Topics Include
- Unique new ways to start an ecovillage
- Buying and renovating timberframed mansions or an abandoned castle
- Permaculture practices to heal arid landscapes, create new water tables, restore forests
- New technologies with sunlight, hot oil, thermo-siphoning, Stirling engines
- Earthen building for exceptional beauty
- Organic farming with microorganisms
- New, effective, and satisfying decision-making and governance methods
- Unusual ways to stimulate trust and connection
- Art for joy and delight
- Successful, ecologically sustainable community businesses
- Ecovillage members committing to personal growth/emotional healing
Food, Talk, and Slideshow!
Join EBCOHO for the Bay Area debut of My Favorite Ecovillages Worldwide, a new slideshow withDiana Leafe Christian, author ofCreating a Life Together, Finding Community, and editor of the online international Ecovillage Newsletter.
"My Favorite Ecovillages Worldwide" features photos and stories from successful ecovillages in Europe (including Tamera, Sieben Linden, and Damanhur); in Israel; in Latin America (where I haven't been yet); and my all-time favorite, Kohohana Family in Japan.
Doors open at 6 PM for social time and hand-made pizza, program starts at 7 with warm up activitivites, followed by slideshow and talk. We'll wrap up by 9 or so.
The event benefits the work of The PLACE, EBCOHO, and the International Ecovillages Newsletter.
RSVP NOW - BRING A FRIEND FOR A DISCOUNT AT THE DOOR!
Location: PLACE for Sustainable Living, 1121 64th St., Oakland, CA (near Alcatraz & San Pablo, close to Emeryville)
Bring a friend and save!
Info/Registration: www.ebcoho.org
(510) 842-6224 info@calcoho.org
Produced by Cohousing California
with Cohousing Coaches Raines Cohen & Betsy Morris
Other upcoming workshops include: Consensus Basics, Cohousing Tours & Field Trips & 2-year Facilitation Intensive. Custom coaching & facilitation available.