Category: Past Events

Please RSVP to crsp@igc.org or 213-738-1254

Youth Climate Strike LA is thrilled to host Greta Thunberg for a Climate Strike with youth climate leaders on the frontlines of California’s fossil-fueled climate emergency! Despite its green reputation, California remains one of the largest oil-producing states in the country. And while Los Angeles claims to be a global leader on climate change, there are very few cities on earth with so many active oil wells dangerously close to where people live, work and play. In neighborhoods like Wilmington and South Los Angeles — low-income communities of color already overburdened by pollution from freeways and other dirty industries — children and families experience disproportionately high rates of asthma and suffer from severe nosebleeds, headaches, reproductive harm, and headaches associated with a long list of toxic chemicals used in oil extraction.

Join Greta Thunberg and youth leaders from Los Angeles and across the state as we demand Governor Newsom and California’s elected leadership act immediately to roll out a 2,500-foot health and safety buffer, stop all new fossil fuel project permits, and drop existing oil production through a just and equitable transition!

A handful of fossil fuel industry executives are poisoning our communities and threatening our future— the time to act is now. Will you join us? Meet us at the West Steps of City Hall at 12 PM.

RSVP HERE: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fridays-for-future-strike-november-1-with-greta-thunberg

#CAYouthVsBigOil#StrikeWithUs#OurLastChance

Learn more about cohousing, especially for active seniors.  Meet others that you might like to be in a cohousing community with someday.  At last, an innovative developer who is focusing on Senior Cohousing in the greater Los Angeles area.  There are many opportunities throughout the LA area to create cohousing.  Get organized by the Los Angeles region you’d like to help make it happen in. 

You’re been hearing about cohousing from us here at L.A. Eco-Village for the past 30 years.  No need to wait any longer. 

 So come on out and learn what Alexandria has in mind to share with us.  It’s time to start networking folks in the areas that you all want to live in.  And to help facilitate your self designed ideal communities. 

Yes!  We can live more simply, more socially connected, and with a much lighter ecological footprint.   Ready to learn more?   Let’s get started.

More About Cohousing
Here: https://www.levittcoho.com/
and here: https://cohousing.org

EVENT DETAILS
Date and Time:
Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 10:30am

Location:
Los Angeles Eco-Village – Songs Hall
3554 West First Street at Bimini Place
Enter on Bimini Pl.
Los Angeles 90004

Fee:
Donations welcome $5 to $20 (no one turned away)

Reservations please:
crsp@igc.org or 213-738-1254 (Lois)

About Alexandria
Alexandria Levitt is a gerontologist, specializing in Community Engagement and Strategic Partnerships around Senior Cohousing. She wants to develop housing for people that doesn’t just show off a “lifestyle” imagined by corporate developers but one that reinforces the qualities that help us most as we get older – friendship, community and purpose, as initially created in Denmark. ​ ​ As a gerontologist (USC, MS, 2011), Alexandria is very familiar with the many challenges facing us as we get older and the remarkable connection between health (both mental and physical) and social engagement. Alexandria leads workshops on “Aging & Thriving with Cohousing” and informational presentations on Senior Cohousing in the area. Her goal is to move the needle in the direction of cost effective, appealing, environmentally-friendly housing that can be home for all active, engaged adults. Alexandria is a member of the Senior Citizen Commision of South Pasadena, California and President of the nonprofit SAGE Senior Cohousing Advocates.

Saturday, September 21, 2019 Join the celebration of local communities taking action for a more regenerative, just, and inclusive world! The first North American Day of Sustainable Communities will be held on September 21, 2019. All individuals and communities who are catalyzing transformation in the face of ecological and climate breakdown are invited to host an event on the day. Go here to register your event: https://www.sustainablecommunitiesday.net/

L.A. Eco-Village will be hosting hour long free tours at 10:30am, noon, and 1:30pm. No reservations needed. Just show up at the designated time at 117 Bimini Pl, Los Angeles 90004, L.A. Eco-Village.

More info: crsp@igc.org  or 213-738-1254

Helping Your Community Thrive: Including:

• Three Aspects of Healthy, Thriving Community”
• Support Your Bean Counters
• The Idealistic/Visionary – Community Experience Scale Over Time
• A Clear, Thorough Membership Process — Why You Need One
• Dealing Effectively with Especially Challenging Behaviors . . .
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Check out details here
Register here

More info on the Westcoast Communities Conference 9/13-15/2019 here:
https://ourecovillage.org/5th-annual-west-coast-communities-conference/

Gaia U programs are online, enabling you to learn and unlearn from wherever you are, at your own pace.

Check out Gai U’s Program Offerings here: https://gaiauniversity.org/offerings/

Register for our free course: Regenerative Livelihoods by Design & explore how to grow your regenerative enterprise

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This conference is an intentional experience of community. Whether you live in an intentional community / ecovillage / co-housing and are interested in joining or starting one, are a networker or organizer, or are new to intentional communities, this conference will have something for you. Come learn about the intentional communities of the western US, gain skills and understanding for living in and developing intentional communities, and find mutual support and camaraderie with others involved with intentional community. Come celebrate…

Details here:
https://ourecovillage.org/5th-annual-west-coast-communities-conference/

Learn about Our Ecovillage here

INVITATION TO LIFE-REVISION STUDIO IN LOS ANGELES FROM ANAMARIA ARISTIZABAL:
I have a very special invitation to share with you. In 2016 I published a book in Colombia called “Re-Visión de Vida” (“Life Re-Vision: A Guide to Find your Path when you Lost Your Way; A Journey to Rediscover your Essence, Reinvent Yourself, and Renew your Future Vision”). I have been leading workshops on the topic since 2014 (I have done 20 so far). My invitation is to join me for the third version of this workshop in the USA in English. It will be 3 days of a deep dive into your life design, using a poetic yet practical method to clarify your identity and your purpose, learning from the past and visualizing a new future.   

Register here.

Some Testamonials:

“This workshop really helped me to focus on and clarify my next steps in life. I have been in between jobs and phases of life, and have had a hard time committing to the next path. This workshop has left me with a vision for the next journey life has in store for me. The unique curriculum helped me draw from the inspiration of my past pursuits, realize places where I was being too self-critical, and get re-energized to work towards my mission of social change. I leave enthusiastic to embrace the next chapter of my life!”    – Lorien MacAuley, PhD student

“The Life Re-Vision process offers a way for me to review my life lessons and essential qualities and to remember the important influences blowing in my life. It also offers a framework for putting all these pieces together and connecting them to areas in life – professions or hobbies I want to impact or are areas I need to occasionally inhabit to feel alive. It helps create a vision for how we can bring our whole self to the work that inspires us and others rather than fragments.”   – Catherine Bukowski

Community Forestry consultant “Life Re-Vision is a powerful experience for fun, deep and insightful personal growth, while equipping participants with practical tools to envision and life that is fulfilling, meaningful, and connected with purpose, and that contributes to create a better world. I loved the experience. I felt that the space was conducive to breakthroughs and real time transformation. The space felt safe, and inviting. I felt re-energized and full of ideas. It really ignited my own creativity.” 
–  Luzette Jaimes, Leadership and Organizational Development – Ashoka

“Life Re-vision was the start of my transformation process. It’s amazing how dedicating two days to reflection, communion, and creativity can produce so many revelations and generate such a profound shift in ones personal journey. Anamaria has the amazing gift of being able to hold the space for great vulnerability and group learning. I attended the Life Re-Vision workshop a year ago, very uncertain about my career trajectory and dissatisfied with the state of my relationships. I left the workshop feeling an incredible sense of empowerment and a lingering desire to further develop my sense of self. Anamaria’s compassionate, soothing, and wise spirit enticed me to want to go further into the process of self-discovery with her. We worked together this past year and I can honestly say that it has been the best year of my life. Thinking about where I was a year prior, to where I am now, is just a world of a difference. I now feel incredibly fulfilled in my relationships and through our work found my first step in my career journey as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I owe my deep sense of confidence and excitement in this new adventure to my work with Ana. I am so grateful for having been a part of the Life-Revision workshop, being exposed to her beautiful framework, and guidance to trust the wisdom I hold within.”
– Ashley Benkhe, Peacecorp Volunteer