Ithaca, NY -- First came FRoG, then SONG. Now EcoVillage at Ithaca, a community that is part commune, part condo development, is getting ready to start work on a third 30-home neighborhood.

Hidden away in the Finger Lakes region of New York, EcoVillage at Ithaca is an intentional community that provides the setting for a healthy, socially rich lifestyle focused on sustainability.

Lisa Ripperton attended Cornell University between 1968 and 1976 before moving back to Ithaca and EcoVillage from the Chapel Hill, North Carolina area in July. Ripperton lives with her 23-year-old ...

EcoVillage Ithaca sits on 175 acres, 90 percent of which is preserved as open space and farmland, Walker says, but being two miles uphill from downtown means accessibility takes a hit.

Richard W. Franke, An Overview of Research on Ecovillage at Ithaca, RCC Perspectives, No. 8, Realizing Utopia: Ecovillage Endeavors and Academic Approaches (2012), pp. 111-124 ...

In an attempt to integrate the ordinary public with a more communal relationship with the environment, Ithaca hosts one of these new developments, the ecovillage, located just outside the city.

Ecovillage at Ithaca. I was 18 the first time I heard about an ecovillage. My environmental studies professor brought up this time he lived at Arcosanti, an experimental town in the Arizona desert ...