What we’re about
This is a place to meet other locals interested in Urban Homesteading and simple living skills like gardening, food preservation, caring for livestock, wilderness survival, alternative energy, edible landscaping, permaculture, container gardening . . . sustainability and resilience. These skills enable you to live harmoniously with nature's processes thereby improving the habitat for all living things around you.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- July 8 - Zoom Presentation; July 19 - Site Tour East Blair Housing Co-opNeeds location
## July 8 Presentation - 7
Allies, Assets and Aspects for Preparedness, Resilience and Paradigm Shift
Almost every local public interest organization exists to help make the community a better place to live. That means they have common interests and can be on the same team,,, a potential network for resilience. Assets are tools we have to work with such as communication and people with useful skills for paradigm shift. Aspects of paradigm shift mean what are characteristics of a paradigm shift way of life such as reducing eco footprints, how we manage our own time and money, building civic culture and more. Allies, assets and aspects all add up to taking purposeful and positive action.Zoom link for all presentations
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81223758710?pwd=bG01SWVGMFY1TkZhZWk3aTVnK2VIUT09July 19, Saturday, Site Tour, Meet 1 PM Eugene, Oregon
East Blair Housing Co-op
Site Tour – Meet East Blair, 940 W 4th, 1 PM, Whiteaker N'hood
East Blair is a cooperatively owned and managed housing cooperative and is home to about 50 members. EB values and encourages community, creativity, diversity, civility, cooperation, and accountability among its members and its neighbors. EB dates to 1982 and features an impressive variety of on site features that build community culture, organizational skills and synchronizing smart use of its eight properties. EB is perhaps the best example in Eugene to show what block planning can look like. The tour will explain.
Next site tours, both Saturdays, will be
August 2 - Jefferson Westside -
Meet at Broadway and Almaden - Maitreya Eco Village. 2 PM
Aug 9 - Hummingbird Wholesale
Meet at H'bird - 150 Shelton - McMurphey Blvd. 1 PM
Here are links to previous presentations in this series on youtube
# 1 Preparedness and Paradigm Shift [Preparedness can lead to Paradigm Shift] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128p8Fl1SGc&t=1059s
# 2 - Preparedness, Paradigm Shift and Economics [Capitalism will never be sustainable] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UbxdZeDgrc
# 3 - Examples - An Interest in Preparedness Can Lead To An Interest in Paradigm Shift - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoHg3aEiSBY&t=4997s - Bunker Not Required: A Community Preparedness WorkshopLiving Systems Institute!, Golden, CO
- Do you want to learn about personal emergency preparedness?
- Do you want to find ways to build resilience for yourself, your family, and your community?
- Have you created your own emergency preparedness plan yet?
Please join us for a deep dive into emergency preparedness and resilience! Participants will come away with tools to craft emergency readiness plans for their households and communities.
This 3-hour workshop provides a deep dive into thinking about 3-day, 3-week, and 3-month preparedness for people and their communities. It's ideal for individuals, as well as families and neighbors to attend together. Because it's never a bad time to start thinking about how you can be of benefit to your household and your neighborhood in a crisis!
This workshop is being provided by its creator, El Sealey, in partnership with Living Systems Institute. It will be held in the backyard of 14030 W 32nd Avenue (Living Systems Institute's NEW formal address). A portion of proceeds will benefit Living Systems Institute, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Tickets are offered on a sliding scale to ensure accessibility. You must purchase a ticket to reserve your spot.
Get Your Tickets Here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bunker-not-required-preparedness-workshop-tickets-1406570152189Attendees: We ask that if you're able to, please bring your own outdoor chair to use. Thank you!
Living Systems Institute aims to help our community members develop resiliency and build skills for place-based land stewardship. This summer and fall, we are expanding our workshop offerings on the theme of community resilience. Year-round, we teach low-energy, carbon-sequestering gardening methods that grow food for your household while also supporting local wildlife. You can learn more about our gardening services at Reinhabit.coop and find more educational resources at livingsystemsinst.org.
