Make belonging practical
Welcoming language, flexible access, and spaces for youth, families, artists, and neighbors.
About the collective
Rooted in place.
United in purpose.
Second Nature Collective is a grassroots community space where conscious living becomes something we practice together.
SFV / 818Built from relationship
Our story
The work began with a simple commitment: live with more attention.
Attention to place. Attention to the people beside us. Attention to what we consume, what we make, and what we leave behind.
That commitment takes public form through low-cost and free community experiences that make room for plant-based culture, art, music, sustainability, mutual support, and nature-based practices.
“The SFV is where we live, work and play. We acknowledge the original stewards that took care of this land for centuries, and made it possible for us to exist here.”
“Second Nature Collective is committed to building community around conscious living. Honoring the contributions of stewards, past and present, is vital to create a path forward.”
Second Nature Collective mission ethos
What guides the work
Care becomes visible in how a space is built.
These are working principles—not a substitute for the collective's forthcoming confirmed pillar language.
Learn through relationship
Nature, food, creative practice, and conversation become ways of knowing together.
Keep the work local
Center the San Fernando Valley and the people already making life here.
Who we are
No single face can hold a collective.
This work is made by the people who attend, offer a skill, bring food, share music, support a vendor, facilitate a practice, or simply choose to return.