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Moonrise Meadow Collective

  • Communities

About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2023

What we do

Moonrise Meadow Collective is a forming women-led spiritual eco commune focused on permaculture, ethical land stewardship, connection to nature, feminism, working towards food/energy sovereignty, spiritual growth, radical honesty, mutual aid, collective support, and holistic healing with an emphasis on healing trauma together as a group.

Our focus is on women, but we are a safe haven and affirming space for queer folks, non-binary folks, LGBT+ folks, polyamorus folks, BIPOC folks, trauma survivors, abuse survivors, and other marginalized groups. Bigotry is never welcome here.

As of 2026, we are newly forming on 11 acres of meadow, forest, hills, and marsh with 1 established house that is shared communally. We are starting a garden, and laying plans for solar panels, permaculture, communal space improvements, and more. In our home, we have a Sacred Space room for spiritual ceremonies, meditation, yoga, and group trauma healing.

Our goal for the next 3-5 years is to use our current land and home as an experimental communal living project in which we all grow/heal together, learn to be good stewards of the land, learn from each other, and find a core group that will continue the mission in the next phase.

Our 5-10 year goal is to purchase 100+ acres in northern Michigan and begin a new chapter there with eco buildings (cob, earth bag, earth ship), more communal spaces, a spiritual retreat center, more eco-friendly agriculture, energy sovereignty, and food sovereignty.

What Guides Us:

The deep mission is to break cyclesof intergenerational pain/trauma by actively reconnecting the body, mind and spirit to the land. It’s about using the physical labor of permaculture/regenerative agriculture and the vulnerability of radical honesty as tools to rewire our nervous systems away from survival mode and into a state of shared feminine power. We are a laboratory for Cosmic Feminism in action. The true goal is to physically and spiritually embody the balance of feminine energy that the world lacks right now, using the seasons, the soil, and the safety of the group for that transformation.

Our spirituality is not dogmatic. We focus on the universal connection of energy that all of us have equal access to and equal responsibility to care for and nurture within our own healing journeys. We believe in the conscious rebraiding of spirit, body, and mind that modern society has systematically forced to split apart and fray.

Our Mission

Our mission is to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by reconnecting body, mind, and spirit to the land, using permaculture and radical honesty to rewire our nervous systems from survival mode into shared feminine power. We cultivate a safe haven for women, queer, and marginalized folks to heal, grow, and reclaim sovereignty together.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Coliving
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • Sustainability practices
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Permaculture design
  • Activities
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2023
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2026
  • Started living together

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  • 4 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
4

How to join

1. Read through our community guidelines.

2. Fill out an application form here: https://forms.gle/izkNetGFT3vyFRcAA

3. If it’s a good fit, we will reach out to you to give you more information.

4. We will schedule a video interview or phone interview. From there, we will get to know each other better, go over any details, answer any questions, etc.

5. After the interview, we can plan a site visit if you are located close by and wish to visit first.

6. Together, we will plan a move in date, work arrangements, living arrangements, and finalize any details.

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.

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: $500
Labor: Yes (10 hrs/week)

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

Common House, Garden(s), Library, Outbuilding(s), Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately 1 meal per day

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Community activities and engagement

  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Religions
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions

Gender composition

  • Majority non-binary/gender diverse (over 30%)

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By several individuals through an LLC or a Tenancy In Common agreement

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Coliving

    Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
    kitchens, dining, and social areas.

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

  • Commune

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

  • Spiritual Retreat Centers

    Residential communities focused on providing space for meditation, spiritual practice, and personal growth retreats.

Sustainability approach

  • Renewable energy systems
  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Permaculture design

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Land area size
    11 acres

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Location

  • Michigan, United States

Moonrise Meadow Collective

Needs and Offers

Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace

  • Promoted
Offer
  • Promoted
  • Events
2 weeks ago

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
  • Promoted
Need
Offer
  • Real Estate For Sale
3 days ago

Breathe the Magic

Set in Sea Elephant, Tasmania, within a remarkable conservation landscape, this contemporary home offers genuine privacy with the assurance that the surrounding native environment is protected for the future.  With its cool King Island climate and abundant rain and water supply, your lifetyle is secure in a climate future that is becoming unsettling. Experience the unique community lifestyle that only King Island can offer.  Sleep with the peace of knowing you live in a place where everyone looks out for everyone else, and someone will always have your back. 1675 Reekara Road offers slightly more than 51 hectares of protected King Island wilderness, of which approximately 48.84 hectares are protected under a conservation covenant encompassing King Island scrub, blue gum forest, remarkable wildlife. The property is surrounded by the Lavinia State Reserve and Council Hill Conservation Area. A 2 hectare residential entitlement provides ample space for planting vegetables, fruit trees,  keeping chickens, or creating other sustainable living infrastructure.  Already included are: – A well-maintained house built in 2023 with upstairs en-suite bedroom and deck with gorgeous views, including forest/ocean outlook. – A spacious downstairs bathroom provides options for guest accommodation – Just include a sleeper couch or 2 in the ample living area. – A large pristine kitchen, including pantry and laundry. – Small wood shed – Large shed or double garage built in 2024 – Enclosed garden – 40,000 litre water storage tank – large dam An existing approved DA means you have the option of further development.  Buy the property furnighed, unfurnished, or with a 2015 Jeep Wrangler thrown in.

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