Earth Day 2012 at the L.A. Eco-Village

by Michelle Wong, cross posted from White House Gardens @ LA Eco-Village blog: Even though Earth Day is everyday at the LA Eco-Village, villagers celebrated the occasion with an open house last Sunday. Friends & neighbors came out to enjoy the beautiful day that kicked off with Cachao chickens crossing the street and the sounds [...]

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Mountain Top Removal Talk

Our long time friend Ben Guzman is helping with this talk about mountain top removal coal mining in West Virginia.  He invited us and we wanted to let more people know.   This process is really brutal and it affects people and the environment. The event will take place at the Echo Country Outpost(1770 Glendale [...]

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Consensus Workshop with Eric Romann next Tuesday

From 6:30pm to 9pm next Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Eric Romann will be teaching a Facilitation and Consensus Training at Los Angeles Eco-Village. Requested fee is $10-20, with no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP requested. Full details after the jump.

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Mark Lakeman and Marisha Auerbach Talk – this Wednesday

Tomorrow night, 7:30pm on Wednesday September 28th 2011 L.A. Eco-Village is excited to host the return of Portland City Repair visionaries! Mark Lakeman is one of the most inspiring speakers I’ve ever heard. Tomorrow both he and Marisha Auerbach will give a presentation on how City Repair engages communities, makes great places, and transforms intersections [...]

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FUN TO BE HAD & HELP NEEDED SUNDAY 8/21 FROM NOON TO 5

L.A. Eco-Village is repairing its cob lizard bench on Sunday 8/21 from noon to 5. If you are interested in natural building, take this opportunity to observe and work with Ray Cirino, artist/inventor/ permaculturist, and mosaic artist, Lee Adams. Ray will be bringing his Sparky, the dragon pizza oven to the event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPSq9_QA4m0 so bring [...]

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Impressed at the Bresee Youth Film Festival

I checked out the Youth Film Festival tonight hosted by the Bresee Foundation, which is located at the south end of the block where eco-village is. The festival was the 6th Annual Youth Film Festival on Social Justice. It featured 42 short films created by youth ages 14-19. The theme was Unhealthy L.A.? Is Los [...]

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Youth Film Fest this Thursday at Bresee

You may have already read it at their blog, but 7pm this Thursday May 26th 2011 will be the Bresee Foundation’s 6th Annual Youth Film Festival! Who’s in??

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Music Event/Food Sat Night 5/7 from 6 to midnight

Sat., May 7, 2011 from 6 pm to midnight at L.A. Eco-Village Music! Music! Music! Different kinds. Some loud! Some soft! Bands Single performers Duos Electronic. Amplified. Acoustic Some you’ve heard of; some not. Fundraiser for L.A. Eco-Villagers’ and Friends’ Burning Man Cafe $5 to $20 sliding scale. Cafe Negro at Burning Man provides FREE [...]

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Bike-Gate Painting Work Party This Saturday April 30 2011

Come on down and help paint Eco-Village’s sculptural bike gate! This Saturday April 30th 2011 from 10am until about 2-3pm. We spent a bunch of time welding the gate a while back, and have been painting it on and off for a year or so… and it’s looking pretty good, but needs a few conscientious [...]

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Intersection Mural Version 3.0

A quick blog post to show off some photographs of last Saturday’s (March 12th 2011) intersection mural painting. This is the third time Eco-Village and our neighbors have painted this “intersection repair” mural. It’s inspired by the work of Portland’s City Repair. This weekend, we mostly freshened-up the mural painted in 2009 – covered here – while adding [...]

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Complete Streets Conference Packed 2/25/11

Complete Streets are multi-use environments that enable safe and comfortable access for all users on both roadways and sidewalks in a way that promotes vibrant, healthy and active neighborhoods.  Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and public transportation users of all ages and abilities, including older people, children and people with disabilities, are able to safely move along [...]

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Diana Leafe Christian Ecovillage Talk Feb. 22

If you haven’t heard Diana’s talk before, don’t miss this one.  OR if you have heard it, you won’t want to miss this one either, because it’s new and better than ever! Ecovillages: Where They Are, What They’re Doing, Why They’re Important Diana Leafe Christian (in person) Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7:30 pm at [...]

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Every Day is Mother Earth Day

Eco-Village’s Julio Santizo is producing Every Day is Mother Earth Day: an educational ecological cultural health festival taking place this weekend. It’s sure to include great music, dance, information tables, and much more! The free celebration runs 5pm-11:30pm Friday October 29th, 1pm-11:30pm Saturday October 30th, and 1pm-11:30pm Sunday October 31st. The location is Los Angeles City College, [...]

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Introduction to Facilitation Training July 28th

Every week, different members of the LA Eco-Village facilitate meetings that lead to decisions that impact the community.  To learn how its done and improve the effectiveness of whatever group you meet with, I invite you to attend  an Introduction to Facilitation workshop I’m leading at the LA Eco-Village on Wednesday, July 28th from 7pm to [...]

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Safe 4th Street Walk and Bike Ride this Saturday

This Saturday, explore 4th Street – and learn about plans for it to become a “bicycle boulevard.” There’s an easy bike ride and a short walk, all designed to make folks more aware of the changes proposed for the future of 4th Street. They’re taking place this Saturday July 24th 2010. The above flier is available [...]

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Flier for Camilo Otero Fundraiser – Saturday July 31st

Here’s the flier image for the July 31th 2010 Fundraiser! Support Camili Otero click for higher resolution Be there on Saturday July 31st 2010!  Some more details at this earlier post!

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World Cup Final Banana Bread

This doesn’t have a lot to do with eco-village, though it’s somewhat in the flavor of how we share meals together. A handful of us, mostly Julio, Julio, Somer, Becca, Eric, Doran and me, have been watching the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament. For the final today, we and another half dozen eco-villagers crammed in [...]

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Benefit for Camilo Otero July 31st 2010

Announcement below from Eco-Village’s Arturo Aranda, playwright and host of Maybe Fridays. Some more event information at Facebook. QUE ONDA?!?!     BUENAS!!     SALUDOS!!!   Los Super Amigos present “El Rescate!!” a benefit show for Camilo Otero!   Dear friends, please join us SATURDAY JULY 31ST 7PM @ L.A. ECO-VILLAGE for a special fundraising event to help [...]

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Support CicLAvia

CicLAvia is a car-free streets festival coming to Los Angeles on September 12th 2010! There’s lots of walking and bicycling and Angelenos getting to know their place in public space. Eco-Villagers Bobby Gadda, Adonia Lugo, and Joe Linton (yours truly) have been working hard to make this happen. Click on the image above to watch [...]

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10 Tips for Running Effective Meetings

Tonight (Tuesday, June 15th), from 7pm to 9pm, I’m leading a Running Effective Meetings Workshop at the LA Eco-Village, and I invite you to attend.  To rsvp, contact crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254.  $35 sliding scale. Many of us spend much of our times in meetings.  Having attending numerous meetings as a facilitator and participant, I’m happy to share [...]

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