Knowing our neighbors, living simply on the earth, and putting down roots.
Join a cohousing village where neighbors work and play together
and where the skies are
wide and open
EcoVillage at Ithaca's third neighborhood, TREE, is
underway!
Seeking community-minded individuals to help design the third
neighborhood in EcoVillage at Ithaca.
Current members have been planning since January 2007, and we expect to move in
to our new homes during 2011.
A group is currently meeting to create a sustainable, fulfilling way of
living. The neighborhood, to be finished in 2011, will be located on a beautiful hilltop close to woodland, the first two EVI neighborhoods, and to a planned educational facility.
Trails for walking and cross-country skiing and a pond
for swimming are nearby. Parking will be at the edge of the community to
encourage interactions among neighbors and to allow our children to
play safely.
Curious about life in EcoVillage?
Watch this video.
We will live in community with EVI's first
and second neighborhoods, and will be close to an organic CSA
(community-sustained agriculture) farm and berry field run by residents
of EcoVillage.
We aspire to live simply, reducing costs while making ecologically
responsible and non-toxic choices. We hope to cultivate a sense of enoughness that allows us to focus on non-material assets. We
envision having time for the work that matters to each of us while
enjoying our homes and each other. We will work to
include people with diverse needs, abilities, backgrounds, and
finances.
We plan to be a neighborhood of 30 homes designed to accommodate different-sized
households and will have both shared and private gardens and
other outdoor spaces.
Our homes will include:
Passive solar and other alternative energy sources
Sustainably-produced non-toxic materials
Water-saving storage and reuse features
Accessibility for those with special needs
Attractive exteriors
TREE currently meets every third weekend at EcoVillage to continue planning our neighborhood. Visitors may come to our meetings
with advance notice, and we welcome new members. Please explore this website for more details. Information about our meeting schedule, membership, driving directions and much more is accessible via the menu at the top of this page.
Standing like a tree with our roots dug deep
our branches wide and open
