Open grassy field with trees and a dirt road in Forest Ridge Community.

Forest Ridge Community

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2024

What we do

The Forest Ridge Community is located 65 mi SW of Nashville, TN, 7 mi from Hohenwald adjacent to a state forest. The land was bought in 2024. Approx. 6 ac are open and grassy and 14 ac are mixed forest mostly with younger trees. There are no building or logging restrictions here and another 5 ac could be easily cleared in a valley and a slight southern slope. A large Tiny House, a tiny Tiny, well, barn with workshop, storage container, ground shelter and a large Solar System are completed. Individuals can low cost lease to own the parcel they like or whatever we want to agree on. With 5 – 9 – or? people planed we can have more Tiny Houses (custom build by the Amish nearby) or whatever houses we like. More Solar equipment is already on the property. We build raised beds for organic permaculture and a greenhouse, plant more fruit trees. We will have chicken, maybe goats. Forest Ridge is a vegetarian community where no animals get slaughtered on the property other than in an emergency. But individuals can bring meat in for their own consumption. We strive for self sustaining with food and energy as far as reasonable. We have friendly and helpful neighbors about a mile from us, which have springs on their properties. After basic buildings, raised beds, greenhouse are completed I envision building earth dome houses, similar to hobbit houses. Maybe having a zip line to the lower valley, building a tree house and other fun projects. Starting the Cities of the Spheres project ?? We share meals, campfires, singing, story telling, visualization/meditation, circle meetings focusing on positive solutions, invite friends, connect with other communities – all as we like it.

Our Mission

Building a community, tribe of likeminded people, friends in beautiful nature. Adults, children with free will bringing out the best in each other. Experiencing, learning, sharing, building a living community based on sustainability, good communication, benevolent intent, cooperation, balance of political and spiritual awareness, harmony with people, animals and nature.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Ecovillage
  • Sustainability practices
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Permaculture design

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2024
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2025
  • Started living together
  • 1 Total member
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
1

How to join

We connect by phone and/or email and compare our visions.
We plan a personal visit and take it from there…

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Call or email me.
Ulrich 310 455 2353

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

Decision-making process

  • Full Consensus

Everyone must agree before moving forward.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Conflict resolution approach

The individual leader will be replaced by a group circle when community is in place.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Regular fees: $50
Labor: Yes (7 hrs/week)
Individuals can low cost lease or lease to own the parcel they like.
Common expenses are shared. Details will be determined in circle meetings.
Member labor for common projects will also be determined in circle meetings.

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Tractor & Farm Equipment, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Dietary restriction

  • People can cook and eat what they want in their own residence

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Cohousing

    Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
    interaction while maintaining independence.

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

Sustainability approach

  • Renewable energy systems
  • Permaculture design

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Greenhouse / aquaponics

Wastewater management

  • Septic system
  • Land area size
    20.5 acres

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Location

  • Tennessee, United States

Forest Ridge Community

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4 weeks ago

Healing Love Healing Money: Trust As The Foundation For A New Culture

Money, love and power are among the hardest things any community works with, and many of us carry the same fears into both: not having enough, losing what we have, and the sense that if someone else gets money or love, we won’t. Healing Love, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture is taught by two intentional communities. Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle are from Clear Sky Meditation and Retreat Center, a Buddhist-lineage community in the BC Rockies. Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera Healing Biotope, a community of about 160 people in southern Portugal that has spent decades studying love, trust and relationship. Clear Sky has spent years working on its relationship with money, and our two communities found surprising parallels in the fears beneath both. Over four sessions we explore the roots of fear around money and belonging, love, possession and power, trust as infrastructure (community as a container for healing), and ethical livelihood. We use short meditations, body-based practices, reflection and small-group conversation. You do not need to be in a romantic relationship or live in community. When: October 27, Nov 3, 10, 17. All four sessions: 12–2pm Vancouver, 1–3pm Alberta, 7–9pm UK and Portugal, 8–10pm Central Europe. Note: US and some Canadian provinces change clocks on November 1, so the US west coast is 12–2pm on October 27, then 11am–1pm for the remaining sessions, and Eastern is 3–5pm on October 27, then 2–4pm for the rest. Cost: sliding scale Details and registration: https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/healing-love-healing-money-online/  
October 27, 2026 13:00 – November 17, 2026 15:00
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Forest Community Starting

Description: Willits, CA, Pacific Northwest rainforest system. Forest Haven is seeking forest lovers who value solitude. We have several areas in the main compound and a few tucked away in private. Space is designed for your RV / Tiny Home / +++. We will add power and water for each new Steward’s space. Land: 40 acres(17 hectares), 3ac for humans. Year-round creek at base of parcel. Heavy trees, 40 meter-ish high. Conifer mix. With a large south-facing common garden.   New forest stewards have agreed to prioritize tree health. This means each person here will have a say in whether we cut any single tree. We never cut for wood or sale.  Stewards agree to walk the forest daily as our one required 20-minute group activity.    Limit the number of dwellings to 3-5 Total. There are 8 common buildings, with 3 having flush toilets and one with a hot shower, washer and dryer. We are 100% off-grid.  We have a natural spring and solar. The full-size common kitchen is large enough to process the garden harvest and more. Remote workers and retirees’ welcome. Full online and cell service available.    Forest Haven is currently a private forest reserve.   If 2 households sign on, it will become a 501(c)(3). Each person’s “donation/rent” will be tax-deductible. This is a private forest reserve going public as a nonprofit.    Please inquire if you want to help in a small way using basic permaculture methods to improve our forest’s health, message me to learn more.
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