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AMA-GI ECO-VILLAGE (SWITZERLAND/SAN MARINO/ICELAND/VATICAN CITY)(C4TWC)

  • Communities

About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2023

What we do

Government leaders throughout the world, despite having resources available to them, have systemically failed for decades to take true measures to end poverty and homelessness. In doing so, they have recklessly disregarded their duties under law to protect and care for adult dependents who are left homeless to die on the streets without shelter or housing.
Recognizing the ever growing and continued reckless endangerment of society’s most vulnerable citizens by our government leaders, we seek to procure land to develop the world’s first tiny-town eco-village (Ama-gi eco-village) for unhoused poverty-stricken individuals, created by homeless people for homeless people.
AMA-GI ECO-VILLAGES (FREEDOM ECO-VILLAGES)
Ama-gi is a Sumerian word written ama-gi or ama-ar-gi. It has been translated as “freedom”, as well as “manumission,” “exemption from debts or obligations,” and “the restoration of persons and property to their original status,” including the remission of debts. Other interpretations include a “reversion to a previous state,” and release from debt, slavery, taxation, or punishment.
As humans, prone to error, being fallible and corruptible, we recognize that individuals fall, struggle, get lost, and need true acceptance and understanding. These people need to be supported by actions that promote habilitation and empowerment.
Embracing such, we seek those who treat all equally and fairly, irrespective of one’s religion, political stances, sexuality, gender orientation, ethnicity, disability, circumstances, or pasts (holding no judgement on any), as everyone can change and better their lives and the lives of others.
We seek those not only seeking subsidiary protection/asylum from America, but also those who believe in discovering and cultivating the existing creative blessings of music, art, and creative talents and gifts within their own lives and in the lives of others.
We seek those who embrace nature (and all life) as valuable and sacred. Who wish to live sustainably as stewards to, and in harmony with, our planet and its biodiversity, and their fellow beings.
In doing so, we believe we can alleviate the world’s poverty stricken, unhoused and unsheltered crisis, through sustainable development.
AMA-GI
“A Place for Self-Discovery and Unfoldment Towards Spiritual Freedom”
Ama-Gi Eco-Villages will provide healthy and safe environments for a small number of low-income residents, including artists and musicians who are unhoused and desire to transition out of chronic homelessness, through eco-village development training and employment in the areas of 3D printed sustainable tiny town house design and manufacturing.
In turn, these individuals will share their distinct creative talents and skills (e.g., music, art, design and constructing) in such a way that enriches everyone for the purpose of creating branches of Ama-gi (Freedom) Eco-villages throughout the United States (and eventually around the world).
“Pure Love, Pure Thought, Pure Action, to Awaken Universal Compassion, Peace, and Divine Oneness.”
Coalition for True World Change (C4TWC) is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, non-religious and non-faith-based non-profit public charitable organization. C4TWC.ORG
COMMITTED TO: Saving and Enriching the Lives of the Homeless and Poverty Stricken Worldwide

Our Mission

OUR MISSION
To awaken, empower, and advance global maturation by developing viable and sustainable standards to save our planet and its’ inhabitants from needless want and suffering.
OUR VISION
We envision awakened people who, as a nation and world, will rise up in solidarity, unity, and in triumphant rebirth
from the ashes of captivity, to pure universal compassion for true world change.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving
  • Student Co-op
  • Sustainability practices
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Activities
  • Farming
  • Education
  • Experiences
  • Networking
  • Services Business
  • Others

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2023
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2024
  • Started living together
  • 3 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
3

How to join

Each of us get to know each other openly and honestly. Pure Loving Vibes Only

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Please email: 4t**************@***il.com and in the subject put: COMMUNITY VISITING

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Decision-making process

  • Leadership Decides

A single person, couple, or small group makes most major decisions.

Governance structure

  • Founder/Leader-led

Primary authority rests with the community’s founder(s) or designated leader(s).

Economic model

  • Complete Income-Sharing

All member income goes into common pool for community use.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation

Additional economic information

Join fee: $200
Regular fees: $200
Labor: Yes (40 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
We do not distinguish between rich and poor. We are all one race and one family, striving to thrive and be at peace despite the struggles of a world plagued by economic inequality and unfairness.

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

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Hot tub or hot springs, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Stage or Auditorium, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Recreational vehicles, Waterfront access, Gym or sports area, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately all meals

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Community activities and engagement

  • Transition Town (post-petroleum and off-grid communities.)
  • School, Educational Institute or Experience
  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Ethical Business, Investment Group, or Alternative Currency
  • Organization, Resource, or Network
  • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming
  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Religions
  • Baha'i Faith
  • Buddhist
  • Hindu
  • Sufi
  • Hare Krishna
  • Native
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

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Location

  • California, United States

AMA-GI ECO-VILLAGE (SWITZERLAND/SAN MARINO/ICELAND/VATICAN CITY)(C4TWC)

Needs and Offers

Offer
Offer
  • Marketplace
6 years ago

Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves Books for Sale

Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant introduce Cohousing with stories and pictures of both Danish and American communities. Beautiful photographs and line drawings illustrate the warmly written account of how these communities came to be. Specific information on legal and financial aspects of working with developers, group process, and design issues make this book informative as well as inspiring. This is the book which brought Cohousing to North America. This book is the much prized second edition which has become a rarer and somewhat of a collectors item. Its community case studies were not included in the more recent publication. It preceded Creating Cohousing which is widely available. I acquired 25 cases from a local distributor who closed down. If you would like three or more copies for yourself, to share with your friends or to market your group, please let me know. I would love for them to be made useful and find great homes. Books are paperback (hard copy was not an option at the time from the publisher) all brand new, in Oakland (CA) so could be picked in Oakland or mailed to you. I would very much like to recuperate what I paid which is $10 per book. So, If you would like three or more shipped, I will add the postage, packing and handling fees. I have sold several cases (18 books per case) for $150 per case ($8 per book). I have a little wiggle room on the pricing. Please let me know if you are interested. Use the Send Message button on this page.
Offer
  • Housing For Rent + Shared
21 hours ago

Turn-key commune opportunity on 30 acres in beautiful rural Minnesota (~$500-550k)

Hi everyone! Our founding group of queer women is transitioning ownership of our rural Minnesota homestead, and we’re looking for new stewards to keep it running as an intentional community! Let me give you a tiny window into what to expect: Picture yourself stepping out of the overwhelming corporate chaos of the city, into an idyllic little slice of a slower life – there’s a certain look of relief we tend to see on our visitors’ faces. When you enter, the path is surrounded by vibrant flowers in every color that come back every year. To your left is a stone path to the organic gardens, growing easily without much effort. Straight ahead are the barns and pathways to the fields – you might pass by the occasional honeybee or butterfly. To the right is a large farmhouse, behind which there is a mossy forested area where you’ll find a conversation circle fashioned out of old logs and stones, and a small sitting platform up in the trees.    The Highlights: 30 Acres: Forest, pond, creek, permaculture gardens (HĂĽgelkultur), native plants, perennial flowers and future fruit trees, and ~1 acre dry-farmed. 9-Bedroom Farmhouse: ~4,000 sq ft across 3 levels. Solid heating, great bones, in good shape, quiet layout. Outbuildings: Garage, woodshop barn, event barn, quonset storage, a silo, plus honeybees & resident farm cat! Location: Quiet and peaceful. Remote with off-the-grid features like a well and pending solar installation, yet under 10 mins to hospital/town. Zero flood/fire risk, and a wonderfully welcoming, queer-friendly local network.   Ideal for an established group of 2+ people ready to take on a relatively large farmhouse and property. We are open to an outright purchase or a gradual transition/shared-ownership arrangements with existing members. -> Full details, photos, and contact info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ONZk-TUYQg3Xzh5Q7yl14PPeuwl5NYXu9ZDTgFGT4sY/edit?usp=sharing   Feel free to message me or share with anyone looking for land!  
Offer
  • Forming Communities
1 month ago

Create Home in Greece, Together

There are two ways into Greece’s first community-led cohousing network: a new-build mountain-foothills village in the Peloponnese, or an adaptive-reuse project where you help choose the property itself. Both are shaped by the vision and values of the people who will live there. PATH ONE: TAYGETE COHOUSING VILLAGE — NEW-BUILD, PELOPONNESE A mountain agrihood at the foot of the majestic Taygetos Mountains, inspired by the UNESCO village of Monemvasia — pristine national forest and hiking, olive groves, a vineyard, farm, surounded by mountain villages and close to extraordinary beaches. Common House with a full coworking suite, incredible kitchen for indoor/outdoor dining, workout room and lounge with fireplace. Includes a pool, gardens, soccer field, and village plateia. Adjacent to a luxury wellness resort with spa and farm-to-table restaurants now building. 2.5 hours from Athens International Airport, 20 min. drive to a vibrant town with nightly filled tavernas and a new hospital, 25 min. drive to beaches and charming fishing villages. Project Advantage: This project does not require the group to take out a collective construction loan — a rare, significant risk reduction most forming cohousing projects can’t offer. This project also provides the opportunity for a Golden Visa permanent residency in Greece, with the advantages of European healthcare, university access, Schengen business and travel. Stage of Development: Site Selection Completed. Feasibility studies completed. Development Partner Selection Completed. Collaborative Site and Village Design Process Completed. Finance Plan Completed. Architectural and Environmental Studies are completed and in the modification process. A current building permit exists and is in the modification process. Once the permit modification process is complete, member investment opportunities will open. Utility infrastructure excavation is underway, and only 12 investe

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