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Ethereal Gardens

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2024

What we do

Property is a reclaimed homestead that was hit by a tornado 40 year years ago and left to sit. Yours truly has done the bulk of cleaning it up and now I would like to create an Eco village where we all provide for our needs in-house preferably with a pagan nature centered spiritual orientation. Right now it’s only my RV and a couple of outbuildings there is solar power and a well and I’m working on cooking facilities and building a privy. There is a working organic veggie & herb farm on site that I have run by myself since 2014

Our Mission

I spent many years as an environmentalist telling others how to live until finally one day I realized no one was ever going to listen until I could do it myself. So in 2014 I set on my experiment “rewilding” myself and it has been an interesting journey. I have come to find that it is near impossible to take care of all of my needs directly from the Earth just by myself. I’m of the Buckminster Fuller school of thought we don’t change the old order by fighting it. You change it by building a new order that renders the old order obsolete.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers
  • Sustainability practices
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Activities
  • Farming
  • Others

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2024
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2024
  • Started living together
  • 1 Total member
  • Open to new members
  • Not open to visitors
Total
1

How to join

Please email me if interested. We will require a statement of intent, a resume of sorts, as well as a background check

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Please send me an email and we can arrange a visit

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

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

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

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

Additional economic information

Regular fees: $400
Labor: Yes (20 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed

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, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately 1 meal per day

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Dietary restriction

  • These restrictions are throughout the community

Community activities and engagement

  • Transition Town (post-petroleum and off-grid communities.)
  • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Substance use is prohibited in the community
  • Religions
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions

Gender composition

  • Majority cis (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

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Sustainability approach

  • Renewable energy systems

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • Wind
  • Photovoltaic Solar
  • Biomass (from wood or other organic materials)

Self-produced food

  • 33 - 66%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

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

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Location

  • Wisconsin, United States

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