Los Angeles Eco-Village
Reinventing how we live in the city by demonstrating higher quality living patterns at lower environmental impacts

UPDATED:   January 19, 2012

Events:
 -  What We Learned Last Summer & Fall: Public Forum and Veggie Potluck Sat., Jan 21 from 6 to 11 pm at L.A. Eco-Village
 -  Join the Virtual Town Hall Mindmixer - help reinvent how transportation happens in Los Angeles 
 -  How to Restore the Los Angeles City Hall Park.  Your input invited:  http://www.laparks.org/restoration/index.htm  
 -  Occupy Los Angeles links   
                                                 
 
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  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
updated 7/28/11


Networking for L.A. Area Intentional Communities and housing opportunities in and adjacent to the LA Eco-Village
Neighborhood
updated 11/10/11  here
 

Upcoming Events scroll down; events are in date order:
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 6 to 11ish pm
at L.A. Eco-Village   
Directions

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST SUMMER AND FALL:
SHARING FOR A REGENERATIVE FUTURE

Public Forum and Veggie Potluck

A dozen folks will share their most inspiring “take-away”
ideas from these conferences on Planet Healing, Sustainability
and Regenerative Activities during Summer and Fall 2011:
Art of Community Gathering, Bioneers, Eco-Cities Conference,
Car-Free Cities Conference, Local and International Permaculture
Convergence, Local, State and National Time Bank conferences,
Slow Money Conference, National Land Trust conference.
More info

No Charge but Reservations please:
 crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254

Potluck:  Starts at 6 pm.  Please bring a vegetarian dish to share
               AND your own non-throwaway eating ware.
Forum:    Starts at 7:30 pm
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TOURS of L.A. Eco-Village:      details

Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 10:30 to 1 pm

Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 10:30 to 1 pm

Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 10:30 to 1 pm

Reservations required:
  213/738-1254 or crsp@igc.org
Fee:  $10 per person (sliding scale ok)
or
2.5 time credits for Echo Park & Arroyo Time Bankers
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Index:  What you Can Find on This Site
Our Basic Brochure Updated 2/14/11

L.A. Eco-Village Tours: Dates and Times Updated  1/16/12

Upcoming Events at L.A. Eco-Village      Updated 1/18/12

Permaculture & Related Sustainability Resources  Updated 12/12/11

Resources    Updated  1/18/12

Intentional Community Networking Page - Finding Community
         - Greater Los Angeles Area
  Upated 1/16/12

Ecological Revolving Loan Fund (ELF)   (updated 12/16/11)

Membership in the L.A. Eco-Village Intentional Community

Membership in CRSP and the CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages
 
Eco Job and Intern Opportunities here and there    
Updated  1/17/12

Stuff from Eco-Villagers (updated 7/1/10)

The L.A. Eco-Village struggle to save its neighborhood  10/7/09
 
News from LAEV and Other Ecovillages  (updated 7/28/11)
        or see our blogs: 
http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/
        and http://laevgarden.wordpress.com/

Concept for a Joint Use and Mixed Use Green Car-Free Development in L.A. Eco-Village 
4/18/08

Contact Us   Upated 8/9/11

Directions to L.A. Eco-Village

Overview of Los Angeles Eco-Village

Los Angeles Eco-Village & CRSP - The Basics 

Sampling of Goals for 2011
 
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
 
Other Ecovillage Web Sites & Resources

Volunteer Opportunities in L.A. Eco-Village
 (updated 1/18/12)
 
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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.

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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 2005-2011 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

**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 lower impact  higher quality living patterns.
more info


 

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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

Food Lobby Co-op Info:
http://urbansoil.net/wiki.cgi/LAEV_Food_Coop

Echo Park Time Bank Info:
http://www.echoparktimebank.com/
Wanna Start a Time Bank?

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: January 19, 2012
 

 

CRSP & L.A. Eco-Village are affiliated with:

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

-  Ecovillage Network of the Americas (ENA)


-The Global Ecovillage Network
www.ecovillage.org

- The Fellowship for Intentional Community: Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles, Communities magazine, Directory, Video and more www.ic.org

-  Green America
http://www.greenamerica.org

     
 

Some links for
Occupy Wall Street


 

   
     
 
 
 

 

     
                   
                                                   
                    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

 

             
                  Executive Summary:  CLIMATE LA
Municipal Program Implementing the GreenLA
Climate Action Plan

The City of Los Angeles invites your feedback on its Climate Action Plan.  Contact

               

  
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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