In Person Intro Session and Site Tour
Please join us for this in-person Open House and Site Tour. There will be an informative presentation with Q&A and plenty of opportunity to meet many of our community members. Refreshments and children’s activities will be provided. All who are interested are welcome to then walk a short distance to the ecovillage and tour the grounds with our project manager.
The open house will take place at the Kearns Spirituality Center which is behind the Sisters of Divine Providence mother house and adjacent to the campus of La Roche University. Free parking is available and additional parking information and driving directions will be provided upon registration.
Organizer
Our community is inspired by the legacy of Rachel Carson (1907-1964) whose early fascination with nature led her to pursue an extraordinary career as a scientist, writer and educator. Childhood walks with her mother on their Western Pennsylvania farm instilled in Rachel Carson a ‘sense of wonder’ about the natural world that in turn inspired a life-long devotion to environmental stewardship. A science degree from Pennsylvania College for Women started Rachel Carson on a journey to become a leading scientist and spokesperson for environmental concerns. Rachel Carson taught us to see ourselves as part of nature, not a controller or even just a protector, but as inter-dependent with it: as reliant on the world we live in as it is on our good stewardship. We are founding the Rachel Carson EcoVillage on the premise that people have a valuable and purposeful role within the environment and that our presence can enhance the vibrancy and resilience of complex living systems.
