Wednesday, January 22, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

We, the Ohio Community Rights Network, are inviting you to join us for “What is the Nature of Community? What is the Community of Nature?,” on Wednesday, January 22, at 6pm, for a conversation with Susan VonderHaar and Jim Shenk of Cincinnati about creating intentional community. Susan is the Director of the Cincinnati Permaculture Institute and will introduce the practice of Permaculture and present how the ethics and principles of the natural world should inform how we create human built systems. Jim is author of “Creating an Urban Ecovillage; a Model for Revitalizing our Cities.” He will discuss the interconnectedness of Ecology and Community in their EcoVillage experience.

When you register using the below link, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link.

To prepare for a rich discussion, we ask you to view the following video segments:

Introduction to Social Permaculture with Lila Rimalovski; video is 37 minutes; view from 18 to 27 minutes.

Interviews from Los Angeles Ecovillage with Louis Arken; video is 48 minutes; view from 2:55 to 9:30 minutes.

Points to Ponder:

(1.) What makes up a community?

(2.) Why is a healthy community essential?

(3.) What are some needs that a community fills?

(4.) How can we better recognize and appreciate the non-human as part of our community?

(5.) If you were able to create an intentional community, what would it look like?

(6.) How would the rights of Nature affect/improve the concept of ecovillages?

Susan says the concept of ecovillages brings us closer, as a model, to respecting the rights of nature. What things do you wish could happen to further the ecovillage model?

Our system makes “sustainability” illegal. What “illegal” activities could further the sustainability of a community?

Check out our website to view previous conversations.

Hope to see you on January 22 at 6pm.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Ohio Community Rights Network.