The residents of East Lake Commons Ecovillage plan to live together with careful and intentional focus. We aim for a continually evolving high quality of life for each resident, high quality of interaction with one another, and ecologically responsible, harmonious relation with our natural environment. We also intend to interact positively with, serve, and benefit from the larger community around us.

We intend for the buildings and site to be developed in ways that promote social mingling, safe space for children to play, human movement in preference to automobiles, inclusion of disabled people in homes and outdoor spaces, and visual beauty and harmony. Buildings have been constructed and processes developed that are ecologically sound, using materials, energy, water, air, waste, soil and other resources in environment-friendly ways.

We aim toward efficient use not only of natural resources, machines and materials but also of people's skills, energy and time.

We agree to govern ourselves democratically, using consensus to make decisions. We take seriously each other's needs and wants and at the same time expect and help each person to balance his or her individual agenda with what seems best for the community. We treat each other and communicate with each other in ways that reflect kindness, consideration, respect, openness, honesty, neighborliness, and non-violence. When conflicts arise, we work for direct, open, non-violent resolution.

We respect solitude and privacy. We respect both vegetarians and omnivores. We honor and nurture children. We maximize people's ability to live in our community if they have or develop disability, by planning for systems which facilitate various levels of assistance. We encourage living options, such as rental, that are affordable to people with lower incomes. Within the umbrella of sharing the above goals, agreements and intentions, we seek and welcome diversity of race, culture, gender, age, class, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, religion, etc. and are open to forming new views and practices that further understanding and fairness.