230 People LIVING COMMUNALLY: TOUR of Ithaca EcoVillage - Ep. 051
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2021
- The EcoVillage at Ithaca was established in 1991 and has become a mature communal village with three neighborhoods developed on 10% of the land with 90% of the land devoted to farmland and natural areas. Given that we're interested in communally living at Flock, we took quite a bit of notes from the EcoVillage, which is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year.
For more information, visit:
ecovillageithaca.org/
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In recent years it’s been my desire to either find a community such as this or build a new community like this. Even if it’s starts off super small and grows from there, I could be happy. Thank you for making this video. Y’all are all awesome.
Finding the right space that you can afford is the most difficult, I looked in Spain, Italy, Canaries. All the spaces that I liked were above my budget. I've looked at some that exist, and most are either vegetarian, vegan, or something else that was unsuitable.
@@eliakimjosephsophia4542 We're here? Where do you want to be/go?
@@magmaraymaker.kweenkleokat8779 I feel that I have to stay in the UK now, due to my son and his health. Plus, I am not getting any younger. Thank you for asking.
Same
I’ve been thinking the same thing. I think if I could find one in a nice place, I’d live there for my remaining years. It’s such a great idea! I’m 66, single, and this would be perfect for me. I was going to look up tiny house villages maybe in northern Michigan, since I live in MI anyway and love northern MI, but actually, anywhere would work. 🙏💫
Thanks for showing us this beautiful concept!!
This is why I enjoyed living for nine months in the Netherlands. Walkable cities, never got into a car, let alone drove one, and great public transportation that links the entire continent, not only the country. Also, the human scale of the towns and cities was fascinating. Everything was human-centric. I think some cities are also banning cars in a few years, within this decade of ours, the 2020s.
Yes, but for all the wrong reasons.
It's easy to build a paradise when you don't have to pay for your border security or the trade security that enables your wealth. We'll see how long that lasts.
I greatly enjoyed my childhood in eco village, being one of the 30 first families of Frog. Before it grew into a small town as it is now. I am an outdoors man and I can credit that to the deep woods and open fields belonging to the eco village property. But as I grew it was clear to me that it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows and the community could be almost cult like at times. If u didn't fit the mold, it was sometimes trouble.
Yes thank you for saying this. I watched thinking how perfect and bucolic this place seems but I think it’s mostly due to its (relative) isolation from other areas. The people seem very homogenous, all have the same outlook and vision. So there is very little crime, litter, noise… paradise for those of us looking for that but it is somewhat artificial. Never the less, I would love to live here it’s beautiful and progressive. It seems perfect.
I have found that to be somewhat the case for co-ops in the medium and larger cities, too. It's a conform or else type of mentality. There is something about being a co-operative that seems to be prone to this sort of thing, especially if more narcissistic individuals are given roles of power where they can manipulate others.
In fact, there are hundreds of videos right here on RUclips where HOAs of all sorts and sizes have been overtaken by power-hungry individuals, so it's not just co-ops that attract this sort of narcissistic personality type.
It's funny that you said this. Watching the video, I was paying particular attention to the interactions between the woman and the residents. Seemed a little frosty. I was getting some totalitarian vibes for sure, lol. I love the idea but ...humans gonna be human.
I'm sure there is a screening process, before allowed to move in, I'd prefer just a small chunk of land and remain private...No Kool-aid for me.
Yes but in the CO-op you don’t have meth cooking, folks breeding pit bulls or loud ass vehicles speeding up and down the street all day enjoying their latest muffler mod. Or do you? Lol
Not sure there’s anyway to truly escape the human condition.
Really wish we all had access to this sort of lifestyle..it's so very needed now more than ever.
Must admit the place is truly inspiring-however my experience after living in Brazil for over 20 years makes me quite doubtful that the majority of humanity share this vision!!! Comments Welcome!!!!
@@cristinataliani5619 I feel in America many are to self serving and commercialized to even consider something like this. I would love to transition into something like this.
Those of us who truly believe and would like to do this can't afford it. You have to buy in at at least $350-400 is what I am seeing
@@Pangaea83 Do you mean 350-400 K ??? In cash ?? That is not chump change!!!!
@@phyllisgovia4253 the really sad thing is I feel this is true. most people I've met are not neighborly at all :(
I always thought to make an eco-village more affordable for low-income people is to create a tiny house/small cabins/yurt community but still with a separate communal building for gatherings and cooking meals together. I wouldn't mind if there was a communal library too. And, of course, a communal garden, and animals of all sorts, and a pond or river on the land.
do it.
Lissa Van Housten i totally agree with you. I'm looking to buy either a tiny house on wheels or park model and park it in a warm loving environment growing vegetables and people working together.
It only works if like minded people voluntarily put it together and work out all their differences without Government intervention. The government has been providing the equivalent of this for decades and one need only look at inner cities to see they are an abject failure. People willing to WORK can do this and people who aren't cannot.
There would have to be certain basic rules beforehand and a process or way to work out issues as they arise and for personal conflicts. Issues and conflicts arise in EVERY community; there are healthy and beneficial ways to resolve them, and, of course, unhealthy responses.
Government is necessary for things like permits, regulations (especially environmental and construction safety ones), basic infrastructure, grants and initial funding maybe, and civil rights/human rights laws, etc.
As a young black woman, I would love this for my daughter a calm place to live and grow. Running through the paths being so close to nature as we should be
Africa has tons of space
We all should cone together and create this space for our littles. Its so important
@@timothyandrewnielsenjust because she is black does not mean she lives in Africa although she might
I could picture this for me as well it would be my dream to grow old in a place like this
@@jamiecampbell4666 There's a reason humans have been segregated for a few thousand years. It works.
I adore that it doesn't feel like a cult. As an organic gardener, I appreciate the pleasant way to eat and live.
Seemed like a regular Hamlet to me.
Wish its not a cult.😢😢😢
oh its a democrat marxist cult i see that!
@@veldalasit1140 I actually visited and stayed here for a bit, it's not cultish at all. Folks are really kind, its not ethnically diverse, but there are a bunch of different kinds of people, from different walks of life. its cool!
You racists are terrible.
We need way more communities like this Worldwide!
It reminds me where I grew up in Thailand. Everyone knows everyone and come together when needed it. We had/have megaphone to announce important news or ask for helps from the head of the village’s house. Peaceful and simple life. But now everything’s changed.
Can I join you🙏
I would like to start an ecovillage like this in Zimbabwe..sustainable and i great weather all year round. Any partakers will be most welcome
Same in our village in our country..in our village everyone know each other..if other neighbour no food we give food..also can get free veggebles or fruits from nieghbours..
@@drceciliamasvingwe1428
Amazing 🤩 would love to be apart. Please update me your still inspiring the thought.
That’s the only way a village can raise a child/children, it’s the best way to grow up…always someone there for you. Some are grumpier some sweeter, but everyone loves you and is rooting for you and as a kid, you learn so much more about coexistence.
I didn’t even know that such thing exists. A mission and a vision executed. I truly admire women who puts their mind to work together to put up something for the good of many out of selfless love.
There's a small group in Portland OR, bought an older apartment building and made changes, recycling urine, poop, grow crops, tore up asphalt parking for their garden area. It's on Alternative Living YT channel or something like that.
I knew of a group of retired ladies that bought a large farm in Tennessee, and communal live. It was an equestrian group I was part of so they brought their horses and give guided tours.
@Tonya Harmon yes!! I wasn't in their money Brackett, But I still admire them
Looking for the same. Has anyone thought of doing this in North Florida?
I am blessed to live here. Moved in April of this year and I absolutely love it.
do you kind of have to be wealthy in the first place, in order to qualify. Just curious. do they allow dogs?
How much does it cost
@@liz-sy2ljput it this way, there is currently a 1 bedroom apartment for sale in this community for $239,500 🫠 So yeah this is a community for rich people, not us normies.
@@WanderingNaturethere is currently a 1 bedroom apartment for sale in this community for $239,500
what's the cost these day?
I love this place. It is my desire to either live or build a community of like minded people where we grow our own food and protect each other. This woman has put in the work!!!
What happens when someone clashes, with the rest of the herd ? ( I'm guessing you know.)
@@albertawheat6832 Feels like there is some cynicism in this comment, also passive aggressive? Regardless, what is the answer to your question Alberta?
@@keithlocke3415 I was asking a question. Analyzing as you skirt around, not answering the question is funny...Passive aggressive...please. (LOL) Communes aren't for everyone Keith, What would your synopsis be ? I am sure this issue has occurred in this particular community before. Take a guess, I'd love to hear your analogy.
@@albertawheat6832 He was offended and should have ran to his safe space.lol
@@daveyboy8907 I don't think he was offended, I think he is trying to protect an idealistic way of life. I could be wrong also....To each their own.
Koinonia Farms in Americus, Georgia had this model in the 1950's. The first two Habitat for Humanity Villages were built on it. It was the birthplace of Habitat of Humanity. Glad to see the model spreading.
yeah , it's not the first housing co- op but this is a really good informational video! for people who would like to do something like it.
I interned there in 1972.
Interesting
if that's a warmer weather area than the Ithaca Upstate NY where this EcoVillage is I will be interesting to check it out...more than ever, this times calls me to create my new life very much immersed/grouded in mother earth with mentally, physically and emotionally minded people....and we know what we mean by that, don't we family lol
I saw a documentary a couple of years ago on Koinonia Farms. Koinonia founders were committed taking a stand against racism, helping the poor etc. The Klan in Georgia tried to run them out of town and had no problem with killing
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinonia_Partners
Gosh, the vision and guts those women had, at a time when it was almost unheard of to think about our impact to Mother Earth! I bet every household member was more than thankful for their place when the pandemic, and quarantining, made its existence known.
This is such an awesome feature, Summer and Sander!
Wasn’t unheard of in 91. There were smaller communities living off the land since the 60’s. This was just a larger scale.
She's a hippie carry over....we were always around, hiding out in Boulder, Mt Shasta, Taos, etc.😉
@@nancygorman there have been small communities living off the land way before the 60s.
@Dani oh my! I have no intention of worshipping anything else but God and if calling our planet Mother Earth is tantamount to blasphemy to you, that's yours and yours alone.
You must be quite young. I worked in a popular family owned health shop in Philadelphia that had been around since the 60s. I can assure you that this was not new or unheard of in the 90s.
I love listening to this lady, her voice is so soothing and peaceful!! And listening to the sounds of birds in the background - its just heaven!
Self righteous longhouse lady. Killed energy production so rich people can feel good. Better than a suburb but not a solution.
This is so neat! Can you imagine living like this in today’s world? Caring for each other watching out for each other be in your brothers keeper; why, this is what we’re supposed to do! If anyone is starting something like this or has an empty house in a place like this let me know I’m there!
Great job on the video
Very interesting. After living in neighborhoods most of our lives, all my married friends & I talk & dream about is building or finding a home on 10-20 acres without neighbors right next to us. (We seek privacy & not having to deal with neighbors & HOA’s. lol ) Not really wanting a community, however, now that I am in my 60’s, it would be comforting being a part of a community of people who care for one another.
How convenient When you get old you want others to help you but when you were younger you isolated to have the freedom of not helping others !
@@dirkdiggler9379 lol, no, young parents spend most of their time & energy into raising children, helping in the community & church, whether you are in a neighborhood or on 20 acres, none of that changes. When you get old, your children are grown & a close community with those who are respectful & want similar lifestyles would be ideal for older folks who may not feel safe on 20 acres alone.
@@dirkdiggler9379 Most people do not live apart when they are younger to purposely not help others. While I can't speak for everyone as we all have our own way of doing things, I will say that it's most likely that they want a healthy and safe atmosphere for their children to thrive. Also, to provide an opportunity to teach their children some responsibility by taking care of animals, and to grow food that gives them a sense of accomplishment and confidence. Not only that but to provide healthier foods, and entertainment, and keeping them busy instead of growing so bored they find destructive ways of keeping entertained.
It must be nice to know so well what total strangers motivations are.
Angry young people are the best! Especially those who feel it is the responsibility of others to aid them along in life.
Same!
I’m fascinated that this is literally a half hour from my house and I’ve never heard of it! It’s absolutely amazing. ❤️🌎🌱
You are so fortunate to live nearby. I wish l could move there.
I live close to one in Alaska
Ionia Inc....Kasilof Ak they have a Macrobiotic diet
Right me too so close
That's what I'm saying !!! I live 40 min away and I'm so amazed that something this amazing is so near by. Especially since I've envisioned a community like this but haven't found many examples. She shared so much so info here.
Think about why they keep it secret. Something is up.
Upstate New York has hosted many of the world's experimental utopian communities - there must be something in the water!! Beautiful!
Or something in the education.
The irony of such 'paradises' being built on the lands of natives.
I’ve never felt like I belonged in the regular everyday life that we have come to know it as. For over a decade I’ve bounced around the idea of joining a community just like this. To watch this gives me hope that there is a place for me in this world.
This is how I want to live and my family along my side… this has been my dream a long time 😃
I would love to live there...I love canada too much to leave but if I was to, this is where I'd want to live.
Me too! 😌
Ditto
Mines Too , I had a dream when I was younger ❤️
I am only 5 minutes into the video and I am shocked they walked from LA to NYC in 1990 ......and I never even heard anything about that in the news. That is such an amazing thing to do.
Props to whoever scored this this is amazing I wish the whole world could see this and we could all change to living this way.
She seems so happy and relaxed, what a beautiful way of living 💚
She seems very pretentious to me. Drone like
Yes being rich and secluded from the problems of the Bay she helped create being a NIMBY is peaceful.
we can all implement certain aspects of this in our community. start by putting fruit trees up have the city switch to edible landscaping
I agree. Small changes add up. I always see so many open grassy sunny areas in the city and think, why isn’t any food grown here?
@@agrarianarc I think about that question every time I look out my apartment complex window. We could definitely have a community garden here. I don't know if it's against the rules or if it just needs initiative
just get rid of the city....
We have a big garden in our back yard and a front yard that is neglected, so we decided to make the front yard a community garden. Basically if you want something grown in the front then bring it to us (seeds) and we will plant it and then you can come and harvest it when it is ready. If you are walking by then take 5 min to pull a few weeds. It helps us take care of the front and it helps them by giving them some healthy food. It helps us all become more connected as a community.
@@wildernessisland2573 It needs you. Your initiative
First 60 seconds and I was in love. I speak to a friend of mine a lot about living in a small self sustaining community like this. I saw 22 acres that would be perfect for this.
Where??
I am now physically and financially challenged, yet very community eco-oriented with many ideas and the willingness to work hard unceasingly for this type of collaboration...
Just thought I'd "introduce" myself!
I used to think I'd have created a space like this by now, on a smaller scale, yet instead I have found myself thoroughly alone. Partnership, true partnership, is all I seek...
Interested in collaboration. I'm in Ga
@@dallen-ex2oh
Georgia is one of my favorites
Share more, yes?
Capacities and aims...?
@@snippets981 - I'm in GA as well... Marietta. Physically and financially challenged as well, and also a "senior". It's been my intention to relocate back to western NY, where I'm from (Rochester). The only thing about GA is venemous snakes (and people). Otherwise there are some nice spots in N. GA.
This warms my heart and literally brought tears to my eyes. I am seriously interested in this type of community. I believe it would be wonderful for myself and my parents. I have been priced out of renting in the Treasure Valley here in Idaho. With the prices in the Boise area and the death of my husband at the start of the pandemic, I was forced into a roommate situation. As my parents want to sell their house while the real-estate boom is going on and they also have a nice bit of equity the timing would be great. The values of the people moving here are far far right, our legislature is full of extremists. As the mother of 2 biracial sons I think our time in Idaho is coming to an end. Just recently Idaho passed extremely suppressive voting laws. I've lived on both coasts and in the middle. I usually get along with everyone, recently I have encountered a very aggressive HOA. I've never felt more uncomfortable in my own community as I do now. The HOA president told me, to my face,that they are going to "get rid of renters". Sorry to go on a bit but with an affordable housing crisis and apathy on steroids this is inspiring.
I'm in Montana so I completely understand what you're going through.
My heart goes out to you! I hope that you will find another state with a lot less racist pricks and affordable housing--hopefully in a countryside town with more progressive-minded people. 🙏🏽
what are you talking about when you say suppressive voting laws?? I personally would never live under any HOA, that was your mistake. people everywhere are getting priced out and affordable housing is a racket, there is no such thing....thank your liberal federal govt. who keeps letting millions of people over the border when we can't take care of the people already on the streets. your parents should stay put and you should move in with them. idaho has always been a white state and if people don't like right wing, white people, then they should move to a lib town...where crime and homelessness are off the charts because the commies are now running the country and taking us down and collapsing our country which in case you didn't notice, is under attack. the fake R governor of idaho is trying to bring it down and turn it into CA...i hope for the sake of idaho that A. Bundy becomes the governor and restores the white, christian values that people like you seem to resent. you feel uncomfortable because you yourself go around judging people....i am tired of people throwing out that far right term as if iti is a plague. do you know these people? do you talk to them? do you think you are better in some way, than someone who has a different thought process than you? the entire country is under a mass delusional psychosis brought to you by your tyrannical govt. and in the end it will be the people that stand up for themselves that will be left standing. i live in CA under the Newsome regime, he has destroyed CA, we have the highest crime, homelessness, burglaries, worst schools, on and on, is that where you want your kids to grow up? just remember, wherever you go, there you are!
where are you looking for ?
I've been thinking of buying a house in Meridian and trying to create a mini-community with it. I wonder how much interest there would be.
Watching this 10mths after its release, we're still in the pandemic even though we're mostly just learning to live with it. I have a family member who has just contracted it, so I would be so grateful for any prayers of love, light & healing for my family would be most appreciated❤🙏
That said, this is what I and some of my family members would love to be a part of!! Finger Lakes area on the Ontario 🇨🇦 side is some of the most sought after land now, not sure about back then, if I had known about this place during its inception, I'm sure I would've found a way to emigrate & join!✌ Perhaps I will find similar in 🇨🇦 soon!😉🤞
Colloidal silver in a nebulizer, breathed thru nose and mouth, misted in eyes, and some dumped directly into ears healed me overnight and I haven't been sick since. That was two yrs ago..I only use it for a couple minutes, just to lightly mist all areas. A doctor told me it was a brilliant idea, and it works for us.
What an incredible lovely lady….. can’t get over how wonderful this place is and the work and patience it takes to bring so much together and make it work.
WOMEN WILL HEAL THE PLANET… it is time!
It works because it is voluntary not mandated by Governement bureaucrats and politicians. People choose voluntarily to join or to leave.
You will probably find most of these people left their egos in the city. I want to live like this so much. ❤️
@@jeweloftheisle498 me too. I come from a family of old homesteaders from Montana….
@Dani 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Incredible ratio of land use, basically 90% protection of the land. This is such an amazing option to avoid the typical urban sprawl of larger cities. All urban planners and politicians should be looking at this as part of the solution to climate change. I would think the residents have much less issues with mental health issues, what a lovely atmosphere to live in.
We think so too. The town here is actually looking to institute more of these models as far as zoning goes.
Problem is builders want to make as much money and use every space they can. Greed here and politicians don't really ever say no. It is very discouraging how the lack of green space is being wiped out along with the animals who become "nuisances " because they have nowhere to go...
@@FlockFingerLakes just need to incorporate the transit options for moving to work from residential space given a car free lifestyle.
If you think that politicians actually care about the environment, it’s about time to open your eyes. These smaller, private solutions are the way forward. The elites lecture you about the climate while flying their private jets to their meetings. We need to be responsible as individuals and not look to the government.
You aren't addressing WHY people no longer want to live in urban centers and want a single family home. Those are in demand while cities aren't. The culture of US cities need to change, from politics to cultural attitudes/behaviors.
Hii I am from India
And I love to eco Village it is really good for our mother nature
Also for our next generation 💚💚☘️☘️😊😊
It's amazing how many people who are wishing and longing for this sense of peace and community. I live in my neighborhood for over 15 years and rarely even say hi to my neighbors who hate diversity and otherwise you. We yearn for a sense of community. Post COVID definitely intend on moving. Life is too short.
This young lady is such a Great interviewer ! She's asked every questions I'd have asked plus so many I'd not and wouldn't have thought of asking but soo credible! You've covered everything plus !👍🏾😊
And she listens
@@feemcl62
Yes you are right .. she's Great listener .. 😊
except how this community survived the plandemic with a strong science of natural immune eco-system!
And after her questions she is quiet and listens to the answer carefully. 👍🏼
@@meman6964
Exactly ! 😊
Not your grandparents' "hippy commune!" There are no perfect places, but it's refreshing to see people trying to live in a civilized, peaceful, cooperative manner. As our industrialized, fossil-fuel-dependent system collapses, here's hoping more people will be able to come together and survive in group efforts.
Hippy communes didn't work for good reasons. This reminds me of a 55+ community for all ages
while this is a very beautiful vision for the future, and living there seems to be some sort of heaven - having homes like this isn't a sustainable goal. people need to live in bigger, more family houses (=flats) and urban areas to not seal the grounds more than they already are and take away too much space for other species to live. having more concentrated human living areas = cities (obviously designed differently than cities of today) is essential for our future on this earth and much more friendly to the world and other beings living around us.
Hippies tend to be filthy communists with horrible fairytale beliefs.
@@meladversity so a urban agrarian megapolis city-state where the entire population resides?
I hope all the knowledge and wisdom of the founders and residents has been documented somewhere. I was motionless watching this, as this model of communal living is what can save us from ourselves. Summer asked fantastic questions and I truly hope she is able to see her vision through to replicate something equally sophisticated. Thank you for this! Fed my soul!
That’s great your group was able to walk from LA to NY for months.
But let me ask you this. Who the hell has the necessary time & the necessary money to be able to afford to abandon their daily duties & responsibilities for 9 months? Let me guess... those who are already in the financial position to do so
So glad she stopped nuclear energy, Texas solar farms destroyed by hail are so much greener.
I love Ithaca. A lot of eco-friendly stuff going on there. And a lot of amazing places for hiking.
230 miles of hiking trails!
Upstate /central NY is beutiful.
I love Ithaca too! I went to Ithaca college 20 years ago, can't believe this was a thing. Had I known I might still live there😊
(Awfully expen$ive to live there.)
Considering that the average person can handle no more than 150 different relationships, the size of the village and its neighborhoods seems right. It requires communal engagement, socially, politically and physically. It is supported by the farming hinterlands. Even without the environmental, sustainable aspect it reminds me of the small villages of day’s past.
JESUS only had 12 ,
And 1 sold HIM for 30 pieces of silver,
Not included HIS mother,brother(s), possible sister.
Yeah above that the complexity gets ridiculously high, and you need a governing state to regulate the social dynamics.
I love when people like her talk about inclusivity. I wonder how they would react if someone showed up wearing a Trump hat or T-shirt wanting to live there.
The irony is it’s conservatives that know how to live off the land and survive. Conservatives are the real conservationist because we are the hunters we are the people that farm we are the people that fish we are the people that have been living rural lives for generations. We are the ones living in a sustainable green eco-friendly lifestyle. And if that were a conservative eco-village and someone showed up that was far left the conservatives would welcome them.
@Ned Hill yeah... that's unlikely. Conservative parents will often disown their own KIDS for being LGBT. Not to mention accepting complete strangers into their inner circle.
@@crarls27
Oh my God! Stop being fucking obtuse. It’s pretty much been documented that conservative parents are actually more open than liberal and progressive parents and mini situations. Get on RUclips and watch the thousands of videos by democrats liberals progressives especially women and people of color that went to a Trump rally I started hanging around conservatives and found out that the conservatives were far more open and welcoming than anyone on the left when they dared to think for themselves especially when it came to Trump and Covid and all the lies and bullshit that we’ve been getting for the last five years. There are literally thousands of videos on RUclips were lifelong Democrats lifelong progressives mostly women and people of color said they had their eyes opened and they are happier now than ever and they see now how they were lied to and brainwashed. Go talk to homosexuals. Plenty of homosexuals, and a lot of them are conservative, will tell you it was far far easier for them to come out as gay that’s a come out as conservative. I’ve seen dozens of videos of homosexuals that said they didn’t lose any friends or family when they came out as gay, but they were dropped like a hot rock when their circle of friends found out that they were conservative or that they voted for Trump. You’re making the huge mistake of comparing evangelicals back in the 70s and 80s with all conservatives. That is a huge mistake on your part! My mother is evangelical and she has no problem with anyone that is homosexual. It’s easier to be gay or transsexual in the conservative community then speak out against Covid or the government or the media or Hollywood as a person of color or as a homosexual with your liberal friends. Why do you think every time a woman or a person of color has tried running for senate or president they get crucified by the media and Hollywood? What do you think Condoleezza rice and Clarence Thomas another black and Hispanic people when they are involved with conservative politics get attacked ruthlessly and relentlessly by the left especially the media. Because they got to keep women and blacks and people of color on the reservation! When you have too many Black people and too many women being successful it shows that the bullshit from the left is nothing but fucking lies! Look at how successful Asians are they call me with nothing but clothes on their back. Look it up people of color from every corner of the globe come to America and are successful but Black people born and raised here or not. What’s the difference? Blacks in America are about 75% a born without a father at home. Hispanics over 50%. There’s no worth it. They don’t have value. Here on RUclips go watch John McWhorter and Glenn Loury and their podcast. Both of them are black Ivy League professors and thought leaders. McWhorter is a Progressive voted for Hillary Clinton. But he is not woke. They talk all the time along with lots of other blacks people of color women that talk about how what’s hurting Black people and people of color is not racism or conservatives but big government regulations lack of fathers lack of education and more than anything else just a culture in general.
I wish I lived here… this kind of eco villages and community living is the future of humanity❤️🌷
They are seperated but yet so connected. I love how that tiny love and serenity can be so much bigger in many ways.
this is practically in my back yard - i live ~ 1.5 hr from here and never knew it existed. that area is absolutely beautiful. love the peaceful, natural energy and environment.
So beautiful. I see said to myself "I wonder if any POC's live there". Moments later she said she wished there were more. 😮 omg!!! Was she reading my mind, lol! I'd love a community like that. Nice neighbors for my kids and I to grow with. ❤ Great job!
I would love to be your neighbor! Black + Mexican family here 🥰
I was wondering the same but as soon as I started watching I knew there weren’t any 🤷🏽♀️
Girl same!
@@victorialuxxe let's just start our own eco village!! How about that 😊
@@ebonyrenna I so agree 👍🏾
This is how life should be. Peaceful cohabitation on the land. Soothes the soul
I really enjoyed learning about this community that I had no idea existed! Praying for their THRIVE program to do just that so that they can continue to grow together! Thank you for this great segment! 🤗
Wow Liz Walker is such a wonderful, wise and amazing person. What a fascinating place! 💚
Definitely! 40 years of learning. She sounds amazing.
I stumbled upon this today. I live in the area and would absolutely love to live in a place like this. Community, family, neighbors. These are things that people need to get back too. Love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣
This is what I needed today, a conversation so warm and beautiful.
This woman has so much intelligence, depth, and insight! I truly appreciate her acknowledgement of how people of African descent in America have historically been disenfranchised, and therefore, do not have the same amount of capital as others, and how it does affect their ability to purchase homes. ♥️♥️♥️
Now Liberians send missionarys here... lol
I'm an American and many more Americans my age.. in their sixties don't have my own home.. yet.
it is great that she acknowledges it and wants more diversity in her community. but my question is if they are actively trying to work to build an equal playing field? older, wealthier, white people buying these houses to rent them to black people doesn't really do that, no? only if they rent it out A LOT cheaper than market value for example or if they get a buying option after 10 years or so and are paying towards their own home with rent.
@@BrendaFayRegister that’s true now, I agree .. but not historically
Not anymore they people of color have their time now to do and be whatever they want.The Jews took a harder hit than the blacks as I just watched a documentary about how they were looked so down upon and eventually killed for being Jewish.
This is such an inspiring place! It makes me hopeful knowing there are people out there doing positive things like this. Hope is something sorely missing in the current times we live in, thank you for sharing this!
I had a realization recently. I kind of hate government and civilization. I wish i could live in areas more like this.
@@Jaricko Yes!!! You can do it by just making the life changes that others do. #TheWAY is a way of living for our Creator YAHUAH in Community!
@@Jaricko , et al, and yet even all forms of Anarchism are detrimental to humankind, plus they are also all part of the plans of the Luciferian globalist elite to control you. Only YAHWEH EL ELOHIM and those that He deems worthy of the task, are fit to rule over humankind, period, full stop.
@@rhondajheim , Anarchism runs contrary to the Holy Scriptures.
This was a joy to watch. I have a large tract of land near the sea in South Africa and my son and his friends share my dream of an eco-village. Some super tidbits here to work with, thank you to Summer and the lovely lady, it is inspiring! A mix of age groups is also wonderful as the retired ones can be so well integrated in doing all manner of time-consuming yet important jobs instead of ending up in retirement homes.
a masterclass in co-living - big thanks to Ithaca Eco Village and the Flock crew!
I think more people are going to start communities again! We got away from that when people became rich and don’t need each other. But this is perfect living.😊
Re:When people became rich. I agree. Unfortunately they didn’t realise that was stage 1 of a potentially larger amazing experience. Wealthy people don’t seem to wish to share freely or develop without the desire to make more money 💰 first & foremost.
Community is what is truly missing in society today dispite having all these “social” media applications which should truly be bringing people together on a deeper level talking & making things happen like this video shows & people are doing.
Perfect living! That'show Native American people live communally for ten of thousand of years.
May I ask if you care to know the fact that the Second Amendment in the USA was historically put in place in the American Constitution, mainly to encourage slaughtering indigenous Native American people, in order to take over their homeland.
Moreover, the hidden mega genocide of indigenous Native Americans, and their population in Continents of America 500 yrs ago was around 15 millions, while European population in Europe was around 25 millions.
Today, Native Americans population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering 'TWO BILLIONS'!
For instance, 200 years ago here in the USA, around 3 million Germans came, and now there are 65 millions German-Americans; while 150 years ago, around 2 millions Irish came, and now there are 45 million Irish-Americans. While 500 years ago there were estimated to be 5 to 6 millions indigenous Native Americans in the USA, before Christopher Columbus arrived, today there are only around 2 million indigenous Native Americans survived.
Imagine this scenario, if Native American people cross the Atlantic, invade and Colonize Europe, and slaughter most Europeans, and put the remaining populations in tiny reservations, for 500 long years. How would Europeans feel about it? Think about it.
All they need is their beloved motherland back, the lands that their ancestors' forebears had lived through thick and thin, endured through hardships and all for generations.
Besides, indigenous Native Americans in Colonized lands of Anglo British, Spaniard and others are more of the same. Kill the indigenous Natives and whoever is left, marginalize them and create artificial poverty, once that poverty becomes crime and drinking, the media points to the poor and blames them to continue to stigmatize the 'other' community, scumbags, etc.
Amazing fact that Indigenous Natives had built such great civilizations as Mayan, Inca and Aztec without outside help, and all from scratch, and all on their own, since they had been cut off from the rest of the world for twenty thousand years. In other words, they actually are great and proud people.
Imagine what it would be like today if Native Americans had possessed some sort of nuclear weapons to defend themselves, and their beloved motherlands from invaders Colonizers? The answer is they would still have their own beloved motherlands, plus their population comparable to that of the European population.
In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people. Remember, notorious global cardinal crimes the West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is this another notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 🤔
Amen!
agree eco communities is the future of conscious people
@@ohlordy9680 Well said. So true and sad.
"I was an anti-nuclear organiser..." I love this generation, they really still inspire us to change the world for the better! Great video. :)
Then be anti windmills and electric cars,
it would only be reasonable to be anti-nuclear energy if our population was bellow 4 billion lol
By making it so much worse?? Nuclear is the cleanest, most efficient method of power production possible today. A low energy society that these folks are advocating will lead to increasing poverty. I bet a good deal of the people living in this community have jobs that will go away if tshtf.
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@@AghoraNath right!! I find it ironic .. Eco village with high speed internet.. lots of radiation..
It breaks my heart because SO many people would not only jump at the chance to live in a organized and structured eco community like this, but would be themselves so deeply mentally and physically healed by the experience if they could. How many of us here in the comments would jump at the chance to live in a community like this? I know I would.
However, a dreamer who is also disabled, I wonder some how these communities handle people with disabilities. I do have a lot to offer with my mind and my hands, I can garden a bit, I can cook, I know some herbalism, I am medical nerd without formal training, and I can teach kids in many subjects. But I do sometimes have down periods. But I believe that if I had a loving and connected community in a wholesome natural environment, with access to outdoor spaces and fresh, safe, natural healthy food, I would be much more able-bodied then I am living in the middle of the sprawling Phoenician megalopolis. Which is by the way, nuclear-powered. Got dragged here as a kid and haven't figured out how to get out since, putting down roots is as natural for a human as it is for a tree... But if I could go somewhere like this, it would be worth severing some roots.
I agree %109 "What an incredible lovely lady….. can’t get over how wonderful this place is and the work and patience it takes to bring so much together and make it work."
This is how living is suppose to be. So wonderful to see. I'd love to be able to put together the same kind of concept but with tiny homes only, less of a "footprint".
I would love living in a Hebrew and gentile community like this that put The Most High God/Yah first over all things here on the earth and give him praise in Glory all day everyday. APTTMHY
I would love that too...sad thing is, the world would dismissively call it a cult..😒
@@TheSiobhanJackson other Christians would call it a cult. The rest of the world doesn't care.
These communities are extremely common among religious groups and have been for a very long time. Nothing new. Amish, etc. Sure, there are genuine and frightening cults, but most are not. Some people NEED to disparage others ... it just depends on what bigotry is currently in vogue. Disparaging Christians is quite common and openly acceptable in today's world. People tend to pontificate against generalizing negatively by group ... then go on to do it. I'm not religious at all but I'm not anti religion either. I find the extremes of each side to be rather similar.
They think they are Hebrew? Lol
I think if everyone believes in God is a condition but fundamentally wanting to get to know each other on a deeper level & more importantly constructively working together is key.
I really enjoyed this conversation. Love the concept and the way this place has evolved. Would love to live in a community like this!
This is my idea of living. We are 4 people living a communal life on a farm - all of us over 50. Each with his own living space but we all cook together and have supper together . Great way of living.
Makes my heart happy to see something like this ecovillage!
What a Beautiful Place to live in harmony with the Earth 💗
I wish everyone could live this way 💖💗💖
Blessings to you all 💗
Hello 👋dear, how are you doing?
What a wonderful concept. Simple living earth friendly. One day I hope to experience this.
Move to Angola. Plenty of young Portuguese are moving there for a better life.
2 beautiful ladies; 2 wise entrepreneurs, but most importantly, 2 visionaries with a plan to make the world a better place!!!
i cant place how but watching this made me emotional in a good way, so glad that you put out this wonderful content
Thank you for taking the time to let the video wash over you like that. :)
Touché
Starting crying early on
Hopeful tears 🙏🏾
This is so beautifully refreshing
Me too
Bravo. I'm a sustainable village developer. This project is very significant. Net zero is the path. Wonderful footage. Indoors soiless vertical farming might be a nice addition. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜💡💡💡
Can you explain what you see as the main benefit of adding vertical farming to this community in this context?
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@@CB-A6KZ much much much less water used and can be very efficient!
we need you in Mexico, yuki!!!
Oh I would love to speak to you! I am searching for a small home with acreage, but am not willing to sign my life away on a large mortgage.
Vertical gardening would need less space and might be a better fit for my partner and I
Wow this is a very inspiring model. I really appreciated the depth and thoughtfulness it takes to create a community living environment that seems to work well with eachother and with nature. It is a really inspiring model to build on for our future that has taken decades of hard work and community engagement that is showed in a very enlightening way through this video.
Man that walking adventure sounds amazing. That would be amazing to make that into a trend - different groups just walking from town to town doing projects.
Loved getting to know the EcoVillage story. You guys at Flock are doing a wonderful job introducing Ithaca and a better way of life to the world. Continued success Flock. ✌🏻🌳🌳
Thank you so much for the compliment and for taking the time to watch and write in.
Somehow, I can't get Black Wall Street out of my mind. If these were all melanated communities, they probably would have been burned to the ground years ago. I'm not impressed.
@@alyashabayasharal9684 shut up, racist! With this name, you should know better!!!
@@tuicastro4431 LOLLLL. Hit the nerves, huh!! Truth hurts!!!.
@@alyashabayasharal9684 😆😅🤣😂😆😁😄
Anyone watching let me know if interested in uniting to build one, let’s all work together ❤️☮️🙏🏽
Yes
Interested in a like community.
But, what state?
all work together? are you kidding? we humans are here to hate each other Follow Trump!
Where do you live? I am in Queensland Australia.
If ever anyone from the Philippines sees this, let's connect
I live in Illinois and strive to build a community like this. Unity is what it's all about. We often go camping and RVing and it always feels like one big family whenever we go to different campgrounds.
I love everything about this. I remember regional planning in college, this type of community design is the ideal. Really love this. If my wife and new these existed before we bought our house….
I’m from Philly but visited Ithaca to paint the inn at taughannock and then his friend seredipidiously showed me this place called new park Ithaca in trumansburg and it was the most well payed out decorated and cool place I’d ever seen n I have a knack for this..it just lacked the farming nature most important part… I’d love to visit this place n bond more deeply with my 6 year old son… I’d be so humble and help however I could while there… someday I’d love to have my soul tribe and have my kingston family spot among that.. n mimic the world.. I’d want a family from each country.. god bless truth n beauty..I recommend everybody check out new park ithaca
As an experiential educator, this seems very much on target with what was done in the 60’s in Vermont and many other places, I think mostly in New England…what a wonderful place. Ideal idea. Food production is such a necessary part of that lifestyle. Looks lovely.
What a brilliant idea. I would love to implement such a project for families who are back in Africa. You’re amazing.so beautiful.
I love the ukuyu in you😁😁. Would love to too
They already have communities like this.
I love this community, I wish there were more like it.
This video is wonderful. Brought tears to my eyes. More and more I am drawn to learning about living in these ways. Perhaps there is a future where myself and others close to me can rally together like Liz did with her peers back in the day to create a sustainable, eco friendly space to call home. So much was covered in this video and I’m super grateful for it. However of course it has spawned about a thousand more questions which will be a fun rabbit hole to dive down. Cheers humans!
Lmfao
Bravo - very informative and well filmed episode. The format of walking through the village while talking was very effective.
Wish we were all smart enough to be living like this. 💕🌎🌍🌏
Watching this documentary made me think about my future when I get old, so amazing stories it's peaceful place a happy community with kindness neighborhood. I wish someday when I get old i have place like this to live a happy life.❤
.This story of community makes my heart happy! I wish I'd met ya'll back in the 90's because I would have been there with you now :) So lovely! I could not agree more that a larger community such as this community of 200+ members is key to getting on like an actual family- where you respect and appreciate but not everyone has to get on perfect with everyone- very normal and yet requires respect and the understanding of interdependence. Id love to know if more people will ever be welcomed.
Summer, thank you so much for sharing this! I couldn't hold back tears listening to the story and celebrating the triumph of the community
Thanks George for writing in. Glad it struck a chord with you.
Me too...started crying within a minute of this video 😭 I have no words
What guts, vision, forward thinking and compassion those two women had way back then. Such a legacy.
Awesome vision! I never felt so inspired to start my own community in Brooke's Point Palawan until I watched this. Thank you so much.
Every video I have watched has always floored me at how knowledgable Summer is on plants. She's so pretty too.
You are amazing Summer, finding all these tidbits scattered around this fantastic World. Thanks for allowing me to partake in such moments.😊❤
You are most welcome. Thanks for enjoying the journey.
@@FlockFingerLakes 😊❤
It’s wonderful to know that there are people who care about our world. I would love to live in a eco community like theses that actually exist in our world today. It’s very gratifying to know that there are people who have given their lives and service to make our world a better place.. Thank you 🙏❤️😇
Wow, I had no idea this was an option. I am blown away and so touched by this way of living.
This community looks like absolute paradise!
This is so inspiring, thank you so much for sharing. I've envisioning something just like this for years!
Eco Village helps make our Ithaca, NY area Progressive. So cool that these women found their way here. Thank you
This is an amazing example of people taking charge and moving mountains. This community exemplifies perseverance, creativity, diligence, and love for our planet and for humanity. Instead of relying on politicians and government, who are too blind sighted and divided to make anything work for the common good, people like this are liberated through their own choices and actions. Wonderful interview! Thank you for delivering this video to the public view.
Yeah, they also do open-heart surgery in the rose garden.
@@fredm.7145 They covered they're ECO...with village.
Happy anniversary!!!!! I remember watching an older video so many years ago. So inspirational. Loving kindness ❤❤❤❤
Word? Yall looking for BlackPOC? The neighborhoods look so beautiful and Id love to participate in. Plus the cost of living there honestly isn't even bad at all. It is so affordable!! People seem so friendly in this video. I'd love to look into this.
I believe this is the way humans are supposed to live.
It is. The way we live now is super unhealthy in all ways
This is sooooooo wonderful.....this type of program on different levels could help so much with the homeless issue and affordable housing here in Canada....it just doesn't make the rich richer with money it builds the richness of community ....many people just want a home and many have skills to work on there community.... wonderful inspirational ...if I ever won big I would love to contribute to a project such as this
Thank you for this video, it is so wonderful to see inspiring content that is hope-filled, in a world that is so full of separation and disenfranchisement. For those of us wanting to live more simply, sustainably, & community-focused lives, seeing that it is possible is so important. Love all your videos and find them so inspiring. thank you for what you do!
I grew up on a farm .this reminds me ov our fields i was very blessed to have had that life .🌺🌺🌺🌺🌞
Wow - thx for the deep dive with this awesome woman (women;)).
I love the pacing - taking your time and not editing it to death. It reflects the intention of the topics- consensus, community, communication. Sociology, ecology, functional and aesthetic design- all is up my alley. Love too that the intention is not self sustainability but interdependence. We need each other- I got the sweetest smelling fresh dug carrots as a gift from my allotment garden plot neighbor today and I gave him a dahlia I dug up and offered him some straw from the 20 bales I had delivered- reciprocity, thoughtfulness and generosity- of spirit and items. Thx Summer❤️ Jenny- Vancouver Island BC Canada
This is awesome! We need more villages like this worldwide
We do, they are called towns, Villages, Hamlets. This place is a private investment for some and they are making returns on there investment.
That is what I am talking about!! Im 52 now, and my whole life I have wanted that right there. lol.
This is truly amazing 🤩. We definitely need more of these. This literally makes one learn how to live in and as a community again. How refreshing.
I moved to a 55+ community this year. There are 330 households. Many are in their 70/80/90’s. Pandemic stops almost all socializing. I am an introvert so I tend to keep to myself. It seems that many residents do the same, keep to themselves. It is very peaceful and quiet in this little community. The on site manager keeps a firm hand on keeping the park pristine.
Can you give a general idea of where your community is, and give us a breakdown of all the monthly expenses? mortgage, insurance, taxes, identify various fees to live in the community? I've heard of some high monthly fees for HOAs etc. Is fee for social activities separate from fee for common area upkeep? Thanks