Peng relates that there are two main models from overseas for the construction of an ecological village. One is to construct a new community cut off from the rest of the world. The other is to upgrade the extent and status of the local ecology in an existing traditional community. The plan for the Taumi ecological village falls under the latter category.
彭國棟指出，生態村的建立在國外有兩種模式，一種是重新建立一個與世隔絕的新社區，一種是在現有的傳統社區加強生態化的程度，桃米生態村的規劃屬於後者。