Iron Water Collective

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Home-sharing
  • Urban

Founding year

  • 2017

What we do

Iron Water Collective is located in Topeka Ks. We have traditional jobs currently but don’t require others to do traditional work full time. We are interested in sharing our home with like minded individuals. Like minded means tolerant. We are diverse in our values, religious beliefs and political views. We all enjoy the beauty of our differences. The one ideal we all share is our sense of community. We feel that hard work shared between a group creates great things in addition to providing for our basic needs. We are as varied in our diets as we are in our beliefs. Hopefully, potential members will have the same tolerant mindset as all of us. We don’t have to all agree or be carbon copies of each other to get along.
We value hard work and anyone wishing to join us will need to be willing to work as hard as we do. It actually only takes a couple focused hours each day to contribute enough to provide for yourself and others when everyone is giving of themselves equally. We not only welcome but will appreciate people who have unique skills and perspectives to offer.
Send us an email if you have any questions or think you might want to join us.

Our Mission

We aim to enhance our lives through sharing resources.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Community type
  • Coliving

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2017
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2019
  • Started living together

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  • 2 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
2

How to join

New members will need to contact us by the email address listed. We will take some time to get to know the applicants via video chat and then make a decision about acceptance based on how well we get along.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Send us an email.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

Decision-making process

  • Consent-Based (Sociocracy)

Decisions proceed unless someone has a reasoned objection.

Governance structure

  • Sociocratic/Circle-Based

Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.

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: Yes
Labor: Yes (10 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed

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

Common House, Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure
  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Urban

Within city limits with access to urban amenities and infrastructure.

Community type

  • Coliving

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

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Land area size
    .1 acres

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Location

  • Kansas, United States

Iron Water Collective

Needs and Offers

Offer
  • Communities with Openings
7 months ago

Worktrade Opportunities on Big Island Hawaii

We are continuing our work-trade program at Bridge Hawaii for the right people on this beautiful 86-acre land located along the Hāmākua Coast. Ideally, we want to host those individuals who can help with the garden and who can support with build projects for up to a 3 month stay. This work-trade would include lodging, food staples, community kitchen, running hot water showers, off-grid electricity, and laundry. There is access to high speed wi-fi. We often have a car that can be reserved. We also have full bar signal strength with Verizon cellphone service. We have about 2 acres of permaculture garden that needs to be cared for including; weeding, planting, picking up mulch, some tree trimming, ect. We are currently in a building stage on the land. We have a few current grant projects we are working on and some build projects that are underway. We are an intentional community with about 8 permanent residents. There are rescue dairy cows, mini cows, mini donkeys, horses, a donkey, cats, dogs, and active bee hives. We are a drug and alcohol “free” space. A glass of wine or beer with dinner is fine, but absolutely no day drinking or parties. We have a meditation temple and many waterfall pools that are wonderful for swimming. Close to some of the nicest beaches on island. We have snorkeling gear and a kayak. Since this is an animal sanctuary, we limit the consumption of meat on the land. Fish, eggs, honey, and dairy are fine. Let me know if you’re interested by sending an email or text for our application. Maomi (801) 623-0738 ma***@*****************ii.com

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