Off-Grid Sustainable Community

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  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2025

What we do

This is a new community looking for like minded people to come together to live a self sustaining lifestyle off grid that includes solar/ wind power, community gardening, livestock, and food preservation as well as developing businesses from the resources of the land.
A portion of the property will be developed into a campground as a source of revenue generation for anyone interested in joining this joint venture. Those interested in also joining as a partner for the campground will be required to produce a financial investment and equity will be shared proportionate to the financial investment. Additional shareholders may be accepted in the future for sweat equity.
We will be looking to fill spots with individuals/couples/families that are interested and serious about joining. All participants will be vetted, however, no experience will be necessary but you must have a desire to learn and share knowledge and skillsets.
Community will be established in Southern VA or Tennessee. Final location will be determined by multiple factors, such as the interest of the existing group members, topography, revenue potential, etc.

Our Mission

To create a self sustaining off grid community that will teach people how to move off grid and be sustainable on their own property or choose to stay in the community and teach others through various programs.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving
  • Ecovillage
  • Sustainability practices
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Activities
  • Property management
  • Farming
  • Experiences
  • Services Business
  • Others

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2025
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2028
  • Started living together
  • 0 Total member
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

All interested parties should send an e-mail detailing some general information about yourself and what you are looking for in a community. We will review and respond to initiate an ongoing dialogue to make sure this is a fit for all.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

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).

Conflict resolution approach

Core leadership group is to be identified and formed through inquiries of additional members. Those able to provide financial contributions to the startup will become a larger shareholder of the group and thus a core part of the leadership program.

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: $25
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (15 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
A portion of income generated from community resources, such as goods or crafts sold at a farmers market or craft fair, camping reservations, courses, etc will go back into the community through profit-sharing and reinvestment. Money members earn from the property will remain theirs with a percentage going directly to the community funds for reinvestment.

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

Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, 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

  • About once a week

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced
  • Livestock / Animal Husbandry

Community activities and engagement

  • Transition Town (post-petroleum and off-grid communities.)
  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association
  • Ethical Business, Investment Group, or Alternative Currency
  • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming
  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

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)

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Location

  • Virginia, United States

Off-Grid Sustainable Community

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Healing Love Healing Money: Trust As The Foundation For A New Culture

Money, love and power are among the hardest things any community works with, and many of us carry the same fears into both: not having enough, losing what we have, and the sense that if someone else gets money or love, we won’t. Healing Love, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture is taught by two intentional communities. Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle are from Clear Sky Meditation and Retreat Center, a Buddhist-lineage community in the BC Rockies. Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera Healing Biotope, a community of about 160 people in southern Portugal that has spent decades studying love, trust and relationship. Clear Sky has spent years working on its relationship with money, and our two communities found surprising parallels in the fears beneath both. Over four sessions we explore the roots of fear around money and belonging, love, possession and power, trust as infrastructure (community as a container for healing), and ethical livelihood. We use short meditations, body-based practices, reflection and small-group conversation. You do not need to be in a romantic relationship or live in community. When: October 27, Nov 3, 10, 17. All four sessions: 12–2pm Vancouver, 1–3pm Alberta, 7–9pm UK and Portugal, 8–10pm Central Europe. Note: US and some Canadian provinces change clocks on November 1, so the US west coast is 12–2pm on October 27, then 11am–1pm for the remaining sessions, and Eastern is 3–5pm on October 27, then 2–4pm for the rest. Cost: sliding scale Details and registration: https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/healing-love-healing-money-online/  
October 27, 2026 13:00 – November 17, 2026 15:00
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