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Join us at The Silco Theatre on Wednesday, August 14th at 6pm for this screening of “A Decent Home,” about the social cohesion as well as radical economic vulnerability of homeowners who live in manufactured housing communities. They own their homes, but not the land underneath them and many of them didn’t see it comingContinue reading “Screening of “A Decent Home” at the Silco on 8/14/24″

Silver City, NM, July 18, 2024 Crooked Forest Institute recently received a $200,000 grant from the Tides Foundation. Crooked Forest Institute is a Silver City-based 501c3 non-profit organization that is focussing on building affordable housing on a local Community Land Trust. The Tides Foundation envisions a world of shared prosperity and social justice founded onContinue reading “We received a $200,000 grant from the Tides Foundation.”

Thanks everyone for showing up in person today! It was quite a crowd. Here is the recording of the presentation, which mostly features our slide deck and our voices. If you came to the presentation, feel free to leave feedback or questions here. Click Here to watch the Zoom Recording. (Fast Forward to minute 3Continue reading “Zoom Recording of “Disability-Design and Elder Housing””

Hi all, If you are not able to join us in person, Zoom is an option, but the original link they published won’t work. Here is the new link that will work: Western Institute for Lifelong Learning is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: A WILL Lunch & Learn Event / A Crooked ForestContinue reading “New Zoom Link for WILL presentation tomorrow”

Affordable housing is hard to find.  The Crooked Forest Institute, a local 501(c)3, is focused on becoming a Community Housing Development Organization in order to build multiple affordable housing neighborhoods on shared-equity land like a Community Land Trust. The Western Institute for Lifelong Learning (WILL) invites you to a Lunch and Learn community education programContinue reading “Join us on July 10th for “Disability-Forward Design and Elder Housing””

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-c8hjs-164e96b Couldn’t make it to the Crooked Forest Workshop at the Tranquil Buzz on Friday, June 21st? Here’s the recording of the Regenerative Rural Resilience: Leveraging Community Power for Economic Transformation workshop so you can take it with you. This workshop focuses on the Economic aspects of the Crooked Forest vision. In this workshop, JoeContinue reading “Regenerative Rural Resilience: Leveraging Community Power for Economic Transformation”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kztks-164e77a Join the Co-hosts Susan GoLightly and Renee Provencio of “Gender Trouble,” a program on Gila Mimbres Community Radio, as they interview Holly Noonan and Jade Sawyer of Crooked Forest Institute. Join us as we explore the questions of “What exactly is Environmental Illness?” and  “Why are women disproportionately affected by it?” and “How isContinue reading “Environmental Illness, Women and Housing”

Join us tomorrow at the Tranquil Buzz from 12 to 2pm for our workshop entitled: Regenerative Rural Resilience: Leveraging Community Power for Transformational Change. We’ll be focusing on the economic aspects of our Mission, including prioritizing the Wellbeing Economy , and how we can use the Community Land Trust that we are starting to helpContinue reading “Upcoming Events”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-z56n5-16369e8 Bob Estrin is an architect, builder, teacher and life long student. In 2020, he founded the School of Constructive Arts (SCA), a laboratory for the experimental study of holistic, healthy, and affordable methods of building and living in dry lands environments. SCA seeks to integrate ancient approaches with modern technology to derive new modelsContinue reading “Bob Estrin Interview– The School of Constructive Arts celebrates both Ancient and Modern Technology”

We hope to see you at the live event this coming Saturday at the Maker’s Market off Bullard Street in downtown Silver City between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday May 4th. This extraordinary event will be hosting 65 local nonprofits who are all offering some kind of fun activity for kids and adults.Continue reading “The Give Grandly Live Event is Saturday May 4th”