PuraFruta.org

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Ecological
  • Town/Small City

Founding year

  • 2018

What we do

PuraFruta has evolved from a vision that we humans must be able to create a simpler, healthier, more spiritually connected life for ourselves. A life which nourishes our spirits, our souls and our hearts and gives back to the nature and wild beings around us: not takes all and destroys, thinking of the planet as a resource but lives in harmony, sharing the planet and accepting our advanced role as care-takers of this beautiful planet.
In our project vision we aim to:
– help each other to grow together in profound respect to ourselves, each other and Mother Earth.
– create a caring, safe environment free from intentional suffering or killing, consumption of drugs, chemicals or harmful products for our bodies or the environment.
– engage in setting up a permaculture based fruit forest, to create food self-sufficiency in the shortest time possible.
– co-create with Nature a place where we can live in harmony and simplicity.
– become an example of how to live in a truly sustainable way.
We are bringing our vision to life through sharing sessions of our emotions and challenges; our passions and knowledge; through work-playing together, caring for each other and supporting each other through our stages of growth.
Skills we like to share include; Vegan Raw and Fruitarian diet, Yoga, Meditation, NVC, Permaculture, Agro Forestry, Detox techniques, Simple Natural living, Socioeconomics, Song sharing and many others.
The community land is accessed across a river, at rainy times it can be impossible to cross, we are currently working on a solution to this and at present the vision is to build a suspended bridge. Once built this will lead to a dirt road which will connect small individual lots (approximately 45 meters) for constructing low impact residences, such a roofed platform or small house. Resting on the side of a hill overlooking the main valley and the jungle, these ulots look down on the (already beginning) fruit forest and planned gardens in the lower valley. Our grand community vision includes the construction of a retreat center, nature jungle trail and creek-side trails, pond, playground, community buildings such as a school, meditation and yoga platform, office space, laundry and storage for sensitive equipment, volunteers huts, and more. Our vision will grow, as the community grows and this will decide what we need in our lives.

Our Mission

To re-create our natural habitat as a tribe of well detoxified and reconstructed family members; grow our own tropical foods using fruit forest permaculture techniques; live an exemplary nonviolent life through our language, spirituality, and food choices, while educating and healing others to help all living beings to become free and fulfilled.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • Sustainability practices
  • Permaculture design
  • Activities
  • Property management
  • Farming
  • Education
  • Experiences
  • Services Business

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2018
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2018
  • Started living together
  • 7 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
10

How to join

http://PuraFruta.org/membership.html Here you will find our official member process, but we open to speed up for next few members. Let’s talk.
Essentially, as we are so small right now things are a little simpler: First read our values (http://PuraFruta.org/Values.html ) and contact us by email if you are interested; Come stay with us in the accommodation which suits you for as long as you can; If all goes well and we all get along and truly share the same values then you can:
*Stay longer as a Pioneer and Steward of the land.
*Come work away with us over summer and return after or later for further time getting to know each other.
*Come back next year or another year for further time getting to know each other.
Also If it all feels very right, very quickly you can invest and help us to create this community faster, becoming a member of the community.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Please, check PuraFruta.org
Contact Mira or Minda or Pom and get visitors application sent to you.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Conflict resolution approach

We have been creating ” By laws”, though we are few people so government is very personal at the moment. The By laws will become effective and relevant when we are more members, as will the way of governing.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

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: $9500
Regular fees: $120
Labor: Yes (10 hrs/week)
We use a corporation legal status. When the new member joining, he buys shares, and for this we sign contract at lawyer, give the new member stewardship of a piece of land, in that way we partly participate in non-owning land ethics. If its important for you to own, we have lots in bordering lands for good neighbours of future ecovillage

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

Common House, Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outdoor Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Swingsets & play areas, Waterfront access, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 1-3 times per month

Community activities and engagement

  • School, Educational Institute or Experience
  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association
  • Ethical Business, Investment Group, or Alternative Currency
  • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Substance use is prohibited in the community
  • Religions
  • Buddhist
  • Hare Krishna

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

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

  • Town/Small City

Smaller municipalities with local services but rural character.

Community type

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

  • Commune

    Communal living with shared resources, property, and often income or work responsibilities

Sustainability approach

  • Permaculture design

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • 33 - 66%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • Over 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Land area size
    25 hectares

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Location

  • Limon, Costa Rica

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