Kalikalos is a seasonal summer community located in the Pelion region of Greece, first established by the Holly Foundation (a 501(C)3 not-for-profit educational trust) to demonstrate the value of authentic community as a vehicle for a new culture of peace, partnership and sustainability. Our mission is to show that by sharing, working, learning, and playing together, each of us—by living our own unique truths—can heal ourselves and our planet.
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We are an educational project, in effect a living-learning community-based summer school, running each year for five months from mid-May through mid-October in Greece. The core community consists of two or three full-time members and up to half a dozen transient volunteers who stay for periods of one to five months, receiving food and accommodation in exchange for their work in the community. Our income is derived from workshops, retreats, work-camps, and conferences in the areas of healing (self and planet), personal creativity, interpersonal communication, and Self-enquiry.
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Our aim is to provide a temporary but authentic community environment for our guests and participants to practice living the values and insights gained through the holistic courses offered here.
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The international community group that holds the Centre is inspired by the Findhorn ecovillage in northern Scotland, employing many of the processes developed there, including particularly attunement with nature, focalisation of work, and Way of Council. Our decisions are mostly made through consensus. We have a large organic vegetable garden that incorporates permaculture principles. We are located in the Pelion forest, a lush green ecosystem about seven kilometers from spectacular Aegean beaches.
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We are always open to new temporary community members, who usually come to us first on a two-week trial basis during which we ask for a small financial contribution (currently $200).
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During the winter months community members disperse, but many of them continue to work for the community doing fund raising, PR, web design, brochure layout, and other administrative jobs in preparation for the following summer in Greece.
Summer community in Greece
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Please contact us by email, phone, or mail. From November to April, write to us at Beeches, Nelson rd, Forres IV36 1DR, Scotland. From May to October, contact us at the Kalikalos Centre in Kissos, Pelion, Greece. +30 24260 31346
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
Decisions proceed unless someone has a reasoned objection.
Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.
A few decisions are made by a hierarchy. Most are made by sociocratic consent in circles. We only use parts of holocracy, in particular not their constitution.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: Yes
Labor: Yes
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
120 hrs/month
$350 for 3-4 week trial period
Common House, Garden(s), Library, Workshop
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Communal living with shared resources, property, and often income or work responsibilities
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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