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

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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

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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.
Need
  • 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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