Life does not need to return to
Welcome to
A sustainable village
for a post-carbon world,
come in and join us!
Learn about our values
and activities that you can find,
among other things.
Welcome!
About the city
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The village’s name, Communitas
Crescit, is Latin for ‘growing
community.’ Its creators decided on
the name because it represents two
important values of the community:
teaching and learning. We have
designed our village to be
integrated into and become a part
of the surrounding community and
open to everyone. It teaches the
community how to live in a society
where oil has been depleted along
with its dependence, by providing
leadership and learning projects
and activities in which all
generations are able to participate.
The brochure lists of the types of
activities available to everyone,
along with some other information
about the community. We hope you
have a great time!
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the Stone Age to be exciting
and fun! Our project on
envisioning a post-carbon city
bares significance because it
exemplifies how a village
operates in a society that no
longer can be dependent on
fossil fuels. It does so by
showing how the wind, sun and
rain can provide for food,
power and heat. The values
presented in this brochure help
make this village resilient. The
activities are also significant
because they are activities that
not only teach the community
how to live oil-free, but also
that you can have fun while
doing so.
Created by: Christina Altman
 1st terrace: The building
 Basement: bike storage/rental and food cellar
 1st floor
Our Location in San Francisco  Repair shops (bike, jewellery, computer, shoes),
post office
N. and convenience shop all located on the 1st floor.
1 terrace: Farmer’s market
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 Need to connect to the Internet? Go to our library
Geary Blvd.  Located right next to the building *Our village encourages everyone to
 Local and outside farmers use our computers in order to
Building refrain from purchasing their own. It
 One local farm stand available
1st terrace Lyon daily helps save from trashing out
2nd terrace
Masonic non-recyclable or degradable
Amphitheatre rd
3 terrace
Garden lL electronics that create waste left to
landfills that damage our only Earth!
O’Farrell l nd
 2 floor: community dining and kitchen area
l  3rd floor
 We have our very own B&B! Come stay the night

2 terrace: park
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Amenities with one of our friendly
community members! Friendly, fun, home-like and
comfortable!
 Residential living
 Benches and lunch tables with umbrellas
 Green roof: bar and cafe, live music, dancing and fun!
2nd terrace: community garden

 Vegetables and fruit

 Bike storage 3rd terrace

 Campfire pit  Wind turbines with solar panels attached and lighting
 Pond
 Composting area nearby
 Playground
 Chickens
 Living artwork
 Benches

2nd terrace: amphitheatre

 Open grass area
 Our village’s motto, ‘Ad Astra per Aspera,’ means ‘to the stars
through hardship,’ in Latin, which we believe helps us get
Central to our values is
Our Values through any hindrances we may encounter (i.e. water shortage,
community, for without it, life lack of electric power, bad harvest). Our community lives by
within the village would cease this motto, and we consider it important in holding our
being sustainable in a world community together. It also helps the people to take hold of
without fossil fuels. Without the the principles listed in the chart, and to never give up hope for
efforts of the community, values the present and future.
such as responsibility,
imagination, family, etc., could Community food
not thrive. The four core values in
•Responsibility production •Playfulness
the blue quarter-circles represent
the four aspects of life in
Communitas Crescit. For instance,
you shall encounter people who
vary in their age, and food, water,
energy, and activities that are
locally based. The six boxes in pink
Local Intergenerational
represent ideals you gain from our
community and village, along with
what assures our long-term
existence. The four bottom ideals Public
in white portray the result of all Urban COMMUNITY Family Community
the other values combined. Once art
you visit and come to know our work
community, we hope you gain,
like those living here, the four
Social
core principles that hold up Interaction Siesta
Communitas Crescit. We want our
villagers and others within the city
(and even those outside of the
city) to learn, grasp and teach •Knowledge
•Imagination
these principles, passed down sharing
Awareness of Natural
from one generation to the next.
Processes

Contentment----Human Agency----Interdependence----Sustainability
 In our Building

At our Farmer’s Market
Every Sunday from 11am- 5pm
Join us on Sundays and shop from a variety of which you
local farmers from different regions inside and can find
outside of San Francisco!
A local stand, selling produce from
our garden, is open daily from 11am-3pm.
In our Garden
Help us garden during the day, available all
day!
 Bike rentals! Ride our bikes all over the city or just our little village! Different rates apply—
bigger groups for bigger discounts!
 Learn how to do your own repairs (shoes, jewellery, computer, etc.) at home! Stop by one of
our shops and learn from the masters themselves! Located on the 1st floor.
Our  T&L (Teaching and Learning) Center provides everyone with workshops and activities for
activities adults and children:
are
 Make your own candle at home, made from bees wax & chemical free! Mon.-Wed. 5-
separated
8pm.
according
 Make your own jewellery from organic beads: Thurs-Sun. 12-4pm
to their
 Music and dance classes: Want to learn a tune? Or dance to one? Some examples of
regional
lessons available:
area, from
 Dance: African, Latin, Jazz, Tap
 Music: Guitar, Piano, Trombone, Flute
 Our resource library on the 3rd floor contains a seed and tool sharing center, where you can
them in.
take seeds or use tools to help plant your own garden!
 People in the area can come and take seeds for their own gardens, as long as they
make sure to donate some of their seeds as well!
We integrated a
Community meals—we encourage that too!
siesta between
o Good way to meet our families
the hours of 2-4
o Come and help us prepare a meal every Friday night!
pm, where our
community o We all eat together, share our stories and make new friends for life.

Clean-ups! o Someone is usually always working workers are Drinks, dancing and music at Bar Crescit! All located on our green roof!
in the community garden given two hours o Come join us every night, starting at 7pm for some fun under the starry night.
Sign up for one o Between the hours of 2-4pm, every each working o Our organic drinks and live acoustic band will give you the best and relaxing fun night
of our bi-monthly day to relax, eat after your full day of eco-friendly activities!
Wednesday, you can join the
or join in some
clean-ups! We get children from the Elementary In our Park
fun!
together with School across the street (on
Storytelling by the campfire or amphitheatre, every Saturday night!
other city folks O’Farrell), accompanied by their
Watch a performance by the students at the amphitheatre
and participate in High School mentors. The
o End of the semester showings: December 15th-20th and May 15th-20th
compost and community garden outreach o Seasonal performances by dance groups and musicians who are part of the musi-dance
beach clean-ups. program created a way for High program at our T & L Centre.
Meet new people, School teens to help teach the o Adult and elder performances as well!
have fun and help children all about gardening, Relax on a sunny day
beautify our San community, sharing and providing Explore our living art, created by our very own community
Francisco! for the rest of the villagers in the Use our campfire for your very own bar-b-q!

area. Playground for your children too.

During the summer, enroll your kids in our summer day-camp. Available daily and weekly.