Lightning Ranch Food is grown communally using regenerative agriculture and permaculture methods. Our regenerative farming practices are informed by permaculture and the work of Gabe Brown, Joel Salatin and Allan Savory among many others. Permaculture principles also promote the management of land to support healthy populations of wild species alongside domestic animals and crops. Additionally we are installing a vegetable garden and permaculture orchards and mushroom growing facilities. Currently we have one large 3800 square foot stone block house for our communal activities, meals, events and housing guests. We have a smaller 1600 square foot off-grid earthship style house with solar electric, wind turbine, solar hot water, and passive solar heating. A planter beneath the south window wall supplies fresh greens and gray water processing. Rainwater collection supplies drinking and washing water. A composting toilet processes waste safely. Our plan is to build more off grid tiny homes to house permanent residents and guests. Communities often experience conflict. Effective conflict resolution techniques can mean the difference between success and failure. One approach we like is non violent communication (NVC) based on the work of Marshall Rosenfield. We (Richard and Diana) have taken Bill Kauth’s and Zoe Alowan’s Advanced Community Building Retreat. Our village is strongly inspired by Daniel Quinn and Charles Eisenstein, both futurists and analyzers of our current “old story” with visions of aspects of a better “new story” and navigating the bridge of confusion between the stories. We strive to catch aspects of a “new story”. Ideas to Ponder Current belief is about growth, globalization, economy of scale, efficiency and consumerism. But an alternative view is to produce goods and services locally with products designed for very long life and communities live within the local resources. Our civilization is based on a money system that requires exponential growth. More and more must be monetized to fuel the growth. First one parent in a family must work more, then both have to work, then child care has to be paid for, an ever faster treadmill. And more and more of the natural world has to be destroyed to fuel the monetization expansion. But we live on a finite planet, and even though we are talking about asteroid, Moon and Mars mining, it can’t expand fast enough. Our biosphere will collapse along with humanity if we continue. Contrary to common belief, we don’t have the technology to create an artificial environment in which we can live, either here or on another planet. And why would we want to? We live on a Paradise planet! We are destroying the natural biosphere systems that we depend on to survive: our oceans, rain forests, temperate forests and grasslands all with functioning intact ecosystems. Our community offers a way to step off the treadmill. More and more people are seeing they can trade things they don’t deeply want like power, social status and supposed conveniences, amenities and luxuries for things they do want including security, meaningful work, creative expression, more leisure, hope and freedom from anxiety, fear and guilt. We are not suggesting there should be one right way to live. We humans have adapted to many environments. We need choices. Current culture should only be one of many choices, not the only choice. In nature there is no one right way to hinge a jaw, build a nest, design an eye, move underwater… well, you get the idea.
Website: https://lightningranchhealing.weebly.com
City: Merkel
State: Texas
Zip: 79536
Contact Email: lightning.ranch.healing@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 325-261-3369
Contact Name: Lance
Lightning Ranch is an ecovillage intentional community. We aim to be consciously aware of how we obtain our food, water and energy, and build our houses and utilities. We consciously evaluate our habits and actions and strive for the best behavior that results in good personal relationship to ourselves, others and the environment. We recognize that a well functioning community is necessary for our success. Our intentional community is strongly influenced by the Dancing Rabbit community.
We often think our civilization is the best that humans can create. But then why do so many have a sense that there is something not right about our culture and wonder why our world seems dull, lifeless, suffocating and often down right ugly? Why do so many feel anxious, unsatisfied, unfulfilled, and even depressed while imagining there must be more to life than this? We try to come up with some answers!
Hi Everybody 🙂 Reach out at: florafaunauniverse@protonmail.com (as we do not have phone service while on and/or around the property areas). Currently staying in the middle of The Netherlands and Bornholm Denmark Island, to make new friends, save money, prep for transfer. Current upcoming goals: Overview some of our ground work / terrain / dirt & dead trees placement, possibly acquire more tools and building material, do the pre-work and getting ideas for initial larger community building. ***John’s arrival on the land 1st of September or October 2023 UNTIL 1st of April 2024 (he can host people for most of that time period). We are a group of European/Dutch people, that see themselves as communal & open-minded people. Even more so, we are looking to have spiritually larger peaceful family and community. We started to stick to these ideas from a very early age and became more real a decade+ ago. We as founders and owners of this project are 36 and 40 years old. We have a 6 year old son. Our dream is to practice communal living combined with offering travelers and members a space for being and a peaceful natural environment to allow them to relax and be themselves in relation to the natural forces larger than ourselves. By providing less input and distractions that we have grown a bit too used to in modern society. The quality and remoteness of the Patagonian environment will instantly help you with this. In fact our place should become a real holiday feel, a retreat, a back to basic and ‘helpful’ environment by not having to focus only on work. There is no entree fee or application nor any organisation or religion behind our intentions. Human to human is preferred. Honesty and the truth will lead the way. We are pro-land sharing. Any human being willing to live with us long term for various seasons can become a guardian or even an owner of a plot of land in exchange for an honest arrangement. Investors are more than welcome. The vision behind starting fresh and focused on truth is our general concept that the overall technological, social and mental noise from many places in the world is not making people happy, healthy or productive in their lives. It does not bring them enough connection with a purpose. Some do find this pleasant or tolerable, but for the others we want to offer them a creative alternative and do our part to care for the world. We want to offer our humanistic part in the solution to this worldly problem of being over stimulated. Whether those views are shared and in tune with us is not of the greatest importance, just the realization that it is an option and our choice to live like that. We would welcome any respectful spirit and worker on our journey. Our natural spot to offer a place to calm the mind enough so that that person can choose to overview sustainable concepts for body and soul for themselves will be good enough. For your consideration 🙂 Do enjoy some of our back story. Our background: NOTICEABLY this might sound somewhat vague, so we work by principles of least resistance and permaculture. The more logical a design or thought, the easier it is to use. We rather not be too pushy as people, being non-conformist ourselves, we value your personal space and work methods. We value a lack of regulation and offer free choice what kind of work you want to be doing. Just honesty looking at what levels of activity you are looking for initially. So try and be up front about your intentions and the freedom to explore ideas. For now we apologize that the we are still in the early stages of the activities, so there is not yet a large garden for you to enjoy and maintain. Please come build one 😉 Next to the start-up and pre-farm work, we can offer you all kinds of outdoor spots to come and take a quiet retreat. A place in the nature and/or in our home when it is finished. Some of the pictures will give you an idea of the surrounding. You will be free to use the many dead trees around to build your own small cabin or shelter that can be used by others over time. For any larger ideas, we would need a good permaculture design first. Do you have any experience with providing a design for an area? There are lots of big square and round rocks, we found some clay-stream deposits, straw, sand etc. At this point we only have just a few tools and building materials ready. There is one small shed build for 4 people that has a stove. There will be places for new sheds tents and tarps available and you can expect a limited set of visitors from various backgrounds during the spring, summer and autumn seasons. You can share your travel stories and views with them one on one or suggest a group activity. The only necessary scenario is that some practical things will be communal, but you can find privacy in the surrounding natural and rural areas where there is a very low population density. Because we are relatively new in Chile and on this particular spot of land, we welcome your gardening, building, maintaining, wild food gathering and permaculture skills and you can show us how a proper community is made! We can consider you for living with us permanently, be it all year round or every year for 3 to 7 or more months (your choice basically). Summers are great here, the place needs a lot of start up work to really be called a farm/homestead/community, but in our hearts it already is a communal place. We take it step by step and are not into developing a commercial business out of it any time soon. CURRENTLY: The type of help/wwoofers, work-awayers we require and number of hours expected for work: Is 2 to 4 depending on the difficulty/heavy lifting and the conditions of the weather. Over time more resources will become available. Any important new info we will add to this text when similar questions come up. Limited internet speed and locations, so do not expect direct and fast responses at all times. Imagine an almost untouched valley with lots of nature and small trails. The property is ‘limited’ in size, about 3.5 and 8.5 hectares, though extra big land strips close to the rivers, farmers and lake are open to the (limited) public for camping and guerrilla gardening etc. It is legal in Chile to camp for free there on the waters edge. If you are inspired by our idea of going back to basic and have focus, put our information on a flyer and hang it up in alternative areas for free thinkers, investors and artist to see, that would be great. We hope to attract the right types of guests to make the place shine with depth & soul. In the future we are planning to build something resembling a castle and play around it with multiple big happy families 🙂 Come discover our ideas and your possibilities there! Thanks for reading, we hope you enjoy the dream. CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Planning to return September and staying till late April/early May. Priority Jobs: CURRENT WORK OPTIONS: Not us, not here, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKnt8JmnBh8 Greetings and Love, Greg, Flora, our child Mjolnir & friends.
Website:
City: Coyhaique
State:
Zip:
Contact Email: florafaunauniverse@protonmail.com
Contact Phone: +31633497078
Contact Name: Gregor
+56933680570 Chilean number
+31633497078 WhatsApp / Skype POSSIBLE, NUMBER CHANGE COMING UP.
+31658851581 WhatsApp / Skype
+31684880967 (Future Whatsapp)
***Greg arrival on the land 11 or 30th of November or December UNTIL late februari (he can host for certain time periods).
– Possible road-trip from Brasil Florianopolis in December, to re-activate permanent visa’s. Some of us might leave the project area for 10 to 20 days.
– Flora and child might arrive mid to late December.
– Other possible visitors and helpers might show up.
– Local farmer, his friends and workers, local towns people, fishermen groups and various locals, border-police and tourists might show up.
– After this years spring & summer season, the ‘plan’ is to return for some people to host visitors again October 2023.
Flora saved up money by doing scientific research while Greg assisted her career and lived a minimalist life-style. Allowing us to travel the world, prepare ourselves and buy land for people to come live on for free in exchange for some work. We want to emphasize the importance of finding a good energy together to work from. Meaning, the 2 founders will not seek to take the position of a leader-role too much, but that of a guide to show the place around and give further explanations on what we feel is the best way forward. Various jobs can be done, although, a good and long conversation can be seen as a work-day too, where you put in a mental effort. We won’t be horrible bosses and the work can be easy if you can’t handle a lot.
In order to offer a genuine invitation for people with good vibes AND to prevent us from having too much friction with other vibes… We want to step towards clarity about our shared human reality in how to deal with our ideas. Making sure we understand each others preferences is important. The more outspoken and up front people/visitors can be with us, the better we feel. Deeper perceptions about the differences between `vibes` are for us a necessary and almost daily routine. We will over time pose some scenarios to you and see how you feel about it. So you can get a sense of our being in comparison with your being. We ask for your understanding, responsibility and patience in these matters as these scenarios have taken 22 years in our hearts and minds to develop. Good energy and conscious human beings are the future and we should honor them. We are calm enough to let any issue come up and be open and be outspoken enough to allow people to choose their own experiences and how they do or do not relate to our family.
Rules about phone use: There is some solar power, but no cellular reception available, so, that would be limited.
Whether smoking is permitted: Limited, prefer to be kept away from us and the children.
The type of food/meals provided and whether we can cater to vegetarians or not: Chilean shops are primitive, not so much choice, though the answer (over time) is yes. Most certainly when we get our greenhouses up and running.
Are children or pets allowed? Depends on their needs and behavior, yes!
Distance to local shop and internet: We have a car (1 to 2 hour travel time at the minimum).
Directions and methods of transport available to travel to your location: Same answer, you can try to get (bus) rides all the way from Santiago or hitch-hike. In town I can pick you up by car or you can arrange a lift from a farmer in town.
Places of local interest that helpers may wish to visit during their free time: Patagonia wilderness in every direction. Fishing, hunting, trekking, going to the lake, up the mountain etc.
Fishing (legal from November onward, though local workers/people, don´t always follow the fishing rules and that means less fish depending on the season/year). Spending calm private time alone to feel the forest and adapt to nature is important.
Permaculture designer.
Cabins and/or Earth-ship builder, someone experienced working with wood, stone, cement, limited tools etc and still able to construct a structure that lasts for years. Can be a small or larger communal structure.
Building new & maintaining older shelters.
Building composting toilet, greenhouse, chicken-coup, safe enough to guard the chicken from ferret and local ferral dogs. Strong enough to last through Patagonian winters.
Child care, teaching language, game time.
Creating new ideas/designs where to expand first with a system you know from experience that works well.
Making small wood & other vegetation piles.
Chopping wood, chainsaw & ax work.
Local area clearing, digging and filling trenches made by heavy consistent rains.
Fencing and road repair.
Clearing dead wood, stones and organic matter.
Leveling surfaces with gravel.
Digging irrigation ditch.
Water management, small dam construction.
Mixing & collecting the elements for fertile soil, like dried up animal droppings 🙂
Making raised beds & fill them up.
Planting some seeds and potato’s that work well in that climate without maintenance.
Creating some art work with dead animal bones, wire & wood? 🙂
Woodcraft prep work, timber & lumber for the larger somewhat more professional cabin & communal home.
Digging out the hill side to use the vertical wall as the major support wall the larger structures.
Land-winning by filling holes on the river bank that are washed out.
Collecting/managing the out of control bamboo.
Going for a ride to collect other building materials & food.
Fixing ribbed clothing.
Sharpening tools.
Retrieve nails from used wood.
Fill sand bags.
Fill areas with cement, creating a solid floor or walls.
Fill car tires.
Fishing & trapping.
Help our friends and local farmers in return for good food supply.
We share similar goal settling with a group of people in the Northern & Eastern areas of Europe. Any people open to have us visit there are welcome to contact us about this as well. If you know people of similar intentions that would like to travel or have us visit, let us know.
florafaunauniverse@protonmail.com
SRCC (Santa Rosa Creek Commons) is an established Limited Equity Housing Cooperative (LEHC) where everyone is a shareholder and manager. We are located near downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our property includes 27 units in three 2-story apartment buildings and two older houses that have been divided into duplexes. As a cooperative, each household owns one share in the nonprofit corporation that owns the property. Members collectively self-manage the whole property. Members purchase a share just prior to moving in and pay a regular monthly Carrying Charge that covers the mortgage, insurance, maintenance, water/sewer, garbage/recycling and overhead. All members form the Board of Directors. Decisions are made using a consensus process in which proposals are generated by committees and decided upon by the Board at a monthly meeting. Each member contributes at least 8 hours a month in labor, in addition to the Board meeting and two committee meetings. SRCC is self-managed, and we do as much of our own maintenance as we can. Social events include monthly potlucks, holiday parties, an annual 4th of July+SRCC Anniversary party. Most of our community sits well off the street, nestled into a forest glen next to a year-round creek that runs through town. We are honored to have been referred to as a little piece of Walden in downtown Santa Rosa. Shops and restaurants in downtown Santa Rosa are just a short walk away, as are nearby services such as the main post office and library, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, the main police and fire station, and city hall.
Website: http://www.santarosacreekcommons.org
City: Santa Rosa
State: California
Zip: 95404
Contact Email: sarita@sonic.net
Contact Phone: 707-526-3103
Contact Name: Sarita Hazen
White Pine Cohousing is a six unit community on 41 acres of meadow and forest land located in rural central Vermont, just outside of Montpelier. The houses are clustered on the south side of the seven acre meadow to enhance solar exposure and maintain the open fields for gardens, wildlife and activities. We aim to create and maintain a residential community that both respects individual needs and expects member participation in managing the social and physical requirements of the community. We have village-like informal connections and use a consensus decision-making process. Our individually owned homes were built with environmentally sound construction, are super insulated, share a common heating system and have small ecological footprints.
Website:
City: Montpelier
State: Vermont
Zip: 05602
Contact Email: pmkramer2000@yahoo.com
Contact Phone: 503-706-0242
Contact Name: Paul Kramer
We are seeking community around shared housing and meals in a large, urban house in downtown Denver. Open-minded, open-hearted, compassionate, self-aware. The house has 10 bedrooms. Four of the bedrooms are within two two-bedroom apartments. The plan is for the house to become a Co-op, which is a legal business entity for the self-governance of the community. The Co-op will then make decisions cooperatively for how the house will function, so some things will change as we decide how to make the house work best for the diverse people living here. The starting intentions include: We are looking for community members who: The house belongs to one of the members. The intention is that the co-op will buy the house in about five years at which point the current owner intends to buy another building nearby to enlarge the community. We would like to include others in our community in the form of dinners that include our neighbors and friends. We currently host a Queer potluck every third Saturday.
Website:
City: Denver
State: Colorado
Zip: 80218
Contact Email: jdavidnichols@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 3077619182
Contact Name: Jason
• Communication with compassion.
• Shared space and life.
• Shared meals.
• Shared staple foods which are Organic.
• Group decision making.
• Safe, inclusive space: queer and trans friendly, anti-racist, non-violent, and feminist.
• The purchase of the house by the co-op in five years.
• The expansion of the co-op, possibly to include other housing types (like separate apartments).
• Weekly meetings.
• We expect there will be a buy-in fee when the co-op becomes formal. We expect it might be between $500 and $1000 and will be refundable when moving out of the house.
• Quiet hours are from 10:00pm to 8:00am.
• Want to live in a community not just have a place to sleep and eat.
• Want to live in a beautiful, clean, and organized house and are willing to help make and keep it that way.
• Are curious, compassionate, flexible, and open to living with others who will undoubtedly have different ideas about many things.
• Are interested in pioneering a new co-op. There will be work involved to get there.
• Are responsible and communicative.
• Embrace enthusiastically that living in community requires introspection and personal growth.
• Are not struggling with substance use issues or untreated mental health issues. We may have room in our community one day to support a member who does, but here at the beginning, we feel the need to get our community stably on its feet first.
• Are not running away from something.
N A T U R A L M E N T E – Forest Healing Retreat is a RETREAT CENTER … Focused on a NATURAL way of LIVING Co-Creating a LIVING TOGETHER Encouraging AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS, Where everyone is RESPONSIBLE & CARING Encouraging everyone for AWAKENING our ESSENCE Together in a LEARNING TEAM, Inspiring our COLLECTIVE EVOLUTION … GRATEFULLY, in COMMUNION with ALL the UNIVERSE …. We Receive Guests and Volunteers, www.NATURALMENTE-Retreat-Center.blogspot.com ——————————————————– RETREATS – LIVING in a NATURAL WAY, – YOGA, MEDITATION, – REVITALIZATION , Relax, – BREATH OF LIFE – Breatwork Ceremonies – – MUSIC JAMS – around the Sacred Fire WELCOME, Naturalmente Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu Namasté NATURALMENTE – Retreat Center www.NATURALMENTE-Retreat-Center.blogspot.com …. So, if you’re interested in visiting us, www.NATURALMENTE-Retreat-Center.blogspot.com ——————————————————– Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu Namasté NATURALMENTE – Forest Healing Retreat http://NATURALMENTE-Retreat-Center.blogspot.com
Website: http://naturalmente-retreat-center.blogspot.com
City: Loulé
State:
Zip: 8100
Contact Email: Naturalmente.Retreat.Center@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: wahari – Naturalmente Retreat Center
with a Purpose of EVOLUTION in CONSCIOUSNESS,
in COMMUNION with NATURE …
based on RESPECT and HONESTY ,
and CONSTRUCTIVE, COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION
in a PARTICIPATIVE role
for CONTRIBUTING for a harmonious LIFE together
and achieving our HIGHEST POTENTIAL,
in a NATURAL, HEALTHY way of LIVING …
and in INTER-CONNECTION with other Sustainable Projects…
for the CO-CREATION of a BETTER WORLD
that feel in tune with our principles ( the 12 Core Petals ) ,
see the conditions on our site (page – Volunteers and Visitors )
Awakening our Essence
(in Harmony with Nature)
and Detox /Revitalization
and LIVING in Harmony with NATURE
(may All the Beings in All the Worlds Be Happy)
( the Divine Essence within Myself, Salutes the Divine Essence within Yourself)
– Nucleum for the Reconnection with the Essence within the Being
and if you feel in tune with our principles ( the 12 Core Petals ) ,
see the conditions on our site (page – Volunteers and Visitors )
(may All the Beings in All the Worlds Be Happy)
( the Divine Essence within Myself, Salutes the Divine Essence within Yourself)
8/9/23 update: We’ve been busy! Hosted several WWOOFers and even had a van / tent camping visitor for a couple of weeks who found me here — right in the middle of the heat wave! Most of the weeds and storm damage have been cleaned up and we are finally framing the new mushroom / hydro salad grow and storage shed. It’s only 10 x 20′, but includes some outdoor storage and it’s excellent practice for finishing the living room. Stick framed (for shelving) with cob walls, lime floor, solar on the roof, and possibly a cooling wind tower: https://www.artshelp.com/arabian-wind-towers/ I’m thrilled I got two tons of quicklime, just started hot mixing with cob and will be testing various mixes for many different projects. Recently watched The Need to Grow again: https://grow.foodrevolution.org/ While Michael Smith’s Green Power House was a total loss after a fire, new projects are about to go live and smaller units are available too. If I only had more $$$ … For now, I’ll be happy to finish the shed and get some more trees in the ground. We currently have no RV parking and visitors should have a vehicle with some clearance as the road still sucks. We have several campsites for van / car / tent camping as well as a couple of yurts and the truck camper might be available. Have yet to fix the large camper roof. I had several people leave a VM for me and then they had no VM set up when I called back. I get so busy, just don’t get around to calling again and again … Sorry! It’s more efficient to text or email with some basic info, such as when you’d like to visit, what you’re driving, desired accommodations, etc. —————————————————- 3/19/23 update: ANOTHER “atmospheric river” coming through. At least 4 times we had several inches of snow, and now that it rarely freezes RAIN and THUNDERSTORMS. Fortunately, my foot is ok now and a couple of WWOOFers helped with fixing washouts, some garden work, did some grafting for the first time and the hydro salad is fantastic. I’ve been working on my road so my next helper, scheduled to arrive in a sedan this week, can get to my place. I’m very excited about working with QUICKLIME for self-healing earth plaster for a gazillion projects: https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 Instead of a concrete slab for the living room, we’ll use earth & lime and build it in sections. That means we can put in the adobe walls (it’s already framed and has a roof), and I already have windows and doors. I am incredibly excited to finally double my living space and to be able to work on our many projects protected from the elements. I tried to buy a level one-acre lot a few hundred feet from my place so I could park vehicles there if/when the next flash flood destroys my road again but didn’t have the $6,500 they wanted. Should have gone for payments, but now it sold. The fruit trees and the Joshua Trees are starting to bloom and the desert is turning green. Can’t wait for the wildflowers! 1/16/23 — a look at other communities. Heartwood is advertising here and in many ways, it’s exactly how I’d like to live. $5 for ORGANIC community meals and $6 for guests. Love it! https://www.heartwoodcohousing.com/faq.html They successfully worked through issues and the FAQ is an excellent primer for community living. The only trouble is that I’m NOT affluent and it takes between $500k and a million to move there. We need to lose a digit and our community members could purchase an existing home 1/4 mile away. Several people could share a home, or work together to build a home to share or build tiny houses to lower costs. That’s how young people without income can contribute, learn natural building and earn some cash, maybe be seasonal residents and travel. The Heartwood “pods” are a great way to plan for when you can’t or don’t want to live alone anymore and to significantly lower living expenses. Aging in place. It’s interesting how Heartwood continues to sell / build properties and we could also have the community purchase property to improve or remodel with natural and clean sustainable materials for future residents. 1/11/23 Update: We’ve had storm after storm, with lots of badly needed rain. Unfortunately, the large camper started leaking after Xmas and on my way to clean up, stressed and rushing, I tripped over a cord, fell, and hurt my foot. After about a week, my foot was better and I finally went out on one of the rare sunny days to haul water and get mail. Promptly tripped over small rocks a couple of times. I had to cancel volunteers scheduled for early Jan and rescheduled a girl to whenever it stops raining and I got the camper covered and dried out. Have a tarp now, but am waiting for a lightweight friend to take off the A/C, antennas, etc. on a sunny and not windy day when he is available. Eventually, when it’s warmer and dry, we’ll replace the entire roof and rebuild it so it’ll drain properly. It’s been so wet for so long, my storage carport door swelled up and won’t open until it dried out again. The greenhouse door started sticking too. And more rain coming … So I’ve had several people contact me, but unfortunately, I can’t entertain guests until my foot is well enough for me to get the campers ready. If you’re in the area, you could possibly stay at the vacation rental I manage for a bit, about 6 miles away. Also, my road was taken out by last summer’s monsoon flash floods and I just wrote to the adjoining lot owners behind me with much better access, offering to either purchase or lease their property. While 2WD is currently ok for trucks, there is a lot of sand on my road. Am considering having it cleared, but every rainstorm could bring more sand. I’m so lucky I didn’t break a hip. What would have happened to my animals, gardens and house while I’m in the hospital or rehab? Friends and neighbors don’t have a clue how to run my off-grid and water haul property and I’d have to WALK to show them where everything is and how to do things … Might as well do it myself on my time and rest as needed instead of risking another fall. Fortunately, I get around ok indoors, without the rocks that seem to grow out of nowhere despite regular raking. But since I constantly have to get up and walk, my foot is slow to heal and I’ll update here as things happen. There are a few posts from last year with many pics at highdesertpermaculture.org I’ll be happy to talk on the phone or email 🙂 ———————————————————————————————————————————- I started my permaculture project in 2009 around my unfinished off-grid home (2008 wiped me out) and acquired the neighbor lot in 2013. With the help of many WWOOFers and HelpXers we built the walapini and planted countless trees and bushes. Love building with adobe / cob, incorporating passive solar, rocket mass heaters, etc. I’m a tree-hugging socialist, anti-fascist and I get involved, but don’t expect others to actively participate. Finally, the Trump flags are starting to disappear in my neighborhood. As I’m now 64 years old, I’m trying to get my “forever” home, greenhouse, and orchard garden ready for sale as I can’t survive on $266 social security. I’m managing a vacation rental, but with Lake Mead running out of water and the local boat launch closed, I don’t get many bookings anymore. But I’d really like to stay if at all possible. I have another 2 virgin desert acres to move to close by, but no septic / water / power yet. I was planning to turn it into a desert planting / living demonstration site with drought-tolerant plants, properly cleared and planted for maximum passive solar, cooling, and wind protection and a couple of adobe structures. I’m open to fulltimers or snowbirds. The climate is EXTREME in the high desert, although today (12/25/22) it’s around 60 F with no cloud in the sky and no wind — we do have the occasional perfect day. Since 2000 I lived in the Joshua Tree desert and I live to grow organic food and spread HEALTH. I used to run the gardening club and hold workshops, but unfortunately, I’ve been too busy with life in recent years. I have two campers in opposing corners of the 2 acres, space for a tiny house or two, but there are also one-acre lots for sale within walking distance. I haul water from a co-op well 1.5 miles away and the closest supermarket is in Kingman (60 miles), with not much of an organic selection. I’d love to find others who want to live a healthy lifestyle and either contribute $$$ or work to maintain the property. Help cook real food, ferment, preserve… and maybe even do some community outreach again, restart the gardening club (social services), and present workshops. I have my 14-year-old mostly blind lab mix Andy and recently got him a “support” piglet. Rocky is the cutest. Never had a pig before and they’re amazingly smart! And I don’t want to see anyone eating pork here! Or GMOs. The adobe chicken coop was built years ago, but I’m way too busy to get chickens. Important: I’m not looking for a husband! I’ve had several bad experiences with volunteers thinking I’m a damsel in distress and they’ll be my knight in shining armor. I’m a realist and fully aware that one of us would most likely die before the other. I’m looking for “community” with several people to support each other.
Website: http://highdesertpermaculture.org
City: Meadview
State: Arizona
Zip: 86444
Contact Email: christine@highdesertpermaculture.org
Contact Phone: +19282249663
Contact Name: Christine Baker
Newt Crossing is 17 acres of beautiful wooded hillside just 3 miles outside of Port Townsend, Washington. There have been plans for an intentional community on this property for many years, but in the summer of 2019 Charles Durrett of McCamant & Durrett Architects was brought on board. Durrett came to Port Townsend and completed a feasibility study. Please check our website for current meetings. Newt Crossing presents the possibility for members to do extensive gardening, there is a start of an orchard, and sustainable wood harvesting is planned. Being so near Port Townsend, members can enjoy the many cultural offerings that this amazing small town offers.
Website: http://newtcrossing.org/
City: Port Townsend
State: Washington
Zip: 98368
Contact Email: Newt@olympus.net
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We have an opportunity for those who want to farm, have experience, have the passion and drive to be successful but lack land to do so. We are looking for serious people that are driven and are honest. We have housing, acres to garden or raise animals. We provide the land, housing, and open to fund a solid business plan. You bring experience, drive and a plan. We would only ask for a small share of your harvest, and a very low rent for housing if you need it. Please provide us with your experience, what you want to do, why you want to do it, and your timeline. We can only accommodate housing for adults at this time.
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City: Gravel Switch
State: Kentucky
Zip: 40328
Contact Email: knifeandforkfarm@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Micah
“This Is Us TX” is a visionary agricultural co-housing community located on 20 unrestricted acres in Fort Bend County, Texas. Our mission is to create a sustainable and inclusive environment that fosters agricultural practices, provides education to veterans, women, and the broader community, and serves as a platform for marketing locally produced goods. By combining agricultural pursuits, education, and marketing, we aim to establish a vibrant and self-sustaining community that contributes to the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the region.
Website: http://www.thisisustx.com
City: Katy
State: Alabama
Zip: 77494
Contact Email: Vanda.kvpllc@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 773-678-1085
Contact Name: Vanda Crossley
Windekind Commons Cohousing is a semi-rural community located about 40 minutes from Burlington in lovely Huntington, Vermont. There are 9 homesites across more than 150+ acres. In addition to our individual parcels, Windekind Commons members co-own approximately 130 acres of land, including a 13 acre meadow, common spaces, and an expanse of woodlands that includes Norway Spruce (planted as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps efforts), sugar maple, red maple, white ash, beech, Eastern hemlock, red spruce, yellow birch, paper birch, and other northern hardwoods. Our land also includes a system of trails that is used for walking in the summer and cross country skiing in the winter as part of the Camels Hump Nordic Ski Association trail system. We are on a south facing bowl which is great for extending the growing season in this climate. There are 2 ponds on the property and two streams that run through. We have a permaculture mindset to land development and are just beginning to develop our master plan.
Website: https://windekind.org/
City: Huntington
State: Vermont
Zip: 05462
Contact Email: llc@windekind.org
Contact Phone: (802) 266-2018
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Escape the matrix with us, or, at least thrive despite the matrix. As many people as possible! Create our own country. The goal is to live a place where people respect your freedom and individual choice. We will divide the land in different areas, so people will live near (or in the same house if they want) people who share similar ideologies/lifestyles. One can live however he or she wants, if you want to live in the same house, just be neighbours, live in apartments or live reclusive. All welcome. Personally I’m not very spiritual but my best friend is. We might end up living in different sides of the big plot of land I hope we buy, but we will see each other as often as we like of course. And we will work together despite our differences. All we have in common is we want personal freedom/ bodily autonomy and the people of Madagascar are very awake, so is their president. If you want to be self sufficient, great, if you don’t want, great! If you want eco, spirituality, non-spirituality etc. etc. everyone are welcome. For those who want, I was hoping/ thinking we could go together to make hotels or something, so we can have a secure financial basis. It is international, all religions and opinions are welcome as long as you respect other people’s freedom.
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City: Ambatomilo
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Contact Email: Melissaslamar@gmail.com
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Contact Name: MCS (Missy)
We are mainly Danish, Inuit and Europeans generally. We will choose people together based on how much we all feel they can fit into one of the communities within the community.
Presently, we are a few individuals with strong vision, experiential skill, and commitment. We do not yet have a land base, and the intentions described herein are conceptual, only. Dakota is writing a book series meant to illustrate the vision and need for such centers, because the pool of people who understand the need is small. The pool of people looking for inclusion and care from such communities is huge and growing all the time. Please feel to contact Dakota for updates or personal guidance. We have all experienced trauma personally…the trauma of being born, of being ‘different, of being bullied or abused, of epigenetic racial oppression, of being in active combat, in politics, incarcerated in prison or elsewhere,…of being evicted from the Garden of Eden. We each have the power and responsibility to address this global crisis/trauma through the effects of our own inner work. This is the only way it will happen. Be The Change You Want to See in the World! ~ Mahatma Gandhi Already begun: Beginning next year: Within 3 years: Within 10 years: Ultimately:
Website: https://upunityproject.org
City: Marquette
State: Michigan
Zip: 49855
Contact Email: service@upunityproject.org
Contact Phone: 906-822-2221
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This trauma is reflected on a planetary scale by pollution, species extinction, climate change, social and geological upheaval. It shows up as war, drought, pandemic, famine, fires, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes.
– Several cottage industries have been started and we have filed for non-profit status to begin fundraising.
– Outreach to the local Marquette area, offering education, healing classes, and social/political/racial mediation
– Vipassana meditation instruction – providing inner balance and common ground. Now offered as a free service within Marquette, it will eventually be practiced at an appropriate level by all staff and program participants in the community.
– Seeking our perfect site: 100+ acres of quiet, clean, beautiful wilderness land, 20-50 minutes from Marquette, with structures or potential building sites to accommodate 70 community members and areas that will allow sustainable agriculture.
– December 21st, 2021: FIRST ANNUAL SIT-A-THON FUNDRAISER! (Check our website for more information)
– Residential community will open, comprised of both staff and participants ~ with awareness that, in a very real sense we are all ‘participants’. This community will be initially funded by grants and donations as a mental health retreat and meditation center and within 3-4 years will become financially self-sufficient through onsite cottage industry and vocational training.
– All services will be available and accessible by self-determined need, regardless of prescription, insurance, or ability to pay. Mental health services include psychotherapy, nutritional therapy, meditation, massage, nature therapy, and more, and are available to all staff, community members, and program participants.
– Healthy, community-based and sustainably produced food will served in a common kitchen.
– Many resources will be shared by the community members. Our structure will be based somewhat on that of the Federation Of Egalitarian Communities, except that staff will be paid a reasonable wage to allow for personal needs and moving on, if desired.
– This will be a center for healing mind, body, society and environment. We will practice reasonably simple living strategies combined with lowered and sustainable energy consumption. We are an extension of the earth and all are sacred. All of our activities will reflect this.
– Vocational training and multiple cottage industries will provide financial sustainability through self-supporting cottage industry.
– We will offer meditation in the local jail and prison, as well as starting the Returning Citizen ‘transition to release’ program within the community.
– We will be encouraging research and education linked with several local colleges, to establish the efficacy and benefits of treating mental imbalance through natural means.
– We may consider incorporating a Job Corp of America site, providing education, structure and a service base of/for young adults and mentors
This kind, happy and empowered lifestyle will generate the finances and public interest to allow the development of other Unity Projects in other locations.
Thank you for your interest in the Magnolia Collective! We are a small household with a big vision, situated on 4 acres at the edge of the town of Louisa, Virginia (between Charlottesville and Richmond). After two years of living together, deepening our relationship with this place and a widening network of neighbors and friends, two of our beloved members have moved on to the next chapter of their life, and we are eager to find a few additional people wishing to call this place home. Magnolia is an ongoing work-in-progress. Together with Living Energy Farm, an intentional community and off-grid technology development center a mile down the road, we are gradually transforming what was once a dilapidated house into a beautiful and cozy space. The house was insulated with straw bales in the winter of 2021, and we are in the process of transitioning our household energy systems to a DC microgrid, a unique approach to renewable energy developed at LEF. (To learn more, check out https://livingenergyfarm.org/what-is-a-dc-microgrid/) We were excited to finally switch last summer to a Sunstar fridge that runs directly off a single solar panel. We expect most of our electric system to make the leap off-grid by early September. When complete, our cooking, lighting, charging, water and space heating will no longer depend on destructive energy sources and centralized grid power. In addition, we are gradually establishing and expanding garden beds of herbs, flowers, fruits, and veggies. Amidst these efforts, and our pursuits in the wider world, we’ve carved out time whenever we can for meals together, board games, movie nights, heartfelt sharing from the week, and general silliness. We strive to strike a balance between having space for ourselves and our own lives, enjoying time together, and opening our home for informal gatherings and (eventually) public events. We value open, honest, and compassionate communication, striving for mutual understanding, and gratitude and reciprocity in our relationships with the land and each other. We are legally structured as a multi-member LLC, which allows us to have a shared bank account and pool our resources to provide for the needs of our household and support our mission. We recognize and appreciate the diverse gifts and contributions each person brings to our Collective, beyond mere economics, and also strive to honor and support the shifting tides of our energy and capacity day by day. We aspire to weave a web of interdependence and collaboration that extends far beyond our household and this beautiful patch of land, to the mecca of intentional communities here in Louisa and the many amazing people, organizations, and initiatives we are continually discovering. We are right across the street from the Louisa County Historical Society and Art Center, and just a few short blocks from Main Street, with grocery stores, banks, pharmacies, shops and restaurants, laundromat and hardware store within walking distance. We will have two to three bedrooms available by the beginning of October.
Website: http://magnoliacollective.org
City: Louisa
State: Virginia
Zip: 23093
Contact Email: magnoliacollectiveva@gmail.com
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Contact Name: Rachel
The Perennial Possum Collective is a forming majority queer and trans (as well as overwhelmingly neurodivergent) leftist intentional community / commune in Michigan that is working to co-create a collectivist, mutually-defensive, and sustainable community. We seek to explore and practice this way of life through restorative/transformative justice, permaculture and sustainable agriculture, partial income-sharing; providing a safe place for leftists to learn, work, organize, & train; and the common holding of expenses, land, and resources. Besides engaging in community, we want to act for global systemic change. We seek to accomplish this by stewarding a larger culture of anti-authoritarian & anti-capitalist collectivism around us to empower this possibility. We acknowledge we can’t be free until everyone is free. We are currently planning to purchase 30-80 acres of land with adequate housing, and hope to actually make the purchase next year in the Southern half of Michigan’s lower peninsula. We will likely form a nonprofit/not-for-profit for communal ownership of the property. We will be collectively covering the costs of our property (including improvements/infrastructure) as well as much of our food, very possibly health insurance, and perhaps more. We haven’t bought our property yet, but if you’re interested in applying to join the project, want to join our Discord to get to know our members, or just have questions, please fill out the form linked below.
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City: Ann Arbor
State: Michigan
Zip: 48103
Contact Email: perennialpossumcollective@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Kora-Lang
We have approved a set of bylaws by consensus & are working on the rest of our agreements, processes, policies, etc.
We will be establishing a permaculture farm to provide much of our food over the first few years after obtaining property.
We will be building workshop space and a shooting range open to the leftists of our greater community.
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Julian Woods (established 1975) is a diverse group of 17 adult members, one young child, and several residents/potential members on ~250 acres, some cleared but mostly hills and forest. Our common land is held by School of Living Community Land Trust, and there are 63 acres of adjacent land also in the trust. We are located 15 miles from the Pennsylvania State University, in State College PA. Members may own home lots including a capital investment in the common land and infrastructure. Families are autonomous, financially independent, and own their own homes on small private lots within our common land. Community decisions regarding the common land and infrastructure are made by consensus of a 5 member Board. We own and operate a “living machine” in two greenhouses that constitute our wastewater-treatment system with almost year-round growing space. We also have many small organic outdoor gardens. We are artists, teachers, carpenters and builders, business people, a forester, and a mechanic/designer. Many of us are retired or close to it. Meido maintains a Zendo for meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, and other related activities. Rick created a large artists’ studio. Deb uses the greenhouse for growing flowers for market. A committee maintains our gravel road, water and wastewater systems. Collectively we enjoy a swimming pond, a forest stream, walking trails, and occasional meals and gatherings. We have an urgent interest in finding others to continue to build and sustain our community, especially young adults and young families. We believe that there will be 1 or 2 homes available for sale in the next 1 or 2 years. One current possibility is sharing a home with a long-time member. She has room for a young couple with a child. We are actively establishing a list of people with interest in becoming members here. Please email us for more information or to begin the conversation.
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City: Julian
State: Pennsylvania
Zip: 16844-8617
Contact Email: abwilken0451@gmail.com
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Contact Name: Community Inquiries
Messianic disciples of every generation, and in every location they/we have existed since the 1st century, were/are not religious, political, economic or business centered. We know that this life is but a blink of time, but it has a much greater purpose; to expose our volition unto our Maker, by how we live in the here & now. Our unity therefore will not be as it is in the greater society, where all things are determined by money; especially relationships. The woes of this life are caused by blind enculturation and human followship or memesis; by a lack of independent thought and critical thinking. Therefore, we will not be as strangers coming together to run a trial or experiment on how to live together on Earth; instead, we will be as that proverbial light on the hill, exhibiting how we should all be living on a finite planet, created and owned, only by our Maker. Please read at least some of the information thoughtfully provided in the website link before making contact. Emails must go through the website, not IC.org. – Mahalo & Shalom!
Website: https://monkofYHVH.neocities.org/IC.html
City: Des Moines
State: Iowa
Zip: 50309
Contact Email: monk@AdonaiElohim.org
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Contact Name: Monk of YHVH (Pávlos)
A “story” is a scenario interrelating man, the world, and the gods.”To enact” is to live so as to make a story a reality. “Culture” is a people enacting a story. If you believe that the world belongs to man, you will see all other life as a resource. If you believe that man belongs to the world, you see all other life as partners. On our farm, we are surrounded by annual agriculture and although we grew up eating from this system and have gratitude for that, we also see that annual agriculture is intrinsically unsustainable. Even at it’s best, it is extractive and erosive, leading in time to desertification. We want to enact a new story that puts humans back in partnership with all other creation. You want to be peasants?! After reading this piece in The Hand Sculpted House, you may just want to be one too. “Peasants satisfy their own basic needs: they grow their food, build the houses they live in, often make their own clothes. Most peasants collect medicinal herbs, treat medical emergencies, supply their family entertainment. They experience fully what they do every day; they have time-they feel joy. Their culture is integral, it makes sense. Farmers by contrast grow things to sell. With what they earn from their products, they buy their groceries, building materials, clothes, entertainment and medical insurance. They must also drive to market, pay taxes, perhaps send their kids to agricultural college. Increasingly they must buy machinery, seeds, farm chemicals. Farmers have no time to directly enjoy satisfying their own needs, so they purchase their satisfactions; they buy ready-made clothing and “convenience” foods.” We feel that food is so grossly undervalued in the american culture that it is often insulting to the grower to sell it. Our aim is fair energy exchange and many times that is not with currency. Our main goal is to sustain ourselves and our immediate community while facilitating a habitat that promotes diversity in the natural community around us. Our surplus will be “banked” in the soil and the life in and above it. Presently, 4 adults call New Story Farm their permanent home. There are 2 families that live in the nearby town who come out weekly for homeschooling at our Resiliency School and to grow their garden here. We also host various interns and wwoofers during the growing season. We are in the process of building a 5 bedroom building to house more seasonal folks. Eventually, our goal is to put the land into a communal trust, once there are more buildings available for year-round housing.
Website: http://www.newstoryfarm.com
City: Hutchinson
State: Minnesota
Zip: 55350
Contact Email: newstoryfarm@icloud.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Steph or Daniel
Far from being some utopian pet project, our vision is very simple. Like-minded people coming together to contribute and share their knowledge, expertise and resources to achieve communal self-sufficiency in energy, food, water, shelter and security while abiding by the principles of – privacy and private property.
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City: Itapua
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Contact Email: evgenia.smith@ictsector.com
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We envision creating food forests, fish farms, medicinal and herbal greenhouses, fresh water wells, composting facilities, etc. For energy production, we envision small-scale hydro electric and solar energy unless someone helps us build a Tesla free energy generator.
As a next step, we are actively searching for a large parcel of land that would be divided into 10-15 smaller parcels so that each member of the community has their own deeded parcel on which they can build their homestead. A significant portion of the aggregate parcel would be used for food and energy production, composting and recycling, water production and treatment, a security perimeter and other essential functions to sustain the community.It’s important to disclose that we do not have all the answers (or expertise) for exactly how our vision of a permaculture eco-village could be realized. We very much welcome an opportunity to engage like-minded and motivated families and individuals who can embrace our embryonic vision and make it theirs as we work together to create this community.
We are an urban cohousing community with 27 units. Residents range in age from one year to the 80s, with adults and children. Decisions are made by modified consensus. We share meals and celebrations, and share in the upkeep of the property. We hold monthly community/business meetings and team meetings as needed.
Website: https://jacksonplacecohousing.org
City: Seattle
State: Washington
Zip: 98144
Contact Email: info@jacksonplacecohousing.org
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Jackson Place Cohousing
Hello! We are a forming community, gathering Co-Founders. So far we are 4 people creating this vision and as we grow in number the vision will evolve! If this description is complimentary to what you are dreaming of, please connect with us. As of April 2022, here it is: Why homestead in community? About us:: What we are planning to do: We are committed to shared decision-making, perhaps with Sociocracy (an uplifting, efficient group process we’re learning about), and imagine rotating leadership roles to encourage equality and mutual growth. We envision a wonderful Common-House for optional shared meals, food preservation, yoga, dance, art, guest sleeping spaces, etc that make it possible for individual homes to be smaller. We are ready to fill a wood shop with community tools. We’d like to share cars and all other large equipment to lighten our impact on the earth. We plan to raise vegetables and animals, thoughtfully steward the land in organic regenerative ways, homeschool/unschool in community, work hard, play, and rest deeply. The children will be free to run and roam (w/ some limits :-). We anticipate being multi-generational, with the varying life stages lending richness to the group. We believe that weekly heart-circles are important to strengthen our capacity to be present, and deepen our connections with one another using NVC, etc. We imagine hosting wonderful teachers to support relationship sustainability to ensure a long-term community available to future generations. Who we are hoping will join us: Valuable skills we would be excited to have in a well-rounded community might include farming, knowledge of wild edibles, wilderness & homesteading skills, facilitation/sociocracy/NVC, carpentry, herbal/holistic medicine, animal husbandry/vet, yoga instructor, childhood educators etc. We intend to give of our time and talents in the larger community, including hosting farm and nature programs which we’ve organized for children in the past, lending time &/or support to local families living in poverty and projects of local BIPOC. We’ll do our work to be conscious of and grow beyond white supremacy. We may create housing spaces in our community available to catch people in transition- refugees, unhoused people, single parents. We intend to train up a crew of volunteer carpenters for community uplift work. About Midcoast Maine: Wade and Tara have lived here for 2 decades. 7 yrs ago, with a young daughter who wanted to be barefoot always (not compatible with winter), and our own desire for a warmer climate, we decided to work and travel across the US hoping to find a milder place that was as environmentally conscious, organic farming focused, spiritual/religious freedom respectful, w/ friendly open-hearted people, quiet nature places to explore, and an overall sensibility that we could call home. So we went off, had many excellent adventures as we explored the US coast to coast working 3-4 months at a time in a dozen locations, exploring tiny home communities and eco-villages. We learned a lot, met some cool folks, swam in the ocean in December, camped and hiked in National Parks, led several tiny home building workshops in NC, and after 3 years of romping, we had not found a place that was equal to what we had left. We missed the quiet and familiarity of home and so returned to Mid-Coast Maine intending to create a Community Farm here. We are currently on a rented spot, in our 200 sq ft tiny house on wheels (we built it- one of the photos) , on a 100 acre organic sheep and cattle farm just outside of Belfast. Several photos are from our life here, plus some favorite nature spots. This is a terrific place to be for now while we work to create a cooperatively owned homestead for ourselves and some awesome others. We intend to make living in this community as accessible as possible, with options to contribute in different ways with time and finances. Some of us will have jobs in the outer world, perhaps working from home w/ fast internet. We aspire to have some community based businesses that people can plug into without getting into a car. Some people will tend gardens and homestead. We will need some folks to contribute additional funds at the outset to purchase what we imagine will suit the group long-term. We wish to be flexible about individual choices in some/many areas; other life-style compatibility is essential to our vision of community. Essential: Commitment to tend our heart-connections, to grow together as people and nourish our relationships. Conscious living, very little substance use, Understanding and respect of informed choice, bodily autonomy and medical freedom. Inclusive of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC. Value healthy eating. Low tech, screen free baby-hood, minimal screens as kids age, emphasis on real life experiences, human connections, earth connections, etc. We imagine most community spaces will be screen free or minimal, and we also enjoy movie nights and hope to have a group movie space and perhaps a wired shared office space. We are middle of the road to liberal to libertarian in our political views. We are open to all people to join us. If this description is appealing, please be in touch. Thoughts on the name… Some links below to give a sense of the larger mid-coast community. https://www.mofga.org/
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City: Belfast, Maine
State: Maine
Zip: 04915
Contact Email: wintergreenmaine@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Tara and Wade Ambrose
Many reasons! The common US lifestyle is not sustainable. Life is sweeter and more fun when shared. Inevitable ups and downs are easier to navigate when someone’s got your back. Caring for gardens and animals is more doable together, and it’s possible to take vacations and travel. To make it affordable to live a farm-based lifestyle for more folks. Raising children in a nuclear family can be intense, and community is a solution. In the US, most people report being lonely; it doesn’t have to be this way. Aging in our culture is often not with dignity, and we know a better way is possible. We desire work/life balance and more time to pursue our passions and contribute to the world around us. We want to be a living example of what is possible for humanity and the earth.
We are an extended family of four ages 9,27, 50, and 53 with skills and experience ranging from- being excellent with animals, farmer’s apprentices, healthful living and nutrition advocate, hikers, campers, canoeists, ultimate frisbee captain, camp counselor, life guard, hosts of international students, midwifery educator, home-school parent, custom carpenter, and business-minded accountant. We value and practice heart-centered communication and consensus decision-making.
We are looking for a beautiful piece of property in Mid-Coast Maine, near the vibrant little city of Belfast. We envision that we will preserve some of the land, give some back to our indigenous neighbors, reserve some for individually owned homes and place the rest in community ownership (land trust or non-profit/preservation). We would like to include some community-owned housing for travelers and exploring members, and other structures owned and maintained by the community, potentially including business spaces that can then support community upkeep. We envision a variety of unique, beautiful hand-crafted homes, from tiny off-grid cabins built from wood on the land, with composting toilets and water catchment, to medium sized grid-tied family homes with plumbing, or any combination in between.
Vibrant humans across the life span, people who lean in when conflict arises, understanding that it’s ok and completely normal. People who are naturally flexible-minded, and/or are conscious of how they are not flexible, and growing in that way. People who will, if it’s the right match, stick together and love each other thru the ups and downs, endeavoring to cultivate our heart connections, personal healing and community vibrancy.
Waldo County and especially Belfast, Maine are beautiful, safe, friendly places to make a life. There’s an abundance of open-minded, open-hearted humans, MOFGA -Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association training farmers and sharing homestead skills, monthly Contra Dances, a gorgeous walkable downtown and harbor, outdoor music overlooking the ocean in the summer, a movie theater, a member-owned Food Co-op, community events all year, a community email list that serves so many purposes in keeping folks connected with offerings, needs and activities, Restorative Justice, homeschoolers and midwives, several alternative and enrichment educational programs for children, hikes, beaches, islands, Acadia National Park 1 hr away, etc etc.
We believe the earth is round 🙂
we’re open to the name changing! Alas, it’s already changed a few times as you see in the url 🙂 …
https://www.belfastfarmersmarket.org/
https://www.belfastmarket.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Belfast-Adventure-Education-110611810588733/
https://whiteashlearning.org/
https://www.ecologylearningcenter.org/
https://waterfallarts.org/
https://belfastflyingshoes.org/
https://www.mainefarmlandtrust.org/
https://www.mainefiddlecamp.org/
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The Light of True Liberty, the Spirit of the US Founding Fathers, will live on! That is our calling. Because the human dignity of each soul deserves hope for liberty. You are keen to build the parallel economy – the bastion of Christian Liberty. Be a champion of liberty! Here is the next step. A model community is forming North of Wister Oklahoma, starting with over 3000 acres. This is not a commune! No money is changing hands until we agree there is enough support available to make an offer. Take action now! Plant your stake!
Website: https://LightOfTrueLiberty.com
City: Arkoma
State: Oklahoma
Zip: 74901
Contact Email: lotl@lumidoj.pro
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Darren Lauser
Takoma Village is a multi-generational cohousing community made up of 43 privately owned townhouses and flats. Our numbers fluctuate, but the community usually includes 65 to 70 adults and 15 to 20 children. Residents range in age from infants to octogenarians. Typical of most cohousing communities, we represent many interests and occupations. We have members from many ethnic, religious, and cultural traditions; residents of differing sexual orientations; and neighbors with varying levels of ability. We’re a mix of omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans who nevertheless enjoy sharing meals together. Breaking bread together is one of the main ways we build social bonds, so participation in community meals is expected. We have groups that eat together regularly, monthly potlucks, occasional brunches, summer cookouts, and delicious holiday feasts. Workers share lunch together on work days. We are largely self-managed. At Takoma Village, each adult is expected to join one or more of our many teams and contribute six hours per month to carrying out the tasks of managing our finances, coordinating social activities, keeping the building in good repair, and landscaping the grounds. Efforts may include working on team projects or completing gardening, cleaning, or maintenance tasks on community work days, which are scheduled 11 times a year. We are legally structured as a condominium, but we function non-hierarchically. We make major decisions together by consensus, taking the time to listen to and discuss each other’s concerns until we find creative solutions that work for everyone. We discuss and deliberate in membership meetings, which are held monthly. Less sweeping decisions may be made by a team after informing the community and addressing any concerns that are raised. The 3,800 square foot common house is the social hub of our community. The central feature is a large dining room that is also used for meetings and parties. The attached kitchen is fully equipped for cooking community meals and preparing for parties and special events. It’s common to find children playing dress-up in the playroom, someone watching TV in the living room, or folks reading or chatting in the sunroom or fireplace nook. The common house also has several spaces with shared equipment, such as the office, laundry room, exercise room, and workshop. Two guest rooms are available as well. Outdoors, we share spaces for grilling, gardening, and play. The paved piazza includes an area for grilling and eating al fresco and a tot lot for toddler play. Elsewhere on the property are several raised-bed gardens used for growing herbs and vegetables. A grassy fenced area at the rear of the property provides space for a hammock, a two-story fort, a sandbox, a tether ball, and running and romping by humans and dogs alike. We encourage environmentally responsible living. From the beginning, we incorporated features designed to conserve energy and used green products in the construction of our homes. All 43 homes and the common house use geothermal heating and cooling. In 2015, we installed solar panels on our rooftops, which provide power for the common spaces and generate enough electricity to return some to the grid. Takoma Village is an infill development, densely built on only 1.4 acres of previously-vacant land between a small commercial area and an established residential neighborhood. Our location near Metro and bus lines allows many of us to commute by public transit, while cyclists use the dedicated bike lanes nearby. The homes at Takoma Village are a mix of 20 flats and 23 townhouses. The flats have one or two bedrooms and are located at ground level or are accessible by elevator. The two-story townhouses have two to four bedrooms. The homes range in size from 658 to 1,921 square feet of living space and usually have an open floor plan designed to make the compact dwellings feel light and airy. Most homes have an outdoor seating area in the front and a balcony or small deck in the back. Each household has one assigned parking space in the lot at the rear of the property. We welcome new residents who are well-informed about Takoma Village and eager to become active participants in the community. You are invited to participate in our tours, meetings, social events, and work days in order to learn more about us. Please contact us (welcome@takomavillage.org) to request a schedule. You can also sign up for our email notification list by sending a blank email to TakomaVillageNotifications+subscribe@groups.io. You’ll be among the first to be alerted when a homeowner announces their home is for sale or rent and you’ll be kept informed of the dates for our quarterly tours.
Website: http://www.takomavillage.org
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Zip: 20012-1945
Contact Email: welcome@takomavillage.org
Contact Phone: (202) 573-9113
Contact Name: Takoma Village Cohousing
The emerging ecovillage Spoluzemě Vrábsko is located between Písek and Příbram in southern Bohemia next to ponds with herons and swans, in the Schwarzenberg countryside full of thick oaks along roads, fields and spruce monocultures. There are about 12-15 people and a few children living here. The core is 12 members – from the founding circle of the Community in March 2021. Most of our members have their own projects, create something or start a business. In the future, we would like to have more members, to be such a small eco-village. In the first phase, we are now creating the foundation – housing, space, garden and tuning the internal system. To a certain extent, we already have our stability and in the near future we would like to gradually welcome other members and families with children who will have enough appetite and courage to step into the unknown and develop the project. There are no accommodation capacities in the houses yet – we have to gradually create everything together. But there would be a place for an enclave of small houses. The total potential includes a building plot as well as a residential attic, which requires investment and reconstruction.
Website: http://spoluzemevrabsko.cz
City: Smetanova lhota
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Contact Email: info@vrabsko.cz
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Contact Name: Michaela Ahimsa
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.
Website: https://www.rubhaphoil.org
City: Ardvasar
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Contact Email: connectwith@rubhaphoil.org
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Contact Name: Pauline Stone and Otter
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.
