Cities of the future will be like the village today

studying in St.Petersburg, said recently: "You know, Dad, but we did better in the village".

There are a few families which living permanently in Nevo-Ecoville, they teach their children at home, but we opted for our children traditional schooling, socialization, alternatives. But in our village development program provided infrastructure, including schools and social center. This is a potential.

Speaking of potential. Ivan, did your settlement is an alternative to the suburbs or the something alternative?

I find it difficult to classify. Easier to talk about the quality of the environment in different levels. The first is the infrastructure level, the comfort level of life support.

Second is a social environment, the quality of society. For instance, we have a tradition to spend the holidays together in Nevo-Ecoville. We have a common ground for it where is a big public hall where we organize different events such as festivals, seminars.

There is totally different quality of environment. We even have our own fairy-tales, very deep mental relationship in our village’s society. And we all build our own image of the future, which is associated with our country.

Do not interfere with the prefix ECO? Previously prevented, we do not use it now. We have a “model of sustainable and innovative development of the territory� now.

Tell us about your project of this scale? What is the result will be?

We create one of the key generators of innovation; it is called eco-techno-park. We tried every possible way to generate human potential that will develop space technology is laying the powerful social development, not nanotechnology, not genetically engineered.

We now have a few complaints from the authorities, to cooperate on the development of such models. They started look at us differently, we are not marginal with an alternative way of life for them now. We are professionals; people who are serious, competently and responsibly offer a solution to the problems of ordinary people, our country. We are a real working system, muscle mass.

If the program is run, then in two or three years 150-200 families we are willing to accept to build their own world with us.

There is a problem in Russia, the people, the land is abandoned, the degradation in the country for me is obvious. If this process is not stopped, then the end of the ball game. My grandchildren will no longer speak in Russian, like the Romans, they just died. So, I do not want us to be gone. So I understand that we need to create a project that we can do only in the collaboration with authorities, scientific community and society.

So again, the difference to the fact that we started with is a very principled. We do not oppose ourselves to anyone; we are actively working to interact.

What positive changes in the urban environment can attract you to live in permanently?

Nothing, only urgent need.