Community events in Westchester
Join people around the world calling for climate action
Thousands of people are marching this weekend in cities everywhere to call for climate action at this coming week’s Paris negotiations. The photos are now streaming in from around the world. (Check 350.org or the #climatemarch hashtag) In Paris —…
Are you concerned about global warming?
On Nov 30, delegates for the international climate conference begin meeting in Paris. We hope with all our hearts that they will make decisions that are supportive of ongoing Life on this planet. If you are concerned about global warming, and…
Events at the Westchester Community Oven
Come see the new Westchester Community Oven in action, and share good food with friends and neighbors. Stop by for a short visit, or try your hand at baking in a traditional earth oven. On Saturday Dec 5 and Saturday Jan 16,…
Green Friday – Nov 27 – an alternative to consumerism
Be a producer, rather than a consumer. Are you sick of all the ads and consumerism that now invade our lives even before Halloween? …the deluge of STUFF that you know is so bad for our planet, its climate, and…
ECM 10th Anniversary Party – Nov 14
Yes, the Change-Makers have been stirring up trouble for 10 years now! And in that time, we’ve done lots of cool projects in Westchester and beyond. Come celebrate ECM’s 10th anniversary, on Saturday Nov. 14. Enjoy wood-fired pizza at the…
Preparing for El Nino – Nov. 7
Are you ready for LOTS of rain? Sounds like it is headed our way this winter. That’s why on Saturday November 7, we’ll be preparing for rain at the Westchester Community Oven. Come learn about water drainage, how to install…
Diana Leafe Christian – Oct 5
Diana Leafe Christian has been part of intentional communities, group living, and ecovillages for more than two decades. Recently, she has been working with a community governance and decision-making method called Sociocracy. It means “governance by peers and colleagues,” and…
Cactus juice preservative for the cob oven
I’m “cooking up” a batch of Opuntia juice preservative. It is a traditional weather coating used on adobe and cob structures. We will be adding it to the final coat on the Westchester Community Oven when we re-surface it next…
Why we’re hosting speakers on death and dying
Over this past year, Peter and I have each separately had someone very close to us encounter end-of-life issues that didn’t necessarily go the way the person would have liked. If the families had known more, or had been better…
Tis the season to be planning!
In Martha Stewart’s book Gardening, she described her gardening January as a time to curl up in a favorite chair with all her catalogs and dream about spring. Not so in Southern California! Here in So Cal, January should be…