CicLAvia catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation and good health through car-free streets. All details here: www.cicLAvia.org
Maps – How to Participate – and everything else you want to know about CicLAvia in the San Fernando Valley this Sunday, March 22nd from 9am to 4pm: www.cicLAvia.org
Curious to learn more about the Los Angeles Eco-Village Intentional Community? C’mon and hang out with us to celebrate the holiday season, the Solstice, and one another.
Make your favorite holiday veggie dish, enough for 4 to 8 people, bring along your non throw-away eating ware and join us for our Sunday night potluck JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!
EVENT DETAILS:
Event sponsored by the Los Angeles Eco-Village Intentional Community Urban Soil-Tierra Urbana Housing Cooperative Bienvenidos Committee.
It happens all the time: a group of well-intentioned neighbors come together fired up with passion to create change. We come together and begin with huge inspiration and enthusiasm–and then, with time passing, become trapped in the mire of conflict. How do we work with those “irritating,” “self righteous,” “controlling,” “fluff brained,” “clueless” folks who are, in reality, our dear friends, neighbors and allies?
WE CAN DO BETTER!
All are invited to this free and open event: friends, neighbors, colleagues, Neighborhood Council volunteers and stakeholders from across LA, Neighborhood Watch Groups, City Agencies, non-profits, theater groups, art collectives , PTOs, PTAs, Business Associations and more.
All will find valuable skills for moving their own groups and neighborhoods forward.
ABOUT STARHAWK
Starhawk has authored or co-authored twelve books, including her classic tome The Spiral Dance and futuristic novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, now in development as a feature film. A veteran of progressive movements, and deeply committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism, Starhawk directs and teaches Earth Activist Trainings, which combine a Permaculture design certificate course with a grounding in spirit and a focus on organizing and activism. http://www.starhawk.org/
EVENT DETAILS:
Date & Time: Thursday, December 4, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location:
Holy virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral
650 Micheltoreana St.
Los Angeles 90026
Fee: This is a free event
BIKE PARKING & parking available; walking, public transit, and carpools encouraged.
Hosted by Amy Clarke & Charles Herman-Wurmfeld* scorpfaery@gmail.com
Additional events with Starhawk in the Los Angeles Area:
Saturday, Dec. 6. Pasadena Workshap TBA still getting organized, check back on the schedule page at www.starhawk.org/
Sunday, Dec. 7: Los Angeles, noon to 7pm, Climate Action Workshop & Community Spiral Dance at Fais Do Do Los Angeles. Attend part or all. Time and fee details here
Please join us in celebrating Dia de lxs Muertxs at the Los Angeles Eco-Village (LAEV) on Sunday November 2nd, 2014 from 6-9 pm. We will be hosting a community potluck and honoring those who have passed.
Please feel free to bring photos, marigold flowers or anything you would like to display in the community altar. Please also bring vegetarian food to share.
Some ideas of traditional food for this Mexican holiday include tamales, dulce de calabaza, mole, pan de muertxs, enchiladas. You may also want to bring a drink to share.
This is also an opportunity for people to learn more about LA Eco-Village, including how to become a member-resident in our community or a short term guest or longer term visitor.
Reservations: crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254
Location: 117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles 90004
Directions
Time: 6 to 9pm
No charge for this event.
Starting this week!
Plan to come hang out with us and watch some of the best documentaries on water issues. Join the dialog about what each of us can do to individually and collectively to radically reduce our water use in Southern California.
These four documentary films will alert us to what has gone wrong and how we can continue to work on fixing things.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 7:00pm
Cadillac Desert: (Mulholland’s Dream, An American Nile)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Desert_(film)
No reservations required.
Donation: $5 to $15 sliding scale (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Refreshments available for donations.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 7:00pm
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7:00pm
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 7:00pm
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Donations: $5-$15, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Food and drinks will also be available for a small donation.
No reservations required.
More info: crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254
Film series sponsored by Urban Soil-Tierra Urbana in association with Greywater Action.
WHEN: Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 11am
WHERE: White House Place Learning Garden at Los Angeles Eco-Village, northeast corner of Bimini and White House Place.
FEE: Free and open event. (Donations always welcome)
FOOD: Feel free to bring a brown bag snack or lunch.
EVENT SPONSOR: Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust
MORE INFO:
laraeco@hotmail.com 213/383-8684
or
crsp@igc.org 213/738-1254
Join Hop Hopkins to hear first-hand how to improve local food security.
This is a free and open event.
About Hop Hopkins
As a certified arborist, Master Gardener, Permaculture Designer, and CERT instructor, Hop’s guiding vision is to help establish a network of residential food forests that can support the development of stable, human-scale solar self-reliant neighborhood communities integrated with cooperative local economies. Grassroots environmental justice community organizing in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles, along with several years staffing environmental programs with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust put Hop in the unique position of knowing a lot about a lot of things.
About the White House Place Learning Garden
After years of planning, fundraising, and building infrastructure for the Garden, there is a rich array of edible plants and fruit trees. And the planting continues.
We invite teachers, staff, friends and neighbors to tour the garden during the open garden hours listed below and to attend the talks.
When: Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Where: White House Place Learning Garden at the northeast corner of White House Place and Bimini Place in Los Angeles Eco-Village
Directions
Regular Garden Hours*:
*Saturdays: noon to 4pm
*Sunday: 8am to noon
*If you plan to come on days when no talk is scheduled, call or text Lara: 213/383-8684 or call Lois 213/738-1254 or Julio 323/377-0973
Also upcoming in the White House Learning Garden on Saturday September 27, 2014 at 11am: Meredith McKenzie “Shares the Ways of Watersheds”
The White House Place Learning Garden is a project of the Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust in association with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Thanks to the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council for their financial support for the garden.
Join us for a fabulous evening of
Wine Food and Fun
Music Silent Auction Raffle Schmoozing Networking
Hanging out with old friends and meeting new folks
at
Los Angeles Eco-Village
117 Bimini Place
Los Angeles 90004
Saturday evening, December 7, 2013 from 7 to 11pm
Special Honoree: Jackie Goldberg*
Reservations required:
$25 to $100 donation** (includes wine & food)
Please pay on-line here
or send check to:
CRSP
117 Bimini Pl #221
Los Angeles CA 90004
and put “Special Event” in memo
More info: crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254
*We are honoring our former school board member and former city council member Jackie Goldberg, and acknowledging many of the people who have contributed to our community over the years.
Your donation supports new demonstration eco-technologies for our Urban Soil-Tierra Urbana limited equity housing cooperative.
**Proceeds to benefit new demonstration eco-technologies for
our Urban Soil/Tierra Urbana Limited Equity Housing Cooperative.
Amounts donated over $25 are tax deductible.
What: The Power of Just Doing Stuff: Transition Town Fairs
Where: Westchester Sunday October 13, 2013 AND Pasadena Monday October 14, 2013
More Info
Westchester event: Sunday 10/13/13 from 2:30pm to 7pm. Go here for details and to register:
https://sites.google.com/site/transitionlosangeles/home/rob-hopkins-1
Pasadena event: Monday 10/14/13 from 10:30am to 2pm. Go here for details and to register:
http://justdoingstuffpasadena.eventbrite.com
featuring award winning “Repair Cafe” and other activities, veggie potluck lunch (bring your own eating ware), speed dating mini talks, and more.
Transition groups (Los Angeles and Pasadena) host Rob Hopkins, founder of the international Transitiion Town movement. Rob gives a talk and hosts his renowned “The Power of Just Doing Stuff” fairs.
Learn more about City Repair here: www.cityrepair.org
VISIONARY ARCHITECT AND PORTLAND’S CITY REPAIR FOUNDER MARK LAKEMAN
RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES ECO-VILLAGE
Friday Evening November 1, 2013 at 7:30pm for his inspiring Slideshow and talk
at L.A. Eco-Village, 117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles 90004, directions
Join visionary architect Mark Lakeman as he inspires and guides the grid structure of a typical American city into a vital social commons with Portland’s City Repair Project <www.cityrepair.org>.
Now a national movement (just google it to get a sense of it), City Repair is about cities, towns, grids and the intersections where our lives can converge.
Multidisciplinary, City Repair combines architecture, urban planning, anthropology, community development, public art, permaculture and ecological design in projects that transform public space.
Intersection Repair is the citizen-led conversion of an urban street intersection into a public square. It is a form of grassroots city planning that can nurture art, public gathering and volunteerism in your neighborhood.
“Mark is among the most inspiring speakers I have seen in my more than 30 years of local activism,” says Lois Arkin.
FEE:
Friday Nov 1 at 7:30pm: $5 to $15 (self selected sliding scale)
Reservations required: crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254
*Note: Saturday morning November 2nd public forum with Mark was canceled. Check our website for future forums on progressive city planning issues.
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WANNA BE IN THE KNOW ABOUT CITY PLANNING ISSUES IN LOS ANGELES?
CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES:
For an excellent introduction to current City Planning in Los Angeles, visit: http://cityplanning.lacity.org/
To review recent community input on the updating of the City’s Mobility Element, go here: http://ideas.la2b.org/
To review the draft Housing Element for the City of Los Angeles for 2013 – 2021, go here:
https://sites.google.com/site/lahousingelement/home/draft-plan
To follow the Updates on the City’s codes, go here:
http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8dfee8dbbd1900ea3b2a89244&id=9f1e16cf24&e=5309617c39
To keep updated on some of the most progressive city planning policies, proposals and actions from throughout the world, check out these websites:
http://www.SustainableCityNews.com
http://www.losangeleswalks.org/
http://la.streetsblog.org/
http://www.carfree.com/
OTHER UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EVENTS WITH MARK LAKEMAN
Date: Sat Nov. 2 Time: Doors open @ 5 pm
Thanks to Camille Cimino for coordinating this tour schedule:
Camille Cimino
“The Nature of Things”
(213) 924-5238