Take Action
There are many wonderful reasons to live in an intentional community or ecovillage. One of those reasons is that you have more friends interested in activities. This enables you to have many more things you could do to
make a big difference for children, teenagers and senior citizens. Whether you're a
parent, grandparent, neighbor, aunt, uncle, friend, mentor, volunteer,
or someone who just enjoys spending time with kids, you have something
to contribute. Even a skill that you may take for granted can be an
opportunity for someone to be inspired. Below is a list of suggestions for activities that you can do with people in your community. Some
are ideal for those with time restrictions and others will work best
for those with lots of free time.
Either way, find an activity that
interests you. Here's a list of 101 things you can do with or for kids: - Take a bike ride
- Chaperone a dance
- Be a camp counselor
- Teach a class
- Mentor
- Help out with school-based activities
- Teach car repair
- Teach cooking
- Teach sewing
- Join an activist group
- Teach letter writing
- Teach photography
- Teach driving
- Put on a play
- Learn to dance
- Ride a horse
- Teach a computer program
- Have a bake sale to raise money for charity or an activist group
- Go sledding or skiing
- Start a book club
- Provide a ride
- Do a soap-box derby
- Go to the zoo
- Build a web site
- Go camping
- Go to a park
- Learn another language
- See a musical
- Ride a rollercoaster
- Cultivate a garden
- Help write an essay
- Take a youth to your work
- Go to the planetarium
- Hug a tree
- Start a collection
- Do yoga
- Assist with homework
- Build a tree fort
- Go canoeing
- Visit a Museum
- Have a bake sale
- Go to a sporting event
- Plant a tree
- Paint a picture
- Visit a national monument
- Learn origami
- Take a youth to a place they've never been
- Visit the elderly
- Go to a concert
- Organize a neighborhood clean-up day
- Grow flowers
- Sail a boat
- Play Music
- Plan a scavenger hunt
- Go fishing
- Have a car wash in the neighborhood
- Go ice skating
- Go to the beach
- Teach good nutrition
- Go for a boat ride
- Have a party
- Go indoor rock climbing
- Fly a kite
- Juggle
- Sing a song
- Read poetry
- Watch a classic movie
- Play checkers or chess
- Practice an instrument
- Make jewelry
- Do a crossword puzzle
- Play cards
- Play a sport
- Lift weights
- Draw a picture
- Go to the pet store
- Go rollerblading
- Play a video game
- Have a birthday party
- Play catch
- Learn how something works
- Go swimming
- Take an aerobics class
- Do ceramics
- Paint a mural
- Coach a team
- Build a birdhouse
- Put on a puppet show
- Do an arts and crafts project
- Play table tennis
- Teach a magic trick
- Build a snowman
- Go to a car show
- Ask a youth what they want to be when they grow up, and encourage them
- Create a photo album
- Share old pictures from your youth
- Teach the value of money
- Talk about the neighborhood
- Find out what interests a youth or senior citizen and take them to the library to learn more
- Discuss your heroes with a youth and ask them theirs
- Have a youth or senior citizen make a list of all the things they love
Helping
youths and senior citizens can be easy and fun. There's an unlimited
amount of things to do to put your skills and interests to use. By consensus of the current membership, here follows the Vision Statement for the members of our group who are currently forming an ecovillage and intentional community:
Vision Statement
Our EcoVillage or Intentional Community will be earth-friendly and sustainable while comfortable. We will use innovative technologies---homes built using cob, straw-bale, salvaged lumber and other materials. We commit to alternative, renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro and solar. We will produce our own food using methods that can be sustained a thousand plus years with minimal impact on wildlife--even restoring eco-systems.
We will accomplish this amidst a family of mutually caring members--members who honor and encourage each others' individual dreams and talents, yet; who balance personal fulfillment with enthusiastic support for the economic, spiritual and emotional well-being of all generations within the group. We will uphold principles of equality between all members regardless of race, creed, age, ability, income level, gender, sexual preference or sexual orientation.
Our EcoVillage will interact openly with other communities and share what we are doing through on-site businesses, educational retreats, workshops, library and lectures. Back to WeInviteYou.Org Homepage
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