EcoVillage Update

June 25th, 2007 Alex

I want to update an earlier post as well as make some adjustments to the earlier post. In San Mateo, there is an Ecovillage community and here is the official website. It is a small urban community formed in two 4-unit apartment buildings with a shared organic garden and fruit trees looking for other families and individuals to share ownership who also value similar ideas and sustainability. They have shared vegetarian meals once a week (not everyone in the community is a vegetarian and they also serve fish). There are even chickens in the community, which along with providing eggs, are mainly used as an integral part of the soil building composting process. The project was created by Sanda and Brian, who have also been involved in other projects as well. They also work with and are involved with different organizations in the bay area and have been nominated for a sustainability award by the Green Party of San Mateo. Check out their website at greensolutions.org for an extensive look into the projects and for pictures. Two of the community members, Ryanne and Jay have interviewed Sanda and Brian about the ecovillage and you can check out their website as well as lots of other videos on different green subjects here.

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