Integral Theory as a lens through which to understand and reflect on my experiences over the past eighteen years of the design and development of the Tlholego Village, one of the early experimental Permaculture and Ecovillage communities developed in South Africa.