LaLa Gardens Cooperative is a community-owned living, learning community center in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is a one-acre residence and natural farming demonstration of permaculture, transitioning from private to cooperative ownership as a model for regenerative development. The garden features regenerative farming and gardening courses, and is a pilot project for community ownership, governance, economy and culture that is based on a Declaration of Interdependence and in part, utilizes a global regenerative currency and ecosystem. It is reflective of hyperlocalsystems of Partnerism, membership, gifting, trade and other forms of mutual support. It is developing models for applying regenerative systems to real estate, education, economy, culture as a model for any neighborhood.
The purpose of LaLa Gardens Cooperative LCA is to steward a community-owned regenerative garden, community residence and learning center that is a fractal of an ecosystem supporting regenerative development. The Cooperative values and rewards caring for one another, nature, and our collective future; giving visibility to the natural process of stewarding a regenerative place, implementing and catalyzing cultural shifts towards thrivability applicable at each time, place and condition.
Declaration of Interdependence