Physically, Ecosophia bears some resemblance to the New Alchemy Institute on Cape Cod during the 1970s. It did not attempt, as Biosphere II did unsuccessfully several years later, to cut itself off completely from the environment. Ecosophia was influenced by Quaker ideals. An example of Mindfulness is that automation is avoided in favor of human responsibility. Plants are watered by humans remembering or forgetting, rather than according to clocks or sensors.
Exercise equipment generates electricity rather than consuming it.
Menial tasks are rotated so that virtually everyone experiences them in the course of a six-month period. But later her experience takes on a different character. I wonder if this is any way parallels your own journey. Your bio says you became a Quaker in 1995. That's a very perceptive question.