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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 7:30 pm at L.A. Eco-Vilage
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Diana Leafe Christian gives a talk and slide show on:
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Ecovillages: Where They Are, What They're Doing, Why They’re Important With over 400 photos, this presentation shows how ecovillages worldwide integrate ecological, economic, and social/cultural/spiritual sustainability. How ecovillages manifest
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Fee: $15 (sliding scale available)
Reservations required: 213/738-1254 or
crsp@igc.org
There are three kinds of ecovillages: (1) Intentional communities in the Industrialized North, (2) Ecologically aware traditional villages in the Global South, and (3) Sustainability education centers in both hemispheres. Examples include Findhorn in Scotland, Sieben Linden in Germany, Earthaven in North America, Auroville in India, Crystal Waters in Australia, and other ecovillage projects in Europe (Italy, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Iceland), North America, Africa (Senegal, South Africa), Asia (Japan, India, Thailand), and Latin America (Mexico, Brazil).
What People Say About the Ecovillage Slide Show:
“Diana’s Ecovillage Slide Show is simply unforgettable.
She delivers it with great style, wit, and heart, not
to mention an encyclopedic authority borne of nearly two decades at the
forefront of the intentional communities movement. All I can say is,
‘Don't miss it!’” —Daniel Drasin, Media
Producer, Greenbrae, California
“Your Ecovillage Slide show is the single best visual introduction
to ecovillage community that I know of. It was informative and
inspiring. You maintain the humor, wisdom, and passion of your two indispensable
books on finding and/or creating community. With only two days advance notice
for the slide show, we packed the room here at Walnut Street Co-op in Berkeley,
and I don’t think anyone was disappointed. Highly recommended!"
—Kenneth Mahaffey, Walnut Street Co-op, Berkeley, California; cofounder,
Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter, Oregon
“In this slideshow, meticulously researched and beautifully presented, Diana Leafe Christian shows us how small groups of people are sustaining themselves with cooperation instead of competition; stewardship instead of exploitation; and self-reliance instead of reliance upon a self-destructing economy. By showing us that we are not helpless in these challenging times, she is giving us a reason to hope, innumerable ways of being creative, and positive ideals to work with as the structures of our societies crumble about us. I recommend her presentation with all my heart!" —Carolyn North, Berkeley, California
“Your Ecovillage presentation was thorough, insightful, and far-reaching, not to mention beautiful and well-organized. The people attending were mesmerized and could barely contain their questions and excitement. Your inside knowledge of the finer details of what does and doesn’t work in ecovillage life is invaluable for those seeking a life in an ecovillage or any intentional community.” —Kat Steele, Urban Permaculture Guild, Oakland, California
About Diana Leafe Christian
Diana is the author of two books
about ecovillages and intentional communities: Creating a Life
Together: Practical Tools for Starting Ecovillages and Intentional Communities
and Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional
Community.
For
14 years (1993-2007) Diana was editor of
Communities
magazine, a quarterly publication about intentional communities in North
America, published by the nonprofit Fellowship for Intentional Community (www.ic.org).
Currently, she publishes and edits “Ecovillages,”
a free, bimonthly online newsletter offering news and inspiration about
ecovillage projects worldwide. (The newsletter is a project of the nonprofit
CRSP organization in Los Angeles.) Diana is a frequent contributor to
books and newsletters, a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops, and an
internationally renowned consultant to ecovillages and intentional communities
on all aspects of developing, growing and healing such communities. Diana
lives and works at Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina
http://www.earthaven.org/
See much more about Diana on her website: http://dianaleafechristian.org/index.html home
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Sunday, July 26, 2009 from 10 am to 2 pm
How to Start an Ecovillage in your Apartment Building, on your Block or in your
Neighborhood
with
Lois Arkin and others TBA
Pre-requisite: An L.A. Eco-Village tour by at least one person in your group (see http://www.laecovillage.org/Toursoflaev.html)
When you came on the tour, did you hear a few ideas for getting started on retrofitting your own apartment
building or condo association or block or neighborhood council? Maybe
you've tried a few already. Maybe you
need a bit more confidence or encouragement or concrete next steps.
Or maybe a little more understanding of how what you learned in the LAEV
neighborhood might transfer to your own neighborhood. Maybe you need
some help figuring out how to approach neighbors. What might be most
important among your neighbors? Energy retrofits? Consumption
reduction? Transportation transformation? Composting/re-using/recycling?
Water reduction strategies? Local food production? Affordable
housing? Small green business development? Neighborhood prioritizing
strategies? Decision making? Dealing with conflict? Maybe you
would like a support group, others you can call upon to help keep your personal
energy up and moving toward a more sustainable neighborhood.
If any of this applies to you, find one or two or more neighbors who share your concerns
and come learn from experienced Eco-Villagers. We will
facilitate a dialog among the groups and help you begin to develop a strategy
and plan that fits who you are in relation to your neighborhood or group.
Fee:
$40 per person or $40 per group (no more than 4 person per group) (space limited to 20 persons)
Pre-Requisite:
Tour of L.A. Eco-Village
Pre-registration required: 213/738-1254 or
crsp@igc.org
Lunch:
Bring a brown bag lunch
OTHER RESOURCES. There are numerous possibilities
for face to face help and support for moving incrementally--or radically--toward
neighborhood sustainability. In addition to LAEV, a sampling of resources
in the L.A. area includes:
Farmlab north of Downtown LA:
www.farmlab.org
Eco-Home Network in Los Feliz: www.ecohome.org
All Shades of Green in Silverlake:
http://www.allshadesofgreen.net/
Sustainable Works in Santa Monica:
http://www.sustainableworks.org/
Environmental Change Makers in Westchester: http://www.envirochangemakers.org/
Different locations throughout L.A.: Green Drinks:
http://lagreendrinks.blogspot.com/
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Munay Ki: Healer's Rites through Daykeepers' Rites with Paola Aliago
The Healer is one who has transcended personal wounds, changing them to
build a foundation of consciousness, and making this foundation
available to humanity. In this experiential gathering, which is part
one of two, participants will be introduced to universal rites passed
down from the tradition of the Inca, who were some of the world's
medicine keepers and stewards of humanity's codex of consciousness.
Participants will learn the meaning and be gifted the energetic rites of
the Healer, the Seer's Rites, the Bands of Strength, the Ayni Karpay,
and the Rites of the Daykeepers', who were the stewards of the feminine
ways. Each participant will become the keeper of these 'seeds', and be
entrusted to birth and grow these seeds of stewardship for the next
meeting. Class includes despacho and fire ceremonies as well as the
energetic transmissions.
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Watch for these upcoming
events:
- Paper Making
- Vegan cooking
- Writing for Social Change
- Installing a gray water system
- Rainwater harvesting with cisterns
- Practice in Creating a Mediative Culture
- Practice in Non-Violent Communications
- Introduction to Non-Violent Communications
- The Art of Vertical Farming with artist Frey Bardell
- Case study tour of permaculture practices in Los Angeles
- Strategies for Creating Green Jobs in Your Neighborhood
- Strategies for helping neighbors transcend negative
Nimbyism
- Munay Ki Workshop with
Shamanic
Practitioner Paola
Aliaga,
- Creating a Local Exchange Trading System in Your
Neighborhood
- Ten easy steps for starting ecovillage processes in your
neighborhood
- How to Form an Organic Food Buying Co-op in Your
Neighborhood
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Sacred Passage:
The Practice of Creating a Personal and
Deeply Meaningful
Funeral for your loved one at home with Olivia Barham
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