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Rubha Phoil

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2016

What we do

Rubha Phoil is an ancient, Sacred Rock and a nature-based regenerative culture project and community in Sleat in the south of the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
We follow the principles and ethics of permaculture to build a holistic design modeled on a healthy ecosystem that generates economic prosperity, wellbeing, nature connection and personal growth for our members, for local businesses and for visitors.
Rubha Phoil will become an enterprise centre for businesses to connect with local residents and tourists, with all profit held by the local community. This circular economy, facilitated by an asset-backed currency will ensure resilience and offer solutions for many problems including offering independence from the causes of the cost of living crisis.
We model and teach permaculture, regenerative design, nature connection and regenerative community building. We will offer an online market place for selling, as well as eco holidays, open days, workshops and longer retreats.

Our Mission

Rubha Phoil is a nature-based regenerative culture community, where a small group of people of all ages create and demonstrate an abundant and thriving existence on and from the Rock, while enhancing the ecosystem they live in.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Sustainability practices
  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Permaculture design
  • Activities
  • Farming
  • Education
  • Experiences
  • Services Business

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2016
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2019
  • Started living together
  • 0 Total member
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
8

How to join

Please fill in our form on our website first: https://www.rubhaphoil.org/join-our-community
We will invite you for a zoom call to have a first conversation and to organise a first visit.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

If you wish to visit, please read up on our website how this is possible and fill in our form.
Https://www.rubhaphoil.org/join-our-community

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).

Conflict resolution approach

We work with the Acorn model, where the North looks after the team.
Every permanent member has equal decision making power.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Labor: Yes (25 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
We have our own currency, which we use to calculate a fair exchange.
All basic living costs are carried by the community. Members help to run our business and offer their services in exchange.

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

Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Waterfront access, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately all meals

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Dietary type

  • Vegan Only

Dietary restriction

  • People can cook and eat what they want in their own residence

Community activities and engagement

  • School, Educational Institute or Experience
  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • 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 is prohibited in the community
  • Religions
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group 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.

Community type

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

Sustainability approach

  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Permaculture design

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • 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
    15 acres

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Location

  • Scotland, United Kingdom

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