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Conscious Culture Cooperative

  • Communities

About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Suburban

Founding year

  • 2018

What we do

We are a collective group of like minded community members dedicated to living bountiful and sustainable lives together. Through permaculture principles and conscious living, we are growing together to build an eco-village on our 8-acre property right outside of Olympia.
Currently on the property we have a communal living house with 7 bedrooms and a large kitchen/public space. A couple members live in tiny houses, trailers, or RVs…and we have the capacity to invite new tiny homes/dwellings on to the land. We have an organic farm, small greenhouse, and gardens that grow us an abundance of food during the Spring and Summer months.
We are an all inclusive community, accepting all races, genders, religious beliefs, and family structures into our community. The community is also animal-friendly.
Our community shares meals together multiple times a week, and we engage in consensus decision making process during our weekly house meetings. We believe strongly in co-creation as explained by Abraham-Hicks and do not make any decisions or take any actions that have not been first co-created with all member/managers of the CooP. We host community events promoting fun, conscious living, and spiritual growth on a regular basis.
We invite visitors to our land all-year-round via 6 Hipcamp sites and a couple AirBnB dwellings.
Goals:
-Building self-sustaining systems which support all aspects of wellness
-Challenging ourselves to learn in a way that is fun and inclusive of all ages and learning styles
-Creating a supportive environment that allows for open communication
-Growing together in balance and harmony
-Fostering educational programs
-Engaging in production and local commerce in the area
-Growing medicinal herbs and practicing preventative medicine to achieve optimum physical health
-To reduce our carbon footprint by creating economically independent communities that include local businesses, neighborhoods
-Working towards zero waste, and we share many possessions including vehicles and farm equipment.
-Eventually incorporating our own currency and economic structure

Our Mission

Growing into the new paradigm together through community living, healthy eating, spiritual awareness and collaboration.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving
  • Student Co-op
  • Sustainability practices
  • Permaculture design
  • Carbon footprint reduction tracking or goals
  • Activities
  • Property management
  • Farming
  • Education
  • Experiences
  • Networking
  • Services Business

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2018
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2018
  • Started living together
  • 2 Total members
  • Not open to new members
  • Not open to visitors
Total
10

How to join

Fill out our jot form application here: https://form.jotform.com/201568068557161
If there is a fit, there will be an initial visit with the Community and an invitation to a weekly meeting for a collective interview.
After a group decision making process of approval, applicants are given a 6 month trial move in period, after which if all is well, the existing community will grant full-membership into the Cooperative.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Contact us! Though right now we are not able to accommodate visitors…in the future we will be. Currently we are in the building phase.
We invite anyone to come visit our community in multiple ways: join us for a community meal, sit in on a weekly meeting, join a community event, or stay as an AirBnB guest or Hipcamp camper.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

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

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

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: Yes
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Yes (2 hrs/week)
Each tenant has the opportunity to do work-trade in the community to reduce overall rent: 8hrs/month is a $100 rent deduction.

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

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Hot tub or hot springs, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Dietary type

  • Vegetarian Only

Dietary restriction

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

Community activities and engagement

  • School, Educational Institute or Experience
  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association
  • 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

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Multi-generational (all ages well represented)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a Land Trust, Home Owners Association, or corporation

Setting

  • Suburban

Residential areas outside city centers but within metropolitan regions.

Community type

  • Cohousing

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

  • Coliving

    Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
    kitchens, dining, and social areas.

  • Student Co-op

    Cooperative housing primarily for students, often with shared chores,
    meals, and democratic decision-making.

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

  • Land-Based Communities

    Communities centered around shared land stewardship, sustainable agriculture, or connection to specific natural environments.

  • Spiritual Retreat Centers

    Residential communities focused on providing space for meditation, spiritual practice, and personal growth retreats.

Sustainability approach

  • Permaculture design
  • Carbon footprint reduction tracking or goals

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Greenhouse / aquaponics
  • Land area size
    8 acres

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Location

  • Washington, United States

Conscious Culture Cooperative

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1 month ago

Rooms in Beautiful Location in downtown East Austin

Mountain Laurel House has upcoming room openings on August 1 and September 1 to share our house in central East Austin close to downtown. Rent is $925 per month with $75 to cover your share of the utilities and maintenance. You provide your own food. We enjoy sharing a meal at the dining table at least once a month for fun, to check in on our lives, and talk about housekeeping together. To apply, email do*************@***il.com with subject line Room at Mountain Laurel House. Request the brief application questions and we’ll provide more info and answer your questions. Mountain Laurel House is in a great location! It’s on a green cul de sac, with a wooded lot to the southwest and a green open space to the west. It’s close to the East 11th & Rosewood dining and entertainment district and right across from the Carver Library and a bus stop. We’re in walking distance to downtown Austin, the State Capitol, Huston-Tillotson University and a short bike or bus ride to the University of Texas; and, south or east of here, Lady Bird Lake and Boggy Creek hike and bike trails, park lands, swimming pools, pickleball and basketball courts. I kayak on Town Lake aka Lady Bird Lake or swim just across downtown at Deep Eddy or Barton Springs fresh-water, spring-fed swimming pools. We enjoy sharing a meal at the dining table at least once a month for fun, to check in on our lives, and plan housekeeping together. HEB is a short 5 minute drive east on 7th St. and Whole Foods is about a ten minute walk from here on 5th St. Amenities in the house include a dishwasher, utility room with a clothes washer-dryer and an optional clothesline, high-speed internet, a big dining room table for meals or activities, and a large screen TV for movie nights. The yard has beautiful native wildlife habitat gardens, veggie and herb pots, a large Cedar Elm, two Live Oaks, a fruit-bearing Fig, a Champenelle grape vine, and a Chili pequin. The cul de sac is a large park-like
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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.
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  • Communities with Openings
3 years ago

Twin Oaks, an established, income-sharing, village-scale community is seeking new members

Twin Oaks is looking for new members! Founded in 1967, Twin Oaks is an egalitarian, income-sharing community made currently 70 adults and 15 kids, living on 500 forested acres in central Virginia. Twin Oaks has strong social justice values including feminism, racial justice, and queer culture. We host a Queer Gathering and Women’s Gathering each summer, and we have a number of working groups around racial justice issues in general and in an intentional community context. Please visit our website twinoaks.org for more information and directions on how to apply for a Visitor Period. A Visitor Period is the first step towards becoming a member. We can offer: your choice of full-time work in our income-sharing community businesses (heirloom seeds, hammocks, and others) and/or domestic work areas from organic gardening to milking cows and cheese-making to office work to technical jobs and more! an individual room in shared housing; each member has their own personal bedroom and shares a kitchen, living room and bathroom with others in their house. Each residence has its own culture and range of ages. all meals are provided in our communal dining hall and/or in smaller kitchens for individual eating. We generally accommodate all special diets. (gluten-free, vegan, no garlic, etc.) income-sharing includes health-care and monthly stipend for extra We are looking for: people with various life skills and/or a willingness to learn people who share our values of social justice, sustainability and living closely with a diversity of people people with a generally responsible and pro-active approach to community living experience or interest in non-hierarchical, shared decision-making BIPOC, women and non-binary people especially encouraged The first step towards becoming a member is to participate in one of

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