Second Day – Saturday, August 21, 2010
9:00 am - 10:15 am – Governance & Internal Community Finances
Review of 1st day. Ecovillage Story: "Decision by Tantrum" vs. Using Community
Governance. Power, authority, and influence in the community governance process. Social
Capital. Ppt: Governance. Internal Community Finances: Capital and Operating budgets.
--- Break – 10:15- 10:30 am ---
10:30 – 11: 45 am – Finding and Financing Property
Community Stories: (1) The Mountain Lion: How Not to Choose Community Property. (2) No
Thanks on the Free Land Offer. Three kinds of property. Ppt: How Communities Own Land.
Five kinds of financing. Relationship between property ownership, financing, and decision-
making. Renters and renter's rights. Small-group exercise: What you liked, didn't like, found
surprising.
--- Break – 11:45 – 12:00 ---
12:00 am – 12: 30 pm – Site Planning in Ecovillages
Ecovillage Stories: (1) Clear Water, Good Soil, & Artisan Bread: Crystal Waters' Site
Plan. (2) Avoiding "Urban Refugee Syndrome." The feng shui of good site plans, siting
& designing community buildings. Ppt: Site plans. Basics of community buildings.
Ppt: Community buildings.
--- Lunch - 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm ---
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Communication Agreements
Ecovillage Story: “That’s a Stupid Idea!” Small-group exercise: (1) What behaviors you
don’t want to experience in meetings. (2) Communication agreements for your group.
--- break 2:30 – 2:45 pm---
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm – Accountability in Ecovillages
Ecovillage Story: "The Petition." Helping people stay accountable to group agreements.
The community eye. The trapeze of trust and support and the safety net of agreements.
Exercise: The telephone game. A graduated series of consequences.
--- break 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm---
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Effective "Politically Incorrect" Tips for Making Needed
Change
Ecovillage Stories: (1) "The 13 & a Half-Year Solution." (2) The Farmers & Business Alliance.
Community assumptions: "therapeutic" vs. "strategic." Breaking the politeness barrier.
Alliances & petitions. The power of the "People In The Middle." Dealing with the challenging
group member. "Many Raindrops Make a River" method. Asking someone to leave.