Michigan Ecovillage MULTIGENERATIONAL SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY Michigan Ecovillage An

Michigan Ecovillage MULTI-GENERATIONAL SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

Michigan Ecovillage “An ecovillage is a testament to the power of intentional creation with others. The emphasis on sustainability, holistic wellbeing, and community are focus areas that modern societies sorely lack. If anything can set an example or inspiration for a more beautiful world, ecovillages can. ” Sebastian Betzer

Ecovillage Definition In 1991, Robert Gilman set out a definition of an ecovillage that became standard for many years. Gilman defined an ecovillage as a: "human-scale full-featured settlement in which human activities are harmlessly integrated into the natural world in a way that is supportive of healthy human development, and can be successfully continued into the indefinite future. " Kosha Joubert, Executive Director of the Global Ecovillage Network, more recently defined an ecovillage as an: "intentional, traditional; rural or urban community that is consciously designed through locally owned, participatory processes in all four dimensions of sustainability (social, culture, ecology and economy) to regenerate their social and natural environments. "

Michigan Ecovillage 501 c 3 Michigan Ecovillage 501 c 3, a multi-generational mutual benefit intentional community; a network of housing, consumer, producer and worker cooperatives. Who we are: Directors: Sebastian Betzer, Kristen Salminen, Jon Pickell, Gaylyn Kaufman, Karl Kaufman 75 Meet. Up members 1, 000 Facebook members 140 Mail. Chimp subscribers

“Why I Want MI Ecovillage” “A sustainable community-- an ecovillage-- has been my dream for many years now. When I think of my future, I see a place where I live in harmony with a greater community of people as well as with my environment. I see a place where I can raise my children amongst generations of people who are sensitive to their emotions and evolving sense of selves. I see a beautiful community of people who support each other physically, emotionally and spiritually. The current culture of dissociation is no longer serving humanity and I look forward to a new movement which revisits our tribal way of life while weaving it in with the modern world. ” “I am hard-wired to help others, and there is no project which lights me up with as many possibilities as this ecovillage. ”

Cultural Elements To Create Connective Field ~ Community Glue Designing for connection, peacemaking, cultivating trust. We facilitate connection at all levels including collaboration Friendship, caring, mutual support, trust, heart to heart communication, diversity, solutions to embrace conflict resolution and maturity growth Group celebrations ~ Social opportunities Honoring different phases of life

Village Building/ Healthy Design Process Courses in peacemaking, deep nature connection, conflict resolution, co-creation, mentoring, modeling attributes of connection, creating quantum fields, grief tending, conscious dying, etc. We value people, contribution, gifts discovered and developed, ways to give your gifts, culture regeneration, sustainability, organics, creating the more beautiful world we know is possible

What We Are: Four Dimensions of Sustainability: Social: caregiving services Cultural: education/ apprenticeship programs Ecological: wellness services/ organic food production Economic: employment/ employeeowned worker co-ops

What We Are Not: Communism Egalitarian community Replace your need to be self-sufficient and self-supporting A substitute for autonomy Your mother

Los Angeles Eco-Village

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Video Clip https: //vimeo. com/12859157 streetfilms. org/los-angeles-eco-village/ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Rq. OZx. LDv. Qo. Q

The Los Angeles Eco-Village (LAEV) Demonstration Neighborhood The LAEV neighborhood is located in the north end of Wilshire Center/Koreatown and in East Hollywood in the city of Los Angeles. Our 30 to 40 member intentional community living in the LAEV two block (500 people) neighborhood demonstrates processes for achieving lower environmental impacts while raising the quality of community life. We envision changing the way we live in the city and strive to inspire others to make more rapid and deeper changes in their living patterns, as well. These LAEV processes began in 1993.

CRSP: Cooperative Resources and Services Project Resource Center for Co-ops Focus on: Environmental Movement Communities Movement Voluntary Simplicity Movement

THE BEVERLY VERMONT COMMUNITY LAND The Beverly Vermont Community Land Trust (BVCLT) is a nonprofit 501. c. 3 TRUST WWW. BVCLT. ORG organization based in the L. A. Eco-Village (LAEV) two block neighborhood. Founded in 2007 by LAEV intentional community members, CRSP and Cultivating Sustainable Communities, BVCLT specializes in helping to create permanently affordable housing for low to moderate income households dedicated to lower impact living patterns. The BVCLT mission is to exercise land stewardship as the basis for creating pedestriancentered neighborhoods emphasizing affordable housing, work and recreational spaces that are economically and socially sustainable, and that integrate urban living with nature. BVCLT will ensure that the housing it acquires, builds or rehabilitates will remain permanently affordable for successive generations of owners or renters. The method for ensuring permanent affordability is via the use of a ground lease arrangement with the owner of the improvements on the property. By retaining the right to the land, regardless of the type of legal ownership of the buildings, BVCLT will ensure the selling price is affordable, regardless of current market prices. More info on community land trusts can be found here: http: //www. cltnetwork. org/

The Urban Soil/Tierra Urbana Limited Equity Housing Co-op (LEHC) The housing co-op is a nonprofit 501. c. 3 tax exempt organization, founded in 2010 by members of the Los Angeles Eco-Village (LAEV) Intentional Community with the help of CRSP. USTU members share legal and social ownership of two of the buildings in the LAEV two block neighborhood. There approximately 40 members of the USTU co-op. Some are owner-members and some are renter-members. The co-op meets weekly to make a variety of decisions. The Co-op took ownership of its two apartment buildings in July 2012. The co-op has many of the features of Cohousing.

A CRASH COURSE IN URBAN ECOVILLAGES AT L. A. ECO-VILLAGE: WHAT WE’VE LEARNED & WHAT WE KNOW YOU CAN MAKE HAPPEN! AN ALL DAY AFFAIR WITH US AT L. A. ECO-VILLAGE. WATCH FOR DETAILS. Posted by Lois on Monday, June 20, 2016 · Ever wonder how we put it all together? What works? What doesn’t? What we’d do differently? And how much further our vision reaches? And how much faster you could make it happen in your own neighborhood? A hands-on all day affair with members of the Los Angeles Eco-Village and friends covering the following topics: – Envisioning – Gathering people – Eco-technologies – Social technologies – Perma-circular economies – Legal structures – Setting priorities – Being place-based Let us know if you’re in. Coming Winter 2016 (or maybe sooner) $100 person. Sliding scale available.

Michigan Ecovillage What We Are Currently Doing: Meeting with potential site partners Reaching out to find our people Partnering with Center for Community Based Enterprise to obtain grant funding for employeeowned Worker Co-ops Partnering with Apprenticeship Institute 501 c 3 to deliver vocational education programs and US DOL Registered Apprenticeships

Michigan Ecovillage What We Are Doing Near Future: Consulting with a Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Ecovillage Developer from Findhorn Ecovillage Finding volunteers for Outreach Events Forming an Elder’s Circle Designing and implementing a culture of peacemaking, connection and mentoring

Michigan Ecovillage Long Term Commitments: Purchase or acquire long-term lease(s) on land for an intentional community(ies) Partner with land-holding organizations on delivery of services, in exchange for use of land infrastructure Over time, develop multiple rural and urban sites

Question 1 What impulse brought you here for this gathering? (Want to be part of a community) (Concerned for the health of the planet) (Committed to heal the social structure)

Question 2 Are you more interested in rural setting or urban? (Could you see yourself living in Detroit? ) (If not, what city? )

Michigan Ecovillage, 501 c 3 www. miecovillage. org www. meetup. com/michiganecovillage www. facebook. com/michiganecovillage www. crowdrise. com/michiganecovillage https: //smile. amazon. com/michiganecovillage gaylyn@miecovillage. org