Los Angeles Eco-Village:     
Demonstrating higher quality living patterns at a lower environmental impact

UPDATED:  October 22, 2009               Visit L.A. Eco-Village at our wiki                           Contact Us

   
CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages   
     at Los Angeles Eco-Village

Education, Training and Consulting for more sustainable neighborhoods: socially, economically, and ecologically
 
News about L.A. Eco-Village here

 
Upcoming Events:
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 Friday, November 6, 2009 from 7 to 9 pm
at Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Public Library
**ECOVILLAGE SLIDE SHOW,
presented by Diana Leafe Christian (in person)
 
Growing a Successful New Ecovillage or Intentional Community
 
 (suggested donation only).        Details
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Sat & Sun, November 7-8, 2009 from 9 am - 5:30 pm ea. day, in Santa Barbara

A Workshop with Diana Leafe Christian on how to form an Ecovillage or Intentional Community
 
Fee:  $140.00         Details
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Monday thru Friday, November 9 - 13, 2009 
from  8:00am-5 pm at L.A Eco-Village     directions

GREYWATER DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
- 40 hour course 

Register here:  www.greencactus.org

Course fee:  $595

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Exciting Related Events and permaculture resources
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 TOURS of L.A. Eco-Village:      details
Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 10:30 am to 1 pm
Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Sunday, November 29, 2009 from 10:30 am to 1 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Saturday, December 26, 2009 from 2 pm to 4:30 pm

Reservations required:  213/738-1254 or crsp@igc.org
Fee:  $10 per person (sliding scale ok)
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Update on the L.A. Eco-Village Corner   here    

Index:  What you Can Find on This Site
News from LAEV and Other Ecovillages  Upated 10/7/09
L.A. Eco-Village Tours: Dates and Times  10/7/09

Upcoming Events at L.A. Eco-Village        10/7/09

Related Events & Resources, including Permaculture Courses  10/7/09
 
Eco Job and Intern Opportunities here and there        Upated 8/17/09   

Stuff from Eco-Villagers (updated 8/17/09)

 Resources    Upated 10/17/09

L.A. Eco-Village Intentional Community Membership Info

The L.A. Eco-Village struggle to save its neighborhood  10/7/09
Concept for a Joint Use and Mixed Use Green Car-Free Development in L.A. Eco-Village  4/18/08

Contact Us   Upated 2/26/09

Directions to L.A. Eco-Village

Overview of Los Angeles Eco-Village

 Intentional Community Networking Page - Greater Los Angeles Area  (and/or Southern California) 

 
Los Angeles Eco-Village & CRSP - The Basics 
Sampling of Goals for 2009 - 2010
Projects in Process
Some Neighborhood Issues and Eco-Village Responses
Articles about L.A. Eco-Village  
Founders' Eco-Village Visions
Photo Gallery
Context and History of Los Angeles Eco-Village
Introducing Some Eco-Villagers - Go to:  http://urbansoil.net/wiki.cgi/LA_Eco-Villagers
Ecological Revolving Loan Fund (ELF)
Membership in CRSP and the CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages
Other Ecovillage Web Sites & Resources
Volunteer Opportunities with CRSP and/or L.A. Eco-Village
 
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For news and views and the more
intimate aspects of life in the L.A.
Eco-Village intentional community,
Click here for the LA Eco-Village wiki

At the LAEV wiki, you can contribute to the dialogue about
your experiences with us and visions for LAEV and your own neighborhoods.  If you've never participated on a wiki before,
no problem.  See easy instructions on the wiki site.

LAEV CORE VALUES:

-  Celebrate & include joy in all our endeavors

 -  Take responsibility for each other & the planet through local environmental & social action.

-  Learn from nature & live ecologically.

-  Build a dynamic community through diversity & cooperation

-  Inspire compassionate, nurturing, & respectful relationships

-  Create balanced opportunities for individual participation & collective steward

-  Engage our neighbors and broader communities in mutual dialog to  learn, teach and act 

An ecovillage is
human scale, has mixed land uses, strives to close the waste to resource loops, supports healthy human development, has multiple centers of initiative, and can be successfully continued into the indefinite future. 
-Robert Gilman  

Most groups that call themselves ecovillages are striving toward these goals but are far from fully manifesting them.  This definition is the  common vision of ecovillages worldwide.
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The Los Angeles Eco-Village Neighborhood Project and its
sponsoring organization, CRSP are affiliated with the Ecovillage
Network of the Americas <http://ena.ecovillage.org/>, the
Fellowship for Intentional Communities <www.ic.org>, 
Eco-Home Network <www.ecohome.org>, the Los
Angeles Permaculture Guild, City Repair Project
<www.cityrepair.org>, the Global Village Institute
<http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/> and others.
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Membership in CRSP

Membership in CRSP and its Institute for Urban Ecovillages
is $35 per year for individuals and $50 per year for organizations.
Rates are on a sliding scale basis for both individuals and organizations.
No one is turned away for lack of funds.  We are a 501.c.3 nonprofit
corporation and invite tax deductible charitable contributions. 
Contact Lois if you would like to consider making a tax deductible
contribution or a loan to our Ecological Revolving Loan Fund. 
Send checks to CRSP, 117 Bimini Place, #221, LA CA 90004. 
Info?  213/738-1254 or <crsp@igc.org>. 
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ABOUT THIS WEBSITE
 Original Web site constructed by Mignon Belongie and revised by Jesse Moorman.
Updated in 2002 by Jane Shevtsov.  Updated in 2004 by Alex Abbassi, Brad Mowers,
and Lois Arkin.  Maintained in 2005-2009 by Lois Arkin.  Please send comments,
complaints, suggestions, etc. about this page to crsp@igc.org.  Questions about the
Los Angeles Eco-Village may also be sent to crsp@igc.org.  We hope to keep it
current.  If you would like to be on our website committee, please contact us. 

Special thanks to Grant Schnebly for reserving our web domain and arranging
for our web provider.
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This is about it for this page; forget any more scrolling for now.

This website is maintained by Lois Arkin at CRSP, 213/738-1254, crsp@igc.org

 

        

 
     

You have reached the website of the: 

Los Angeles
Eco-Village*
reinventing how we
live in cities
      AND  
   CRSP** 
(Cooperative 
Resources &
Services
Project)
 education, training
& development for
small urban ecological
 cooperative communities
Directions to Los Angeles Eco-Village

See index below for lots more stuff on this site. 

**CRSP is an education, 
training and resource center for small ecological cooperative 
communities.   Located in  L.A.Eco-
Village, CRSP and its emerging  Institute
 for Urban  Ecovillages collaborates with the LAEV-IC and other organizations to present workshops and special events to expand public awareness for living more cooperatively and more ecologically.
 more info

*The Los Angeles Eco-Village 
Intentional Community (LAEV-IC),
located in the older two block LAEV neighborhood, demonstrates processes for 
for lower impact  higher quality living patterns.
more info

 

 

    

General LA Eco-Village blog:
http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/

LA Eco-Village Garden Blog: http://laevgarden.wordpress.com/

Check out stuff from
L.A. Eco-Villagers here

Diana Leafe Christian's Ecovillages Newsletter:    http://www.ecovillagenews.org

Ecovillage Radio:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Ecovillage-Radio 
Hear 90 minute interview with Lois Arkin plus other Ecovillage Founders and Activists

Directions
to Los Angeles Eco-Village
 

UPDATED:  October 22, 2009    
 

News from the Ecovillage Network of the Americas (ENA)


Information
on the Echo
Park Time Bank:  here


 

  
   
 
 
 

 

      
                 
                                                 
                  Watch for news about the new L.A. Eco-Village Time Bank.  Check out the Echo Park Time Bank to see what it's all about.  A local currency could come to your neighborhood too.  http://www.echoparktimebank.com/

 		                        
                                             
                                                     
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                            Los Angeles Eco-Village is looking for:

Handypersons with a green orientation, geographically close to LAEV, with skills in plumbing and carpentry to do moderate rehab work on an "as needed" basis.  Contact Lara at <laraeco@hotmail.com> or 213/386-8873  (posted 8/4/08)		    
                         

Want to share housing with other like-minded folks in or near LAEV?  Let us know.  We may be able to connect you with others who share your interests.  Contact us at crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254

 

              
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MORE PICTURES OF LAEV COMING SOON:  THEY'LL BE BETTER AND UP-TO-DATE  as soon as someone volunteers to help us with our Front Page program.  The picture end of things just does not work consistently for us.  Thanks.  Do visit our blogs for pictures.  See top of page.
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The Los Angeles Eco-Village Neighborhood Project and its
sponsoring organization, CRSP are affiliated with the Ecovillage
Network of the Americas <http://ena.ecovillage.org/>, the
Fellowship for Intentional Communities <www.ic.org>, 
Eco-Home Network <www.ecohome.org>, the Los
Angeles Permaculture Guild, City Repair Project
<www.cityrepair.org>, the Global Village Institute
<http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/> and others.
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Membership in CRSP

Membership in CRSP and its Institute for Urban Ecovillages
is $35 per year for individuals and $50 per year for organizations.
Rates are on a sliding scale basis for both individuals and organizations.
No one is turned away for lack of funds.  We are a 501.c.3 nonprofit
corporation and invite tax deductible charitable contributions. 
Contact Lois if you would like to make a tax deductible contribution. 
Send checks to CRSP, 117 Bimini Place, #221, LA CA 90004. 
Info?  213/738-1254 or <crsp@igc.org>. 
Original Web site constructed by Mignon Belongie and revised by Jesse Moorman.
Updated in 2002 by Jane Shevtsov.  Updated in 2004 by Alex Abbassi, Brad Mowers,
and Lois Arkin.  Maintained in 2005-2009 by Lois Arkin.  Please send comments,
complaints, suggestions, etc. about this page to crsp@igc.org.  Questions about the
Los Angeles Eco-Village should also be sent to crsp@igc.org.  We hope to keep it
current.  If you would like to be on our website committee, please contact us. 
Special thanks to Grant Schnebly for reserving our web domain and arranging
for our web provider.
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 imageEco-Village neighbors come together for potluck and celebration.   Archival photo, circa 1994

Maria Ariolla gives spontaneous flute recital for friend Paola Ramierez and John Lee of Mayor Riordan's office.  Archival  photo, circa 1994