EcoHospitality at Frog’s Way B&B

1. EcoHospitalityat Frog’s Way B&B • March 14, 2012

2. Community Context • 4 SPHERES OF SUSTAINABILITY: Intertwined& overlapping Ecological Community/Social Equity Economic Personal/Health/Spirituality • GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE NETWORK “Live well and lightly Together” Regenerative, place-based settlements Ecovillage Ithaca - Alternative to suburban sprawl model made for mainstream • COHOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS Cooperative Living Community by Design/Easy InteractionCommon Houses Clustered houses around Open Space Commons Carfree/Carefree • EDUCATION Experience being part of a model Access to tours, common houses, meals Bioregional Map Local Resource book & magazines

3. Economy • Reduce Costs: Energy Efficiency & Renewables next slide • Reduce costs: Grow Foods, eg Berries all around and Create Value-added Foods - jam , yogurt, granola, iced wild-harvested mint tea • Reduce Costs: Minimize packaging and disposable supplies –Bulk Liquid soap, cloth napkins • Pay employees a Living Wage and Use Fair Trade products • Support and promote local artisans, food growers & processors, forest workers, retail businesses • Provide attractive Ecotourism/Edutourism Destination with a unique story

4. Ecology ILove of Place Create an immersion in the Finger Lakes Experience • Building is constructed with 9 local woods • Local history, geology, legends, cuisine, arts, trails –through books, magazines, and brochures • Photos, quilts, bioregional map poster by local artisans • Decorated with dried lavender bunches, lotus pods, and fresh-cut flowers • South-facing windows open to expansive views • Trails traverse woods, ponds, farms, meadows, wetlands

5. EnergyEfficiency & Renewables • Compact multi-use space • Quality insulation • Insulated windows • Passive solar design • Duplex house • Cut vampire circuits • Radiant heated floors • Super-efficient boiler • All bulbs CFL • Separate programmable thermostats on each floor • Subsidized Solar PV • Draw on grid connected wind power Ecology-II Cut Emissions

6. Food Prioritize: onsite, local, seasonal, home-made, untreated foods Serve home-made jams, yogurt, granola, wild-harvested mint tea Community meals-local,organic Kitchenette reduces travel needs Transportation. Exposure to another way of living • Car-free neighborhoods • Carpool and carshare arrangements • Electric bicycles & Bicycle commuters Encourage bicycle and kayak use through free lending Ecology-III Cut Emissions

7. Ecology-IVMinimize Waste & Toxins CUT WASTE Recycle and Compost with beautiful containers Cloth napkins Plastic tablecloths from recycled plastic bottles Reuse towels & Linens Drying Rack encourages reusing wet towels Bulk soaps & shampoos in reusable containers NON TOXIC MATERIALS- Healthy Place-Person-Planet Organic Foods, Soaps, Lotions, Shampoos No–VOC Paints and Stains. Unstained hemlock siding on bldg Locust Deck & Foundation Wood

8. Personal transformation, Health, Quality of Life • Car-free, Care-free – Calm Community Connection • Nature’s Beauty Heals • Mindfulness - Books, Magazines, Flower Arrangements P r e s e n c e • Pond, Hot Tub, Garden Slowing up and releasing • Tours, community dinners, conversations by the swings – Another World is Possible