Category Archives: Empowerment

This Sunday – the Opportunity to Join a New Ecovillage/Cohousing Initiative

Posted on Friday, May 22, 2020 by Jonathan Cloud

Welcome, Fellow Founders We’re launching an effort to create a new ecovillage/cohousing neighborhood in central New Jersey or Eastern Pennsylvania. We have some pretty definite ideas of what we want: (a) a site of 10+ acres that could be ecologically … Continue reading →

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June 15, 2:30-6 p.m. Enlightened and Energized . . . Let’s Move Forward!

Posted on Thursday, June 6, 2019 by Jonathan Cloud

Note: To join remotely, use this link to launch Zoom at 3:15 p.m.: https://zoom.us/j/8283857296Or dial in:     +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 828 385 7296 Our June Meetup will … Continue reading →

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Front Page Coverage by U.S.1 on Cohousing & Ecovillage NJ

Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2019 by Jonathan Cloud

Register for the AfterParty on June 5! Under the banner headline “Dreaming Green,” U.S. 1’s latest issue features Ecovillage New Jersey on its front page, saying “Ecovillage NJ Founder Steve Welzer wants to create cohousing communities where neighbors are connected, … Continue reading →

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The Role of Ecovillages in (Avoiding) the Coming Global Collapse

Posted on Friday, January 5, 2018 by Jonathan Cloud

In “What Will It Really Take to Avoid Collapse?,” Jeremy Lent writes: [In November 2017] more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issued a dire warning to humanity. Because of our overconsumption of the world’s resources, they declared, we are … Continue reading →

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Now is The Right Time to Join Ecovillage New Jersey

Posted on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 by Jonathan Cloud

Save the Date — Sunday, April 30 EVNJ Meetup at Rickey Farm in Vernon. Sign up and RSVP at our Meetup site.  Want to become more involved? Please update your information here.  What We’ve Accomplished So Far… and What You … Continue reading →

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Tobias Fox Special Guest at March 25 Meeting

Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 by Jonathan Cloud

We have a special guest joining us at the March 25 Ecovillage New Jersey Meeting in Hillsborough. Tobias A. Fox is the Managing Director of  Science and Sustainability Newark, a grass roots organization implements various initiatives to increase awareness of … Continue reading →

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Nov 19 Meetup: Exploring Coops: What, Why and How They Work so Well

Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2016 by Jonathan Cloud

Saturday, November 19 at 12:00 PM, at Conservation Development LLC – Lise Thompson 626 Montgomery Road, Hillsborough, NJ (map) RSVP here Successful EcoVillages are built by people who understand what cooperative living is all about. Our coach in setting up … Continue reading →

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Ecovillagers Cooperative: who we are, where we are going

Posted on Friday, October 21, 2016 by Jonathan Cloud

We are a new Real Estate Investment Cooperative (REIC) seeking to organize, incubate, and invest in shared-equity, cooperatively-owned neighborhoods across the United States, beginning with a 2017 phase focused on Mid-Atlantic cities. Before building ecovillages, we are building an investment and … Continue reading →

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