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

UPDATED: August 14, 2008

Upcoming Events sponsored by CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillage at Los Angeles Eco-Village  

Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 7 pm at L.A. Eco-Village
Graham BURNETT: Permaculture
Trainer/Author from the U.K.
gives a talk and slide show details
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Wed, Sept. 17 at 6 pm at LAEV    
Growing Healthy Neighborhoods: With A Little Help
from your Friends or a big push!
with Lois Arkin and Ron Milam  details

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Saturday, October 4, 2008 evening at L.A. Eco-Village       

A Reception and Forum on:

Re-Imagining America with some of the nation's most prominent community artist-activists      details

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Exciting Related Events, including LA area
permaculture design courses:
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TOURS of L.A. Eco-Village:      details
Saturday August 16, 2008 from 10:30 am - 1 pm
Saturday September 13, 2008 from 10:30 am - 1 pm
Saturday September 27, 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

**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

Creating a healthier, more sustainable future:
Envision!      
            Plan & Be Flexible! 
                             Stay Grounded!         
                                                   Persevere!		      

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. 

N E W !
Ecovillage Radio:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Ecovillage-Radio

Local Exchange Trading System (LETS)
Next 7 members free.  After that, $10 per year annual membership.  More info here

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

Updated: August 14, 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.

-  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 
     
 


Want to learn more about Intentional Communities?  Ecovillages?  Cohousing Communities?
Visit the following websites:

www.ic.org
www.ecovillage.org
www.cohousing.org

      
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 live in or close to the LAEV Neighborhood?
Let us know.  We may have suggestions for you. 

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 213/738-1254

 

        
  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
 		        

  
Index:  What you Can Find on This Site
News from LAEV   Upated 8/5/08
L.A. Eco-Village Tours: Dates and Times 8/4/08

Upcoming Events at L.A. Eco-Village  Upated 8/14/08

Related Events & Resources, including Permaculture Courses  Upated 8/9/08
 
Eco Job Opportunities here and there        Upated 7/16/08   

Stuff from Eco-Villagers (updated 8/5/08)

 Resources    Upated 8/9/08

L.A. Eco-Village Intentional Community Membership Info

The L.A. Eco-Village struggle to save its neighborhood from the Los Angeles Unified School District bulldozers  Updated 6/6/08
Concept for a Joint Use and Mixed Use Green Car-Free Development in L.A. Eco-Village  4/18/08

Contact Us

Directions to L.A. Eco-Village

Overview of Los Angeles Eco-Village

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

 
Our Basic Brochure 
Sampling of Goals for 2007 - 2008
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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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.
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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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To join a discussion group on urban ecovillages, see <http://urban.ecovillage.org/>.  To join a discussion group on ecovillages in general, go to http://ena.ecovillage.org/ and search for <ecobalance>. 
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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.

 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

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>.