The starting point of our actions is the observation and experience of the singular values that dominate the current Chinese consumer economy. In the existing competitive system, there is no sustainable development, only the rules of comparison and unhealthy life and education.
Therefore, instead of complaining or compromising in place, we choose to create new paths and new options.
Our Another Communites experimental base is built on the starting point of open sharing. Open up to welcome life from all over the world. Visitors and residents from all over the world communicate and collaborate in our life and work teams. We have always insisted on not paying special attention to any group that has been discriminated against by the society, such as women, people with disabilities, farmers, people of color, etc., and have a common topic, no matter who you are or friends. If the concept is different, we will seek common ground while reserving differences and open symbiosis. In our hearts, everyone has not chosen the right to be born and has come to the world equally. There are women, people with disabilities, farmers, people of color, etc. in our team, but we never feel that they have something different from us. The future consensus community also uses ideas to aggregate people. Because of the importance of the concept from beginning to end, our members never care about the external image, skin color, gender and other differences.
We believe that everyone has an environment that suits them. I understand that there is no garbage in the world, only the treasures that are not placed in the right place. All of our activities in the past eight years have been achieved with the efforts of different members. In this process, we are more aware of the value of differentiation and diversity. Learn to recognize the strengths of others.
Establish a self-sufficient sustainable community system, in which starts the “Southern Life” project, and live together in the mountains in Fuzhou and jointly build the ideal state of Peach Garden. And arise people’s desires and actions for the possibilities of new life, and lead the city people to return to the countryside and land, and propose the solution to the poverty problems such as left-behind children and lonely and widowed old people caused by the urbanization.
When a person has lived in the community for more than one year, he can vote as a full resident of the community, and then he can join the community as a full resident.
Information for visitors and volunteers from the south Life:
1. Please pay a deposit of 200 yuan for the accommodation and get the bed sheets and bedding. Pay back to the community when leaving and return the deposit. No refund and no refund. Please bring your own bed linen and pillowcase to reduce water pollution and waste.
2. This is the initial construction site of the intentional community. Please bring all the necessities of life experience (clothing, food, medicine, coffee, etc.) with you. Visitors and volunteers are required to share the basic living costs of the initial development of the community. Our community has 3 single rooms, 1 meter 5-2m bed type, and the cost is 80-100 yuan per night. There are 2 chase shops, which can accommodate 2-3 people. The cost is 120 yuan per night. There are a total of 16 wooden bunk beds at 50 yuan per night. The tent area usage fee is 20 yuan per night, and the outdoor rental of tents, moisture-proof mats and sleeping bags is 50 / set. The personal space of residents and members of the community (Yu Bogong, King Wang, Guanhua, Xing Zhen, Yao Shu, Jia Bowen) is only for temporary reception. If you want to stay long, we can help you find a house.
3. Visitors are required to present their ID card | passport for registration.
4. Please cook for yourself. The village has vegetable stalls. The community will provide public space, pots and pans, refrigerators, etc. Please clean up after use. It is not recommended to dine at the residents’ homes without invitation. Please understand that we have arranged construction plans and need private life.
5. The community is currently working on projects such as construction, agriculture, textiles, handicrafts, art, and daily necessities. To experience it, you must make an appointment in advance. Visitors who do not participate in any day tour will receive a guided tour fee of 200 yuan (including visiting community residents, visiting community public space | studios, visiting the agricultural part, and providing tea, and multiple people can organize a seminar)
6. Volunteers who have served more than 5 days can deduct the cost of accommodation according to their participation. Volunteer work is optional: cooking, preserving forests, maintaining vegetable gardens, and caring for children.
7. At present, space is limited, and luggage storage fee is 1 yuan per day. Oversized items are negotiated separately. Express delivery or door-to-door pickup costs 20 yuan.
8. Regarding each space use rule
8.1 Public space: The community rents No. 84 Wangkeng and uses the first half as an exhibition hall. The backyard serves as a public space for the transition of visitors and volunteers. It is forbidden to move items and place other sundries in the exhibition hall without the permission of the residents of the community. The backyard is a dining, cooking, and bathing place established and maintained by everyone. It is hoped that users will assume responsibility for sanitation and equipment maintenance, repair and new equipment purchase.
8.2 Farmland and mountain forest
The community has rented 500 acres of mountain forests, anyone can enter and leave, but can not take away the animals and plants. After living in the community for a year, the residents of the community (Tang Guanhua, Xing Zhen, Dawang, Yu Bogong) can vote as residents and have the right to vote, use public funds and lease land. Before that, you need to use the land for a short period of time, you can submit an application in the group, non-commercial use, you need to pay a deposit, agree on the period and use, avoid garbage and pollution during use, and set off fire. .
8.3 Private Space
All venues except the public space are private spaces. Use of any items must be communicated to the owner and borrowed, returned after use, borrowed again, or paid the corresponding use fee.
The whole membership decides collectively.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Only the difference between visitors and residents
Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.
Regular fees: $30
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Hot tub or hot springs, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Stage or Auditorium, Swingsets & play areas, Recreational vehicles, Gym or sports area, Internet
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
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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