Power Healers Intentional Community is an embryonic project creating genuine connection and collective power among dedicated healers with established online practice – psychologists, energy workers, bodyworkers, therapists – who refuse to accept that isolation is the price of becoming emotionally healthy. Open to worldwide souls who resonate (personal quality matters most), the community is specifically designed for European-based members (logistical ease) and US-based healers willing to relocate to Southern Europe (advantages detailed below in “Final Notes”). THE CHALLENGE WE ADDRESS Healers do deep personal work, help others transform suffering, create real results – yet find themselves increasingly isolated. The healthier they become, the harder authentic connections become. They must distance from toxic patterns, yet discovering truly aligned community feels nearly impossible. The paradox is that in a society with many dysfunctionalities, individual emotional healing often creates more isolation, not belonging. That’s why we need collective healing spaces. OUR VISION We’re building a multi-base lifestyle across Portugal, Spain, and France – combining location independence with legally optimized systems for online workers, genuine brotherhood, and transformative healing work. Economically accessible and requiring no significant initial investment, we start slowly not from hesitation but from commitment to building something that lasts for lifetimes and generations. This isn’t utopian fantasy but intentionally designed with the thoughtful planning necessary to create what truly endures: clear succession, explicit relational agreements, therapeutic skill-building, conscious conflict resolution. WHO WE’RE SEEKING We’re looking for 4-6 co-founders. You are a match if: You’ve dedicated your life to healing. You know your work creates real transformation. You’re financially independent with an established online practice. You’re ready to explore a multi-base living path across Southern Europe. You’re committed to your own deep healing work. And you’ve walked this path alone rather than compromise – now seeking alignment with extraordinary souls. THE JOURNEY Phase 1: Weekly online meetings build foundations, exploring compatibility. Phase 2: Co-living trials test practical compatibility. Phase 3: Flourishing multi-generational community. OUR STRENGTHS Carefully Architected Foundation: Significant time, knowledge, experience and practice have been dedicated to developing extensive yet very simple frameworks that explore what helps people truly thrive together – sustainable leadership succession, healthy interdependence, economic resilience, conscious relational practices. Healing-Centered Culture: Built by emotional healing professionals actively practicing together. Multi-Base Flexibility: Strategic bases across Portugal, Spain, France allow deep bonds while maintaining legal flexibility. Professional Independence: Members maintain practices and income, creating interdependence based on connection. Clear Leadership with Collaborative Spirit: Structured succession ensures continuity with collaborative decision-making. OUR COMMITMENT Mutual evaluation, no rushed commitments. Seeking deep alignment, not quick numbers. Genuinely interested individuals receive complete framework: 3+1 Community Objectives, 10+1 Foundational Pillars, 10+1 Individual Goals. We seek co-creators – intelligent, emotionally mature healers contributing strengths while trusting leadership serving collective vision. PRACTICAL DETAILS Weekly meetings (90 min) online, building toward co-living when group demonstrates solid compatibility. No property purchase initially. All people of genuine value who resonate – now or future – considered respectfully. Real healers building real community. No gurus, no dogma. Authentic humans that follow nature’s laws to create what we deserve. CONTACT If this resonates, please request framework via email. Video calls for aligned individuals. ABOUT THE FOUNDER Dr. Fabrizio Mardegan — Italian psychologist (49) in Spain, specializing in EFT and inner child healing. Dedicated life in helping persons transform suffering into vitality. Online experience across Europe (Hungary 5 years, Spain 8 years). Decisive leadership balanced with collaboration. FINAL NOTES FOR US CITIZENS Southern Europe advantages: universal healthcare, digital nomad visas (Portugal/Spain), lower cost of living with exceptional quality, work-life balance, Mediterranean climate, healthy food, social safety nets. All creating sustainable conditions for both thriving practice and deep healing work. As Italian founder in Spain, I’ll support bureaucracy navigation – as your progressive mindset is really needed here. Cultural attitudes around respect can differ from American expectations and my professional understanding – that’s why building our intentional culture matters. Together we combine European lifestyle with relational consciousness we share.
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City: Yecla
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Zip: 30510
Contact Email: powerhealersic@gmail.com
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The Monastery at Living Water is an intentional community for lay people who seek to grow through shared practice, meaningful relationships, and service to the world. Rooted in contemplative tradition, residents share rhythms of meditation, work, and common life, learning how intentional living shapes the heart, deepens relationships, and opens us toward greater care for the wider community.
Website: https://www.livingwaterrva.com/
City: Richmond
State: Virginia
Zip: 23225
Contact Email: livingwaterrva@gmail.com
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Contact Name: Drew Nagy
Hi, this is Zach and Hailey. We are building a Regenerative community in southern Vermont on 11.5 beautiful acres of woodland. With some space in the process of being cleared for community gardens. There is a cabin with a full bath and a large kitchen that is communal. And currently, the available space is a trailer that sleeps up to 4 people, two adults and two kids. It has its own bathroom and a small kitchen space. Other spaces on the land could accommodate camping in the warmer months while we, as a community, build each other’s homes. We welcome community members who have their own tiny homes to bring. Our dream is to have people come build natural structures to live in and share the already existing cabin for larger amenities. We want to operate around sharing meals and helping with day-to-day tasks like cooking, chopping firewood, gardening, building projects, herbalism, childcare, and community education. We have over a decade of experience is human scale natural structures that are a joy to craft, cost very little, and the whole family can engage in the artful process. We believe in small structures that are sculpted around personal needs. Our goal is to have a village of small homes gathered around the common cabin. We grow using no-till, biodynamic practices. We have been certified in permacultural design. And eat a high protien Plant- based diet. Our goal is to be capable of feeding the whole community from food we grow locally. The following is a collection of books that we have found inspiring, which illustrate aspects of community that we wish to cultivate. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Annie Barrows & Mary Ann Shaffer We love the free form but earnestly engaged and dynamically represented way that this group meets together and engages intellectually and as friends. As well as how they weather challenging times, making each other stronger in the face of adversity by creating a cozy culture that brings sweetness to the darkest times. “Dies the Fire Trilogy” by S.M. Stirling We love the Community resourcefulness and the way they collaborate to solve problems and meet needs. As well as how they use a strong community identity to build a sense of interpersonal continuity and ownership of making the community a place that they want their posterity to live. Routinely, people will set out to solve problems that would make the community more secure. And those who can’t help directly are quick to find a way to support. This story also illustrates how communities can develop a sense of inner continuity and pride by gathering around the development of a particular set of skills that make you feel unified and formidable as a community. It also illustrates having community rituals that help ground and connect the community, keeping them on the same page as far as where you are in the wheel of the year and what needs to be done now to fulfill the potential of the season, as well as helping community members feel seen, needed, and nurtured in the seasons of their own lives. “The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien “If more of us valued food, song, and cheer above horded gold, it would be a merrier world.” We wish to build small hobbit holes, and that means comfort. And all hobbits (Earthen Grove community members) share a love for things that grow. Small houses with small gardens tucked in around larger fields, orchards, and forests. And occasionally embarking on adventures together, even if it might make us late for dinner. “The Hand-sculpted House” by Ianto Evans, Michael G Smith, and Linda Smiley This inspiring book on human-scale natural building is really good at helping to redefine what ideal human habitation looks like. And how to truly sculpt a place of belonging that fits you like a glove and makes you feel more like yourself in a truly wonderful way. We are cultivating a community spirit of contentedly connected, earnestly engaged, and artfully present people. Who flow through work and play, thought and song, story and stillness; secure in a sense of belonging, inspired by a sense of responsibility, and healed by living in the epicenter of your own artistic blosoming. This Spotify playlist represents a color palette of music that resonates with the vibe we presently carry. Peasanty, profound, timeless, earthy, mythological. wholesome work, natural insight, or adventure-oriented. vocal, and Acoustic. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NlmLYzliX2CmDKcFFppfU?si=07g85i74T1ywzs5G-5eUvw&pi=EV9Dg0D6T-KF7
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City: Halifax
State: Vermont
Zip: 05358
Contact Email: haileykay.hardman@gmail.com
Contact Phone: (802)-212-1094
Contact Name: Hailey Thomson, Zach Thomson
Local Adaptation Initiative (LAI) – Initiating local adaptation in response to the multiple escalating crises facing humanity and the continued maladaptation of centralized systems. Principles: Local (community/regional-scale), solutions focused (what can we do in the short-term and long-term), apolitical (not affiliated with any pre-defined political parties or government entities), non-violent (peaceful), and fun-loving (maintaining joyfulness and optimism).
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City: Blairsden/Graeagle
State: California
Zip: 96103
Contact Email: greg@hindsengineering.com
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Comunidad Acuario – A Village as an Act of Rebellion Friendship as our Primary Social Unit The Political Act The Method (M. Scott Peck) Autarky on All Levels Intercultural Symbiosis instead of an Expat Bubble Subsidized Integration: This capital enables us to subsidize land acquisition for local partners and skilled people from countries with weaker currencies, ensuring a diverse ecosystem rather than a wealthy enclave. Security through Shared Value: By creating real local value, we avoid being treated as outsiders. We do not rely on fences; we rely on the strength of our mutual interests. Asset Security and Exit Strategy Political and Ecological Safety: We select high-quality land in a stable, fertile region with private water sources. This ensures long-term safety and productivity, justifying the higher initial investment compared to wilderness plots. Guaranteed Liquidity: To prevent a trap effect, the founding partners contribute a full founder’s share into a dedicated Community Reserve Fund, ensuring that if a member leaves, their investment remains liquid. Current Status Next Steps
Website: https://ingridfirmhofer.com/blog/comunidad-intencional-colombia
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Contact Name: Ingrid Firmhofer
We are building a settlement in the Colombian Highlands based on a clear principle: friendship as our primary social unit. We are breaking the pattern of using friends merely as gap-fillers for when a romantic partner is unavailable.
As Hannah Arendt noted, isolation is the fundamental prerequisite for tyranny. Those who are deeply embedded in a network of loyal friends are far less susceptible to political manipulation. Building a social immune system is therefore a political act – a rebellion against the isolation that makes modern individuals fragile.
To ensure this is not just a nice idea, we use the Community Building method of M. Scott Peck, which is about authentic communication. Our commitment to treating friends with high priority, combined with this methodology, enables us to dissolve emotional dependency on a single person. This is a shared mindset, not a rulebook. We do not issue regulations on personal commitments or force participation. We are looking for people who naturally share this positive alignment and vision.
Just as we seek to dissolve emotional dependency, we also aim to free ourselves from external systemic dependencies. We minimize external reliance through permaculture, our own water sources, and our on-site manufactory for off-grid campers. We are building our own economic foundation for lasting autonomy.
Strategic Social Investment: The investment of our founding partners covers far more than private plots. It finances the collective land, essential infrastructure such as the community kitchen and sauna, and the specialized manufactory including two vans.
Individual Ownership: Each partner receives their own title deed (PH – Propiedad Horizontal), officially registered in the national land registry.
I am looking for people to walk this path from the very beginning. We will select the final plot of land together once the core group is formed.
You can find a detailed dossier with the cost structure, manufactory concept, and legal framework on my website. Please read it before we talk.
Our community is forming on the former Suomi Opisto (Finnish College) campus in Hancock, Michigan located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The 2 acre property currently has two main buildings: Old Main, a sandstone building which served as the entire college; 22 dorm rooms, chapel, offices, classrooms and dining room; and the Opisto Theatre, formerly the Chapel of St. Matthew which comfortably seats 50 guests. The property is on a south facing slope with plenty of ground for regenerative farming and raised beds. This is a urban setting, located across the street from a new co-op food market and within walking distance of many businesses and eating establishments. Our vision is to create a resilient community sharing the importance of regenerative agriculture, sustainable living (low impact) while bringing art and cultural events to the community. We are looking for 4 to 5 people who believe in this mission and would be willing to form an intentional community based on these principles. This property is currently owned by an LLC to provide stability until the time it can be passed on to an environmental nonprofit which will maintain the property into perpetuity. Residents of the community share responsibilities of the maintenance of the property and pay for their own lodging. We are not looking for renters! We are looking for people who are passionate about protecting the land, restoring native habitats and sharing this model with residents in Hancock/Houghton and visitors. We would like to create a model which can be replicated across the country. The community will assist with income generating activities including running the Art gallery, hosting community teas, giving tours (Old Main is on the National Register of Historic Places.) and hosting our holiday winter market. Old Main is 8,800 square feet and the Chapel 5,000 square feet. The property is zoned 6 story commercial and building an additional outbuilding for a woodshop/gardens is possible. There is a shell of an old building which we hope to use as a green house for starting seeds.
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City: Hancock
State: Michigan
Zip: 49930
Contact Email: manager.naturallymichigan@gmail.com
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Contact Name: Naturally Michigan
Dieses Haus begann als ein persönlicher Traum. Ein stiller Ort in der Natur – Rückzugsraum und Wohlfühlort. In den letzten Jahren hat sich etwas verändert. Was einst Freiheit bedeutete, wurde – getragen von Verantwortung – zunehmend schwer. Diese Erfahrung hat mich zu einer ehrlichen Frage geführt: Was, wenn dieser Ort nicht dazu gedacht ist, allein getragen zu werden? Ich wünsche mir, aus diesem Haus einen Ort des geteilten Wohnens entstehen zu lassen – ruhig, bewusst und langfristig. Kein Projekt mit wirtschaftlicher Optimierungslogik, sondern ein (Zweit-)Zuhause, das von Menschen mitgetragen wird, die Freude daran haben, gemeinsam etwas Schönes zu haben, zu pflegen und zu nutzen. Der Ort Das Haus liegt in einer ruhigen Ferienregion in Vorarlberg (Österreich), umgeben von Natur und Bergen. Es eignet sich für Menschen, die Stille, Erdung und einen achtsamen Lebensrhythmus schätzen. Dies ist kein Ort für Dauerlärm oder ständigen Wechsel, sondern für Präsenz. Gleichzeitig darf hier auch Lebendigkeit entstehen: Begegnung, Zusammensein, Lachen, Feiern – im respektvollen Miteinander. Was vorhanden ist mehrere Schlafzimmer Alles ist gemeinschaftlich abstimmbar. Veränderungen, Weiterentwicklung und neue Ideen sind ausdrücklich möglich. Die Idee Vorstellbar sind unterschiedliche Formen des gemeinsamen Tragens, z. B.: Co-Living mit klaren Absprachen Die genaue Struktur darf im Detail gemeinsam entstehen und wachsen – getragen von Vertrauen und klaren Vereinbarungen. Haltung und Werte Mir sind wichtig: offene, ehrliche Kommunikation Ich glaube, dass Gemeinschaft nicht aus Idealismus entsteht, sondern aus Struktur, die Sicherheit schafft und verbindet. Für wen dieser Ort gedacht sein könnte Für Menschen, die: bewusst und ruhig leben möchten Ausblick Ich bin nicht auf der Suche nach Schnelligkeit, sondern nach Stimmigkeit. Nach Menschen, mit denen sich das gemeinsame Tragen dieses Ortes natürlich anfühlt – in Klarheit, Ruhe und gegenseitigem Respekt. Wenn dich diese Beschreibung anspricht, freue ich mich über ein paar persönliche Zeilen: Wer du bist, was dich bewegt und in welcher Form du dir gemeinschaftliches Wohnen oder Mittragen vorstellen könntest. English summary: Looking for calm, responsible people interested in long-term co-living or shared ownership in a quiet place in Vorarlberg, Austria.
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City: Frastanz / Bazora
State:
Zip: 6820
Contact Email: der.held@gmx-topmail.de
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Christian
Gemeinschaftsküche und gemeinsames Wohnzimmer
zwei Toiletten und ein Bad
Büro- und Kreativraum
Sauna und Entspannungsraum (z. B. für Yoga, Shiatsu, Massage, Körperarbeit u. Ä.)
Fitnessraum
Therapie- und Zusammenseinsraum
gemeinschaftliches Eigentum oder Miteigentum
langfristige Mitnutzungs- oder Mietmodelle
Immobilien-Tausch oder Sharing (z. B. bei bestehendem Wohnraum in einer Stadt)
Klarheit in finanziellen und organisatorischen Fragen
schriftliche Vereinbarungen als Ausdruck von Verbindlichkeit
gegenseitiger Respekt für Rückzug und Eigenzeit
Ruhe, Verlässlichkeit und Verantwortungsbewusstsein
Natur, Berge, Spiritualität und Erdung schätzen
Gemeinschaft ebenso mögen wie Rückzug
Verantwortung teilen wollen
Tiefe über Tempo stellen
gemeinschaftliches Wohnen nicht romantisieren, sondern gestalten möchten
Sovereign Tree Village, South Dakota Move-in window: May 1 – Sept 1, 2026 This is a rural, infrastructure-forward homestead base being stabilized and developed into Sovereign Tree: a long-term land project focused on water management, regenerative landscaping, and food/habitat systems—think Andrew Millison–style earthworks and practical permaculture: contour-based water slowing/spreading, tree establishment, food forest beginnings, shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, and soil-building. This is not an open commune. It is a structured, accountable living/working environment where agreements are written, measurable, and enforced. Property Snapshot * Furnished 5BR / 3BA house + garage Two Housing Offers (choose one) Offer A — Full House Lease (Furnished) * $2,500/month (utilities included) Offer B — Basement Operator Track (Preferred for the right person/team) * Basement has separate entrance + kitchenette and can support an on-site operator living setup while the upstairs remains short-term-rental capable Offer C — RV/Tiny/Yurt Sites (On-site households / “Guild” option) * $1,000/month (utilities included) for approved RV/tiny/yurt/teepee-style setups where feasible and safe Note: Availability of sites and exact configuration depends on match quality, safety, and the final written agreement. Nothing is promised until paperwork is signed. Values & Operating Culture Sovereign Tree is built around respect, competence, and stewardship: * Respect for neighbors and local community norms Non-Negotiable Standards (Read Carefully) To protect the project and everyone involved, we operate with firm boundaries. Security & privacy * No public address posted. Location is shared only after pre-screen + brief call + verification Written agreements * All occupants must sign a lease/license and applicable addenda Screening required (before tours) * Proof of ability to pay via one of: pay stubs/W-2, bank statements/proof of funds, contracts/invoices, retirement income, or qualified guarantor Conduct & neighbor standards All applicants must agree to a Good Neighbor & Land Stewardship Agreement, including: * No harassment, threats, hate speech, or discriminatory conduct Violation is considered a material breach of the agreement. House/property rules * No smoking indoors Trial Period + Easy Separation We use a trial structure because it protects everyone: * First 90 days are treated as a trial period (month-to-month structure with clear expectations) “Guild” / Multi-household Collaboration (Optional) We are open to assembling a small on-site team of households who want to move fast and reduce costs through coordinated effort. If multiple qualified applicants emerge, we may host an introduction call/meeting so candidates can choose whether they want to collaborate. Collaboration is voluntary, structured in writing, and must remain respectful and drama-free. How to Inquire (Text Only) Text (605) 315-7799 with “ST Homestead” and include: 1. Which offer: House / Basement Operator / RV-Tiny Site If you’re looking for a rural base with real infrastructure, this can become a rare win-win: stable housing, meaningful land work, and a serious long-term regenerative vision.
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City: Allen
State: South Dakota
Zip: 57714
Contact Email: recoveryranchpr@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 6053157799
Contact Name: Big Foot
Promotion: January–March 2026 • Filtering: February–March • Tours: April–May (by appointment only)
* ~20 acres with barns/outbuildings
* Surrounded by 2,000 wilderness acres of wooded canyons good for foraging, horse rides, and hunting (permits required)
* Private well water
* Established and planned homestead infrastructure (garden area, greenhouse/nursery facilities; details during screening)
* Rural location—limited commuting options; winter conditions can be serious
* Designed for a stable household that wants a rural base with real space and infrastructure
* Rent credits/rebates and/or income may be available under a separate written addendum for clearly defined duties (property standards, inspections, basic coordination, readiness tasks, etc.)
* Operator credits are earned only when documented standards are met. Short-term rental income is seasonal and not guaranteed
* Sites are intended for capable households who can thrive rurally and contribute to a stable, respectful property culture
* Specific site rules (vehicle access, placement, utilities use, waste handling, safety boundaries) are provided during screening and must be followed
* A calm, reliable environment—no intimidation, harassment, or drama
* Land ethic: leave systems better than you found them
* Skill-building and real work, not performative ideology
* Tours are scheduled in blocks; address/coordinates are shared day-of the tour
* Verbal side-deals do not exist. Everything must be in writing
* References (landlord/employer preferred)
* Consistent screening standards applied to all applicants
* No trespass; respect boundaries and requests from neighbors
* No photographing/filming others without consent
* No subletting; no unauthorized occupants
* Guests allowed only within written limits
* Prompt reporting of damage/issues is required
* Rural readiness expected (vehicle reliability, winter awareness, self-sufficiency)
* If the fit is not right, the goal is fast, clean separation—no prolonged conflict
* Operator Track is always a separately terminable addendum: performance-based, documented, and removable without turning the housing agreement into a job dispute
2. Preferred move-in month (May–Sept only) + intended length of stay
3. Number of adults and pets
4. Income type + verification method
5. Relevant skills (land care, repairs, animals, hospitality/ops, admin)
6. Two references (name + phone)
One connection, a lifetime of companionship. Pursue ideals, pursue wisdom, and make the world better because of me! IdealCity Club is a collectively owned community university and big family that inspires everyone to pursue ideals and wisdom. It encourages each person to become a well-rounded generalist through self-directed learning. It is an online-to-offline community “university + family” covering learning, daily life, work, entertainment, and entrepreneurship. Mission:Wisdom for everyone; ideals for everyone. We promote sincerity, mutual support, friendship, and happiness among people. We help everyone save time by organizing two key life-and-growth charts and a curated list of excellent books as a team—encouraging members to spend their precious time reading more and reading better books. By retracing the “Long March” of learning, members build lifelong learning habits, develop comprehensive capabilities (listening, speaking, reading, writing, thinking; planning, discerning, acting, checking, upgrading), and become fully developed individuals in morality, intellect, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor—able to discern right from wrong, live in harmony, pass on kindness, and uphold truth—while building an independent system of thought and understanding. They accumulate wisdom and wealth, navigate the overwhelming tides of information, products, and technology with greater ease, create a high-quality and fulfilling life, and ultimately achieve shared prosperity.
Website: https://www.lx.city
City: Guanzhou
State:
Zip: 510530
Contact Email: idealcity2019@qq.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Richard
Vision:Achieve shared wisdom and shared prosperity.
Values:Patriotism, dedication, integrity, friendliness; openness, sharing, growth, and love.
Greetings friends. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope this moment finds you well. We are grateful to have the opportunity to share our home, community, and this amazing area in collaboration for individual and collective good. We live in beautiful East Asheville just ten minutes from the center of Asheville and close to so much. This includes amazingly beautiful nature, yoga studios, meditation centers, other intentional communities, spiritual centers, and so much more. We revel and rejoice in the amazing culture of kindness, community, creativity, inclusion, freedom, innovation, and collaboration that exists in Asheville and the surrounding area. Our vision of intentional community includes seeing all that exists internally and externally to be intentional community. We enjoy engaging with the communities that are our being, our body, our home, our larger community, our world, and all that is from a place of loving presence. We also find value in coming from a place of gratitude, oneness, helpfulness, and childlike true nature. Our community includes our home, our larger community, and all that is. We are grateful. We celebrate a way of being in community that fosters clarity of mind and clarity of heart. We enjoy a space that is tobacco, alcohol, substance, and plant medicine free. We are in full support of individuals within our community engaging in plant medicine ceremonies off property in alignment with their highest good and personal guidance. We at Spirit Song are centered in shared practices including meditation, yoga, service, communication practices, and more. We welcome the practices, modalities, and ways of life that are nourishing for you. We invite you to share and/or to lead us in things that you resonate with. We affirm abundance and the power of sharing, gifting, and service. We experience that we are individually and collectively more than enough, and that there is more than enough. We celebrate infinite pathways to all that we could ever desire including food, shelter, clothing, connection, meaning, kindness, creativity, transportation, autonomy, clarity, and so much more. We come alive as we dance together in joy as we experience all of these pathways to individual and collective good.
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City: Asheville
State: North Carolina
Zip: 28805-3409
Contact Email: jesseriehl1@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 6782504301
Contact Name: Jesse
Hello! We’re a married couple stewarding 50+ acres of forested land in western Washington. We’re looking for future neighbors who are excited about rural living, growing food, and building a cooperative, respectful community culture. We currently have three parcels. One has an existing home, which we plan to sell once our second home is completed in about a year. A third parcel has a working well and could support another home in the future. We have a large parcel we could split into two or more. Our hope is to find neighbors who share an interest in land-based living and collaborative problem‑solving. We’re not trying to create a commune or a rigid system — just a small neighborhood where people support each other, share some projects by choice, and practice good communication. We know that living near others with different personalities can be both rewarding and challenging, and we value open minds, patience, and a spirit of cooperation, which is also what we strive to practice. If this resonates with you, we’d love to start with a slow, thoughtful conversation. Expect weeks or months of exchanging messages to get to know each other and see whether our visions align. Be well.
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City: Humptulips
State: Washington
Zip: 98552
Contact Email: i.spearman371@passmail.net
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Miguel
At the Graham Downs Community Farm… We are a deeply cooperative and highly integrated, land-rooted community. Our daily lives are woven into the land we steward—growing food, raising children, and bringing the long-neglected farm and its buildings back into productive health and vitality through environmentally-conscious and holistically healthy practices that inspire broader change. We steward this land and its projects through inclusive, collaborative decision-making that honours each voice and deepens our capacity to work well together. With courage, care, and generosity, we are co-creating a regenerative culture of shared responsibility, abundance, and mutual support that can endure beyond industrial systems. We live this vision through practice, reflection, and collaboration. Governance: egalitarian and deeply participatory, ensuring power is shared and decision-making is transparent, inclusive, and effective. Daily Life: cooperative work, shared meals, mutual care and support, and rhythms balancing productivity and play; nurturing and supporting children Land Stewardship: regenerative farming methods, permaculture and human scale management, clearing the overgrown and producing healthy food from the land along with medicine, fuel and materials for crafting and building. Learning & Culture: ongoing training in communication, authentic relating, and conflict transformation Infrastructure: appropriate-tech approaches and resilient systems that we can manage ourselves or with local resources, reducing dependency on fossil fuels and materials from across the globe; prioritising natural and recycled materials Economy: self-provisioning as much as feasible in food, materials, labour, and culture-creation; extensive sharing of time, tools, and resources beyond transactional exchange, fostering a mindset of abundance and interdependence
Website: https://www.renaissancecommunitytrust.org/
City: Motueka Valley
State:
Zip: 7196
Contact Email: grahamdownsfarm@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Greg Villarosa and Claire Fanning
Nous sommes à la recherche de personnes ayant une bonne expérience en commaunauté intentionnelle pour co-créer une nouveau milieu de vie en milieu rural et urbain. Vos avez de fortes compétences en construction naturelles écologiques, en jardinage, en entreprenariat, en communication efficace, bref de pouvoir contribuer positivement à un projet de vie collectif qui a des visions d’expansion pour le futur. We are looking for high-fit people to co-found a rural/urban intentional community. People skilled in natural building, gardening, community business, cooperative communication, and the day-to-day life of running a high-functioning community with room to grow. Nos ressources et expérience terrain de 67 acres à une heure de montreal (accès en transport en commun). Structures existantes: trois maisons (2 sont louées pour l’instant), une yourte de 20 pieds chauffée, une toilette compost extérieure, puits artésien, internet haute vitesse par fibre optique. Les voisins immédiats sont des amis qui se contruisent une maison écologique en ballots de paille. Il y a un acre de terrain pour les jardins qui a une terre exceptionnelle. L’hébergement est mixte sous un toit, avec des maisons secondaires qui peuvent se rajouter au projet lors de l expansion. La maison à Montréal comprend 4 chambres, 2 chambres de bain, 2 cuisines. Propriétaire unique des deux immeubles et co fondatrice de la communauté: Elle a construite des immeubles, excellences compétences en rénovation , construction neuve, plomberie, électricité, formation en électronique et réseautique. Notre co-fondatrice S est consultante, et sera résidente d’été à la communauté. Elle a visité , vécue et documenté plusieurs communautés intentionelles. – 67 acres one hour (with bus access) from Montreal. Existing structures: three houses (), one yurt, one composting outhouse. Immediate neighbors are friends in a strawbale permaculture house. Previously gardened with good soil. – House in Montreal with 4 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 bathrooms.
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City: sainte melanie
State:
Zip:
Contact Email: noisette123@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Jeanne Gauthier
Existing Experience and Resources
elle est situé à côté d’une ligne de métro (bleue)
– mixed housing — under one roof and individual houses
– Single landowner and community co-founder: J’s expertise is in building structures, electrical engineering, plumbing.
– Advisor and prospective summer seasonal resident: S has lived in and visited many communities.
Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. Temperate Climate. Good rainfall. Total population 5000 We’re part of an intentional community building self-sufficiency and resilience in the face of collapsing systems. We’re involved in a reciprocal local economy based on contribution, connection and respect, trading produce, skills, expertise, machinery, (and care), with the surrounding neighbouring properties. We own 450 acres (95% heritage native bushland) and have a strong conservation ethic, protecting the biodiversity here. There are no dogs or hunting on the property. We often welcome scientists onto the land for surveys of different species thought to be extinct. We’ve been off-grid for 40+ years and have built various dwellings of mud-brick, rammed earth and insulated tin and timber, powered by solar and wind. We have fenced gardens and water security. We’re a quiet, harmonious community comfortable with the isolation and solitude the island offers, but we work together well on projects that bring about mutual benefit. The island community generally is very close knit, demonstrated during the devastating bushfires of 2019/2020, and the re-building that followed. We’re involved in a local Harvest Exchange. Although our gardens produce much food, they are nowhere near their full potential. This is our immediate focus and something we want to see realised. We need more people that can bring a range of skills and expertise, who might be willing learners and contributors. We have space to share for 4-8 more residents to join the four already here, who might be willing to carry the vision of stewardship we hold forward, and who eventually could make/build a home here that offers security and safety. Right now, we’re looking for anyone who might like to make contact and, if it’s a good fit, consider visiting for a week and offering 10-20 hours of help in the garden in exchange for accommodation. Partial subsidy for ferry travel from Cape Jervois is negotiable.
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City: Kangaroo Island
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Contact Email: heidigrieg@gmail.com
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Contact Name: HeidiandKimball
Close group of friendly, educated, professionals. Firepit, grill, string-lights, good vibes. Organized, clean & ship-shape.
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City: Denver
State: Colorado
Zip: 80204
Contact Email: Etsy_@outlook.com
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Contact Name: Steve
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Website: https://ourecovillage.org/
City: Shawnigan Lake
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Zip: BC
Contact Email: info@ourecovillage.org
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Earthdance is an arts organization and retreat center hosting workshops, artist residencies, and community programming. We are situated on unceded Nipmuc territory, in the hills of Western Massachusetts. Our focus centers is on a dynamic mix of dance, somatic, and interdisciplinary arts training, with conscious awareness towards social justice, sustainable living, and community building. Earthdance has been developing innovative arts programming, while maintaining a beautiful facility for rental groups, for four decades. Earthdance began in 1986, when a group of dancers and artists in Boston joined together to cultivate a place for creative expression. Purchasing 175 acres of land in the glorious Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts, they planted the seeds of community. Today, Earthdance is an internationally recognized presenter of workshops, contact improvisation jams, performances, and community events, drawing thousands of people to the area each year. People cherish Earthdance as a home, and our volunteer program draws creative individuals from all over the world who are interested in contributing to community, dance, art, and the running of a vibrant nonprofit organization.
Website: https://earthdance.net
City: Plainfield
State: Massachusetts
Zip: 01070
Contact Email: contact@earthdance.net
Contact Phone: (413) 634-5678
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Voyage Maps is a worldschooling app intentionally designed with families at the center of every decision. It exists to support those who choose to educate through experience, curiosity, and connection rather than confinement. The platform connects like-minded traveling families from around the world and provides a trusted space where learning, community, and mobility come together in a meaningful and practical way. At launch, Voyage Maps is built with a focused set of core features that prioritize ease of use, clarity, and real-world value. This initial simplicity is intentional. Rather than building in isolation, the platform is designed to evolve alongside its users. As families, hubs, and hosts join, Voyage Maps will continuously gather feedback through surveys and direct engagement to understand which tools, filters, and features are most valuable. Every stage of growth is guided by the community itself, ensuring the platform remains relevant, inclusive, and responsive. Voyage Maps brings together worldschool hubs across six continents and at sea, offering families access to a diverse range of environments and cultures. These hubs may include established learning communities, temporary meetups, shared living spaces, cruise-based gatherings, or informal local connections. We actively welcome anyone who offers rentable space, opportunities for shared community meals—even if only once a week—and, most importantly, skill sharing. Skill sharing is the heart of the Voyage Maps vision: parents, hosts, and community members contributing knowledge, trades, languages, arts, and lived experience to support collective learning. The platform is designed to help families discover places and people aligned with their values, interests, and learning goals. Beyond locations, Voyage Maps emphasizes connection—enabling families to communicate with hubs and with one another, ask questions, share insights, and build relationships before arriving and long after moving on. This continuity transforms travel from a series of short-term stays into a cohesive, ongoing educational journey. The broader vision behind Voyage Maps is to centralize and strengthen the global worldschooling ecosystem. Today, families often spend countless hours searching across fragmented platforms, social media groups, and word-of-mouth networks to find communities that meet their needs. Voyage Maps seeks to simplify that process by creating a single, intuitive platform where trusted information, communication, and discovery coexist. Worldschoolers travel not merely to visit new places, but to experience life fully and intentionally. Learning happens through presence, cultural immersion, collaboration, and shared responsibility. Voyage Maps is built to support this way of life by lowering barriers to access, fostering meaningful connections, and honoring diverse educational paths. Ultimately, Voyage Maps is more than a technology platform. It is a living, evolving global network shaped by the families and communities it serves. Its vision is to empower worldschooling families to move through the world with confidence, curiosity, and connection—knowing that wherever they go, learning and community are within reach.
Website: https://www.voyagemaps.org
City: Seaside
State: Oregon
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Contact Email: support@voyagemaps.org
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Contact Name: Sarah May
SERENA is a community in San Mateo, Costa Rica, surrounded by lush trees, open skies, and good energy. A place where lots are ready to build, titled, with water, electricity, and fiber-optic internet available from day one. At SERENA, you can start your project without delays, unnecessary red tape, or pressure. It’s for people who want to create their own way of living, with room to grow, build, rest, or simply be. SERENA is not just land; it’s an evolving community rooted in respect, connection, and freedom. You’ll have access to optional shared spaces, such as a swimming pool, a clubhouse, and various sports courts, to be confirmed through a separate membership. There are no HOA fees. No imposed designs. No “one-size-fits-all” vibe. Here, you build your life your way, with people who value simplicity, privacy, and genuine connection.
Website: https://www.serenacostarica.com
City: San Mateo
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Zip: 42201
Contact Email: natalialeon@remax-altitud.cr
Contact Phone: +506 8828 1808
Contact Name: Natalia Leon
Vision: We’re guided by the Seven Laws of Ecology articulated by John Michael Greer (Wholes, Flow, Balance, Limits, Cause & Effect, Planes, Evolution) and the three fundamental freedoms identified by David Graeber and David Wengrow: the freedom to move, to disobey, and to create new social worlds. Who We’re Seeking: * Recognize that contemporary civilization is fundamentally maladapted to ecological reality What We’re Building: The land will be held collectively by an association focused on cultural and educational mission. We’ll host seasonal apprenticeships and knowledge exchanges—not as revenue generation but as nodes where ways of knowing outside dominant culture can meet and cross-pollinate. Governance: Financial Model: Timeline: * 2025–2026: Gathering founding companions, building trust and relationships What This Requires: What We Offer: About the Founder:
Website: https://theseminary.netlify.app/
City: Reggio Emilia
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Zip: 42121
Contact Email: theseminary@mailbox.org
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Contact Name: Francesco Gimelli
The Seminary is an invitation to sow seeds of a different culture—one consistent with the laws governing life rather than working against them. This is not a utopian project or political movement, but an ecological experiment: testing what happens when humans attempt to live within natural principles rather than industrial imperatives.
Companions willing to walk into uncertainty together—not followers of a fixed vision, but people committed to discovering through living. We’re looking for those who:
* Are willing to embrace “pedagogical discomfort” (starting with tents and wood stoves, learning through direct challenge)
* Understand that accumulation—of possessions, experiences, even knowledge—ultimately causes suffering
* Can work through conflict using dissensus principles (productive disagreement over forced consensus)
* Are prepared to contribute financially toward debt-free land acquisition without expectation of return
* Possess or want to develop skills in food cultivation, foraging, hunting, traditional crafts, and natural building
A small community (4–6 core members initially) practicing diverse subsistence strategies: some wild harvest, some cultivation, some animal tending, some craft work. We’ll follow no single system—not permaculture alone, not Fukuoka’s natural farming, not any fixed approach—but remain experimentally flexible while using ecological laws as our lens.
Dissensus-based: individual sovereignty within shared ecological commitments. Stewardship roles emerge from demonstrated care rather than election. The Seven Laws serve as our foundational guidance, with the health of the land as final arbiter of decisions.
Companions contribute what they can toward land purchase (target: 30–45 hectares, €90,000–140,000 total). This is not an investment—contributions may not be recoverable. The experiment might fail. Ongoing costs are covered through supporting memberships, seasonal programs offered on a donation basis, occasional surplus sales, and companion labor.
* Early/mid 2027: Form association, purchase land
* Autumn 2027: Begin living the experiment
Honest self-assessment about whether rustic living, physical labor, and genuine interdependence genuinely call to you. Willingness to contribute through presence, skill-sharing, and patience with uncertainty. Recognition that you’re accepting real risk: your contribution might not be recoverable, the experiment might fail, this life might not be for you.
No certainty, no comfort—but honest exploration with others who share the conviction that another way of living is both necessary and possible, and the commitment to discover together what that might look like in practice.
Francesco Gimelli — PhD in Human Geography (Monash University), former academic researcher in sustainability and human wellbeing. Experience in Buddhist monasteries (Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka) and natural farming (following Fukuoka’s principles at Natural Farm Shizen, Italy). Speaks Italian, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Currently translating William Ophuls’ *Immoderate Greatness* into Italian. Enneagram Type 1 — brings intellectual frameworks and commitment to coherent design, while working with the shadow sides of perfectionism and rigidity.
Are you interested in building an intentional community? Let’s start one together! There is very little movement to make an intentional community a reality outside of the GTA in Ontario, so I thought we could start to gather those people interested in walking this path together and start some real dialogue and time maps. What could it be like? We decide! Let’s write our own future together.
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City: Oro-medonte
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Zip: L0L1T0
Contact Email: emilyfernryckman@gmail.com
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Contact Name: Emily
My wife and I are looking to start a cooperative community focused on social change, progressive values, healing, and economic revolution. While I do identify as an idealistic dreamer, I am also a social worker working as a therapist and an attorney and I want to put these skills to use during these challenging times. I am hoping to perhaps transition to a more non-profit/community building type of work. My wife is currently in the military doing program management and will be retiring in 2.5 years. We are currently looking into purchasing a large parcel of land, and we are looking for others to join in our search for social justice and to provide different skill sets and/or financial help in building this community.
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City: Laurel
State: Maryland
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Contact Email: healinghearthcooperative@protonmail.com
Contact Phone: 831-241-1388
Contact Name: Monica Riggins
SEEKING: Cooperative, Inter-Generational, Shared Housing Arrangement. I am an especially educated, professional man holding a lovely home alone in Takoma Park, Md, thirty minutes from the White House, now in early retirement after a long career mostly overseas in the international aid industry. This spring 2026 I am seeking suitably interested and compatible applicants who would like to enter into a longer-term, cooperative, inter-generational housing arrangement. Prospective parties would generally be younger citizens, possibly young professionals or also in the service, tradecrafts, arts industry or aspiring digital workers, getting savvy about and established in the world, ecologically and spiritually appreciative. Some domestic home and yard care, socially conversant, IT/ and canine care aptitudes and experiences would be valuable. My 3 bedroom home is full of lovely art pieces from all over the world, has a lovely back deck where one can barbeque and hold social fires while there is an attractive, easy to manage yard. Located @1 mile from the Takoma Park Metro Redline @30 mins away from the White House. One bedroom downstairs with a (kinda small) trundle bed and primary claim to a second bathroom with shower as well as access to a shared study—great for working–would be your primary space, but you will have access to, and expected to help me look after, the entire house. Not a lot of storage space beyond clothes could easily be provided. The idea behind such a subsidized, longer-term housing arrangement is interested applicants will live independently while also responsibly able to help me look after regular—and pretty easy!–home, yard care, shopping, periodically shared cooking and dog care needs while we are living there or during my travel absences which could be as much as@30% of the year when you would have, and would have to be responsible for, managing the entire house. Monthly, subsidized rent prospects would range from @$600-$1,000 month which includes all utilities. Interested applicants should send me a letter of interest —randrobinson@hotmail.com–introducing themselves and citing how they feel they could be a suitable, responsible fit for contributing to such an inter-generational, cooperative housing arrangement. Please also provide rental, personal or work references. References would be expected and likely start date would be April or May 2026 for at least a six month and preferably appreciably longer eventually extending into a 12-36 month arrangement. Finalists will be contacted and, if possible asked to come to the house, likely later April or May, for us to meet and get to know each other. Any particular questions, please cite them in your letter of interest.
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City: Takoma Park
State: Maryland
Zip: 20912
Contact Email: randrobinson@hotmail.com
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Contact Name: Rand
We will be a 4-6 person group of forward thinking, aging feminists endeavoring to create an intentional, self governing community model for affirmatively managing the joys and universal eventualities of aging, declining and dying. We share a love of the outdoors, animals, social action, community involvement, environmentally conscious living, physical activity, laughter, learning, friendship, and a commitment to living lightly on the planet. We intend to cultivate a community in which we each commit to the importance of our physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional health as we age, while recognizing the intrinsic limits of prolonging life beyond a normal course of health or life. We intend to implement a system for looking after one another to promote independence in each of our own homes on shared land while preparing financially to engage professional shared caregivers when members’ care needs exceeds what members alone can provide.
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City: Weaverville
State: North Carolina
Zip: 28787
Contact Email: JJfirestone@comcast.net
Contact Phone: 6176421403
Contact Name: Jenifer J Firestone
Currently seeking founding members.
Our community is focused on Permaculture and long-term regenerative living, and seeking like minds with related skills. We are planting trees, mapping the land for food forests, inoculating mushroom logs, and setting up gardens. There are a few spots for tiny homes and for seasonal living. There are many opportunities to be involved with Permaculture activities and to learn and grow together.
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City: Temple
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03458
Contact Email: Jedimindtraveler@gmail.com
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