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268 JUDIT FARKAS ecovillage was built on the site of a dying settlement. Krishna Valley, Magfalva and the ecovillage Galgahévíz were created as greenfield investments. The Natural Lifestyle Foundations site in Tata-Agostyán, the Ormánság Foundation in Drávafok, the Gömörszőlős training center and the Biovillage in Máriahalom are not so much settlements as training centers. The Nagyszekely Community and the Nyim EcoCommunity were not established as a separate settlement, but as part of an existing village. The Association of Organic Farms of Szer represents the Hungarian type of solitary ecofarm. Figure 5. Krishna Valley, Hungary, 2013. Photo: Judit Farkas Administratively, one cannot speak of a separate ecovillage in Hungary. Even those communities that have been created independently, as greenfield projects (Krishna Valley, Galgaheviz Ecovillage, Magfalva) or on the site of an extinct village (Gyürüfü), belong administratively to a nearby municipality. It is also true of the Hungarian ecovillages that some details of the ideal ecovillage concept have been realized to varying degrees. Here, too, the vision of selfsufficiency is one of the main priorities in community building, but it is also well known that local self-sufficiency is extremely difficult and time-consuming (for the issue of self-sufficiency and community, see Christian 2004). Among the Hungarian communities, Krishna Valley and Visnyeszéplak are the closest to full food and energy self-sufficiency, while the ecovillages in Gyűrűfű and Galgahévíz are also prominent in energy self-sufficiency. An important element of selfsufficiency is local livelihoods, which is the biggest challenge for Hungarian ecovillages and eco-communities.' At present, relatively few have found a way of making a living locally, and they mostly make a living from their agricultural products, tourism and educational activities. Some are making their livelihoods through grant funding. Those who do not commute every day, but do not rely on '0 Similarly to the inhabitants in tiny, dead-end settlements.
