These are the principles driving us to create this community-place:
We wish to be good ancestors. We may not have or re-learn all the skills that have been lost to our generation, but we will teach our children what we know, and give them the space, time, tools and courage to try, fail, and continue to learn.
We recognize that we are part of nature, and not above it. Through a mixture of permaculture principles, rewilding, degrowth, and careful attention to our impact on the land, we will do what we can to create a home that sustains all living things.
We are not going gentle into that good night, but we also recognize that grief has a place when we are hospicing modernity. There will be complicated feelings that ebb and flow and morph into each other.
Every end is a new beginning, and we will look for joy in what we might build together.
Women’s leadership is essential. We will be intentionally prioritizing women’s voices and expertise.
The current culture of modernity in our locale is one that is deeply poisoned by racism, classism, sexism, and hostility to disability, queerness, and many other minoritized identities. We do not expect anyone to already be fully healed from these biases (how can we when we are swimming in a stew of them!) but we do expect people to admit that these prejudices exist, be mindful of their presence in our own minds, and actively working to do better.
We seek like-minded people and especially families that feel a sense of urgency in creating a community and network of individuals willing to support each other. Skills of all kinds are welcome – especially if your skills include learning, adapting, and creative problem solving.
We aim to become a group of families working together to share our strengths, resources, skills, and support for each other as the current and future consequences of the ongoing polycrisis unfold.
A more formal membership process will be established once we have a sustained group of core members. If you would like to help shape that future, please get in touch.
As we are currently in the forming stage, please message our community using the button on this page to get in contact with us and meet those already involved
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
Decisions proceed unless someone has a reasoned objection.
Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.
We currently plan to use sociocracy to organize and run the community after the group reaches a sufficient size.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (2 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Large Scale Kitchen, Swingsets & play areas, Gym or sports area
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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