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UPDATED: July 18, 2008 |
Upcoming Events sponsored by
CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillage at Los Angeles Eco-Village |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 7:30 pm at L.A. Eco-village Directions
Greywater Guerillas from Oakland
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Coming in August: Graham
BURNETT
Permaculture Trainer/Author from the U.K.
Slide Show and Talk
watch for details
http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/
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Wed, Sept. 17 at 6 pm at LAEV
Growing Healthy Neighborhoods: An Introduction
with Ron Milam and Lois Arkin
watch for details
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Exciting
Related Events,
including permaculture activities:
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TOURS of L.A. Eco-Village:
details
Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 10:30 am - 1 pm
Sunday July 27, 2008 from 10:30 am - 1 pm
Saturday August 2, 2008 from 10:30 am - 1 pm
Saturday August 16, 2008 from 10:30 am - 1 pm
Reservations
required:
213/738-1254 or crsp@igc.org
Directions to Los Angeles Eco-Village
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*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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**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 ecologically.
more info
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Creating a healthier, more sustainable future:
Envision!
Plan & Be
Flexible!
Stay Grounded!
Persevere! |
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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
News from CRSP and LAEV
Directions to Los Angeles
Eco-Village
See index below for lots more stuff on this site.
N E W !
Local Exchange Trading System (LETS)
Next 7 members free. After that, $10 per year annual membership.
More info here
not to be missed:
Diana Leafe Christian's new
Ecovillages Newsletter:
http://www.ecovillagenews.org
Updated: July 18, 2008
For news and views and
the more
intimate aspects of life in the L.A.
Eco-Village intentional community,
Click here for the
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.
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Learn from nature & live ecologically.
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Build a dynamic community through diversity & cooperation
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Inspire compassionate, nurturing, & respectful relationships
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Create balanced opportunities for individual participation & collective steward
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Engage our neighbors and broader communities in mutual dialog to learn, teach
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Want to learn more about Intentional Communities? Ecovillages?
Cohousing Communities?
Visit the following websites:
www.ic.org
www.ecovillage.org
www.cohousing.org |
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Update on
L.A. Eco-Village Struggles with L.A. Unified School District
On May 29, 2008 at a community meeting sponsored by LAUSD, the
District re-confirmed that it is planning to develop a parking lot for 137 cars
on the current 1.75 acre site of White House Place Primary Center, a
kindergarten school that will no longer be needed with the new Elementary School
#20 is developed on the current Virgil Middle School playing field. The
initial plan also called for relocation of the 100 year old...
Read more
On April 22, 2008, the LAUSD Board voted to build a new elementary
school (ES#20) for 800 kids on the east end of the Virgil middle School playing field,
also known as Site #11 Read more
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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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Eco-Village neighbors come together for potluck and celebration.
Archival photo, circa 1994
