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Forming Formed: 1990 Established: 1990

O.U.R ECOVILLAGE

Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia,

Canada

O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE is a sustainable learning community and demonstration site committed to a path of resiliency, compassionate action, and healthy interdependence where we are learning a new way to live with one another that honors the earth, personal and community development, inclusiveness, balance, and prosperity.

O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE hosts the onsite ecological education school called TOPIA, The Sustainable Learning Community Institute (check the website for ongoing summer residential programs and short workshops). We offer training in green/natural building, Permaculture design certification, sustainable food production, eco-psychology, and council- and community-building. We host a wide variety of events and conferences with like-minded groups. All this on a beautiful, community-owned, (non-certified) organic, farm-based setting. We are intercultural, interfaith, and intergenerational.

Website: http://www.ourecovillage.org/

Contact:

O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE
Box 530
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia V0R 2W0 Canada
Phone: 250-743-3067
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Former/Other Names: O.U.R. HOUSE

Last Updated:12/5/2008

Visitors Accepted

(please request a visit or tour prior two weeks prior to visiting)

Visitor Process: Please email or phone in advance to arrange visit, and see O.U.R. website for upcoming tour dates. We have an eco-guesthouse, a dorm yurt, and camping, plus onsite outdoor food services (only in the summer). Please propose dates and type of stay you are requesting, and someone will email to confirm your visit.

Population Adult Members: 8 ((up to 40 for half the year)) Child Members: 3 Non-member Residents: 60 (fluctuating population of students and interns) Open to new adults: Yes Open to new children: Yes Gender Balance: 40% M 60% F	Government Decision Making: By a group of elders or other leaders (decisions and planning is also participatory.) Identified Leader: Yes (Also have a board of directors for OUR Non-Profit) Leadership Core Group: Yes (Development Team and Board of Directors)	Labor and Money Financial Style: Other Labor Contribution: Expected Join Fee: Yes Regular Fees: Yes
Land and Buildings Rural Area: 25 acres (10.1 hectares) Land Owned By: Other (working on development of new legal structure -national research project) Number of Residences: 3 Cohousing: No	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 21-50% Share Community Meals: Nearly all meals Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual (During the programs season, our cooking staff will do their best to support individual choices, but your understanding is appreciated as the logistics can be challenging with big groups.) Dietary Practice: Primarily vegetarian Alcohol Use: Used occasionally Tobacco Use: Seldom used	Social Factors Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members: Yes Shared Spiritual Path: Yes (interfaith) Which Spiritual Path(s): Ecumenical (includes "all religions") (The village honours the protocols of local First Nations people who's traditional territory the village is on.) Educational Style(s): Other

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