Kadagaya

Mission: Our mission is to evaluate and develop the immediate implementation of a resource-based economy within the current economic and social system, through a transition project involving the development of a pilot community.

From www.ic.org/directory/kadagaya/:

Kadagaya is a community focusing on achieving human and social development through the implementation of a resource-based economy (RBE). Our first pilot project is based in Junin, Peru, where we are constructing an experimental village to evaluate the concepts of RBE. We are aiming to achieve self-sufficiency, reduce human labour and increase quality of life through the development of advanced (mostly open-source) technologies and increasing the consciousness of the community. The supporting systems (e.g. energy, water, agriculture, health, and education) are being holistically designed to increase efficiency and reliability while promoting the consciousness of the interdependency of all systems. Accessibility of knowledge is fundamental to the development of an RBE society and hence all developments from Kadagaya will be freely available to anyone who is interested. We are not a company, an NGO, a charity or a religious group. Neither are we a hippie commune or meditation/yoga retreat. We are simply a group of individuals who want to explore an alternate system of living and find solutions for some of the problems of the current society, while living in a way that is consistent with our ideals.

We currently have three adult members (plus our families) and are looking to expand up to about 40 people.

A service of the Data Commons Co-op. The project has been supported by Equal Exchange, the Cooperative Charitable Trust, the USDA, and many others - thank you! Tech volunteers over the years include: Benjamin Bradley with support from GAIA Host. Ben Mauer with support from Quilted. Paul Fitzpatrick. Ronin Tech Collective, Brattleboro Tech Collective, Sligo Computer Services. Jason Lemieux. Default map tiles courtesy of MapQuest. Default map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA.