East Bay Cohousing - Berkeley/Oakland/Emeryville/SF

March 7, 2010 12:45 PM - 1 attended

611 EcoVillage open house/tour for rent-to-own members (Temescal/Uptown Oak)

611 EcoVillage (map)

The 611 Ecovillage is hosting an open house tour for prospective housemates interested in not just renting but building a deeper connection to the community. (Calendar note: The Pleasant Hill cohousing open house/tour overlaps this meeting)

EBCOHO member/green builder Dan Antonioli has a room in this community opening on May 1st for $500 a month and would like to offer it to someone who would eventually invest/co-own in the community. This is an opportunity for moving into an ecovillage as a renter and eventually achieving ownership.

Tour starts at 1:00, so please arrive a few minutes early. Look for the wooden gate and Tibetan prayer flags and various signs that you're at an ecovillage.

Meet the founder of this lovely little cohousing-ish community and other community seekers from the area. Get a tour of the buildings, and discuss how you could become a co-owner of this longtime urban green innovative community.

Please RSVP here using the link on this page and bring $20 ($10 for current EBCOHO supporting members). EBCOHO sustaining member/green builder Dan Antonioli will greet you.

Here's a bit about 611 EcoVillage from its page on the EBCOHO site

The Location

32nd and Martin Luther King Blvd. We’re a ten-minute walk from MacArthur BART, walking distance from downtown Oakland, and a short bicycle distance from Lake Merritt, the Manzanita Cafe, Mama Buzz, and downtown Berkeley. We’re also next to the 980 freeway.

The Home

Our dwelling consists of two separate houses connected by a courtyard.The main house was built in 1908 and the back house was built in the 1920’s in the California bungalow style. There are lots of historical craftsman detailing, including hardwood floors, cove ceilings, a claw foot bathtub, built-in cabinets, linen closets, etc. We have a state-of-the-art efficient water heater, washing machine, storage, a beautiful roof deck, compost, bins, garden space, and a solar-heated hot tub.

Between six people there’s a lot of privacy within our beautiful, eco-artsy home.

What’s an EcoVillage?

An ecovillage is the intersection of community and sustainability. In an ecovillage, people live together intentionally and not because they just need a place to live. In a society marked by separateness, isolation, and individuality, an intentional community can restore some of the qualities inherent in most human societies.

Sustainability can’t happen by itself. People need to actively participate in sustainable practices. Reducing waste, using environmentally friendly materials and products, installing renewable energy systems, composting, gardening, hang-drying clothes, and finding creative ways to have a softer impact on the planet are some of ways that an ecovillage can promote sustainability. In both Oakland (and Laytonville) we can bicycle and walk—thus lowering our carbon footprint.

Ecovillages take many shapes and forms, but the core values of community and sustainability are the same. Most people think of an ecovillage as an off-grid, food self-reliant community of idyllic cabins in a rural or remote place, but the principles of peaceful, simple living and energy self-sufficiency are possible to achieve in any landscape. The urban environment is the perfect one for a sustainable household for many reasons. You don’t have to live twenty miles down a remote dirt road to live in harmony with people and natural systems.

Art, music, yoga, French bistro-theme dinners, and a highly developed sense of humor all have a place at 611.

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Dan Antonioli
611 EcoVillage Organizer

Berkeley, CA

Founded Oct 22, 2003

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