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Tel Keshet

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2014

What we do

Tel Keshet is a project of the Association de recherche en technologie appropriée de l’Outaouais (ARTAO).
We wish to establish a self-reliant community of like-minded people, while protecting our environment and also learning and practice appropriate technology and good governance.
We have about 50 acres of land in a woody rural area, which we are currently preparing for settlement.
We are establishing ourselves slowly on the land. Everything takes longer than expected. The first shed was built by 2017. The “practice cabin” is being built currently (2025). The first proper house will be built no sooner than 2026. We recently lost one of our founding members and that is slowing us down.
We are off-grid, and the house will eventually rely on solar power and rain water. This house will be the start of a larger effort to establish a permanent community living our values.
When sending us a message, please check your junk/spam folder for a reply.
For those seeking a membership path, please note that we expect prospective members to have Canadian permanent residence or citizenship.

Our Mission

To further the well-being of our community and our land through learning and practicing appropriate technology, and through good governance.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • Sustainability practices
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Activities
  • Networking

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2014
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2026
  • Started living together

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  • 2 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
3

How to join

Send us a message indicating your interest in becoming a member and what value you see yourself bringing to the project. Please check your junk/spam for replies from us.

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Decision-making process

  • Full Consensus

Everyone must agree before moving forward.

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 labor obligation

Additional economic information

Labor: Encouraged or suggested
Sharing of income and expenses is limited to when members spend time at Tel Keshet, though we don’t have community income yet.

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

Garden(s), Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Fire pit

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately all meals

Dietary restriction

  • These restrictions are throughout the community

Community activities and engagement

  • Organization, Resource, or Network

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Age demographics

  • Multi-generational (all ages well represented)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By several individuals through an LLC or a Tenancy In Common agreement

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Sustainability approach

  • Renewable energy systems

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • Biomass (from wood or other organic materials)

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • Up to 33%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Land area size
    50 acres

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Location

  • Quebec, Canada

Needs and Offers

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2 months ago

Community House in SE Portland Seeks Membership!

Ellis Street Community House is seeking kind, present, and engaged new housemates with experience in community living. We are currently 3 adults, one baby, and two cats living in a 6 bedroom, 3 bath house on ¼ acre of land near Powell Butte nature park and the Springwater Corridor bike trail. We expect to be joined by a shy and sweet 2 year old in the next few months. For us, living in community is a collaborative process, one that helps improve our quality of life. We’re able to eat great food, keep the place clean, maintain a garden, and hold a space large enough to host guests and events by working together. We have an extensive community library and art/craft material collection, as well as a great tea selection, stocked pantry, and functional kitchens ready for feast-making, canning, and fermentation dreams. We make kombucha, ginger beer, sauerkraut, bone broth, natto, and apple/pear butter on a rotating basis. With two fridges and two deep freezers we can save blueberries and blackberries we harvested from close by and get meat directly from farmers. We hold potlucks and other events like bonfires and game nights about once a month, and make a house dinner together weekly. We maintain a home free from artificial fragrances and voice-activated technology. The larger downstairs room is available for $740 per month. The smaller downstairs room will be available for $600 per month starting on September 1rst. The main kitchen is on the second floor. We also have private outdoor space for someone sleeping in their home on wheels available for $200-500 per month depending on the size of the vehicle. This would include membership in the community and use of the common spaces. Guest space is available for friends and relatives of residents – upstairs there is an office/guest room for longer visits, and the couches/pads in the common areas are available for shorter stays. The home has heating and cooling through an efficient heat pump, and we ju

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