Month: February 2020

It’s here! All-member veggie potluck! Open to all. Sat., Feb. 22, 1:30PM. Hosted by the Koreatown Time Bank at Songs Hall, Los Angeles Eco-Village, 3554 W First St, Los Angeles 90004. Enter on Bimini Place. 

P-L-E-A-S-E Help make this a zero waste event: Bring your own eating ware. Minimize plastics.

This potluck has been especially arranged to welcome Team TimeTrio: three students of the social welfare department at Sungkonghoe University in Seoul, South Korea. They will be visiting Los Angeles to research timebanking and will be touring LAEV immediately prior to the potluck!

Free event.

More info on TimeBanking here:
Phone: (213) 973-2265 Email: hourworldtemp@gmail.com

Join us for our 2020 Collective Impact speaker series. We’re tackling subjects from the climate crisis, resilience, health and wellness, and diversity and inclusion to equity, economy and environment and much more. We’ve assembled forward-thinking thought leaders for a discussion on our collective impact on Los Angeles and beyond. Join us, offer your insights, and be part of the conversation to move us forward collectively.

Speakers include:
NEAL ANDERSON, USGBC-LA
MUD BARON, Flowers on Your Head
SIMONE BARTH, Omgivning
SAMANTHA BODE, Filmmaker, The Longest Straw
SABRINA BORNSTEIN, BuroHappold
JOSHUA FOSTER, KFA Architects
AMANDA GROSSMA, City of Santa Monica
NICK KARNO, Climate Cents
ANDY MANNLE, Promise Energy
ERIK NARHI, BuroHappold
TULSI PATEL, Estolano Advisors
AUDREY SATO, Sato Architects
MELANI SMITH, Metro

Register here

Event held at:
BuroHappold Engineering 800 Wilshire Blvd, 16th Floor (no validated parking. One block from 7th St. Metro!) , Downtown Los Angeles 

In collaboration with: L.A. Eco-Village and many other organizations.  Learn about them here plus fancier viewing.

SO SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO CAUTION REGARDING COVID-19. We will be informing you of other opportunities to hear from Kosha via videos.

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Kosha introduces the Global Ecovillage Network’s (GEN) work in catalyzing the power of community to inspire governments around the world to include Ecovillage Development Programs in their strategies for implementing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Agreements. Together, we can explore how Los Angeles can be more fully and effectively involved in this movement.

EVENT DETAILS:
Date & Time:
Monday, March 16, 2020  
5:30 to 6:30 pm: Veggie potluck (zero waste event; please bring your own
                               eating ware)                                                    
6:30 to 8:30pm:   Talk, Q&A, discussion with Kosha

Location:
3554 W. First Street at Bimini Place (enter on Bimini)
Songs in the north end of L.A. Eco-Village
Los Angeles 90004
Please note: If it is raining, we will meet next door
at 117 Bimini Place in the Lobby

Fee:
$5 to $20 sliding scale

Reservations Please:
213-738-1254 or crsp@igc.org

About Kosha
Kosha Joubert, MSc, Executive Director of the Global Ecovillage Network, has many years of experience as an international facilitator, trainer, and consultant and has worked extensively in the fields of community empowerment, intercultural collaboration and sustainable development. Kosha grew up in South Africa under Apartheid and has been dedicated to building bridges across divides ever since. She has lived in ecovillages for the past 25 years. Kosha is also a co-founder of Gaia Education, which develops trainings at the cutting-edge of sustainability, and co-author of the internationally applied curriculum of the Ecovillage Design Education. In 2016, Kosha received the Dadi Janki Award – 100 Women of Spirit – For engaging spirituality in life and work and for making a difference in the world.
More info on Kosha’s U.S. Tour here: https://ecovillage.org/ustour2020/
More info on the Global Ecovillage Network: www.ecovillage.org