Join us for a look at some new ways of creating community. Human communities can be designed on several levels. People gather on land to both live and work. The design of the structures they live in, the relationship of the structures to each other and the relationship of the structures to the land they sit on all have impact, effects and consequences.
 
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Feb, 19, 2025 at 5:30 pm PST
Designing for our climate future: lessons in resilience from 50 years of working with nature at Village Homes with Carl Welty, Architect

Carl will share the history and intent of the builders of this subdivision, relating their choices to how nature was expressed on that same land, before building. Carl’s experience in Solar architecture (how sun and water move across the land) give him insight into how we can reduce our costs in building, and in maintenance by following nature’s lead.
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March 5, 2025 at 5:30 pm PST
Village Homes : Lessons learned by creating and living with Ricardo Amon, resident, Judy Corbett, designers, and Carl Welty, architect

This is one of the few developments in North America that is designed to work with nature. The panel: Ricardo Amon-resident, Judy Corbett-co-designer/builder, and Carl Welty-architect, will explore the creation of Village Homes, the lessons learned from it and stories about what life is like in Village Home by a long-time resident, Ricardo.
March 12, 2025 at 5:30 pm PST
Village Making with Mark Lakeman


We will explore removing isolation, increasing cooperation, releasing possibility using placemaking, permaculture, participatory design in already established neighborhoods to increase resilience and community.
March 19, 2025 at 5:30 pm PST
 A Renter Focused Ecovillage creates community and restores ecological balance with Ole Ersson, Founder

Ole and Maitri Ersson have broken all sorts of myths with the two ecovillages they have created in Oregon. Ole will walk us through their latest creation and talk about their challenges and creative solutions as they create beautiful, affordable homes for low income people.
April 2, 2025 at 5:30 pm PST
 A lively discussion about how we work together in community.

Michelle Smith, co-Founder of Circle Forward, will share her thoughts and experience about how people create structures and processes (what some call governance) when they get together to take action and make decisions.