Mission:
We partner with Ojai community members and organizations to build and strengthen life sustaining and regenerative ways of being.
Vision:
The Ojai Valley is a resilient and ecologically healthy home for all human and non-human residents.
Our Guiding Values
Collaboration
We believe in the power and critical nature of working together to sustain and enrich our
community as it faces a changing, uncertain future.
Accountability
We believe in the importance of speech and actions that are transparent, mindful and honest, and we follow through with our commitments.
Reciprocity
We commit to building relationships based on mutual respect, authenticity, equitable exchange, and the celebration of diversity.
Humility
We practice this by committing to deep listening, acknowledgement of mistakes, and openness
to learning.
Ecological areas of focus:
- Housing (shelter) and the built environment
- Food and agriculture
- Zero waste (refuse, reduce, repair, reuse, recycle, rot)
- Gardens and parks
- Factors associated with ecological health
- Energy
- Transportation
- Biodiversity coupled with regenerative habitats
- Water
- Mutual relationships, partnerships and connections
- Healthy soil
- Economy
