[Scpg] LAEco-Village Events 11/17, 18, 19 + Dec.

Wed Nov 14 21:45:10 PST 2001

Upcoming Events at Los Angeles Eco-Village
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2001

All events are held at Los Angeles Eco-Village (see directions at end of 
this notice).  A summary of
each event follows with event details below each summary.    Please RSVP 
for these events as space
may be limited.  Let me know if you'd like to be removed from this list.
Thanks, Lois (213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org>).

Sat. Nov 17, 7:30 pm - Slide Show & Talk on Ecovillages in Europe, Asia and
Africa with Albert Bates
$10 donation requested (sliding scale ok).  Please RSVP to: 213/738-1254 or 
<crsp at igc.org>

About Albert Bates.   Albert is founder of the Ecovillage Training Center 
in Tennesee, The Global
Village Institute for Appropriate Technology, and is a co-founder of 
the  Ecovillage Network of the
Americas.  Since 1995, he has been the  Regional Secretary for the 
Americas, Global Ecovillage
Network and a board member of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN).  A long 
time social and
environmental activist-attorney, Albert has authored nearly a dozen books 
on a variety of topics,
including global climate change, the perils of nuclear power, and the 
benefits of vegetarian cooking.
He has also authored many hundreds of articles.  Albert has helped to 
organize and teach
permaculture design courses throughout the world and is a frequent speaker 
and workshop trainer on
a variety of natural building and other permaculture topics.  He is a 
walking encyclopedia--and one of
the world's great networkers--on all aspects of ecovillage systems.  His 
talks are comprehensive,
visually exciting and stunning in the breath and depth of the information 
provided.   See next calendar
item for a hands-on workshop with Albert.

Sun. Nov 18, 10 am - 4:30 pm.  How to make beautiful neighborhood benches
out of straw bale with permaculture and natural building designer Albert
Bates.
$50-$75 workshop fee (sliding scale ok).  Reservations required.  Space is 
limited.  Please send
your check to CRSP, 3551 White House Place, LA CA 90004 by Nov. 16 to 
reserve your spot.
More info?  Call:  213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org>.  This is a hands-on 
workshop, so please wear
old clothes and a sun hat.

The Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Tennessee is a demonstration 
center for many different
types of natural building.  Albert has coordinated and taught many of the 
village design and building
courses that have generated the buildings and furniture at the EVTC.  In 
today's workshop, you will
learn the simple  recipe and hands-on techniques for building beautiful 
benches together, whether for
your urban ecovillage, garden, school, apartment complex, community center 
or  your neighborhood
streets and sidewalks.

Mon, Nov. 19th, 6 pm.  Comunidad Ecologica Social Tierra Viva, a video
work-in-progress and talk about urban ecovillage development among inner 
city youth in Mexico
City.  This talk and early video work will be presented by two young men 
who have been working
with Huehuecotyl Ecovillager Helen Samuels for the past five years in 
Mexico City.  The talk will be
in Spanish with English translation.  This talk is being presented in 
conjunction with the Bresee Youth
Center.  Please confirm your attendance to Lois at 213/738-1254.  A 
donation will be requested.

If you would like to consider sponsoring this video and talk in your 
community or organization, please
contact Helen Samuels at <mexcalibur at laneta.apc.org> or 818/760-1473.  All 
donations for this
talk go directly to support the Mexico City Ecovillage Youth Project and, 
of course, are tax
deductible.  As of this writing, the video presentation and talk has been 
given twice in the Los
Angeles area, and in each case audiences were moved to tears and inspired 
with hope at the
tremendous commitment and knowledge of the youth workers.  Bib and Raul 
will be in the L.A. area
a few more weeks.

Sat., Dec 8th, 11 am - 1 pm - Los Angeles Eco-Village Tour
$10 donation requested (sliding scale ok).  Please RSVP to: 213/738-1254 or 
<crsp at igc.org>.

The tour covers introductions and interests among members of the tour 
group; history and context for
the L.A. Eco-Village; definition of an ecovillage and our place in the the 
international movement for
more sustainable communities; walking tour to observe actual conditions, 
actual and planned changes
to the neighborhood as well as visionary concepts and possibilities; 
on-going questions and answers
throughout the tour, including problems and progress in healthy development 
of an intentional
community; and issues of concern if you are considering living in an 
existing ecovillage or starting new
ecovillage processes.  This tour is  provided by L.A. Eco-Village founder 
Lois Arkin and other
Eco-Villagers encountered along the tour route.

Tue., Dec. 11th, 6 pm  - 7:30 pm.  A talk on the Ecobarrio Movement in
Bogota Columbia with Lois Arkin.
Donation requested.  RSVP to 213/738-1254.
Lois will be in Bogota at the end of November at the invitation of Mayor 
Dr. Antanas Mockus to
share the L.A. Eco-Village experience and advise on Bogota's new Ecobarrios 
Movement to create
300 urban ecovillages over the next several years.  Lois will share her 
impressions, experiences, the
overview of Bogota's transformation during the past decade, and the Mayor's 
plan for transforming
Bogota into an eco-city.

UPCOMING EVENT IN JANUARY.    Watch for date and time details.
Latinos are recreating public space in LA.  From the way Latinos use front 
yards, sidewalks and
streets, the city is being transformed. James Rojas has done extensive 
research and photographing of
the way Latinos use and create public space from the existing built 
environment.  These activities help
shape the community and culture in Los Angeles' Latino 
neighborhoods.  James gives us a fascinating
look at how our physical environments and sense of space contribute to the 
ecological and cultural
landscape of our city.

DIRECTIONS TO LOS ANGELES ECO-VILLAGE
These directions are from the intersection of First Street and Vermont Ave. 
in Los Angeles.  This
First/Vermont intersection is 1/4 mile south of the 101 Hollywood Freeway 
and approx. 4 miles
north of the 10 Santa Monica Freeway):
1.  Go one block east on First Street
2.  Turn right on Bimini Place
3.  Go one block
4.  Events are held or start at 117 Bimini Place unless otherwise noted.

Need more info:  Call 213/738-1254

A note about transportation to Eco-Village.  People are encouraged to walk, 
bike, use public
transit (Metro Redline at Beverly/Vermont, #204 on Vermont or #16 on Third 
or #14 on Beverly) or
car pool.  If you are driving and would like to try to carpool, please let 
me know where you are
coming from (or going home to after), and I will try to connect you with 
ride-sharing.

Thanks,
Lois

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Lois Arkin
Los Angeles Eco-Village/CRSP
3551 White House Place
Los Angeles CA 90004
email:  crsp at igc.org
web:  <http://www.ic.org/laev>http://www.ic.org/<http://www.ic.org/laev>laev
phone:  213/738-1254
fax:  213/386-8873

Western U.S. Urban Ecovillage Contact Office
Ecovillage Network of the Americas 
<<http://www.ena.ecovillage.org>http://www.ena.ecovillage<http://www.ena.ecovillage.org>.org> 

Los Angeles Eco-Village is a demonstration urban sustainable
community-in-process, founded 1993.  CRSP is a resource center for small
ecological cooperative urban communities, founded 1980.
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These events are sponsored by CRSP' Training for Urban Ecovillages (TRUE) 
in conjunction with
L.A. Eco-Village, the Ecovillage Network of the Americas and the South 
Coast Permaculture Guild.

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