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# Rachel Carson EcoVillage

An Old Fashioned Neighborhood for the Future

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- [Rain, rain...](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/08/rain-rain/) - How will our ecovillage deal with what seems an increasing frequency and volume of precipitation? Here is the first of a series related to how the ecological aspects of our site, as well as structures based on natural processes, will be part of our stormwater management strategies. The mature and healthy oaks, hickories, and other
- [Singing is Good For the Soul and the Community  ](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/08/singing-is-good-for-the-soul-and-the-community/) - Combining voices and instruments, in any combination in group format is fun and helps build common bonds. Rene, I, and others at RCE are long time music enthusiasts. We envision jam sessions including guitars, ukeleles, drums, etc after a Common House meal, on a screen porch, and in living rooms at RCE. There is plenty
- [The Illustrious Order of Makesmiths](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/07/the-illustrious-order-of-makesmiths/) - The Illustrious Order of MakesmithsDownload
- [Collections](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/06/collections/) - Moving primarily means finding a home for the books and media that define our relationships with each other and the world around us. For me, these books and films document everything from the beginning of recorded history, dance, song, religion, philosophy, poetry, and government, with the present continually informed by the past and the artistic
- [Food Oasis](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/06/food-oasis/) - If I live at the Rachel Carson Ecovillage at Providence Point, where will I get my groceries? I’m a foodie. I love to bake sourdough bread and to cook with fresh organic ingredients. Pittsburgh’s East End Food Co-op provides everything I need. The EEFC staff share RCE’s values regarding health, sustainability and community. I currently
- [Arriving in Pittsburgh on the Night Train](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/05/arriving-in-pittsburgh-on-the-night-train/) - I had been awake most of that late summer night watching the world rush by the sleeper’s lower-berth window. It was August 1953; I was almost six, and my father was bringing me on the night train to Pittsburgh to visit my grandmother, who lived outside the city The first hint of our destination came
- [Counting Birds in North Park](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/05/counting-birds-in-north-park/) - I’ve participated four times in the Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) at North Park. I’m a very amateur birder but I grew up listening to my mom’s bird song recordings and picking up a few things along the way. She told me that her dream career was to become an ornithologist but she must not
- [RCE Litter Pickers](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/05/rce-litter-pickers/) - On Saturday, April 12, ten of our members joined approximately 100 volunteers in the Town of McCandless to clean up roadsides near our future home. Arriving in the morning for the cleanup, we were given instructions and assignments; provided with bright green T-shirts, safety vests, gloves, trash bags, and tools; and offered tasty snacks, before
- [Won't you be my neighbor?](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/04/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/) - Moving to Pittsburgh is like stepping into “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”...if Mr. Rogers wore a Steelers jersey and spent his days showing you around a city with more bridges than you can count (just hope your GPS doesn’t crash). It’s cozy, friendly, and unexpectedly beautiful, with views that make you feel like you’re in a postcard.
- [Penn Incline](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/04/penn-incline/) - Did you know? Pittsburgh once had 17 Inclined Railways. The Monongahela Incline, the first built in the city in 1870, and the Duquesne Incline (1877) are the only two still operating. The Penn Incline, also known at the 17th Street Incline, connected the Strip District to the Hill District and operated from 1884 until 1953.
- [The Mystery of Marcescence: What does Nature Know?](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/01/the-mystery-of-marcescence-what-does-nature-know/) - The Mystery of Marcescence: What does Nature Know?One of my favorite sights on a winter walk is a young beech tree with its pale creamsicle leavesalmost glowing in the largely monochrome forest. Such trees are displaying marcescence, the somewhat mysterious phenomenon in which Autumn leaves don’t fall. In cultures across northern temperate zones both deciduous
- [A simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/01/a-simpler-more-fulfilling-lifestyle/) - A simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle “Perhaps you yearn for a more unencumbered lifestyle that allows you to focus on what youwant to experience and accomplish.”This was the opening line of a marketing email I recently received. Like most marketing emails, Idon’t know how I got on this list. But those marketers got their targeting right…they
- [The Perks of Being in Pittsburgh](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/02/the-perks-of-being-in-pittsburgh/) - The Perks of Being in Pittsburgh Pittsburghers have familiarity with the locale and have many opportunities to spend time with the Explorers and Founders who make the trip into Pittsburgh. We also have opportunities for community building at our in person gatherings. Many of these social events are organized on the RCE Facebook page so
- [Hygge](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/02/hygge/) - Hygge It’s winter. The daylight is limited and the skies are often clouded with shades of grey in Pittsburgh. I find myself celebrating any small bit of a blue sky day and noticing the lengthening moments of daylight during these cold months. It is a good time of the year to practice Hygge. Hygge (hoo-gah) is a
- [In Between Times](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/02/in-between-times/) - In Between Times“Where is home?”, I ask myself. My conditioned mind’s cliched answer says[editor: actually it is your wife Tink who says] “Home is where the heart is,honey.” And yet my mind can’t help but look back to what was, and toward whatwill be, leaving my heart to feel a bit confused and aching about
- [Women’s History Month](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/03/womens-history-month/) - Women’s History Month The environmental and public health movements have been fighting for our safety, diversity, and quality of life for generations. Rachel Carson represented an irresistible clarity about blind industrial methods destroying our own future and everything that gives life meaning in our natural environment. Female writers like Olga Owens Huckins chronicling bird deaths
- [Considering the cats at RCE](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/04/considering-the-cats-at-rce/) - Considering the cats at RCE I have two cats, and I learned recently about how future residents who have pet cats are getting ready for ecovillage living They are probably going to attach “catios” to their new houses In a discussion at the designated animal care meeting I heard the word “catio”for the first time, and I am still trying to picture
- [Daytripping: Sager Mosaics and the Ruins Project](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/04/daytripping-sager-mosaics-and-the-ruins-project/) - Daytripping: Sager Mosaics and the Ruins Project About an hour south of Pittsburgh, along the Great Allegheny Passage Trail in Whitsett, the Ruins project is an extraordinary creation, connecting nature, history, and contemporary art in an outdoor mosaic museum that is part installation, part memorial, part community. Set in the remains of the processing plant
- [Sister Candace Introcaso Center For Lifelong Learning](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/04/sister-candace-introcaso-center-for-lifelong-learning/) - Sister Candace Introcaso Center For Lifelong Learning Ask any group of Founding Members of the Rachel Carson EcoVillage at Providence Heights (RCE) why they want to move to the EcoVillage, and the responses likely will include one or more of the following: To live in community with a diverse group of interesting people; To help
- [Mel and Stu’s Good Adventure](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/05/mel-and-stus-good-adventure/) - Mel and Stu’s Good Adventure Anticipation. The car finally, finely loaded. Sagan settled in his crate. Mel and Stu listening to a fun novel – the miles melt away. Five hours later, a quick drive-by of the Sisters of DivineProvidence to check out Cumberland Road at Friday rush hour – not bad – and on
- [I thought it was spinach](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/06/i-thought-it-was-spinach/) - I thought it was spinach I consider myself an outdoorsy person, which only means I like being outside. So, it was with more enthusiasm than sense that I joined my neighborhood gardening group this spring. With visions of raised beds, hands in the dirt, sharing our surplus food, and helping each other weed, this was
- [40 Years and Five Generations of Scrabble](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/06/40-years-and-five-generations-of-scrabble/) - 40 Years and Five Generations of Scrabble The photo here shows the contents of a Scrabble set my mom owned. I gained possession of it after she passed away a couple of years ago. Sometime last year I was taking early steps to organize for an eventual move to the Rachel Carson Ecovillage and decided
- [Alphabet Groups](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/06/alphabet-groups/) - Alphabet Groups
- [Lake Arthur Adventure](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/07/lake-arthur-adventure/) - Lake Arthur Adventure After our recent stretch of beastly hot and humid weather, my husband, Ray, and I were thrilled to have a day to escape to the lush, green coolness of nearby Moraine State Park. (Moraine is about a 50-minute drive from Rachel Carson Ecovillage at Providence Heights). We opted to go for a
- [My favorite Eco–bags: Box bags made by Planet E!](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/07/my-favorite-eco-bags-box-bags-made-by-planet-e/) - My favorite Eco–bags: Box bags made by Planet E! Are you looking for Eco-bags for shopping? I use the ones made by Planet E and want to recommend this reusable bag to anyone! This is a type of bag with a box shape to stand up, stay open and fold flat with two tote handles. When I go grocery
- [Labyrinth Walking](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/07/labyrinth-walking/) - Labyrinth Walking When I moved into my current home in the east suburbs of Pittsburgh 25 years ago the potential garden beds around the perimeter of my house were completely filled with river rock. I spent years moving rocks and giving rocks away so that I could uncover the soil and plant various shrubs, bulbs,
- [Bicycle Heaven](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/08/bicycle-heaven/) - Bicycle Heaven I have been an avid bicyclist for most of my life, using bikes for recreation, exercise, short shopping trips, and for commuting to work. Having lived in the Pittsburgh area for a good portion of my life, I am aware of the challenges that this area, with its steep hills and narrow, winding
- [The Blessings of Zoom](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/08/the-blessings-of-zoom/) - The Blessings of Zoom I have a love/hate relationship with Zoom, and this blog post is devoted to one of the reasons I love it: I owe my regular yoga practice of more than five years almost entirely to Zoom. Even though I had taken hundreds of yoga classes in my forties, circumstances had kept
- [Three “Sustainable” Homes](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/08/three-sustainable-homes/) - Three “Sustainable” Homes The earliest family home I know about still exists. Built out of cob in the sixteenth century on a plateau with a great view of the English Channel between a hilltop 200’ above it on the east, a river valley 100’ below it on the west, and a sheer chalk cliff over
- [Mind the Gap](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/09/mind-the-gap/) - Mind the Gap There are countless reasons to be excited about moving to the Rachel Carson Ecovillage…but I added a new one to my list this week. I was talking to one of my best friends, Laura, who happens to live in Philadelphia. She announced that she’s looking forward to coming to Pittsburgh so we
- [Pack](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/10/pack/) - Pack I’m sitting here in Southern California. I want to be sitting in Pittsburgh, but haven’t sold the house yet. On one side of me is my 5-year old black Tri Australian Shepherd Laika, and on the other side is her nephew, my 2-year old black Tri Aussie, Inti. I do a lot of thinking
- [Cleaning out and Finding Your Relatives](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/10/cleaning-out-and-finding-your-relatives/) - Cleaning out and Finding Your Relatives It’s amazing what you find when you begin cleaning out. In moving from our house to aone-bedroom apartment, I began to sort all our papers, etc. that I had accumulated overthe years. In doing so, I found information I had about my family that I had not read inquite
- [The Steps of Pittsburgh](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/11/the-steps-of-pittsburgh/) - The Steps of Pittsburgh Mary Jo and I lived on the South Side Flats from 2001 to 2012 while working at the University of Pittsburgh. Besides being within an easy commute to Pitt by car, bus, by foot, or by bike, the South Side (across the Monongahela River from Downtown) has many distinctions. It’s the
- [Color springs to mind](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/10/color-springs-to-mind/) - Color springs to mind One of our young adult future residents shared what her vision of living in her new home at RCE will be, thanks for sharing Skyanna – beautiful trees and a rainbow feels pretty accurate!
- [Members Reflect on the Dedication Weekend](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/11/members-reflect-on-the-dedication-weekend/) - Members Reflect on the Dedication Weekend (November 8 and 9, 2024) For two days, members of our EcoVillage celebrated our Dedication Weekend – beginning with a public event in the Kearns Visitation Chapel on Friday afternoon, and continuing with a Land Acknowledgement and Tree Planting Ceremony on Saturday morning. There were informal meals together before
- [Giving Back](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2024/12/giving-back/) - Giving back When my girls were young; and we had recently moved to Franklin Park from our starter home in a small hamlet called Fombell in Beaver County, I was working for Butler Hospital running an AmeriCorps program. The Family Service Corps consisted of 50 individuals who were placed in rural school districts and a
- [Art for the Common House?](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/01/art-for-the-common-house/) - Art for the Common House? I attended an art opening last month for the poet, musician, and visual artist Bob Ziller last month at Borelli Cellars in Mt. Lebanon and was delighted to see Rachel Carson was also in attendance….as a wood duck, no less! I had seen this painting before, as it was originally part of
- [Planting Trees](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/01/planting-trees-3/) - Planting Trees At Rachel Carson EcoVillage we are inspired by the words of Wendell Berry in Planting Trees: “…and I plant them along the way of the departure of the ancient host. I return to the ground its original music. It will rise out of the horizon of the grass, and over the heads of
- [Getting Hooked on Community Science with the Great Backyard Bird Count ](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/02/getting-hooked-on-community-science-with-the-great-backyard-bird-count/) - Getting Hooked on Community Science with the Great Backyard Bird Count Fellow members of Rachel Carson EcoVillage know how often during Zoom meetings I grab my binoculars, distracted by the birds I see outside my windows. Fascinated by the behaviors of my feathered neighbors, I also participate in bird-related community science projects, through which my
- [Why Pittsburgh?](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/02/why-pittsburgh/) - Why Pittsburgh? That’s usually the first question I get, when I tell folks about joining Rachel Carson EcoVillage at Providence Heights. I must admit, Pittsburgh was never on my list of potential destinations. But, in looking for an intentional community that is dedicated to living lighter on the earth, I came across a community of
- [North Park in the Winter – Then and Now](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/03/north-park-in-the-winter-then-and-now/) - As Jim and I drove past Marshall Lake, the smaller of the two lakes in North Park, I noticed someone making a snowman on the ice in the middle of the lake, it reminded me of my teen days. We would drive to North Park with our snow shovels and ice skates. At that time there was
- [December 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2026/01/december-2025/)
- [Newsletter: November 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-november-2025/)
- [Newsletter: October 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-october-2025/)
- [Newsletter: September 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-september-2025/)
- [Newsletter: August 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-august-2025/)
- [Newsletter: July 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-july-2025/)
- [Newsletter: June 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-june-2025/)
- [Newsletter: May 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-may-2025/)
- [Newsletter: April 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-april-2025/)
- [Newsletter: March 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-march-2025/)
- [Newsletter: February 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-february-2025/)
- [Newsletter: January 2025](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-january-2025/)
- [Newsletter: January 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-january-2024/)
- [Newsletter: June 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-june-2024/)
- [Newsletter: May 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-may-2024/)
- [Newsletter: April 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-april-2024/)
- [Newsletter: February 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-february-2024/)
- [Newsletter: March 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-march-2024/)
- [Newsletter: August 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-august-2024/)
- [Newsletter: July 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-july-2024/)
- [Newsletter: October 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-october-2024/)
- [Newsletter: September 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-september-2024/)
- [Newsletter: November 2024](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/12/newsletter-november-2024/)
- [Equine Therapy](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/11/equine-therapy/) - My daughter Skyanna participates in a therapeutic horseback riding program located in Butler County 24 miles northeast of Rachel Carson EcoVillage. Therapeutic horseback riding is a wonderful form of therapy that uses riding to improve physical, emotional and social well-being of individuals with a variety of challenges. Participants engage in horseback riding activities under the
- [Options for “Aging in place”](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/2025/11/options-for-aging-in-place/) - My direct experience with five generations of elders and detailed knowledge of the parents and grandparents of the oldest generation has shown that continuing community engagement mattered more to their quality of life than any private dwelling. Those who thrived did so because they spent their final years helping others rather than just aging in

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- [About](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/) - A diverse, inclusive multicultural and multi-generational community of people who care about living lightly on the planet, with nature, and with good neighbors
- [Current newsletter](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/current-newsletter/) - Join our email list
- [Overview](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/overview/) - Overview of the Project We are building 35 units: 2 studios, 9 one-bedroom units, 12 two-bedroom units, and 12 two-bedroom suite units. Each unit is part of either a 2- or 3-unit side-by-side building. Except for the studios, all the units are customizable, offering the opportunity to add additional bedrooms and a bath, family room,
- [News](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/rce-weekly-update/)
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- [RCE in the news](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/rce-in-the-news/) - Pittsburgh Magazine - April, 2025 TRIBLive - March, 2025 WTAE - February, 2025 TRIBLive - March, 2024 Pittsburgh Magazine - August, 2024 Pittsburgh Magazine - June, 2023 Kidsburgh - October, 2022 PostGazette - August, 2022 NextPittsburgh - July, 2020 Join our email list
- [Meet some of us. . .](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/biographies/) - Stefani Danes (RCE Project Manager) and Doug Cooper have been members of The Pittsburgh Cohousing Group for many years and are delighted that those goals are being realized in Rachel Carson EcoVillage. They both have architectural backgrounds and teach in CMU's School of Architecture. Doug’s a muralist whose work explores the ways we experience cities,
- [Design Update & Development Timeline](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/design-updates/) - Our professional team, which includes experts in architecture, engineering, ecology, energy, and high-performance construction, is taking a science-based approach to both site and buildings. Outcomes such as energy use, indoor air quality, site water collection, and soil character are more than just design goals—they will actually be monitored . Our EcoResources Group is preparing a community
- [FAQ](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/faqs/) - EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING AND LIVING IN THE RACHEL CARSON ECOVILLAGE . . . almost Click on the question to see the answer :) When will the units be ready to move in? Construction began in early February; we anticipate moving in in fall 2025 What will the homeowners own? Each household
- [Membership](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/membership/) - EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING AND LIVING IN THE RACHEL CARSON ECOVILLAGE . . . almost Join as an Explorer What’s the benefit of becoming an RCE Explorer member? Explorer membership gives you a low-risk opportunity to see whether Rachel Carson EcoVillage is the right “fit” for you and a chance to get
- [Membership Overview](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/equity-membership/) - Membership Overview Rachel Carson EcoVillage builds on a tradition of established communities, both ecovillages and cohousing, which are based on the same principles. In the United States today, there are over 160 ecovillages and cohousing communities. This outlines a three-stage path to membership in the Rachel Carson EcoVillage. Its purpose is to provide a guide
- [Our Story](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/our-story/) - Our vision is a world where people value connections with each other and nature and human life contributes to the life of the planet. As a community and as individuals, Rachel Carson EcoVillage at Providence Heights embraces ecologically creative living. Our mission is to create a community in Pittsburgh where people and nature thrive. We
- [Our Buildings](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/our-buildings/) - Rachel Carson EcoVillage: All about our houses What’s special about our RCE houses? Our units are designed to meet high sustainability and durability standards, well beyond code requirements. We are building to Passive House standards and achieving this certification means we’ll have lower energy bills – saving 75 to 90% on heating and cooling, a
- [Site Plan](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/site-plan/) - Join our email list
- [Values & Governance](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/sociocracy/) - We base our community governance on the principles of Sociocracy. In order for the Rachel Carson EcoVillage community to govern itself effectively as well as equitably, authority for decisions is distributed functionally rather than concentrated in a single governing committee or board. Becoming a member of RCE community means accepting responsibility for acting in the
- [Gallery](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/gallery/)
- [EcoVillage](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/faq-ecovillage/) - EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING AND LIVING IN THE RACHEL CARSON ECOVILLAGE . . . almost THE ECOVILLAGE What’s the relationship between the terms “ecovillage” and “cohousing”? Cohousing is a cooperative, self-governing community where people live in private homes while sharing common spaces. For more information, check out https://www.cohousing.org/. An ecovillage is a
- [Community Life](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/faq-ecovillage-life/) - EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING AND LIVING IN THE RACHEL CARSON ECOVILLAGE . . . almost ECOVILLAGE LIFE How do common meals work? Common meals (even if some people’s schedules permit them to attend only irregularly) are the glue that holds cohousing communities together. Cohousing communities usually prepare between two and five meals
- [Development](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/faq-development/) - EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING AND LIVING IN THE RACHEL CARSON ECOVILLAGE . . . almost DEVELOPMENT When will the units be ready to move in? Construction began in early February; we anticipate moving in in fall 2025 What will the homeowners own? Each household owns their unit (the structure) and an equal
- [Contact](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/contact/) - Contact Us. . . 412-441-2948 (Stefani Danes, Project Manager) Email P.O. Box 90222 - Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (For USPS) Our physical location upon completion of building will be 9000 Babcock Blvd, Allison Park, PA 15101 in McCandless, a township of Pennsylvania, approximately 10 miles north of the city of Pittsburgh Join our email list
- [More about us](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/more-about-us/) - We're under construction! See for yourself what’s happening on our site. Click here for the live camera to watch it in real time. We are pleased to be working with the knowledgeable team at Evercam to provide the construction phase photography of our project with live-streaming, time-lapse videos, and reports. To learn more about them,
- [Members Area](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/member-portal/) - Members Area Below is the member login portal. Once you are logged in, you will able to update your profile, renew your membership, and view members only materials. If you have any difficulties with signing in or renewing your Explorer membership, please contact rachelcarsonecovillage@gmail.com After logging in, click on the Members Resources menu above to see exclusive content.
- [Become a Founding Member](https://rachelcarsonecovillage.org/become-a-member/) - RCE Founder Membership Founding members are individuals or households who have decided to purchase a dwelling in the ecovillage. An Explorer member who wants to advance to founder membership will have attended at least one full group meeting and participated in a planning group, will be aware of the risks and benefits involved, and will
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