This regular online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This regular online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions. May’s session will focus on Livelihoods at the ecovillage including Gourdlandia and Zanshin Dojo Ithaca.
This 5-Week Foundations Course will give participants an understanding of the philosophy and practice of communicating through the lens of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). We’ll practice tuning into the emotion and intentions under the information we share and explore the mechanics of compassion for ourselves and others as a Roadmap for Connection.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions. April’s session will feature Aging in community.
Join this experiential workshop to unpack habitual communication, using awareness and curiosity to shift your focus from what’s wrong to what matters.
Join this experiential workshop to unpack habitual communication, using awareness and curiosity to shift your focus from what’s wrong to what matters.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions. March session will feature Conscious Communication within community.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions. February’s session with founding member Elan Shapiro.
The Week is a climate mobilization tool that aims to reach “the broad middle” – the millions of people who are concerned about climate change but not mobilized yet – through a transformative week-long group experience, centered around a 3-part documentary film and group conversations. The concept has been prototyped successfully and the public launch is foreseen for January of 2023.
This monthly, online event welcomes anyone with interest in Ecovillage at Ithaca to participate with questions and suggestions.
Join storyteller Lee-Ellen Marvin for stories and conversation about the environmental impact of our clothes. She'll tell a traditional folktale tale, a World War II memoir, and anecdotes collected from EVI neighbors about reused clothing. There will be a brief slideshow of EVI residents' up-cycled clothes, recommendations for finding clothing with low environmental impact, and a playful small group challenge.
A five-week interactive series on how groups function, and how our experience in our families and prior groups affects how we function in them now.
The course will use Family Systems Theory as articulated by Murray Bowen as well as biographical material brought by participants to explore the interface between personal “family of origin stories” and community functioning.
Workshops will meet weekly via Zoom for five, 2-hour sessions. Participants should plan to attend all five sessions; sessions will be recorded and made available to those registered for the course.
Led by developmental psychologist and EcoVillage Ithaca resident, Kat Caldwell, we will learn how to create a life that is in deeper alignment with a more just and thriving world. In this 1.5-hour webinar, we will explore important individual-level changes we can make to contribute to a regenerative future for people and the planet. We will examine what scientists say are the most important changes to make in our lives, and choose those that most resonate. Then, we will commit to action steps that support the development of new habits. An online forum will be created for (optionally) following up and supporting one another in our commitments.
Through Witness to Injustice, we explore the shared history that non-native people rarely learn in school or other settings. This presentation helps participants deepen their understanding about the European colonization of Turtle Island and the denial of Indigenous peoples’ nationhood throughout U.S. history up to present time. We hope this program will stimulate deep discussion and reflection, and will point the way toward ongoing steps toward righting the wrongs which have been done.
Can stories help us think about community? Storyteller and folklorist Lee-Ellen Marvin will share a few carefully selected stories from folklore as well as lived experience at EcoVillage. The stories serve as springboards for a conversation about community experiences, tensions, and successes. The discussions will focus on:
• How folktales reflect community values
• Key social challenges of living in community
• Ways to enhance community experience through the arts
Activism, so essential to countering the rampant destruction of our common life by big money, has been shifting gradually from a self-sacrificing mindset with burnout tendencies to one that values joy, self-care, community, and solidarity. This shift also emphasizes the many ways that activism can engage each person’s unique skills and creativity. In this highly participatory circle, we will be inspired by various examples of this shift, especially from black feminism; practice skills that can make activism more sustainable; and support each other to step out of passivity into nurturing engagement.
Please register to receive a Zoom link for this webinar.
Learn what goes into reshaping our relationship to waste, transportation, and community in order to live more sustainable lives.
How complicated is recycling? What is it like to live as a family in an intentional community? What infrastructure do you need to drive an electric car? Join the upcoming webinar event where a panel of EcoVillage residents will share their insights on these questions and more.
Please register to receive a Zoom link for this webinar.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
We have recently completed our webinar series: ‘Sustainability & Community Resilience’ and we are in the process of planning our next series of program and webinars for the new year
Please check back for upcoming programs!
Our perspective on the world and one another is shaped by an outdated educational system which was designed for the 20th-century industrial economy. By re-educating ourselves for sustainability, we can shift towards an “ecological” mindset that restores our relationship with one another and with the natural world.
Join EcoVillage resident and founder of New Roots Charter School, Tina Nilsen-Hodges, to learn how education for sustainability addresses the root causes of social injustice and ecological destruction by shifting our perspective to one of recognizing ourselves as part of a regenerative ecosystem.
Please register to receive a Zoom link for this webinar.
The climate crisis is already here, so what are we doing about it? Beyond changing habits and reducing our carbon footprint, we also need to be building resilience at both the personal and community level. Join EcoVillage resident and Ithaca College psychology professor Kathryn Caldwell as she helps you learn the tools you need to build climate resilience within yourself and your own community.
Please register to receive a Zoom link for this webinar.
Through Witness to Injustice, we explore the shared history that non-native people rarely learn in school or other settings. This presentation helps participants deepen their understanding about the European colonization of Turtle Island and the denial of Indigenous peoples’ nationhood throughout U.S. history up to present time. We hope this program will stimulate deep discussion and reflection, and will point the way toward ongoing steps toward righting the wrongs which have been done.
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Are you interested in lowering your personal carbon footprint? A critical component of addressing the climate crisis is transitioning from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. EcoVillage resident and engineer Jeff Gilmore will help you navigate a variety of energy solutions, focusing on electric vehicles and Ithaca EcoVillage’s efforts to support electric vehicle use.
Please register to receive a Zoom link for this webinar.
One of the many benefits of community is sharing resources. But sharing cars? What better way to lower your carbon footprint! Join EcoVillage resident Dawn Montanye and Ithaca CarShare Associate Director Anna Cook as they discuss the benefits of community car-sharing, whether it’s within your local community or group of friends, or through a service such as Ithaca CarShare.
Please register to receive a Zoom link for this webinar.
