Can a tiny, little grassroots initiative change the world? We think we can! The Seattle EcoUrban Village (SEV) formed in a moment of frustration (as do many great inventions). Constantly denied affordable housing rentals because of graduate student status, yet needing affordable housing because of the same, SEV looked around for a better way and [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Why Housing Cooperatives Are An Excellent Idea For People Who Need Affordable Homeownership
Posted in Organizing & Outreach, cooperative housing, gift economy on May 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Dreamtime Transformative Arts Festival
Posted in Education, art, celebration, gift economy, sustainability on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Dreamtime Festival is a collaborative festival in Paonia, Colorado that combines the educational aspects of a conference and tradeshow with the celebratory aspects of music, dance, theatre, film and and visual art. With live performances by world-class bands, workshops on themes of sustainability, personal development, individual and social responsibility, holistic healing and gift economy, [...]
A Comparative Guide to Cooperative Home Ownership
Posted in Education, cohousing, cooperative housing on May 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The cooperative is a resident-owned housing model that has been successful since the first housing cooperative in the late 1800s (NAHC, 2007). In a cooperative, residents own shares (their apartments) and a corporation (a nonprofit or for-profit organization formed by the resident-owners) owns the apartment building. Together the the resident-owners and corporation make operating decisions [...]
Increasing Diversity in Intentional Community
Posted in Organizing & Outreach, cohousing, intentional community, permaculture on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Introduction
Intentional Community (IC) is a way of sharing housing and resources with people who share similar values. The IC model presents a significant opportunity to reduce living costs and pollution intake and output. For these two reasons alone, IC should be one of the most attractive living models for communities of color, which [...]
Accomplishments & Goals for Week Ending 060107
Posted in Organizing & Outreach, seattle, sustainability on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
GOALS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/1/07
Connect with CL contacts from week 2
Write a new CL ad and post in a new category (categories previously used include Artists and Groups)
Join Flickr Groups
Post project description on Idealist.org
Find & join (free) local permaculture, sustainable living, intentional community groups
Post project description on Intentional Communities
Re-read Apex’s organizing history
V-market (through word-of-mouth) [...]
Spreading the word through Craig’s List
Posted in Organizing & Outreach, cohousing, community development, cooperative housing, ecovillage, permaculture, seattle on May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Once a week for the past two weeks SEV posted ads on Seattle Craig List to let people know about the project, and to either find likeminded people to get involved or to find an emerging community that SEV can merge with. Both weeks we got positive responses from people but on the first week [...]
Permaculture 101
Posted in Definitions, Education, ecodesign, permaculture on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Permaculture is a word coined by Dr. Bill Mollison (an Australian scientist) and David Holmgren (an Australian ecologist) in 1974; it’s a portmanteau word formed from the words PERMAnent agriCULTURE. Permaculture uses nature’s patterns to intentionally design sustainable human habitats where community development, housing, technology, energy, and food production are logically integrated in a way [...]
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