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Catching the Flavor of EcoVillage's 20th Anniversary Celebration

On September 17, 2011 EcoVillage marked its 20th anniversary with tours, games, food and entertainment. The highlight of the day was the dedication of land for the third neighborhood, TREE, by Mohawk elder Tom Porter. Many people attended this event and it was very well received. You can catch the flavor of activities by going to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mqun5okdyo

A Video Introducing TREE to the World

On August 1, TREE members approved a YouTube video introducing the neighborhood to the world and soliciting additional households for the community (There are already 27 committed members) You can see it HERE.

Community Birthday Party

On April 7, 2011 the Community Life Committee of EcoVillage inaugrated its monthly birthday celebration after the village meal for all those who had birthdays in April. This celebration consisted of the following:

Listing the names of all those whose birthdays were in April on a blackboard in the Common House

Signing birthday cards by those in attendance to all the birthday folks - both adults and children

Partying heartily with everyone there

And eating cake and ice cream - No birthday would be complete without such goodies. Village funding provided for this.

Student Tour

Eighteen students from Montclair State spent the weekend of March 18th exploring all aspects of sustainable communities through a workshop led by Dick Franke, former head of the Anthropology Department. The students spent time at EcoVillage at Ithaca, and toured a variety of important Ithaca organizations that work on social justice and sustainability concerns. The Montclair State University student newspaper The Montclarion, carried an article with additional information on the tour along with a slide show of photos taken by the students. The article can be accessed at: http://www.themontclarion.org/archives/3737134

Students tour an individual household durng their overall tour of EvoVillage

Professor Dick Franke points out sustainable features on some of the houses in SoNG (The Second Neighborhood Group)

Liz' New Book

Liz Walker, Executive Director of EcoVillage, has a new book out on sustainability. Hear what she has to say by clicking HERE.

TREE Plants a Tree

Residents of The Third Residential EcoVillage Experience (TREE) participated in a ceremonial planting of a tree on EcoVillage land near their neighborhood for the 10/10/10 International Day of Climate Action. (http://www.350.org/) A cameraman from El Mundo, the largest Spanish newspaper in the world, happened to be on hand and also taped the ceremony as part of an environmental video it is planning. For highlights of the ceremony, click HERE.

TREE Gains Final Approval

The Third Residential EcoVillage Experience (TREE) took a huge step November 16 as the Town Planning Board voted to approve this project along with a new village green connecting all three neighborhoods in EcoVillage. This vote marked the end of a nearly three year long process of conceptualizing, planning, meeting and getting approvals for all aspects of this project. With final approval TREE is now free to go to the next stage: construction, which may begin as early as December. (Click on pictures to enlarge)

Liz Walker (TREE, Organizational Manager) and David Herrick (civil engineer for TREE), field questions from the Town Planning Board during their meeting on November 16th. TREE members visible in the audience include Rick Manning (landscape architect), Sarah Amberge, Arlene Hewitt, Jared Jones, and Bill Goodman (TREE attorney)

Approved TREE plan and village green connecting all three neighborhoods

EcoVillages World Wide

On September 13, 2010 Dan Greenberg, Executive Director of Living Routes, gave a slide show in the FROG Common House about his latest travels to ecovillages in India, Europe and the U.K. He tied this together with his work for Living Routes, which partners with UMass-Amherst to offer study abroad programs based in ecovillages worldwide. Dan has come to see the ecovillage movement worldwide not as something to be duplicated but as places that serve as catalysts where people can come to learn and be inspired about sustainability and transfer what they learn to their own communities. He has visited many, many ecovillages around the world and found that each one is unique, but are successful because they meet the needs of the residents. His program was well received by those in attendance.

Dan speaks to EVI members and guests in the FROG Common House