Ecovillage at Ithaca

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 1991

What we do

EcoVillage at Ithaca is part of a global movement of people seeking to create positive solutions to the social, environmental and economic crises our planet faces. Since 1991 we have developed an award-winning ecovillage that invites you to live, learn, and grow. Our mission is to meet human needs for shelter, food, energy, livelihood, and social connectedness that are aligned with the long-term health and viability of Earth and all its inhabitants.
EcoVillage at Ithaca has 170 acres and 100 homes and over 200 residents. It consists of 3 neighborhoods, Frog, Song and Tree. It is one of the largest co-housing communities in the world. Our residents live as families, singles and couples ranging in age from infants to octogenarians. They work in diverse roles as farmers, software engineers, nurses, teachers, writers, poets, builders, musicians, legal and financial professionals, college and school teachers, photographers and artists. We have a variety of working farms, office spaces, community gardens, meadows, ponds and woodlands. Over 80% of the 175 acres will remain open green space, including 50 acres in a conservation easement held by the Finger Lakes Land Trust.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 1991
  • Started living together

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Those who are interested in living at Ecovillage at Ithaca must first complete the membership process as described on our website: https://ecovillageithaca.org/live/living-here/
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Ry Ferro

Eco-Village Ithaca Reseident
United States

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4 weeks ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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18 years ago

Matavenero, 2008

Un año más nos convocamos para conocer y compartir los proyectos ecoaldeanos. Este año este año (2008) en Matavenero, en las montañas del Bierzo Leones. Un proyecto que lleva 19 años construyendo vidas, dando forma a sus sueños, dejando brotar sus ilusiones, afrontando sus dificultades, superando sus frustraciones, creando en la ladera y entre los árboles cabañas, familias, música, niñas y niños… El tema propuesto: la educación, y el tema mueve… así que llegaron muchas madres, algunos padres y sobre todo niñas y niños!! Llegamos caminando, que a Matavenero así se llega, bajamos el sendero, mientras nuestros objetos mas pesados bajaban deslizándose por la tirolina que han creado para hacerse un poco mas fácil los asuntos de peso… que simple, y que eficaz! Nos fuimos encontrando…menos personas que otros años, no sabemos bien si porque el acceso era más difícil, si por las fechas mas tempranas, o..? Fuimos llegando, y fuimos acogid@s con cariño, con alegría, con el lugar preparado para tantas gentes… Disponíamos de un espacio de acampada, de un Domo espectacular para diferentes usos, la cocina, letrinas, duchas, el tipi de l@s bebes… todo ello en un espacio mas bien llano ( cosa nada fácil en aquella geografía), que fue nuestra casa común durante los días del Encuentro. Los desayunos en el bar nos alegraban ya desde primera hora, no sólo calidad, también belleza, un regalo. La comida muy buena, abundancia! Además de talleres, este año aparecen más espacios de trabajo, en el tema Educación, también en la RIE. Durante tres días se han puesto en común propuestas, dificultades, apoyos… educar en casa? Crear escuelas? De lo trabajado en las mesas están recogiendo información y se está creando un documento que resuma lo que ha ido surgiendo. Las Ecoaldeas se presentan… y proyectos en diversas fases de creación, han contado quiénes son y qué necesitan… tomar contacto y ver como apoyarnos. Echa a andar el Mapa de Recursos de la RIE, tomando nota de que recursos dispon

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