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Mission: Sharing fosters sustainability

From www.ic.org/directory/atwater-resource-cooperative-arc/:

The Atwater Resources Cooperative (ARC) is a growing informal co-housing community in an ethnically and economically diverse neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut -- learn more about our area at chathamsquare.ning.com, or Google "Fair Haven". We are working among ourselves and with others to create a socially just, environmentally sustainable and spiritually fulfilling human society. We believe that living with people who share these goals gives us our best chance of making real progress, and enjoying the process. We have no overarching ideology but are inspired by permaculture and the Transition Towns model of economic re-localization. Some of us actually read Yes! from cover to cover (yesmagazine.org). We are four blocks from the Quinnipiac River, which flows into the harbor, and within easy walking distance of schools, a library branch, a senior center, restaurants and shopping, a farmers' market, a community bank, and bus routes; we're also a short hop to I-91 and I-95, and ten minutes to the train and bus station. Prospective members can rent an apartment or a room in a shared apartment in one of the houses owned by community members, or buy or rent a nearby house or apartment. People can choose whatever level of involvement in our activities suits them. Also, there's no need to live with us to be part of our activities.
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Mission: Naturist Land-Based Tribe

From www.ic.org/directory/gymnos-naturist-commune-and-retreat/:

Hidden away on five private acres in sunny southwest Florida, GYMNOS is a land-based, naturist tribe in formation. A spacious house, studio, garage workshop, post and beam barn, open pasture, citrus grove, vegetable garden and nature trails all support a dream of healthy, land-based self-sufficiency. GYMNOS is on its way to becoming a small tribe that is on a return to life in harmony with nature, loving each other selflessly, sharing resources and ideas and living with freedom. We are also full-time naturists which means we live together without clothing at all times. We expect to outgrow our five acres soon and are looking at relocation to a much larger rural land base in the near future. For more detailed information check our website and blog posts. At this time we are only welcoming visitors who are seriously interested in joining us. An email dialog and subsequent phone conversation is essential.
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Mission: Sustainability, Nature

From www.ic.org/directory/wolf-den-hollow-2/:

Wolf Den Hollow is a four and a half acre property located 7 miles outside Duvall, Washington and 40 minutes east of Seattle. We are located near the Wilderness Awareness School in Stossel Creek. We intent to create a long-term small-nature conscious community here. We currently have two cabins, one duplex cabin, a yurt and bedroom as dwelling units. With visions of new alternative dwellings in the works.. This last year we started building a Cedar-hot-tub structure by one of our Cedar groves bordering a marsh. As well as a Earth Temple for gatherings, ceremony and spiritual practices. We envision bringing people together who share a passion for becoming Self-Sustainable through Gardening and Stewarding the Earth. Survival Skills, and crafts. We are inspired by Earth based Spirituality and welcome kindred folk of all faiths that desire to live in harmony and live closer to nature.. We need people who want to contribute resources for the benefit of the whole.. Such as building a Greenhouse which is next on our project list as well as some financial support for basic land expenses. We have a main house with communal Kitchen, Shower/Bathroom and small study lounge. There are also two outhouses on the property. We border Mackworth State Forest which has endless trails that stretch into the Cascade mountain range. Some Old Growth Cedar groves, and waterfalls within a hour hike. We feel a urgency to start preparing to become self-reliant for we feel that we cannot depend on mainstream society for much longer.. No better way to do this than in a intentional community. Please email us if you are interested. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Wolf Den Hollow dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -124.38549 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Washington fax: physical_country: United States oid: 81b7a2f2-5c54-413d-a677-f08427bf5d92 latitude: 47.95036 id: 21665 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22095 physical_county: physical_city: Forks mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: We are a hub on the West End that is co-creating an egalitarian, peacemaking, and sustainable nonviolent way of life. We seek to explore and practice this way of life through restorative justice, Nonviolent Communication, permaculture, trauma work, gift-economy, and the common holding of income, 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 nonviolence around us to empower this possibility. We acknowledge this work will not be accomplished until every system on this planet is designed to fulfill and respond to the needs of All.

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

Vision Statement: We strive to create a culture which acknowledges our interdependence, and that empowers all to live their deepest truth and stand up for our collective well-being. We long to hold one another accountable in embracing the challenge of living with integrity and nonviolence in the world. Our hope is to deepen our courage to transform patriarchy, capitalism, racism, and imperialism. We recognize the immensity of this work and seek to sustain one another in nourishing community and empower a worldview which honors the sacredness of all life. Description: We are an intentional community with five permanent residents at the moment. As a hub for inner and outer transformation we are focused on community-oriented projects both on the land and off-site. Our community members have a range of focus and passions from music, gardening, Nonviolent Communication facilitation, community building, animal care, group leadership and teal organizational development, mushroom cultivation, and Restorative Justice. When you come out here you can expect to be treated with respect and compassion. This space is cultivated for self-expression, creativity, and play! We offer an opportunity to explore your fullest self with others on the land. For guests: Please answer via an initial e-mail to our community the below questions so there might be some clarity for us about what you are fired up about in life: -What draws you to be apart of this community space? -How do you embody your values in the world? -What is your focus in life? What do you hope to bring into your life by joining our community? Also, this is a link to a document called "Rainforest Lab for Cultural Transformation TLC Constitution": https://docs.google.com/document/d/19NDaS2hWJSwWQHixr_oN6-vIeKqOH_xiTetQ1uw_ah8/edit?usp=sharing Please also read through the Purpose and Principles and the Membership and On-boarding System to reflect on our community before reaching out to us. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Rainforest Lab dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 6162 Eureka Rd grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -116.3989968 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Idaho fax: physical_country: United States oid: f1b16fdb-a86c-463e-96a4-c75ec4440b64 latitude: 48.2302598 id: 21669 physical_zip: "83860" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22099 physical_county: physical_city: Sagle mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Retreat Center

From www.ic.org/directory/eureka-institute/:

\r\n\ The Eureka Institute supports life-long learning and leadership through education, experiential and recreational activities. The Eureka Center, our stunning facility in North Idaho, is the premiere lifelong learning and leadership\r\n\ center in the Inland Northwest. It\xE2\x80\x99s an intimate, secluded gathering place where we emphasize skill building, self discovery, and respect for the natural world.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are looking for people who are interested is living a retreat center lifestyle as well as being interested in the Eureka Institute programming. We can offer housing and a small stipend in exchange for running our garden and managing some events. \r\n\ \r\n\ Programs are specifically designed to promote community involvement by providing opportunities to nurture and foster the over-all well being of each individual while exploring synergistic group interactions.\r\n\ \r\n\ Please visit our website, eureka-institute.org for a better understanding of of our organization and facility.\r\n\ \r\n\ Cheers!\r\n\
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Mission: collective, homeschooling

From www.ic.org/directory/domaine-nepali-corse/:

Hello!!! We are a collective farm on corsica in our first year. We are currently in search of other families who would like to live on site with us, share our projects and join our children in homeschooling. Also those who are seeking a spiritual journey and a simple life in complete nature. We are all francophones and speak a little english, but are open to all who have a similar philosophy of living. We are between the mountains and the sea on corsica. We have another chalet awaiting a family, who lend a hand with our work in the garden, help us with our homemade products, and with construction projects on the property. We are now keen on finding people who wish to stay for longer terms, and permanently. Send us an email if you have questions or would like to come see us on corsica.
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Mission: We want a world of peace and freedom, with technological development that operates as an extension of human potential, a world that will strategically and consciously will manage with balance the natural recourses, were a reality of a society of healthy living conditions and full of open minded people can be possible, free spirit and real incentives, away for any kind of isolations, artificial barriers, technology driven by planned obsolescence and pointless, without real and creating motives, labor.

From www.ic.org/directory/the-telaithrion-project-by-free-and-real/:

The \xC2\xABTelaithrion Project\xC2\xBB hopes to put in actual perspective, that a self sufficient sustainable society that is based on true incentives and selfless giving, can exist, and that can be applied to practice in everyday life, and that even if the entire culture of humanity adopted it could flourish. We would like to share all the practical knowledge, the information, the technologies and at the end the solutions that we may discover, research and apply to this journey of ours. We will do all we can to animate, empower, educate and inspire all people we meet so they will be able to follow their own path towards a more possible, more balanced coexistence of races and species on the planet.\r\n\ \r\n\ All that has happen until now in our website and facebook page!" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: The Telaithrion Project by Free and Real dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -93.2650108 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Minnesota fax: physical_country: United States oid: 1ff9c97a-cfcc-4632-b234-945a4abf5071 latitude: 44.977753 id: 21673 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22103 physical_county: physical_city: Minneapolis mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Becoming part of a community

From www.ic.org/directory/dreamland-intentional-community-3-0/:

We are launched in 2014, got a great group of 6 people living, learning, sharing this new experience and it is super exciting, as we are next to the Lake House, another intentional community. And we have a couple other houses linked, in what we call "The shire" , together we will see what we can do to make this place awesome Now we are evolving into a new house in 2016- Dreamland 2- and it is nothing short of spectacular
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Mission: Our purpose is to demonstrate the power of healthy community in order to empower the growing vegan movement to have a solid foundation upon which to grow.

From www.ic.org/directory/wellspring-community/:

Right now, I am the founder and only member. And I am looking for at least one co-founder so we can do the following:\xC2\xA0\r\n\ \r\n\ We encourage and inspire each other in an atmosphere of love and trust. Living out our vegan values so that we can joyously work together to accomplish our goal of creating a vegan utopia where all creation can thrive brings us great satisfaction with a sense of belonging and safety. \xC2\xA0" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Vegan Utopia Ecovillage dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 553 Garfield Ave grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -107.212017 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Colorado fax: physical_country: United States oid: 95848ab4-59cb-41ae-b118-6c360eaf5859 latitude: 39.3994071 id: 21680 physical_zip: "81623" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22110 physical_county: physical_city: Carbondale mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Multi-Generational Farm Living

From www.ic.org/directory/adesa-community-2/:

"Where Nature and Nurture Abound" Mission and Vision of this forming community- To create a living and working relationship with the land and each other, building and celebrating together the seasons of the year and the seasons of life. This community will offer opportunity: - For elders to live with personal and home care services where their happiness as well as their health is cared for. -For couples, families, or individuals to build "light foot- print" homes and live in an atmosphere of cooperation. -For all to have access to, and enable the production of fresh vibrant foods on a year-round basis. -For all to enjoy and enhance the beauty of the trees, hills, meadows, gardens, and creek. -To be a part of common meals, celebrations, reading groups, art studio, health facility, and cottage crafts, as much or as little as desired. -For all involved, to pioneer a new way of living that embraces common values and connections in conscious living and dying.
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Mission: Our goal is to create a space where we as individuals, and we as families, can flourish, where physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth is fostered and encouraged. We do not follow any one path, any one school of thought, but rather, try to maintain an open space where each individual can express him or herself in his or her own unique way, and grow in his or her unique direction

From www.ic.org/directory/aldeia-coletivo-de-familias/:

We are a group of friends and families attempting to live together, and in harmony with nature. We believe in having a relationship with the land we live on. We believe in community, in the sharing of resources, skills and ideas. Each member of our community has a skill to teach and a perspective to share, but we more than anything else, seek to be students; students of nature, of our common history, and of community living. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Aldeia Coletivo de Familias dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: PO Box 1171 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -78.76465 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Loja fax: physical_country: Ecuador oid: a9c3a8e1-ba24-4148-ad3a-d8b5d8b8a517 latitude: -3.513421 id: 21682 physical_zip: "01101" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22112 physical_county: physical_city: Vilcabamba mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: sacred homesteading

From www.ic.org/directory/finca-sagrada/:

\r\n\ Who Are We?\r\n\ \r\n\ We are a small intercultural community called Finca Sagrada located in Southern Ecuador. Our farm, Finca Sagrada, is 13 acres of pasture and gardens and 500 hectares of mountain. We are a biodynamic, organic and homa farm\r\n\ \r\n\ Our websites are:\r\n\ \r\n\ Website www.fincasagrada.com\r\n\ Walter Moora www.growbg.org\r\n\ Susan David Moora www.capitalmissions.com\r\n\ Leisha Brand www.magicalforest.com \r\n\ David Hartley www.holistiq.com \r\n\ \r\n\ Our inspiration is the indigenous saying of the Americas that \xE2\x80\x9Cneither the people of the North nor the South will thrive until the Eagle and the Condor fly as one.\xE2\x80\x9D We work in accord with the Pachamama Alliance, which has taken this as its mission and is making great progress.\r\n\ \r\n\ Finca Sagrada is a community birthed in gratitude where people can reconnect to the sacredness of the Earth and of our own being...\r\n ...where the Earth has rights equal to human beings...\r\n ...as the Eagle and the Condor fly as one...\r\n ...over a self-sustaining community.\r\n\
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Mission: To create a sacred space for health and happiness.

From www.ic.org/directory/the-sanctuary-healing-retreat-community/:

The Sanctuary is a place where people from all over the world come to heal themselves of whatever ails them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The Sanctuary is a colonial 5-bedroom home with an RV in the front and a garden and a casita in the back. We can fit up to 18 people. We are located in a neighborhood called Brisas de Zicatela in Puerto Escondido in Southern Mexico. We are a vegan community and we have meals together 3 times per day, everyday except Sunday, when people are on their own to fast, coconut water fast, or eat fruit or leftovers. The Sanctuary is for both health and spiritual growth and healing. We have many healing modalities in the home that are open for our guests and volunteers to use. We have meditation and yoga every morning except Sunday. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: The Sanctuary -- Vegan Community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -118.021353 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: California fax: physical_country: United States oid: 9c412812-75a7-456d-803c-de879555b41d latitude: 35.125624 id: 21687 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22117 physical_county: physical_city: California mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Green Eco Families with Kids that would like to work together to create the lives we can only dream of on our own.

From www.ic.org/directory/safe-haven-ranch/:

We are a small family (man, wife, & 7yo son) looking to get out of the rat race and live a more natural, green, healthy, peaceful, stress free, and sustainable life in a small community of similar likeminded families. We were hit very hard by the outsourcing of IT jobs overseas and then after rebuilding our lives and only 8 months after our only child was born we got hit hard again by the onslaught of the corruption induced recession we all know as the Great Recession.\r\n\ \r\n\ I rebuilt again, but this time the 18 hour days 7 days a week was at the expense of quality time with my child, my wife, my aging mother, my dying dad, and my friends, not to speak of the toll it took on my body and emotional wellbeing. And after missing much of my child\xE2\x80\x99s young life and most impressionable years, and all the other sacrifices my hard earned successes were all taken away again when a major corporate client went over budget on a major project and couldn\xE2\x80\x99t or didn\xE2\x80\x99t want to pay their bills in a timely manner causing us to become homeless because we couldn\xE2\x80\x99t pay our bills.\r\n\ \r\n\ So during this rollercoaster ride of life we realized that fighting the ways of the new and corrupt global economy to keep ourselves in the middleclass or even just surviving was a futile battle that was just keeping us enslaved in life that wasn\xE2\x80\x99t healthy for us anyway.\r\n\ \r\n\ So through this we realized that a good quality life is about family, healthy kids, friends, non-poisonous food, good nutrition, love, and a stress-free existence. Additionally, having a young child on board we want to protect (not shelter) him from everything rotten in the world while preparing him for the worst and letting him decide for himself if he wants to fight for a happy successful future in the world we chose to leave.\r\n\ \r\n\ During our battles to survive we have become very enlightened to what is really going on in this country and the world, and we see very clearly what is/has happened to the middleclass, the poor, our futures and the futures of our children.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are not happy with the corporate and religious takeover of the United States of America, but there is so much more going on that most people don\xE2\x80\x99t know about or realize, because if they did there would be massive rioting in the streets. Unfortunately, those that are willing to get their voices heard (even in a nonviolent manner) are scorned by those that are still hanging on and don\xE2\x80\x99t realize the extent of the damage being done to us in this country. Our politicians have completely sold us out and down the river, and the mass media is all part of it, and has done a great job of shutting out the voices of those of us in need of assistance and change.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our Children have to live in this world, and they will have to suffer for a long time to come if we don\xE2\x80\x99t do something about immediately. But for those of us who have already been beaten up and silenced the best thing that we can do is to create the best life possible for ourselves and our children, which is what this community is all about.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are tired of eating bland, poisonous, genetically altered food and we are tired of having to decide whether to pay rent or buy fresh healthy food for ourselves and our child, and we want to grow our own.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our dream and goal is to find some acreage in Southern California where our likeminded families can live in peace, health, and harmony and be self-sufficient, self-sustaining. \r\n\ \r\n\ We do have a strong sense of spirituality through a connection to Mother Nature and a strong belief in common decency, kindness with Karma being our guiding light, but we do not participate in any commercialized religion.\r\n\ \r\n\ We feel that the Native American\xE2\x80\x99s had it right in their lifestyle and connection to the earth but see no proof of a creator and we believe in the science of evolution.\r\n\ \r\n\ I\xE2\x80\x99m an X hired gun software developer/consultant to the Fortune 500, the US Government and many other businesses, and I used to make around 100k per year, but now my family and I live in an RV bouncing around Southern California trying to give our son the best life possible.\r\n\ \r\n\ If you feel that you and your family (couples or single mom\xE2\x80\x99s with children) are compatible with ours please contact us via FIC.\r\n\ \r\n\ I look forward to hearing from.\r\n\ \r\n\ Sincerely,\r\n\ Jerry" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Safe Haven Ranch dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Alto Paraiso 108 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -47.5216825 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Goias fax: physical_country: Brazil oid: ef93fe32-1c57-41b0-8d76-397edafc9049 latitude: -14.1389098 id: 21688 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22118 physical_county: physical_city: Alto Paraiso, Goias mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Serenity House aspires to create a healing community that is based on compassion and service to humanity using Non-Violent Communication, ancient yogic teachings and local indigenous healing practises.\r\n\ We strive to be as self sufficient as possible and live in harmony with the earth and our neighbors, we grow our own food and share our healing wisdom with our local community so that they may thrive as well and distribute moringa as a way to sustain the health of all peoples and our own economic well being.

From www.ic.org/directory/in-la-kesh/:

Serenity House is located 12 km outside of Alto Paraiso, Goias, Brazil, near the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park.\r\n\ The town (population: 7,000) is in the world\xE2\x80\x99s most biologically rich savannah ecosystem, with scenery that simultaneously conjures the vast plains of Africa and the rippling mountains of Kauai. Scattered about are hundreds of waterfalls, many flowing into river pools that are warm enough to swim in and clean enough to drink from. The region\xE2\x80\x99s geology also comes with the requisite mystical component: Just beneath the soil is the world\xE2\x80\x99s largest crystal bed, allegedly so luminous that it\xE2\x80\x99s visible from outer space. \r\n\ \r\n\ We have come together to manifest from the heart, creating abundance and ease by living together in connection and harmony with the earth, building sustainable adobe or bamboo homes and practicing permaculture and biodynamic gardening.\r\n\ We use natural ancient medicinal healing practises and eat pranic alive whole foods. We have an amazing abundance of GMO free and organic food in the area we live in.\r\n\ We come from different cultures and backgrounds and are sharing and growing in the healing arts and using the wisdom of indigenous & yogic cultures-see more information on our website www.yogaofbeauty.net\r\n\ We have a vision of acquiring the land we are currently residing on, with the intention of it being held in community trust that is set up legally to protect all share holders, yet the land will not be owned by any one person, acknowledging that the land belongs to us all as a gift.\r\n\ We have enough space to accommodate 4 families comfortably as well as host volunteers and there is room to expand the community if we desire. The land can be purchased for a collective buy in fee of $12,000 per family (please contact us directly for further details) we have very rich soil for growing food and trees and building structures with adobe or bamboo. \r\n\ All the water we drink and use is coming from a live spring in the mountain, we live steps away from two rivers that intersect that have very clean water. The community we live in is very small, friendly and safe, the weather is sub-tropical and the climate is pleasant all year long.\r\n\ By practicing Consensus and Non-Violent Communication we aspire to grow in the challenges that arise from coming together out of domination based societies and finding new ways to live in harmony with one another through this shared living experience.\r\n\ One of our collective projects is growing moringa, and we consistently are moving towards self sufficiency, barter, and other forms of exchange besides paper.\r\n\ We have a process of becoming a guest first, getting to know one another for a period of 4 months and then deciding if a longer stay or integration into community is of benefit for all through consensus, we know that all people have valuable gifts to offer and we welcome you to come and share in this beautiful vision.\r\n\ \r\n\ \"When you look into the eyes of another person, you are looking into your own eyes\"\r\n\ In Lak\xC2\xB4ech-Ancient Mayan gree" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Serenity House dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: P.O. Box 492658 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -155.0245825 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Hawaii fax: physical_country: United States oid: d9c18f8f-89fb-4a84-a7af-214cb386fd12 latitude: 19.6053029 id: 21691 physical_zip: "96749" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22121 physical_county: physical_city: Keaau, Big Island mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Settlement of Love & Good

From www.ic.org/directory/co-creators-dream/:

\r\n\ Co-Creators' Dream\r\n\ Ke Aku\xE2\x80\x99a Moe\xE2\x80\x99uha\xE2\x80\x99ne Kauha\xE2\x80\x99le\r\n\ \r\n\ The vision of Ke Aku\xE2\x80\x99a Moe\xE2\x80\x99uha\xE2\x80\x99ne Kauha\xE2\x80\x99le / The Creator Dream Settlement is to co-create a settlement of people using the creation story as told by Anastasia in book 4 as well as The Billionaire story in book 8.1 of the Ringing Cedars of Russia Series in the Western World. In the Ancient Hawaiian its understanding that the key to the future is learning the past through the Legend known as \xE2\x80\x9CThe Children of the Rainbow\xE2\x80\x9D. The time before time was Heaven on Earth and the children of the most high Akua lived as though immortal without concern of food, clothing, shelter or disease.\r\n\ \r\n\ The creator had a divine dream to create something greater than self. This dream started a conversation amongst all the diverse energies of the universe. They asked the creator, \xE2\x80\x98What do you desire\xE2\x80\x9D? \xE2\x80\x98Co-creation and joy for all from it\xE2\x80\x99s contemplation\xE2\x80\x99 was the answer. At the creator\xE2\x80\x99s request, all the diverse energies contributed a part of their energy to the dream. The creator harmonized all of these energies within itself. The creator became pregnantly powerful. With a harmonized balance of all these energies, inspired by love, the creator made the physical world. \r\n\ \r\n\ When love inspires two people to create a family together, a similar co-creation takes place. The diverse energies of the family are balanced and harmonized and the dream is manifested. \r\n\ \r\n\ We have a dream to create something greater than ourselves. We dream of co-creating settlements balancing and harmonizing the diverse energies of the members of the settlement into a grand and beautifully loving physical creation. We envision supporting one another\xE2\x80\x99s dream to co-create a space of love with our own love, physical contribution and those who have a desire to use their worldly resources to lift mankind into a place of enjoying \xE2\x80\x9CHeaven on Earth\xE2\x80\x9D in balance with themselves, the earth and all living things.\r\n\ \r\n The vision that follows is a co-creation of the members currently involved in Ke Aku\xE2\x80\x99a Moe\xE2\x80\x99uha\xE2\x80\x99ne Kauha\xE2\x80\x99le / The Creator Dream Settlement. As other members are inspired to co-create with us, their input and energy will be balanced and harmonized with the existing group. As a result, our vision is living and changeable according to the energies that are present in the group and on the land. \r\n\ \r\n We envision settlements nurtured and stewarded with love. There are spaces of love with trees, ponds, flowers, fruits and cozy shelters. Each of us is competent and self-sufficient in our ability to create. When a member asks for help with creating their space of love, we joyfully take part in the co-creation. \r\n We see our group creating our settlement in or near the ocean and mountains. There are grassy meadows, diverse tree species, and a creek running through the land year round with a waterfall. At night we see only the lights of the cosmos, we hear only joyful sounds of nature and kin. \r\n We generate our energy locally and sustainable. We are an integral part of creating our own shelters. We help each other when requested and are able. We are open to individuals getting outside help to create their shelters if they feel it is needed. We share resources such as vehicles and other large tools. There is a drivable road to the entrance of the property with a covered parking area. The use of vehicles throughout the settlement is minimized. We have a shared community space where common daily conveniences will be available such as communication systems, hand and electric tools, laundry, and guest quarters. We see nature as the primary teacher of our children. Children are precious and valued and are the inspiration for the live art we create with our spaces of love and to this end we aspire to Co-create life in a conscious and intentional manner as put forth so beautifully in Chapter 8 \xE2\x80\x9CI am giving birth to you, my angel! In book 8.1.\r\n\
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Mission: Growing Home is a vision of a beautiful and harmonious living situation where community members strive to live in tune with our Earth and each other.

From www.ic.org/directory/growing-home/:

"Growing Home" is a forming intentional community/co-op home in Portland OR or the surrounding area. There is no location as of yet, and many details are up in the air right now. If the following descriptions sings to you, please get in touch to help make this dream a reality. Growing Home is a vision of a living/working/playing space in accordance with its members ideals, including: sustainability, creativity, spirituality, gardening, DIY, giving, hospitality, freedom, self-sufficiency, consensus decision making, and paradigm-shifting. We cherish nature and seek to live in harmony with the Earth. Growing our own food will be a major part of this project. We envision a greenhouse (made of reclaimed materials) where we will grow all sorts of yummy, nurturing foods. Cooking and eating together is imperative. A big kitchen table topped with fresh, vegan meals will be a gathering space for us and our wider community. Ideally we will become as self-sufficient as possible and produce our own energy as well. We embrace non-denominational, non-dogmatic spirituality to foster a connection between each other and the planet, galaxy, Universe which is our home. Spiritual atheists are welcome as well. We may incorporate ritual as part of our daily lives. Another major project will be the offering of hospitality. Our home may have elements of a hostel, where weary travelers can stay and integrate with our community. Guests can contribute with their energy and/or in other ways. We also choose to embrace the intelligent use of technology (especially DIY and open-source technology!) for the benefit of all. We recognize technology as inherently neutral and choose to use it responsibly and with good intentions. Creativity will be encouraged and space and time will be designated for playing music, creating art, and expressing ourselves however we chose. We strive to improve ourselves, our lives, and our planet. Openness to new ideas is essential. We will never stagnate nor become burnt out, but rather transform in a constant process of evolution. In this way, we will become catalysts for the new world! year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Growing Home dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -123.337291 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Oregon fax: physical_country: United States oid: 229ca75a-c8ec-42e5-a0bc-a888d8e2820e latitude: 44.928092 id: 21696 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22126 physical_county: physical_city: Dallas mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Eco-education demonstration

From www.ic.org/directory/good-roots-intentional-community/:

We are a young family (2 26 year olds with a 2 year old and 4 year old and one on the way) looking to connect with like-minded people. We hope to start a small community over the next few years with a system of unconditional love, support, and respect for all at its core. We want to reach out and help empower people to make changes in their lives along with building a support group for ourselves. We hope to inspire and directly help create new communities, and wish to better connect them to each other, furthering the web of support. We are currently in the beginning stages of developing 40 acres in Dallas, Oregon with gardens, orchards and small shelters. We have started with close to an acre of vegetable production that we work by hand. We are planning on establishing a viable permaculture farm in the coming years to support the property and community. We also plan to add chickens for eggs, bees for honey and beeswax, and sheep for wool. Female empowerment, especially through natural childbirth and midwifery is the other side of the vision. We believe that through real food and natural birth things can change. Children that are born peacefully into the world, raised with love, fed with food from the earth, and are instilled with values that make earth stewardship, cooperation, and hardwork priority will have the type of leadership, appreciation of the earth, and love for all that can make changes in the world. We want to surround ourselves with open-minded freethinkers, who wish to actively work together in creating a better world for future generations. We are looking for people with experience or interests in natural building, permaculture, biodynamics, homesteading, renewable energy, as well as education/homeschooling (nature-based, waldorf-inspired, etc), natural parenting, midwifery, natural childbirth, organizing and outreach, and working towards living truly fulfilling/meaningful lives! We are looking for driven individuals with different ideas for marketing, businesses, or projects branching from the farm to help support the property. For example, growing and selling flowers, herbs and/or herbal products, and prepared vegetarian foods that can be sold at the markets that we are currently attending. Along with adding those options to our forming CSA. Other ideas might be to start a garden/farm/nature-centered, organic foods daycare program for the area. Or Holding classes and events (natural building, gardening, cooking, yoga, self-sufficiency, etc) - We'd love to consider other ideas. Please contact us if you have any questions, would like more info, or want to develop an affiliation.
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Mission: Retreat center organic farm, community living

From www.ic.org/directory/gaia-sagrada-eco-community-retreat-center/:

We offer monthly 12 day shamanic ceremony retreats, with AYAHUASCA shamans and SAN PEDRO shamans. The retreats are at cost, non profit, and very transformational for all who come to them. Gaia Sagrada Eco-Community & Shamanic Retreat Center is nestled in the magical Andes Mountains near Cuenca, Ecuador. Gaia Sagrada is approximately 150 miles south of the equator, consists of 55 acres of pristine land with fresh clean mountain air, peaceful pastures, gardens, whispering pine forests and incredible views. Walks on various dirt roads offer breathtaking views of the mountains and sky. Live at Gaia Sagrada in your own private room (shared bath), shared room, or dormitory. Small apartments are on the way. 7 hrs/wk in the community is required to keep everything neat and clean, things that you would normally do to keep your own home in order. This helps us keep the prices low and at cost. We don't make money, but must break even. Everyone must chip in for chores and upkeeping the gardens. Live at Gaia Sagrada affordably month to month, no lease or obligation, for 3 months per year as a tourist, or up to 6-9 months per year on an extended tourist visa in Ecuador. With residency in Ecuador, one could stay indefinitely. Unfortunately we have no facilities or education for children, and there are none nearby. Only a poor, indigenous elementary school that only speaks and teaches in Spanish, no English. If you really like living at Gaia Sagrada and want to have your own small home, you can join with our Build It Forward program and have your own home. We require you rent for a little while first though, 6-12 months at least, and make sure Gaia Sagrada is a good fit for you. Residents can participate in retreats if they want to by paying the difference between the housing fees and the retreat price. The retreats vary between shamanic ceremonies with the Ayahuasca shamans and the San Pedro shamans, and we occasionally have yoga, weightloss and detox retreats between the shamanic retreats. Yoga room Steam room Hot tubs Hiking Campfires Music Community gardens Meditation spots Hammocks Stargazing Ayahuasca ceremonies San Pedro ceremonies Shamans Vegetarian & Vegan food Great company and conversations And much more! Life at Gaia Sagrada is a beautiful experience with a laid back lifestyle in a supportive and serene atmosphere with retreats with visitors coming every month. If you are coming for experiencing an eco-village community, you will find a beautiful model in action. You can also take day trips into Cuenca and enjoy the historic district where restaurants and activities abound. We practice living in the moment, gaining self understanding, and living as gently on the earth as possible. We also have the goal of helping visitors with life changing and transformative shamanic retreats with the Ecuadorian traditional plant medicines. You will meet people you'll become friends with for life and live a beautiful adventure during this era of change and awakening of humanity in a truly safe place. If you are looking for the experience of a lifetime, this is the place to be! Gaia Sagrada is the only community of its kind in Ecuador and is the most advanced. You get so much more than just a place to live. You get a balanced lifestyle and you can blossom into your highest potential with others on the same journey.
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Mission: Alternative living, growing,

From www.ic.org/directory/gold-light-ranch/:

We are an ecovillage living in strawbale houses and farmhouse as rentals. We garden, farm, have horses and chickens on 30 acres of mostly forested land in N. Idaho. We have some openings from time to time, and the residents are here with a 30-day notice if they do not work out. We are currently building another strawbale cabin, harvesting food, riding horses, bio-dynamic gardening, off-grid living, composting and enjoying fall. We ski, wake board and learn about the Natural processes. We now have 11 folks here ages 10 to 65.
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Mission: We aim to live in conjunction with the land that supports us, to present alternatives to wasteful practices, and to have ample time to follow various individual and collaborative pursuits, be they artistic, political, economic or anything else. Most significantly we work to facilitate and inspire community building here locally and everywhere, because we are continually awed by the power and fun of collaboration.

From www.ic.org/directory/dacha-project-2/:

The Dacha Project, founded in 2008, is a do-it-yourself, egalitarian and educational homestead. We are comprised of six friends and an extensive circle of supporters and community members. Situated on 16 acres in Finger Lakes region of New York, we have built an off-the-grid, earth-bermed, solar-passive house, powered by active solar and a diesel generator converted to run on waste vegetable oil. (We connected to the grid on 2014 but still use solar power) In addition, we built, or rather sculpted, a straw-bale cottage, planted a fruit and nut tree orchard, and are ever-expanding our gardens. We are almost entirely owner built, with innovative designs for our energy, heating, water, waste and agriculture systems. We often invite the community in for tours, events and workshops. In the future we plan to expand our educational programming and more official artist/writing residencies, as well as internships and apprenticeships. Although, we are not looking for more permanent members at this time, any interested people are welcome to visit, to write us, to purpose projects, or to simply explore our website or keep up with us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dacha-Project/72957687386?ref=hl). Our overall aim is to live in conjunction with the land that supports us, to present alternatives to wasteful practices, and to have ample time to follow various individual pursuits, be they micro-businesses, art, or anything else. Most significantly we work to facilitate and inspire community building here locally and everywhere, because we are continually awed by the power and fun of collaboration.
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Mission: To achieve highest practical levels of , self-sufficiency and survivability , to be able to survive any short or longer term disaster .

From www.ic.org/directory/twin-pines-country-plantation/:

The 28.4 acre Twin Pines Country Plantation & Guest Ranch is an authentic survivalist , self-sufficient , and conservative oriented eco-friendly and community-involved growing and expanding operation in rural east central Georgia. We produce all of our own electricity and plan to heat our buildings using wood burning stoves and fireplaces , and we are in the process of establishing a garden , orchards , and vineyard where we will grow all of the vegetables we need for our own consumption , sale , and bartering. Buildings are being constructed to achieve virtual 100% efficient use of energy (i.e. R40+ insulation in walls and roof). All water used for drinking , household use , livestock , irrigation , and fire suppression is harvested from rainwater runoff and stored in large , elevated , above ground storage tanks. Gardens , fruit orchards , vineyards , wild hog traps , and a variety of animals and poultry will be used to minimize the impact of runaway food prices and predicted future shortages. Plans are underway and scheduled to implement a substantial number of diverse revenue generation projects with all residents sharing in the proceeds of these ventures , including the establishment of a "Guest Ranch" , and a "Safe House" that will include such activities as wild hog hunting & trapping , daily horse riding , ATV rides , fishing , cook-outs , hiking trails , farm chores , etc. Excess food production will be donated to needy causes , sold , fed to livestock , and bartered for various goods and services from our neighbors. We are in constant contact with the rest of the world using high speed internet access and mobile phones , while taking maximum advantage of our quiet , clean , and beautiful rural setting. We make extensive use of the latest technology and products available to optimize our efficiency , comfort , and effectiveness. Our members attend the churches of their choice throughout the surrounding community on an optional regular weekly basis , they participate in their favorite community service activities on a regular monthly basis , and they take part in other community activities as well - to ensure we remain an integral , valued , and welcome member of the surrounding communties. In summary , we maximize our self-sufficiency and survivability while taking full advantage of what modern technology , materials , and the internet offers - while enjoying the many benefits , advantages and freedoms of our rural environment. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Twin Pines Country Plantation and Guest Ranch dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 21 Mytton Heights grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 172.958385 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Tasman fax: physical_country: New Zealand oid: 43ae40fd-3dca-4f6a-b82f-7d12db6606b1 latitude: -41.142873 id: 21712 physical_zip: "07176" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22142 physical_county: physical_city: Motueka mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Living well, sustainably, together

From www.ic.org/directory/atamai-village/:

Atamai Village is designed to provide an enduring community for at least 200 people. Villagers will live in privately owned homes, and enjoy the benefits of a large common area jointly managed to enhance physical and social resilience. Atamai is specifically designed to deal with the impacts of climate change, energy descent and the economic and social challenges that are likely to follow. The development of our ecovillage is well underway. We have a dozen families on site, living in interesting eco-homes. Our common land has been developed into orchards, grazing, market gardening and forestry. We will eventually be quite large, about 50 homes, and so we are still actively developing these titles. We currently have lots of various prices and sizes for sale. We are located within biking distance of Motueka, on the top of NZ's South Island, and less and an hour's drive from Nelson and Richmond. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Atamai Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 7980 LT Parkway grouping: "21715" response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -84.0676 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Georgia fax: physical_country: United States oid: 76f4cadb-47be-47be-b543-b727c4d31c56 latitude: 33.767859 id: 21715 physical_zip: "30058" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22145 physical_county: physical_city: Stone Mountain - Lithonia mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: See prior section.

From www.ic.org/directory/eco-tribe/:

We are located on 52 acres bounded by rivers and streams 17 miles due east of the center of Atlanta. The focus of community is the development of an attractive sustainable, repeatable, Eco-Village Business model to replace 75-80 percent of the "external economy" with an "internal economy" meeting the housing, energy, food, entertainment, and transportation needs of a population of approximately 80 individuals. The plan is for a dedicated team of about twenty highly skilled farmers, cooks, builders and support staff to be committed to offering a "product" to about 60 renter customers called "Quality of Life" or more appropriately "Quality of Experience". That team over time become equity partners in the enterprise which is organized as a perpetual corporate institution and upon their "retirement" essentially sell their ownership to their replacement. The plan is to offer an experience similar to living in a small village in the south of France. Anyone who has spent time in Provence knows that this is perhaps the highest quality of life anywhere on the planet. The "mission" of this team is to compete with the Archer Daniel Midlands, Monsantos, and other multinationals and to create such an attractive economically viable, and essentially "kick their asses"! The Village provides a lease on demand automobile fleet, meets most of their energy needs through solar and passive house design principles. The Village functions almost as an all inclusive resort for the renters who may work from home or hold conventional jobs. The Village has support staff for laundry, cleaning, and personal services such as shipping and office services as well as picking up items from local stores. There is a state of the art movie theater and library of books and dvds as well as access to a 2,400 square foot shop equipped for woodworking, metalworking and the latest CNC equipment. The farming staff uses a mix of the latest and most appropriate farming methodologies including permaculture, aquaponics and the grass based methods of Salatin as well as conventional organic farming. The farming focus is on Sustenance farming for the internal community as opposed to commercial farming. Our web site http://Eco-Tribe.org has more information. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Eco-Tribe dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 10 kilometres east of the Costanera Highway from Coronado grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -83.73047 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Puntarenas fax: physical_country: Costa Rica oid: 43174be9-ff2d-46f1-be71-6e7c4a7142fa latitude: 9.232249 id: 21718 physical_zip: "60501" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22148 physical_county: physical_city: Pejibaye mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: off grid simple lifestyle

From www.ic.org/directory/serenity-gardens-eco-village/:

Serenity Gardens Eco Village is an idea whose time has come. This 234 acre parcel of land in the mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean above the town of Coronado will have 130 homes. Each house will be of simple, sustainable materials and with ample land to grow food that the community will share. The permitting process is underway as well as topography work to determine all of the home sites. A portion of the land has incredible ocean views and will be used as a community area so that all can enjoy it. There are three streams that flow through the property. One in particular has significant flow and elevation drop to support several hydro-electric turbines to power the community and supply water to the homes and common areas. Homes will be built with solar panels and be equipped with energy efficient led lighting throughout. Studies will be conducted on whether or not there is enough wind to generate electricity as well. Serenity Gardens is a "sister" project to Osa Mountain Village Resort which is approximately 10 minutes south in the same mountain range. Homes in Serenity Gardens will cost approximately $75,000 for a small 2 bedroom. If you are interested please call 818-561-5602 to be put on our email list to receive more information. Links: http://omvcostarica.info : Details about living in Costa Rica, the area and our communities http://serenitygardenscostarica.com : description of project and home sites http://serenitygardensecovillage.com : Specific information about available home sites etc year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Serenity Gardens Eco Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Red Fir Road physical_address1: Post Office General Delivery grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -121.157747 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Oregon fax: physical_country: United States oid: c572d598-a7a1-42e0-9c31-ccdbb0336ff9 latitude: 42.68833 id: 21720 physical_zip: "97622" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22150 physical_county: physical_city: Bly mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Off-Grid Sustainability

From www.ic.org/directory/camp-potiswowtome/:

This is a new tribe trying to get established on 9 acres of woodland and a grass meadow in south central Oregon. The land is already being purchased but we are not currently living here. It will be a summer only camp until better accommodations can be built. It may be some time before this can be finished due to lack of funds. Check back in the future for updates. It borders the 2 million acre Fremont National Forest with many trails and wildlife. The object of this community is to live together in harmony and be self sufficient off the grid. Anyone wanting to join the tribe will first have to visit and make sure that it will work for everyone involved. Thank u, year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Camp Potiswowtome dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: P.O. Box 526 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -91.2461985 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Minnesota fax: physical_country: United States oid: 61027ae4-0216-4a8b-b139-0cfb7b7e549a latitude: 47.4140821 id: 21721 physical_zip: "55603" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22151 physical_county: physical_city: Finland mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Wild Harvest and Homesteading

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

We are currently a family of five living in the woods north of Finland MN. We lived in community with between two and seven other people for seven years. We love wild harvesting and camping, and we also have large gardens and dairy goats! We are still wishing to live in community with others, at our home base, and while wild-harvesting and camping. Our homespace includes several handbuilt cabins, several garden plots, dairy goats in pasture, and adjacency to wild public land. Our main harvests are: sugarbush, leeks, medicinal herbs, sucker fish run, garden, berries, hazelnuts, apples, wild rice, deer hunting, and snaring hares. We are definitely a family (kids aged 13, 8 and 2), and are most interested in people with children joining us. We also run a summer camp for our friends, and would welcome adults who would be interested in participating in that! Our home is in the midst of state forest and state park land; wilderness abounds! Local communities include Finland, which is small, friendly and open-minded, and Grand Marais, which is a bit bigger, artistic and also friendly; it has a food co-op. The blooming Long Haul Community is down the road four miles... We will consider any time period length of visit from anyone. We would like to especially invite a person or people with one or more children to consider staying seasonally, over the summer/harvest time, as a good match for our space and life rhythms. Just contact us to get acquainted with possibilities! year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Footbridge dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: 41Pleasant Glade Place physical_address1: POB 581 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -119.439504 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Washington fax: physical_country: United States oid: 8db9b0eb-796f-43fd-913e-a6ce6a375323 latitude: 48.705153 id: 21723 physical_zip: "98855" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22153 physical_county: physical_city: Tonasket mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Our goal is to strike a balance between individual and community living, promote organic gardening, adhere to the principles of permaculture, recycle, reuse and live light on the land.

From www.ic.org/directory/pleasant-glade/:

Pleasant Glade is an Intentional Community looking to add to its core group. Our community is designed to appeal to a diverse group of people who wish to live in a green community dedicated to sustainable living in a small town. We are building a six-home community on 4.25 acres in the town of Tonasket in Northcentral Washington State. All of the highly efficient earth sheltered homes are being pre-built to "green" building standards. Each home will have an attached garage plus additional garage/storage space in the Community Building. The Community Building is also equipped to house occasional guests and contains a commercial kitchen, workshops, library, work area, ADA bathrooms, greenhouse, large meeting room, and dining area. Each member/family will own their own home and lot and will share privileges with other members on the remaining common ground (nearly 3 acres) and the community buildings. All members will share the cost of stewardship (taxes, insurance, maintenance etc) on the common areas. The property has dedicated irrigation water which will be used to establish the permaculture landscape that will provide a large part of our food. We are located in an excellent agricultural area just 20 miles south of the Canadian border. Most of the infrastructure; water, power, phone, internet and sewer was installed in 2011 and is in place to each lot. As of this writing (1-12-2016) the community building is finished, two living units are completed and occupied and the landscaping is in. We have begun construction on the next two living units and they should be completed next spring. Our site is walking distance to shopping, schools, hospital, clinics, farmers market, library, and parks. Tonasket is a vibrant town of about 1000 citizens with very diverse lifestyles. It is the home of a long-standing food co-op and a cultural center dedicated to presenting healthy alternative programs, entertainment, and educational opportunities that benefit the entire community. Our medical community is outstanding and the hospital in Tonasket has an authorized Veterans Clinic, and an extended care facility. It is our hope that, as an Intentional Community, we will be able to strike a balance between individual and community living, promote organic gardening, adhere to the principles of pemaculture, recycle, reuse, and live light on the land. Pleasant Glade members will belong to an association which will be the governing body and use consensus for decision making to establish rules and guidlines for The Community.
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Mission: We strive to be an enduring, multi-generational, land-owning community of people whose life together manifests the shared values of mutual aid and support, shared problem solving, sustainability, collective land maintenance and educational outreach.

From www.ic.org/directory/rock-ridge-community-inc/:

We are an enduring, land-owning community of people whose life together manifests the shared values of mutual aid and support, shared problem solving, sustainability, collective land maintenance and educational outreach. Our community includes over 170 acres of land to tend, gather from, and be with, along with several gardening spaces and a housing cooperative that owns four dwellings. We are currently seeking new members, and would welcome individuals, couples, families, and bands of friends. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Rock Ridge Community, Inc dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -121.931974 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Washington fax: physical_country: United States oid: d4d46d1d-9cb3-48d2-ada9-9d9e1500ef12 latitude: 47.73459 id: 21728 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22158 physical_county: physical_city: Duvall mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: We are building a new way of living, full of play, creativity, nature, and love.

From www.ic.org/directory/rainsong-village-home/:

RainSong is a small intentional community located in the thickly wooded foothills of the Cascade Mountains about 45 minutes east of Seattle. We have a comfortable rustic house with many bedrooms, wild edibles, tall trees and a salmon bearing creek singing along one border. We are building a new way of living, full of play, creativity, nature, and love. Informed by the work of Charles Eisenstein and Jon Young (8 Shields), we are creating "the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible," a place we all belong, where we are each honored and connected. We are passionate about our food, and strive to choose organic (or better!) ingredients as much as possible. We include both (local) meat eaters and vegetarians, and create both traditional foods (raw milk, kefir, kompucha, kimchee, coconut oil and healthy fats, organ meats, bone-broth soup) and brand-new receipes. We are fascinated by permaculture, primitive skills, non-violent communication (NVC), and alternative paradigms. We are passionate unschoolers, letting our children (and our adults!) choose their own paths and learn from their community and mentors. We like to cook together, eat together, work and play together. We value privacy, and each adult or family has their own bedroom, but we greatly enjoy the community of sharing our common spaces together, and socializing, and learning from each other. While we value long term members, we also know that life is change, and we usually have a couple room openings every year. We often host community gatherings, so please email if you'd like to come visit us. Please tell us about yourself when you do: what you are passionate about, what you want to do, what cool stories you might share! We are part of Barefoot Village, a collection of local individuals and families. Barefoot Village gathers throughout the seasons to celebrate connection, share our gifts, and belong to a supportive community. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: RainSong dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 1776 Dove Drive grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -96.090777 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Texas fax: physical_country: United States oid: 51c01102-b2da-4cc6-9114-4a1e49f3a7d8 latitude: 32.874757 id: 21731 physical_zip: "75474" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22161 physical_county: physical_city: Quinlan mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: sustainable community focused on Permaculture, Wild Edibles, Alternative energy production, Natural building techniques, etc.

From www.ic.org/directory/the-primal-village/:

This year we hope to be building several small Cob homes. If you are interested in helping and are OK with primitive camping with facilities on-site, do get in contact with us because we would love the help.

Bringing the intentional village and Primal skills together in one place for exceptional living and thriving in health, attitude, relationships and economy. The primal Village will be an Intentional Community comprised of individuals and families who's main goal in life is to live life without depending on the rest of the world for survival or existence, who are aware and accepting of Polyamory (you don't need or have to be Polyamorous). You will find that most of these people will be trying to live the four R's (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). The reasons will be varied, some may live this life style because it is cost effective, others for the Planet, etc. Members will most generally be interested in Alternative Energy production, Eliminating GMO foods from their diet, growing their own food (Wild Edibles, vegetables, meat, fruit), building their own Natural (locally obtainable natural resources) buildings/homes and many more similar ideas and lifestyles that result in not needing to buy anything. If you are or know someone that might be interested in helping out with the formation and implementation of this project (planning, strategy, building, etc.), contact me.
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Mission: food forest, tribal synergy

From www.ic.org/directory/asante-gardens-2/:

\r\n\ We are open to accepting additional members, either single people, couples, or families with children. If you are interested in joining our community, please visit the Membership page of our website.\r\n\ \r\n\ Located in the Puna District, Asant\xC3\xA9 Gardens is a permaculture farm and close-knit community of like-minded people living a tribal lifestyle. Our intentional community focuses on simple and synchronized living, egalitarianism, permaculture, natural building, beekeeping, natural healing, yoga & meditation, and personal and planetary transformation.\r\n\ \r\n\ To contact us, please use the online forms on our website. Thank you!\r\n\
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Mission: A. New Universal Values\r\n\ In our community, we have a harmonious relationship between people and nature. Everyone enjoy a simple and happy life here, the instances of crimes and fights are zero. Arguments, quarrels, and conflicts are very rare.\r\n\ \r\n\ This is because of the solid basis of the universal values we had built before the community was established. It was initiated and written by the founder Xuefeng, and since 2001, he has written more than 2500 articles with over 10 million words in Chinese. Before participating in setting up the community, all members are first resonating with the values, include the dream of creating a sustainable new life mode beyond the limits of countries, nationalities, religions, and races; and bringing people real happy, free, joyful, and blessed lives.\r\n\ \r\n\ So this values system and the common dream are the deep roots and energy source that motivates all members of the New Oasis for Life under all circumstances.\r\n\ \r\n\ The content of this Universal Values includes the origin of the universe, the origin of LIFE, the origin of human beings on earth, time, space, consciousness, the value, meaning and purpose of life and LIFE; the crises human beings are faced with, the nature of countries, political parties, religions, marriage and family; the non-material world, and the way of beautifying one\xE2\x80\x99s soul garden etc. It absorbs the wonderful wisdoms of human history such as those of Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Muhammad, and all wisdom essences of sages and saints from different civilizations and cultures.\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ B. New Life Mode\r\n\ \r\n\ We have created a new production and life mode. We share the income 100%, all resources are shared, everything belongs to the community, and there is no private property any more. Living, shelter, eating, clothes, transportation, aging, sickness, and death are all communal responsibilities, including nursing the elderly and educating the children.\r\n\ \r\n\ Everyone works efficiently for at least six hours one day, everyone is mostly responsible for one job, and tries to achieve it to a first-class level. People serve and treat each other equally. Paradise management is implemented here as we believe the best management is no management. There is no management teams or leaders, there is no constitution, laws, statutes, commandments, or dharma. Each branch has only one director, whose role is to arrange and coordinate the branch\xE2\x80\x99s daily production and activities. \r\n\ \r\n\ C. New Social System \r\n\ - One global government + university of universal values education + ecovillages lifestyle\r\n\ \r\n\ We have a bold vision: the earth will enter into a new age where human beings will grow up to a higher level of consciousness and create a brand new social mode. Countries, political parties, religions, and traditional families will no longer exist; wars, conflicts, fights, and crimes will disappear, and all resources will be shared among people on earth. There is no private ownership any more. There will be a global government responsible for the whole management of administrative affairs on the earth, since there is no countries, political parties, traditional families any more, leaders of the global government will be chosen from the most excellent persons who are totally selfless and fair. Besides, under the universal values, the essence of different nations and cultures will be integrated into a new human beings culture, and the earth will become a harmonious planet with diversity blossoming everywhere.

From www.ic.org/directory/new-oasis-for-life-the-second-home-of-lifechanyuan-the-4th-branch/:

Our community was established in April 2009 in Yunnan China by a group of people who held common universal values and the vision of creating a new life mode for human beings to sustain themselves on earth.\r\n\ \r\n\ Yunnan is a region that offers the best weather and rich natural resources in China. We set up three branches in two years and the community members rose from the original 20, up to 150. We did all the designing and construction, as well as raised all the funds by ourselves. After three years of construction, each branch became a very beautiful and harmonious environment with members living happily together, including 20 elder members and 14 children. We received visitors from more than 15 countries within two years." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: New Oasis For Life ( Lifechanyuan China 2) dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -70.178437 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Maine fax: physical_country: United States oid: 84add7b5-9c5e-41c6-adbd-3fef60927976 latitude: 44.502649 id: 21738 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22168 physical_county: physical_city: Joy mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: COOPERATIVE FARMING

From www.ic.org/directory/joy-town-farm/:

60 acres with gorgeous 3 bedroom common house, 3 small bedrooms in an historic house that serves as farm storefront, one small bunkhouse. Large community garden, 11 stall barn, 2 greenhouses, 1 commercial kitchen, 2 residential kitchens, good pasture and sugarbush, plenty of trails through abutting town forest, substantial flock of sheep and chickens and lots of fiber workshop space and tools. 15 minutes drive from MOFGA.
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Mission: Local sustainable community

From www.ic.org/directory/bird-river-oasis/:

We have a dream of co-creating a mini-community of people wanting to explore the idea of rebuilding the earth, from the ground up, through grounding in self, grounding in nature, and grounding in community. An Oasis where one can come, meditate, and ground in self and nature. An Oasis where one can come, tend organic gardens, and share vegetarian meals grounding in nature and community. An Oasis, where it is safe to explore those "you's" that have remained veiled and hidden and want to be opened and examined, grounding in self and life. An Oasis where you are welcome to create gatherings for celebration, teaching, arts, organizing, grounding in community.
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Mission: sustainability agriculture

From www.ic.org/directory/living-energy-farm/:

The Mission Statement of Living Energy Farm\r\n\ The Living Energy Farm is a project to build a community, education center, and farm that demonstrates that a fulfilling life is possible without the use of any fossil fuel. Our mission is to serve as an example and actively promote lifestyles and technologies that are truly sustainable, and to make these sustainable technologies accessible to all persons regardless of their income or social position. \r\n\ \r\n\ LEF is a zero fossil fuel school and community. Our goal is to demonstrate that it is possible to live a healthy joyful life without the use of any fossil fuel, and to promote this lifestyle far and wide. \r\n\ \r\n\ We operate an organic farm that grows vegetable and grain seeds for income. We produce all of our own electricity with photovoltaics, and we run our tractors on woodgas, a low-grade biofuel. We heat our homes and cook our food with solar energy. We grow a large percentage of our own food, and preserve the harvest by drying and canning. \r\n\ \r\n\ We also host interns and volunteers in an educational program covering diverse areas of modern sustainable living, including organic gardening and orcharding, green building, solar water and space heating, solar electricity, woodgas, composting toilets, bicycle repair, and other subjects. Most importantly, LEF teachs about the importance of sustainable technology in context, about when and where such technologies are effective and when they are not. The most powerful sustainable \xE2\x80\x9Ctechnology\xE2\x80\x9D we employ is cooperative living." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Living Energy Farm dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Brunswick and Dupont Ave neighbourhood grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -79.4104857 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Ontario fax: physical_country: Canada oid: 313e7536-fdd9-4548-b6ef-47b6433f6adc latitude: 43.6739567 id: 21744 physical_zip: M5R 2Z5 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22174 physical_county: physical_city: Toronto mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Ecological, spiritual and social sustainability and permaculture.

From www.ic.org/directory/the-barley-jar/:

The Barley Jar is an evolving Plum Village inspired permaculture training and practice centre and development site, learning and practicing to live harmoniously with each other and the natural world. We aim to do this to the utmost degree possible. The community is also a kind of research and development laboratory striving to achieve the deepest level of social, spiritual and environmental permaculture based on the Plum Village Tradition and the best available science. Our desire is to be the change we want to see in the world. The tradition of Plum Village and Thich Nhat Hanh is a non-denominational spiritual tradition open to individuals of any persuasion ranging from atheist to Catholic, Muslim, Jewish or similar. This tradition focuses on mindfulness in daily life. Though they arise from a Buddhist vision for a global spirituality and ethic, it's practices are nonsectarian, and their nature is universal. We will give preference to individuals who are interested in training and deepening their practice at the Barley Jar and ultimately becoming longer term stable members of our community. We are also open to shorter term guests. Currently our community is typically comprised of 2-3 long term members and 3-4 shorter to medium term guests. Training and deepening practice is possible through a program of courses and activities being developed at the Barley Jar in which residents and broader community members can deepen their practice of permaculture and the Plum Village and Barley Jar traditions. These also include reading and study groups and participation in local retreats and practice opportunities. We share meals/cooking, groceries, cleaning/chores, music/art/ideas, joint parties, community dinners, collective space and household items, a mixture of privacy and community,...We have positive shared values / enthusiasm for sustainable transportation (bikes, no cars owned), local organic, vegetarian/vegan, natural materials (plastic free), fair trade ...inclusion and diversity are highly valued and desired e.g. no labels / all ages / all abilities / queer-positive / all backgrounds / all social (including marginalized) groups etc. Our house is medium to large, we really like having people around as well as having a balance of privacy, we like having guests.Our members positively contribute to our community and to the network of similar homes that we are a part of. Physically: We live in a century home at the north end of Brunswick Ave, the house has 6 bedrooms. There are lots of shared spaces - a kitchen, 2 bathrooms, sunroom, dining room, living room, patio-deck, garden. We generally have 6-8 housemates including couples and kids... Our members tend to be community activists, social change agents, artists and farmers. We host: - community wide sunday dinners once a month (last sunday of the month - potluck optional with a music jam) all are welcome - workshops (anything and everything - politics, art, sustainability, social justice) - music and art events (house concerts, readings and the like) - guests from all over Community Healing: - The Barley Jar is engaged in a new exploratory healing journey which is making available a room for anyone seeking habitation in Toronto who might want to live and practice with us. The space is reserved for those who have been without a home for long periods of time ....ask for more from any of our members... year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: The Barley Jar - Urban Ecovillage and Spiritual Community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Caixa Postal 128 physical_address1: RS 235, km 65 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -50.644587 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Rio Grande do Sul fax: physical_country: Brazil oid: 144bec35-1cd5-4eb6-b972-93fed171c345 latitude: -29.380858 id: 21747 physical_zip: 95400-000 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22177 physical_county: physical_city: "S\xC3\xA3o Francisco de Paula" mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: educa\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o ambiental

From www.ic.org/directory/associacao-ecologica-portal-do-sol/:

\r\n\ A Associa\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o Ecol\xC3\xB3gica Portal do Sol \xC3\xA9 uma ecovila formada por um grupo independente, sem vincula\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o a entidades nacionais ou internacionais pol\xC3\xADticas, religiosas ou filos\xC3\xB3ficas, com o objetivo de ensinar a viver com conforto e abund\xC3\xA2ncia, respeitando os ciclos da natureza. S\xC3\xA3o 83 unidades residenciais, com constru\xC3\xA7\xC3\xB5es autossustent\xC3\xA1veis, utiliza\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o exclusiva de energias limpas (fotovoltaica, e\xC3\xB3lica, etc), controle biol\xC3\xB3gico de efluentes,planta\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o de org\xC3\xA2nicos em agroflorestas e reaproveitamento de \xC3\xA1guas pluviais. A parte p\xC3\xBAblica do Projeto objetiva ser um polo de refer\xC3\xAAncia em sustentabilidade, utilizando uma diversidade de t\xC3\xA9cnicas sustent\xC3\xA1veis, com trilhas ecol\xC3\xB3gicas, labirinto, tunel de cromoterapia, geod\xC3\xA9sica, onde s\xC3\xA3o realizadas oficinas diversas, anfiteatro, restaurante, observat\xC3\xB3rio astron\xC3\xB4mico, quadra poliesportiva, entre outras coisas. Teremos ainda a casa do mel, onde ser\xC3\xA3o ensinadas as t\xC3\xA9cnicas em apicultura, centro de viv\xC3\xAAncias e do conhecimento, e o n\xC3\xBAcleo de sa\xC3\xBAde com terapias naturais para preven\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o de doen\xC3\xA7as. \r\n\ Para alcan\xC3\xA7armos a meta de lixo zero ser\xC3\xA1 constru\xC3\xADdo um galp\xC3\xA3o de reciclagem para administrar o lixo da comunidade e do entorno. \r\n\ As crian\xC3\xA7as do Portal do Sol ter\xC3\xA3o uma escola onde pretendemos utilizar a Pedagogia 3000. Esta escola estar\xC3\xA1 aberta \xC3\xA0s crian\xC3\xA7as das cidades vizinhas.\r\n\ Todo o Projeto Portal do Sol est\xC3\xA1 sendo documentado para ser copiado em outros locais, com as adapta\xC3\xA7\xC3\xB5es necess\xC3\xA1rias. J\xC3\xA1 fizemos diversas parcerias, com o Grupo de Escoteiros da cidade, a UERGS, universidade local, Espa\xC3\xA7o Hol\xC3\xADstico Solar (medicina alternativa) e Pastoral da Sa\xC3\xBAde (fitoter\xC3\xA1picos). Atualmente j\xC3\xA1 temos um morador no local, utilizamos energias renov\xC3\xA1veis (e\xC3\xB3lica e fotovoltaica), a trilha do Tatu j\xC3\xA1 est\xC3\xA1 em funcionamento e temos um local para eventos para 72 pessoas sentadas, na forma de uma Geod\xC3\xA9sica e uma cozinha campeira. As visitas dever\xC3\xA3o ser agendadas pelo e-mail contato@portaldosol.org.br." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: "Associa\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o Ecol\xC3\xB3gica Portal do Sol" dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -67.859167 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Maine fax: physical_country: United States oid: 33fb8a76-7d7c-4a73-ac9f-38ebf24a5f13 latitude: 44.507856 id: 21748 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22178 physical_county: physical_city: Waterford mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Health and Wellness Cooperative focused on healthy mind, body, spirit, arts and permaculture.

From www.ic.org/directory/saba-cooperative/:

\r\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CSaba\xE2\x80\x9D is translated as \xE2\x80\x9Ctomorrow\xE2\x80\x9D in the tongue of the native Abenaki people and this intentional community is planned according to the needs of tomorrow: Wholistically creating peaceful, voluntary, sustainable alternatives to meeting human needs on physical, mental, spiritual and social levels. \r\n\ \r\n\ Saba is a social enterprise dedicated to assisting communities with integrating cooperative housing with complementary and alternative healthcare services as well as community education on permaculture, arts, and sustainable living practices. \r\n\ \r\n\ Saba's mission is to assist communities with goals to becoming ecologically and economically sustainable. Saba\xE2\x80\x99s projects include the utilization of local building materials and passive and active solar collection and storage systems for energy. Further, in this bioregion, a significant concern for structures is heat retention during the cold season. Saba's projects use the support of nature for this purpose using earth-sheltered structure designs for the community and living quarters, as well as in the design of greenhouses. Saba\xE2\x80\x99s goal is to promote harvesting and storage of rainwater through the use of specific drainage designs and water catchment systems as well as gray water recycling.\r\n\ \r\n\ Saba's mission is to assist with the development of sustainable food systems that meet the community\xE2\x80\x99s food needs while maintaining healthy ecosystems. Saba commits to the use of permaculture principles to promote regeneration of healthy ecological conditions not only for the current community, but for generations to come. Permaculture is based on working with, not against nature and promoting human dignity and health, animal welfare, social justice and environmental sustainability. The anticipated application of the permaculture design integrates local plants, edible forest gardening, pasture-paddock chicken raising, proper utilization of all potential waste products such as with composting, biologically diverse polyculture herb and vegetable gardens, and the utilization of natural patterns found in nature in the gardens, greenhouses, and structures." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Saba Cooperative at Seven Springs dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Alto Rio Farias physical_address1: Rua de Fatima grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -48.835425 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Santa Catarina fax: physical_country: Brazil oid: e334a7c3-7774-44f2-8c24-1df8490ae327 latitude: -27.478359 id: 21749 physical_zip: 88180-000 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22179 physical_county: physical_city: Antonio Carlos mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: biodiversity-freespirituality- vitalidade florestal- Multicultura-

From www.ic.org/directory/aldeia-arawikay/:

\r\n\ *Iniciativa de processos org\xC3\xA2nicos de desenvolvimento. Foco na liberdade para recriar a cultura rural.\r\n\ Voca\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o Multicultural. Uso de linguagens sens\xC3\xADveis, t\xC3\xA9cnicas, educativas, de cura, espiritualidade pr\xC3\xA1tica , lazer natural. Sistemas complement\xC3\xA1rios de trocas, trabalho social engajado. Voca\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o para as artes sens\xC3\xADveis e formas espiritualizadas (ecl\xC3\xA9ticas) de sentir a vida cotidiana.Biofilia e Resili\xC3\xAAncia.\r\n\ *Desenvolvimento de um Anel Ecol\xC3\xB3gico para novos eco-moradores com design para \"inter depend\xC3\xAAncia sustent\xC3\xA1vel\"\r\n\ *Ambiente florestal e pr\xC3\xB3prio para pequenos cultivos.* Registro de s\xC3\xADtio e de agricultor aberto a parcerias.\r\n\ Parceria de Arawikay e empreendimento \"Makaia Brasil\" (de produtos e servi\xC3\xA7os ecol\xC3\xB3gicos).\r\n\ *Privacidade, autonomia de integrantes como propostas de ampliar projetos comunit\xC3\xA1rios gerais vocacionados.\r\n\ *17 hectares formam um \"corredor natural\" nas montanhas de Mata Atl\xC3\xA2ntica. existe, esp\xC3\xA9cies selvagens de animais e \xC3\xA1guas de nascentes preservadas.\r\n\ *Agendas (Fixa e Movil) permite \"elei\xC3\xA7\xC3\xB5es\" de atividades. Visitantes optam por sugerir datas individuais ou vindo em grupo ou podem integrar-se a um evento espec\xC3\xADfico de grupo (mensal ou bimestral).\r\n\ *Cada visitante pode trazer o seu \"prop\xC3\xB3sito interno\" (algo que deseje transformar, vitalizar, curar,entender de sua vida) para ser introduzido durante as atividades de Arawikay.\r\n\ * Realizamos parcerias com l\xC3\xADderes de grupo em diversos temas enquanto tragam uma base de pessoas do seu grupo. \r\n\ *Nossa economia local aplica tamb\xC3\xA9m conceitos de Economia Solid\xC3\xA1ria, Comercio Justo, Sistemas de Trocas diversos.Podem se fazer interc\xC3\xA2mbios de estadias e participa\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o por servi\xC3\xA7os t\xC3\xA9cnicos espec\xC3\xADficos com experi\xC3\xAAncia.\r\n\ * Humor, observa\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o, auto- conhecimento, sentido de sil\xC3\xAAncio e a\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o engajada com atitudes cooperativas s\xC3\xA3o as bases da conviv\xC3\xAAncia cotidiana.\r\n\ Arawikay significa: \"Can\xC3\xA7\xC3\xA3o do Ser\". Bem vindos a unir-se!\r\n\
" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Bio Aldeia Arawikay dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Lentiourel grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 2.79977 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Aveyron fax: physical_country: France oid: 7c8d5f19-8366-4b66-a60d-1ab697f45e95 latitude: 43.987295 id: 21750 physical_zip: "12400" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22180 physical_county: physical_city: Saint-Affrique mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Permaculture in all aspects, self-transformation, arts, harmonic and microtonal music, helix zomes, creative autonomy, transmission

From www.ic.org/directory/oasis-de-lentiourel/:

Community in South Aveyron near Saint-Affrique (France) dedicated to the care of oneself, the people and the earth. We are responsible of a land of 35 hectares with a river, sources, fields, woods and a farm originally from the 11th century. Three associations have been created to organize activities in the Oasis : The residents association (AREL) takes care of the ecoconstructions and the lodging for the permanents and guests ; The "Joies sauvages" association works on the natural ressources, developping permaculture projects on the site and on the people's health ; The "Atelier d'Exploration Harmonique" brings together artistic /scientific /transmission projects on the site and outside.

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year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Oasis de Lentiourel dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: RR 2 Box 3363 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -154.847813 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Hawaii fax: physical_country: United States oid: 099f5f90-61c8-4057-bf2b-a50f3901f2cd latitude: 19.522148 id: 21753 physical_zip: "96778" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22183 physical_county: physical_city: Pahoa mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: \"one planet living\" , \"fair share ecofootprint\" creating health, peace and fair planet via lifestyle rather then rhetoric. Deep ecology. Utilizing solar photovoltaics, solar hot water, biking for transportation, gardening, fruit and nut orchard, black soldier fly composting, humanure composting, rainwater catchment, rocket stove/wood gasifier, coppicing nitrogen fixing trees for green manure, fodder, fuel, building materials, near zero waste, living simple so others can simply live. Lacto ovo vegetarians. 60 laying chickens, 12 goats, 1 dog, 5 cats. Entertainment playing music and dance.

From www.ic.org/directory/popai-hawaii-eco-beachfront-homesteadorganic-sustainable-farm/:

\r\n\ We are deep ecology, sustainable homestead that incorporates Organic, Sustainable, Permaculture, Regenerative Agroforestry, Agroecological principals in order to live within the means of the land. We live more simply so others (*human and other species\xE2\x80\x9D) can simply live. Popai has evolved into a sustainable living and educational project..I\xE2\x80\x99m an idealist and would like to live in a fair, sustainable, healthy planet where we are wise stewards and reawaken to our interdependency in the web of life, and the necessity of \xE2\x80\x9Ccare giving\xE2\x80\x9D/leaving/giving back . We seek to take only what we need and to live within the means of 3.5 acres available per person on the Earth, which is our Earth Fair Share amount of space to live within the carrying capacity of the biologically productive land and sea. Three acres provides just food, modest shelter and a small amount of energy to cook food, but not for transportation, eating meat, or for cash crops (coffee, tea, chocolate, tobacco, meat [or crops like soy and corn used to feed livestock], sugar, oil crops/palm/canola, cotton, flowers, monocropped forests/eucalyptus, biofuels for cars). I\xE2\x80\x99m not talking about the amount of acreage ones house is on but the space needed to manufacture all of their needs That means we have to live simply and only require 3.5 acres to provide all of our needs for food, fiber, fuel, fodder, fineries, fencing, fun, pharmacy, and shelter. In order to live fairly we have to practice \xE2\x80\x9Cwillful restraint\xE2\x80\x9D, lower our standard of living/consumption, stop the use of dirty inappropriate technologies, reduce our human populations, and reduce our land space requirements from e.g. 25 acres per person in the U.S. to 3.5. We are currently \xE2\x80\x9Csix planet living\xE2\x80\x9D when there is only one Earth, so in order to co create a fair, sustainable, and healthy planet we have to learn to live \xE2\x80\x9COne planet living\xE2\x80\x9D. Our industrial society is a planetary plaque, a cancer, with all of the social, medical and environmental ills (war, crime, drugs, terrorists, have/have nots, cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, Allergies, pollution of our soil, water and air, soil erosion, soil impoverishment, 6th wave of species extinction, 150 species going extinct daily, 35,000 people starving each day, etc.) and we accept, acquiesce, accommodate to the side effects of our rapacious, \xE2\x80\x9Ctaker\xE2\x80\x9D society, just like a frog who is placed in warm water and slowly brought up to a boil without a struggle.\r\n\
" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Popai Hawaii Eco Beachfront Homestead/Organic Sustainable Farm dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 47 Kimball Hill Rd. grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -72.083957 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: New Hampshire fax: physical_country: United States oid: ff534667-1525-494e-aeff-32c133a839d5 latitude: 43.718393 id: 21757 physical_zip: "03741" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22187 physical_county: physical_city: Canaan mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: We are an ecological living community/land trust and homeowners association. Part of our mission is to preserve 150 acres of mature woodlands owned in common on the hill overlooking Goose Pond and Moose Mountain.

From www.ic.org/directory/goose-pond-community/:

Beech Cobble Landowners Association was formed from other communes in 1973 to preserve a wooded private 232-acre site overlooking Goose Pond (a 625 acre lake located in rural Canaan, NH.) Householders own 10 to 25 acres, plus an undivided 1/6 share in 137 acres of common land. Decisions are made by consensus. There are now three households living on different sections of the land and three pieces for sale. We are actively looking for new members. We're located within half hour of Lebanon, Hanover, Dartmouth College, White River Junction, VT, Rts. 91 and 89, organic farms, and food coops. Although the area is full of culture, creativity, and conscious connection, our land is at the end of a woodsy gravel road. It has mature trees, rocky but fertile soil, some water and mountain views, lots of wildlife, loon calls, and a trail brings you to our lake frontage across from a wild park with wonderful places to swim and a boat put in. Appalachian Trail, skiing, and 16,000 preserved acres within 10 miles. We have cell phone and Internet access on MiFi. We're in our 50s-60s, two of us living an off-grid solar homesteading lifestyle. We seek others of all ages with similar and complementary goals, skills, and values. Interests include black smithing, writing, organic gardening, simple living, nature and environment, counseling, energy healing, drumming, and shamanism. We hope to attract flexible, healthy, aware, emotionally mature, sustainable living activists (pagans welcome!) who want to work, play, and live in a small loose community that uses consensus. You must be financially able to build or renovate after a process of getting to know each other, however land (and houses) available here are pretty affordable. We are in a no zoning town where alterntive building is easier than most places. Would love to share: some common gardens and a greenhouse, regular meals, meetings, community service projects, tasks such as wood gathering and splitting, permaculture, canning, stewarding the common land, path making, hiking, kayaking, building a cordwood sauna, trips to town, being active for a better world, fire circles, shamanic journeys, earth rituals/celebrations, plus resources such as wood splitter, truck, etc. FOR SALE: 1. 25 acres (3 acres open, rest wooded with lots of mature white pine for building), large post and beam house in need of extensive repair or salvage/tear down, plus workshop/garage, excellent artesian well, older septic, underground electric, driveway, possible to move another small house onto the land from next door, $70,000 or best offer, possible owner financing; 2. Wooded 20 acre, off-grid, south facing piece w/shared drive and artesian well, about $30,000; 3. Land in either piece could be subdivided once and sold to others acceptable to the community. Possible co-creation waiting.
year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Goose Pond Community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: P.O.Box 466 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -97.345536 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Texas fax: physical_country: United States oid: 0ae59646-3f69-42d6-b4c2-dae79b1dd239 latitude: 30.250065 id: 21758 physical_zip: "78621" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22188 physical_county: physical_city: Elgin mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Student centered education Sustainable living

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

Greenbriar is an intentional community on 170 wooded acres near Austin,Texas, whose focus is in supporting and sustaining Marsalom Inc. the non-profit, educational corporation that owns and operates Greenbriar School. The school was a part of the free school movement begun in the sixties. Fueled in part by the belief that we are all life long learners, that we learn best in a safe, supportive atmosphere, and that learning takes place everywhere, not just in a classroom, we have developed a dynamic, flexible, student centered curriculum and facility that is constantly changing to meet the needs of our students based on their current interests. Participation in community life is an integral part of the learning process. In many ways, life at Greenbriar is about simplicity and with the awareness that every action of ours today will influence the next generations. To that end, we strive to live more consciously, in our interactions with one another and with the world/environment around us. Greenbriar School does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. The land and all of the structures belong to the corporation.
year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Greenbriar dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Laburnum Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -124.4763976 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: fax: physical_country: Canada oid: 75a4aab9-fb39-4e33-937c-be2bdf992e6d latitude: 49.3505532 id: 21760 physical_zip: V9K 2J8 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22190 physical_county: physical_city: Qualicum Beach mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: To build a friendly and safe community that meets the social and private needs of all ages with a small ecological footprint and options for sustainability.

From www.ic.org/directory/valterra-village-ecohousing/:

At Valterra Village, we are creating a cohousing community on a semi-rural property in the town of Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island. The development intends to incorporate green building technologies within the typical pedestrian-friendly community of clustered homes and extensive common facilities.\r\n\ \r\n\ From the Valterra site, a pleasant 35 minute walk, mostly along an existing trail system through Town-owned land, brings one into the town core. It is also a mere 10 minute walk down Laburnum Road to the new Qualicum Beach Elementary School. The serene location is set amidst beautiful Crown land forests, Town-owned parkland, and a buffer of privately-owned land adjacent to Laburnum Road.\r\n\ \r\n\ To make the project more affordable and customizable, a proposal for two cohousing communities may be put forward. A multi-generational community of +/- 30 units would have spaces for all ages such as a tot lot and playroom, sound-proofed music room/teen space, craft room, mini gym, adult retreat, etc. This could be complimented by a community focused on empty nesters / seniors consisting of +/- 20 units with features geared towards \"aging in place\" including universal accessibility and a suite for a caregiver in the common house. \r\n\ \r\n\ The site affords plenty of room for the two communities, shared orchards and gardens. Combined with 13 acres of adjacent farmland, the result would be much like the two communities that make up Yarrow Ecovillage in the Fraser Valley. There, several families in Groundswell Cohousing have a live/work situation as they lease the 20 acre certified organic commercial farm alongside other residents of Yarrow http://www.yarrowecovillage.ca/.\r\n\ \r\n\ How involved individuals would be in the extensive lands outside of their actual community would be their choice. Some people are happy to participate in what cohousing offers in terms of social interaction at the heart of the community \xE2\x80\x93 the common house - while others are excited to extend that experience to include producing their own organic food in the community gardens.\r\n\ \r\n\ For a wealth of information about cohousing, including a video and slide show, visit the Canadian Cohousing Network at http://www.cohousing.ca/. Of special note is this video produced for the Belterra Cohousing Community on Bowen Island entitled \"What is a Home\" http://www.cohousing.org/node/1738. \r\n\ \r\n\ Please reply via email if you are interested in finding out more about this amazing opportunity to enter the housing market in Qualicum Beach with the lifestyle of cohousing at the helm." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Valterra Village eCohousing dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 13-3376 PAHOA-KALAPANA RD grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -154.942878 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Hawaii fax: physical_country: United States oid: 7202b0b0-c412-4aba-8fe2-aced5ec3ba01 latitude: 19.442713 id: 21762 physical_zip: "96778" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22192 physical_county: physical_city: PAHOA mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: The aloha spirit of unconditional love guides all community activities.

From www.ic.org/directory/mana-gardens/:

\r\n\ Mana is the Hawaiian word for divine power, the life force within all things. Mana Gardens LLC owns 89 acres of the last lowland rain forest in the United States. Stewardship by Miss Green over several years has won government funding for the LLC to plan a native forest restoration. The plan is to restore the native habitat for the resident native dragonflies, native snails, native honey-creepers, and Hawaiian hawks (which are members of a threatened species). The planned project should bring in Federal and State funding to create dozens of part-time jobs. Miss Green has received more than a hundred letters of support from local residents, educators, business leaders and a senator. All members will actively work together to create and steward a sustainable agricultural community. Miss Green cultivates and sells heart-shaped flamingo lilies that grow by the thousands in the forest. All activities are conducted with the aloha spirit of unconditional love.\r\n\ Temperatures range from 70-85\xC2\xBA F daytime and 60-70\xC2\xBA F nighttime. It rains almost every day, occasionally six inches per day. No need for any irrigation. Water supply is rain-catchment. County water is free 4 miles away. Miss Green cultivates many seasonal avocado trees and year-round herb and flower gardens. The Gardens gently slope at around 900 feet of elevation on the east rift zone of an active volcano. Walk, bicycle or roll 2 miles to Pahoa town with laundromat, stores and library. The Hilo international airport (ITO) is 22 miles away. Walk, bicycle or roll ten miles to the lava-warmed coastal waters for decent surfing and boating. Small-scale solar power and composting toilets are popular in the area. Internet and cell phone signals are good in certain spots and fair in others. New cell-phone towers are planned to meet the growing demand.\r\n\ Members and visitors may enjoy solitude, commune with nature, garden or work on a project. Projects are listed at http://www.green247.org including the online flower shop. The flower business has a zero-carbon footprint until the flowers leave the garden for delivery. A managing member in good standing has a voice at annual meetings and may develop two acres for private use. Loyalty is required to maintain governance rights in a limited liability company.\r\n\ New members are welcome to apply to join the limited liability company that owns the property. A maximum of 17 members will equally steward the LLC.\r\n\
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Mission: We function as an advanced wisdom school to train serious yogis and shamans in transformational skills. The school functions in an ashram, a residential community of dedicated healers and teachers. Around the ashram core an eco-village is being built, to serve those individuals and families with children who would like to receive the benefits of living near an ashram/wisdom school that is anchoring a cultural renaissance, without making as complete a commitment as do the core members of the spiritual order of Sat Yoga. The eco-village will one day host schools for children, an innovative university, clinics and spa, a hotel, and a retirement community with an elder care center/hospice as well. To all we offer a refuge of peace and higher vision in this time of global cataclysmic change, to accelerate the transformation of human consciousness and contribute to the creation of a new divine culture.

From www.ic.org/directory/sat-yoga-eco-village/:

We welcome women and men from every culture and religious background, of every shade of skin color, of all ages. The Sat Yoga Ashram is a community of paradox. We are preparing for off-grid living and radical change but we uphold the classical principles of beauty and high culture. We are a community based on ancient universal Dharma, including the principles of non-violence, truthfulness, friendship and synergy, yet always pouring the ancient wine of spiritual truth into new bottles for the delight of the postmodern consciousness. We value the arts and are developing new forms of music, drama, and philosophy. We process our wounds and conflicts in confidential transformational sessions. We grow our own organic vegetarian food and we are becoming self-sustaining. We often hold formal retreats and invite people from all over the world to participate. Some are accepted for longer term individual immersion retreats. We invite scholars and artists to come and spend time in residence and teach what they know as well as have time to create and heal their own wounds. We are creating a refuge for those who seek transcendence of the ego. If you feel called to join us, please attend a retreat and get to know us and this sacred land. There is an admission process and a period of orientation and trial to ensure you would feel at home here and that you share the vision and the way of life we offer. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Sat Yoga Ashram dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Michigan Ave. grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -85.179714 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Michigan fax: physical_country: United States oid: 412d8944-a3fe-4ec3-9444-9318da3f4149 latitude: 42.321152 id: 21765 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22195 physical_county: physical_city: Battle Creek mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: spirituality service sustainability

From www.ic.org/directory/st-isidore-community/:

Isidore the Laborer (1070-1130), was a beloved Christian saint, known for his love to the poor and to the animals. He is considered the patron saint of farmers, day laborers, and rural communities. Our goal at St Isidore is to live together in community, supporting each other along life's journey, finding ways we can serve and help others in need. Ideally we would share several meals together throughout the week, and have a little bit of time each day for daily prayer. We would like to start by buying a house in the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, with enough yard space to do some organic gardening. As of February, 2016, we are still looking for interested individuals. It would be great if we could get going either in 2017 or 2018. Please call or e-mail if you might be interested in joining. We look forward to hearing from you! You also might want to consider joining the Meet-up Group: http://www.meetup.com/Battle-Creek-Intentional-Community-St-Isidore/
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Mission: The basis of Taman Petanu is a deep commitment to preserve and enhance Bali\xE2\x80\x99s environmental, social, cultural and economic sustainability. It is being created to demonstrate a model for sustainable living and community empowerment that upholds the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, which balances our harmony with man, nature, and God or Universal Energy.

From www.ic.org/directory/taman-petanu-eco-neighborhood/:

The Taman Petanu Eco Neighborhood is a beautiful 1.5 Hectare property just 15 minutes south of Ubud, Bali. The founders came together and began to form the community vision in 2009. As of December 2015, construction on the common facilities has finished and half of members' homes are completed or under construction.\r\n\ \r\n\ The neighborhood includes 18 self-contained private plots, which are supported by a range of common access facilities including: centralized waste and wastewater treatment, permaculture landscaping, pool, playground, barbecue & gathering area, amphitheater and pavilion for workshops and events. When purchasing a lot, members also purchase a share in the common facilities proportional to their lot size.\r\n\ \r\n\ Please see our website for updated details on opportunities to purchase a lot or live in the neighborhood." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Taman Petanu Eco Neighborhood dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: PO Box 415 physical_address1: Bethlehem Farm grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -80.733302 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: West Virginia fax: physical_country: United States oid: 53835e9c-937a-484e-86e9-c289b19b3702 latitude: 37.709295 id: 21770 physical_zip: "24981" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22200 physical_county: physical_city: Talcott mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Bethlehem Farm is a Catholic community in Appalachia that transforms lives through service and the teaching of sustainable practices.

From www.ic.org/directory/bethlehem-farm/:

Bethlehem Farm is a Catholic community in Appalachia that transforms lives through serving with the local community and teaching sustainable practices. We invite volunteers to join us in living the Gospel cornerstones of community, service, prayer, and simplicity. Caretakers live and work in intentional Christian community year-round and provide service retreats for youth and adults through community service (primarily low-income home repair, but also including organic farming). Caretakers live out the four cornerstones of prayer, community, simplicity and service as members of the Summers, Monroe and Greenbrier county communities, while also fulfilling the various administrative roles that keep a nonprofit going. Opportunities include: rural Appalachian ministry, construction, home repair, retreat planning, youth ministry, office management, hospitality, gardening, and community building. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Bethlehem Farm dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 100.22775 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Yunnan Province fax: physical_country: China oid: 241858f3-1968-4558-bb24-ac392dd77027 latitude: 26.855047 id: 21771 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22201 physical_county: physical_city: Lijiang City mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: A. New Universal Values\r\n\ In our community, we have a harmonious relationship between people and nature. Everyone enjoy a simple and happy life here, the instances of crimes and fights are zero. Arguments, quarrels, and conflicts are very rare.\r\n\ \r\n\ This is because of the solid basis of the universal values we had built before the community was established. It was initiated and written by the founder Xuefeng, and since 2001, he has written more than 2500 articles with over 10 million words in Chinese. Before participating in setting up the community, all members are first resonating with the values, include the dream of creating a sustainable new life mode beyond the limits of countries, nationalities, religions, and races; and bringing people real happy, free, joyful, and blessed lives.\r\n\ \r\n\ So this values system and the common dream are the deep roots and energy source that motivates all members of the New Oasis for Life under all circumstances.\r\n\ \r\n\ The content of this Universal Values includes the origin of the universe, the origin of LIFE, the origin of human beings on earth, time, space, consciousness, the value, meaning and purpose of life and LIFE; the crises human beings are faced with, the nature of countries, political parties, religions, marriage and family; the non-material world, and the way of beautifying one\xE2\x80\x99s soul garden etc. It absorbs the wonderful wisdoms of human history such as those of Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Muhammad, and all wisdom essences of sages and saints from different civilizations and cultures.\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ B. New Life Mode\r\n\ \r\n\ We have created a new production and life mode. We share the income 100%, all resources are shared, everything belongs to the community, and there is no private property any more. Living, shelter, eating, clothes, transportation, aging, sickness, and death are all communal responsibilities, including nursing the elderly and educating the children.\r\n\ \r\n\ Everyone works efficiently for at least six hours one day, everyone is mostly responsible for one job, and tries to achieve it to a first-class level. People serve and treat each other equally. Paradise management is implemented here as we believe the best management is no management. There is no management teams or leaders, there is no constitution, laws, statutes, commandments, or dharma. Each branch has only one director, whose role is to arrange and coordinate the branch\xE2\x80\x99s daily production and activities. \r\n\ \r\n\ C. New Social System \r\n\ - One global government + university of universal values education + ecovillages lifestyle\r\n\ \r\n\ We have a bold vision: the earth will enter into a new age where human beings will grow up to a higher level of consciousness and create a brand new social mode. Countries, political parties, religions, and traditional families will no longer exist; wars, conflicts, fights, and crimes will disappear, and all resources will be shared among people on earth. There is no private ownership any more. There will be a global government responsible for the whole management of administrative affairs on the earth, since there is no countries, political parties, traditional families any more, leaders of the global government will be chosen from the most excellent persons who are totally selfless and fair. Besides, under the universal values, the essence of different nations and cultures will be integrated into a new human beings culture, and the earth will become a harmonious planet with diversity blossoming everywhere.

From www.ic.org/directory/new-oasis-for-life-the-second-home-of-lifechanyuan-the-1st-branch/:

Our community was established in April 2009 in Yunnan China by a group of people who held common universal values and the vision of creating a new life mode for human beings to sustain themselves on earth.\r\n\ \r\n\ Yunnan is a region that offers the best weather and rich natural resources in China. We set up three branches in two years and the community members rose from the original 20, up to 150. We did all the designing and construction, as well as raised all the funds by ourselves. After three years of construction, each branch became a very beautiful and harmonious environment with members living happily together, including 20 elder members and 14 children. We received visitors from more than 15 countries within two years." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: New Oasis For Life ( Lifechanyuan China 1) dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: 78, TPK Road, physical_address1: A-10, Varsha, Vasudhara Residential Enclave, grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 77.220442 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Tamilnadu fax: physical_country: India oid: 917ed6c3-4f64-49fc-8003-93a40972c578 latitude: 9.035816 id: 21774 physical_zip: "625003" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22204 physical_county: physical_city: Madurai mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Eco Village

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

ASB Valley is a unique sustainable village with situated under the ever green western ghats, blessed with Southwest & North east monsoon rains. It is already having established Coconut, Teak, Cashew-nut & Mango farm. It has abundant natural source of herbals & essential oil plants. We have natural streams/ falls and ponds. we have regular cultivation of paddy & pulses in addition to organic cultivation of vegetables.we invite like minded people for settlement.We are looking for people interested in Yoga, Meditation & Ayurvedic massage.
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Mission: Happy viable off-grid alternative to the culture of crazy, focussing on ecology, ethics, permaculture, awareness.

From www.ic.org/directory/maa-land-co-op/:

Happy 22th birthday Maa! congratulations to us :-) Maa is a rural land co-op, established in 1994, providing off-grid living on 88 acres of forested mountainside in the Bird Creek watershed on traditional Sinixt Territory. This unceded First Nations territory is also known as the West Kootenay region, near Nelson, BC, Canada. We are a diverse, healthy, vibrant community where we balance living independently with working and playing co-operatively. We value life on the land and strive to live mindfully and with ecological, social and spiritual integrity, recognizing that we each define these things for ourselves and that how we embody them is fluid and changes over time. At Maa, we collectively embody a working alternative to individual property through shared land ownership / stewardship and caring, co-operative community. Currently (summer 2016) there are 5 houses, with a sixth under construction, and 15 residents on the land (5 are children). The two youngest were born at Maa in January 2016 and August 2013, and the three others will turn three in February (twins) and May. There are two yurts on the land and we also have a tipi which we set up in the summer. We have a small amount of electricity available per house (8000 watts shared 6 ways = 1333 watts/house), which is generated by a micro-hydro system that we built and maintain ourselves. Bird Creek runs through the land and provides us with lovely drinking water, electricity, irrigation for the newly expanded co-op garden, and wonderful walking and meditation opportunities. Since 2012 we've been in a period of growth, with new people joining each year, bringing our total membership to 9 with an additional two people currently in their trial period. We still have associate memberships available, which means you would share an existing homesite. The process to become a member involves a 12-month trial period of living on the land and participating fully in the life of the co-op. There is walk-in access only during snow months. We have a great sledding run! We have no specific criteria for membership, but life at Maa works best for people who love the land itself, love living rurally / semi-isolated (especially in winter) and really want to be living in and contributing to community. It is great to have young families on the land; we are enjoying having a cohort of almost 3-year-olds and a new baby in the community. The land was originally purchased by a group of women; membership is now a mixture of genders and orientations. Being queer-friendly is essential. And for those who are wondering, Maa means land in Estonian.
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Mission: compact, car-free

From www.ic.org/directory/piscataquis-village-project/:

This proposal is to create a compact, car-free, village of 125 acres, on a site totaling 500 acres in southern Piscataquis County, Maine, USA. Development of the site would be guided by a set of zoning and building covenants specifically composed to create a space, as it is built out, to resemble traditional villages of Europe and early North America, in which foot or bicycle was the primary or sole method of transportation. This site would be declared a car-free zone. Motor vehicles would be parked at the perimeter of the development in a green belt of at least 375 acres, which would also be acquired as part of this project. The green belt, other than the area designated for vehicle parking, would also be a zone for allotment gardens, small scale agriculture, playing fields, outdoor recreation and park-like green space. In place of building ordinances, typical of most areas, which require setbacks from the edges of the lot, would be "zero-lot line" ordinances making for connected buildings with common walls that front directly on the sidewalk. Streets would be narrower and human scaled. Buildings would have a 4 story height limitation and be constructed in such a way as to create arcaded, covered sidewalks. Small squares or plazas would be set through the development, which would become neighborhood centers and meeting places. The site would be defined as a medium density, residential/mixed use development allowing an average density of 35 to 50 building lots per acre. Buildings, due to their close proximity to each other (typically town house /row house style), would be of masonry construction to meet a strict fire-proof standard. Ordinances typical of Maine towns requiring car parking spaces for businesses and residences would not be required, and commercial space on the ground floor of residences would be allowed and encouraged. Our vision is modest: to secure a site, obtain regulatory approval for a medium density/ mixed used development, map out a basic physical structure of streets, plazas and building lots, compose a set of building covenants appropriate to a human scaled, car-free settlement, and let it organically, incrementally evolve. Those people or groups of people that wish to pursue their own, various versions of the Good Life within the bounds of the Village are welcome. At present, we have "contingent investment" pledges from 42 households totaling $475,000.
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Mission: Artists community, experiential school, off-grid eco-village, appropriate technology development, alternative media production, resource network support

From www.ic.org/directory/metasofa-artists-community/:

Design and proposal for support of transcendent creativity...\r\n\ \r\n\ Cultural diversity with spiritual consciousness is essential - welcoming each other with respect, kindness, learning and understanding. This also includes people of all ages and abilities, and of any economic status.\r\n\ \r\n\ Living and working together in community is a spiritual practice, where co-operation means with each other... and with guidance from each person's inspiration (co-operation with spirit, as any artist knows), and then also verified by consensus among members of the community. Depending on viewpoint, there are no leaders, or everyone is a co-leader.\r\n\ \r\n\ Each person's time is equally valuable, by definition. Maximum 'free' time for healing & creative work. Minimal overhead of all types, including community meetings & chores.\r\n\ \r\n\ Ecological appropriate technology, and off-grid independence from conventional 'resources'.\r\n\ \r\n\ Proposed resident population of 10 to 50, including students, with additional capacity for hundreds of visitors during public events. Non-resident membership is limited by the size of the universe.\r\n\ \r\n\ Proposed community resources, projects, businesses - theatre & art gallery, restaurant & bakery, greenhouse, gardens & housing around the community.\r\n\ \r\n\ Proposed experiential 'non-school' open educational environment - including music/dance/theatre, media-art production, ecological & appropriate technology, holistic health...\r\n\ \r\n\ More about the community design - metasofa.org/community\r\n\ \r\n\ We're facilitating Tucson's community timebank - timebank.metasofa.org:81\r\n\ and the (international) Timebank Knowledge Commons Library - tbkc.metasofa.org:81\r\n\ \r\n\ For current projects and latest news, please see \xE2\x80\x93 metasofa.org/news" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: metasofa artists community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 2129 Crooked Creek Rd. grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -82.4545328 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: North Carolina fax: physical_country: United States oid: 4ed86df0-4e67-4de3-b9ca-219be27c424d latitude: 35.8704124 id: 21782 physical_zip: "28754" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22212 physical_county: physical_city: Mars Hill mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Mountain Meadows is a Green, Organic, & Sustainable community that listens to the land and fosters positive, fruitful, and conscious relationships. The beautiful new river rock and hardwood (70% comes from our land) Pavilion is a gathering place for spontaneous get-togethers and community events.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our Spirit\xE2\x80\xA6\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ Born in the spirit of cooperation and camraderie, Mountain Meadows is a Green, Organic, & Sustainable community with Common Area gardens and orchard plus an artfully designed Pavilion & Patio. Our caring and kind design \xE2\x80\x9Clistens to the land\xE2\x80\x9D while fostering positive, fruitful, and conscious relationships in a pastoral setting.Our Spirit\xE2\x80\xA6\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ Born in the spirit of cooperation and camaraderie, Mountain Meadows is a Green, Organic, & Sustainable community with Common Area gardens and orchard plus an artfully designed Pavilion & Patio. Our caring and kind design \xE2\x80\x9Clistens to the land\xE2\x80\x9D while fostering positive, fruitful, and conscious relationships in a pastoral setting.\r\n \r\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CWhen you have more than you need build a longer table \xE2\x80\x93 not a higher fence\xE2\x80\x9D (author unknown)

From www.ic.org/directory/asheville-mountain-meadows/:

\r\n\ \r\n\ Mountain Meadows on Crooked Creek is a Healthy Lifestyles community. We are Green, Organic, and Sustainably oriented and recognize the overarching value of positive human interaction in a welcoming and conscious environment. Enjoy the 5+ acre common area with organic vegetable areas by Crooked Creek and an organic orchard already in-place. Our new and beautiful Pavilion & Patio and grounds creates a warm surround for caring and kind interface, poetry readings, spiritual musings. yoga classes, drumming, musical events, potlucks, etc. Boulders, a game area with fire pit are ready and 200 xeriscape plants are being nurtured.Most importantly, many of us will enjoy spontaneous chat and a cup of java or tea around the fireplace, fire pit, or grill. The Pavilion also offers a small heated kitchen, bathroom, and outdoor and indoor games in a rich stone and wood Arts & Crafts setting near the entry. Come take a look at our community: 67% (21) of our 30 lots are SOLD but many pretty lots remain including 3 long-distance view lots that gaze toward the Mt. Pisgah range; and 3 homes will be started in the next 3 months. \r\n\ \r\n\ <25 minutes to downtown Asheville \xE2\x80\xA2 7 minutes to Mars Hill\r\n\ \r\n\ All 4 lane highway to Asheville except last 2 miles of State Road\xE2\x80\xA2 High-speed cable and all underground utilities \r\n\ \r\n\ High mountain air quality & south facing\xE2\x80\xA2 mountain water supply \xE2\x80\xA2 5 1/2 A Organic garden & poultry patch area, orchard, Pavilion & Patio with FP, Grill, Fire Pit, Games, Sustainable & Eco-friendly \xE2\x80\xA2 Heirloom seed bank initiated\r\n\ \r\n\ 1A-5A forest privacy \xE2\x80\xA2 Creek & Meadows\r\n\ \r\n\ GreenBuilt NC homes ...Small and beautiful homes encouraged\r\n\ \r\n\ See www.ashevillemountainmeadows.com for more info under the Menu items below. \r\n\ Home | Survey & Prices | Lot Info | Conscious & Sustainable | Community & Covenants\r\n\
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Mission: Sustainable Garden Community

From www.ic.org/directory/kins-domain-ringing-cedar-project/:

\r\n\ Ringing Cedar Project is a community of like minded individuals who are inspired by permaculture principle of gardening explained Sepp Holzer, and those who are interested in developing and nourishing vital cultural values as inspired by Vladimir Megre\xE2\x80\x99s vision.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are seeking active, passionate and motivated people to form a real life kin\xE2\x80\x99s domain settlement in British Columbia Region. Many people who join us are business people, so on sight job opportunities may be available. We are working together with one common goal in mind, to create bright prosperous future for many generations to come.\r\n\
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Mission: Earth Built * Sun Powered Eco Neighborhood in Sayulita, Mexico. We are committed to living closer to the natural world\xE2\x80\xA6in harmony with nature and more lightly on the earth using sustainable technologies.

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

In these times....It's time to do it differently...\r\n\ Stewarding a Refuge from the pace and patterns of business as usual... \r\n\ Practicing and Inspiring lighter footprints on the earth\r\n\ \r\n\ Earth Built * Sun Powered\r\n\ \r\n\ We are committed to living closer to the natural world\xE2\x80\xA6\r\n\ in harmony with nature and more lightly on the earth using sustainable technologies.\r\n\ \r\n SUN: solar power, solar hot water, solar clothes dryers(!)\r\n WIND: wind power, enhanced natural ventilation\r\n EARTH: Natural building techniques, organic gardening, permaculture\r\n WATER: Natural well water, gray water recycling, harvesting rainwater\r\n\ AND\xE2\x80\xA6more to enjoy:\r\n Ocean Views, Jungle Views, Pastoral Views\r\n Regularized Titled lots and,Titled community land\r\n Solar powered off grid well and 20,000 Liters community water storage\r\n Common Land: shared open space (almost 9,000 m2!) including organic farmland, food forest, jungle trails, meditation vistas\r\n Beautiful wooden 15m2 yoga deck on the highest ground and best view for all to enjoy.\r\n Superadobe Community Storage/Bodega 12m2\r\n\ \r\n\ We are an Eco-focused off-grid neighborhood set up co-housing style with private ownership of lots and common land co-owned via a Mexican Civil Association of which we are all members. We have beautiful land in Sayulita, Mexico, a fun, lively, small town north of Puerto Vallarta. We have a good well, solar system for pumping the water, water distributed to the lots, community water storage, roads ,trails, food forests, great sun for solar and already have 14 adults and 5 kids involved\xE2\x80\xA6It\xE2\x80\x99s happening! We have 6 lots left out of a total of 17. Seven houses have been built, 5 half of them with earthen building techniques such as Cob or Superadobe/Earthbag and local wood fired brick. The weather is fabulous, the skies are clear and blue most all year and there is great surf and swimming at the beach in Sayulita, a 20 minute walk or 5 min drive away.\r\n\ \r\n\ VISION: A community of neighbors where there is a shared interest and commitment to using less \r\n\ resources, producing less waste, producing our own renewable energy, and enjoying a more tranquil and \r\n\ sustainable life that enhances health and well being. We share land/open space that holds possibilities for \r\n\ growing food, gathering with friends, walking, sitting or practicing yoga in nature at a beautiful meditation \r\n\ vista. Our homes are modest sized, ideally built with natural materials such as compressed earth blocks, \r\n\ cobb, adobe, bamboo, etc, that are easier on the environment than more processed materials such as cement. \r\n\ We each have incorporated sustainable technologies such as photovoltaics, wind power, solar \r\n\ hot water heating, low impact development, grey water recycling, rainwater harvesting, composting toilets, \r\n\ etc. Living this way, perhaps we may be closer to the suggestion by Mahatma Gandhi to, \xE2\x80\x9CBe the change you \r\n\ wish to see in the world\xE2\x80\x9D. \r\n\ \r\n\ TONE: Smile!...It\xE2\x80\x99s Mexico! Let it go...Relax! Tranquilo! Find your gratitude and let it be known. Ask periodically, \xE2\x80\x9CHow can I do this with a lighter footprint?\xE2\x80\x9D Also, take the time to pause, breathe, sit in nature listen and let the sacred land speak to us.\r\n\ \r\n\ *The more shades of green the better!\r\n\ **Inspired by some of the Mexican culture of tolerance, we invite this quality to be central to giving respectful space to one's neighbors differences.\r\n\ *We have a community sacred space on the top of the land...a place for reverence of nature and meditation, yoga, etc.\r\n\ *Private International Green School and Public school nearby" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: TierraLuz dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 2680 Jewel Lake Rd. grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -118.6180768 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: British Columbia fax: physical_country: Canada oid: 806996ea-3350-4d66-8811-cca258b7f38b latitude: 49.1711953 id: 21785 physical_zip: V0H 1J0 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22215 physical_county: physical_city: Greenwood mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: An Agriculturally based Ecovillage

From www.ic.org/directory/jewel-creek-ecovillage/:

We are a family of 4 (Oliver, 33, Meike, 38, Emil, 5 and Eva 2), seeking connection to the land and community. We value sustainability and want to live a satisfying, healthy and creative life. We bought a piece of property with the intent of starting an organic farm and forming an ecovillage. We moved to Jewel Creek in May 2012, started renovating an existing log house and building our homestead. We would like to invite like-minded people in our age group (20s-40s) to inquire, help out, learn and perhaps join and create a wonderful interdependent community with us. THE PROPERTY: It's located only minutes north of Greenwood and only an hour from Osoyoos, 142 acres with Jewel Creek running through it as well as at least one artisian spring. It has great sun exposure, good top soil and is big enough for several families to live on self sufficiently. It has crown land on 3 sides and trails all around. Less than 2 km to Jewel Lake. OUR PLAN: We are planning to build a cluster of natural homes designed to minimize ecological disturbance and maximize use of the fertile, previously cleared areas for organic farming and gardening. We will use building material sourced from our land as much as possible. We are already producing our own solar power and are going to set up hydro systems. Grey water will be treated naturally and used for irrigation. Composting toilets will provide humanure for some gardens and plants. We would like to host workshops, retreats, and small festivals related to sustainability, music and the arts, We hope that this will not only be fun and social but also bring the community some income for improvements, bills and further development. We want to consume food that is produced locally, ideally on our own farm, but always sustainably. Our organic farm will supply residents and visitors with fresh, organic food; surplus can be sold on local farmer's markets (twice a week in Grand Forks), through the food co-op, through CSAs and to restaurants in the area. We would like to invite people to join who have some of the skills and experience in community living, natural building, establishing off-grid energy systems, permaculture, organic farming, educational programs and/or are simply and wonderfully handy, hardworking, hands-on folks. If you are an Anti-vaxxer, believe that the government is poisoning us with Chemtrails, very religious, a conspiracy theorist, a "Freeman on the land", anti-science, or the like... if this is you... you need not apply. This is a place for practical, hard working, rational, freethinkers who enjoy life, being active and healthy, believe in sustainability and that a green revolution is needed and feel it is better to be prepared for an uncertain future (as best as we can be) than to pretend like everything is ok and be totally unprepared. Please check out our posting online for more info!
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Mission: To create a learning center for all and build an ecovillage to support and care for the earth, each other and all her creatures.

From www.ic.org/directory/greenlife-ecoretreat/:

Do you want to live in community with others? Do you want to get out of the rat race and the city? This project needs funding from individuals to make it happen. This is a forming community. Do you have skills, time, $ to contribute to make this dream a reality. Lets build communication, community, build homes, an ecovillage, and share the experience. I am looking for 5-20 acres to have a community with natural homes that are off the grid. I want to create sustainability and revenue while providing a home with land to thrive. Let's create a Green Sustainable Educational Learning Center that incorporates an eco retreat offering massage & other healing modalities ie acupuncture, reiki, Yoga classes, Green Education, with the added aspects of a wood fired sauna and wood fired hot tub to host retreats. website at: www.greenretreat.com Let's envision the land that has multi-funcional uses to be a learning educational center and a rustic retreat for guests in nature and a home for us. The way to create revenue from living on the land: A Green Learning Center for teaching guests about Permaculture, sustainable farming, living off the land, cooking, canning, drying and cultivating plants and herbs. A rustic retreat for guests to relax in a wood fired sauna and snorkel hot tub with a solar shower. A natual spa with therapeutic massage, body wraps and salt scrubs offered daily. Daily well being classes of Yoga and Nia dance instruction offered twice daily. 3 gourmet vegetarian meals served daily. Overnight accommodations for guests in Earth cabins made from Cob, Straw bale, tree house, glamping tent, each with a nature theme. Workshops how to: Teaching green building i.e. cob, straw bale, tree house, tiny houses, etc. Permaculture Canning/Preserving/Drying Tinctures Mycology Herbal Salves Massage workshops for couples, pregnancy, infants Animals Solar Hydro-electric kayaking A Conference center for Workshops to rent for their students we offer the lodging, meals and spa services. Call if seriously looking to help formulate this community while building a life together and learning how to be sustainable and live off the grid! Audra 206-200-2888 We are open to ideas for creative funding. You could contribute, donate, invest or have a lifetime membership. We currently have monthly meetings that include creative fundraising, participating in fairs, learning how to communicate and co-create together. We have a website, business cards and a brochure for sharing our vision with others.
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Mission: Sustainable Community

From www.ic.org/directory/create-an-eden/:

Innovate, creative, motivated individuals looking to start off-the-grid sustainable eco-village in Upstate NY with in 2 hrs. of NYC focusing on permaculture design principles and green building techniques. Emphasis on individual privacy and community cooperation. Additional community land shared. We're looking for land now and getting in touch with future community members at this time. We are looking at land near a larger city or town, between 40-100 acres (or more if possible) mixed meadows and forest, stream. Projected 20-50 individuals or families. Allocation of acerage per family to make an individual homestead for growing food and building your home. Size and style of home as well as paying for your home is at your own discretion. Community organization will assist in finding affordable and sustainable housing options. Common land includes meadow shared for animals and orchards ie. I've looked at other intentional communities and I feel many of them lack natural beauty of design and lack incorporation with the natural environment. Ground rules will be decided in consensus with community members similar to a co-op community. Depending on the location chosen, houses would be as off-the-grid as possible, using passive solar design, natural building options and permaculture principles without sacraficing too many modern comforts and technology. Members with skills in green building and alternative energy technology are especially appreciated. The intention is to form a community of like-minded individuals who can offer a diversity of skills and backgrounds to create a society for the modern world. A place where abundant organic food is available, where we can live in harmony with nature as well as be able to reach our potential as human beings. Looking for land NOW. Be part of the process! Please email me with any questions and feel free to tell me about yourselves.
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Mission: create new eco-villages

From www.ic.org/directory/stardust-center-for-sustainability-and-community/:

Stardust Center Mission Statement To serve as a model of possibility. To educate, encourage and enable the pioneers of new Eco-Villages and Communities. To live as sustainably and harmoniously as possible and practical with each other and the planet. Currently in the planning stages for a crowdfunding campaign to buy land in Ecuador
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Mission: spread love and knowledge

From www.ic.org/directory/saraswati-ahimsa-vana/:

\r\n\ Welcome to Saraswati Ahimsa Vana\xE2\x80\xA6 a hidden paradise in the Amazon Jungle that words cannot describe. We are community followers of vedic principles starting up an organic farm and nature reserve to protect part of the Amazon rainforest and the animals within. Our goal is to teach our foreign visitors and Ecuadorian neighbours about simple living, high thinking.\r\n\ \r\n\ At the current moment we are reforesting 26 hectares (approximately 60 acres) of secondary rainforest with native plants and trees from the Amazon, returning natural feeding grounds to the hunted animals. We are in the process of forming a legitimate Ecuadorian foundation to offer a haven to the surrounding Amazon wildlife. \r\n\ \r\n\ VOLUNTEERING\r\n\ \r\n\ As a volunteer you\xE2\x80\x99ll have the opportunity to experience a different culture and different way of living based on Vedic Principles, with people who care about nature and ecology. Volunteers have the opportunity to help and learn about vegetarian cooking, permaculture, natural medicine, green building, yoga, meditation, philosophy, and will learn about working with conscious art and educational programs for children living in and around the community. You can also bring your creative energies to our workshops, make new friends and have the experience of a lifetime. \r\n\ \r\n\ On our volunteering program you will be able to participate in the following\xE2\x80\xA6\r\n\ \r\n\ Tropical Permaculture\r\n\ Composting\r\n\ Weeding\r\n\ Chocolate Making\r\n\ Yoga\r\n\ Mantra Meditation\r\n\ Ecological workshops with schools\r\n\ Vegetarian Cooking\r\n\
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Mission: Creating a fun, mutually beneficial, innovative, sustainable, resilient, exploratory, beautiful present and future with each other and the other lifeforms with which we share this amazing planet.

From www.ic.org/directory/transcendent-seeds-of-paradise/:

Transcendent Seeds of Paradise is an emerging eco-village and artistic community designed to facilitate sustainable, innovative, fun and inspiring ways of living and evolving. This endeavor aims to help individuals and communities transition away from the exploitive, consumptive, toxic, dominator, and self destructive relationships with each other and nature in which our culture and our species is currently entangled. This lifestyle will increase individual leisure time by reducing the need for monetary income while also providing optimal opportunities for a wide variety of social, recreational, creative, educational, technological, artistic and spiritual activities. Rather than an organization that only provides information, classes and workshops to help people transition towards a more sustainable lifestyle, this project will allow and encourage people to very easily actually experience and participate in these lifestyles, for as long as they like. Transcendent Seeds of Paradise endeavors will be geared towards local self reliance as well as building networks of supportive interdependence. Long term goals will be to create a network of eco-village/eco-communities/sanctuaries/eco-resorts that will be designed to maximize individual and community life enjoyment, fulfillment, health, self expression and self growth. This alliance will experiment, develop, practice, integrate, and teach ways of living which will help individuals and other communities to transition towards more sustainable, ecologically benevolent, healthy, creative, fun and beautiful ways of co-evolving. This community will also be a template and resource for a wide diversity of innovative lifeways that will provide a safety net to enable individuals, families, communities, cultures and countries to survive through various upcoming ecological, economical, political, and cultural challenges and changes.
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Mission: Our vision is a thriving, caring community which celebrates our connection with the earth and with each other.

From www.ic.org/directory/tasman-ecovillage/:

Overlooking Parsons Bay in Nubeena, on the stunningly beautiful Tasman Peninsula, our 23 acre property is being transformed into a modern, sustainable and affordable community. We are re-purposing a 70s motel and are fortunate to have inherited several lovely community spaces - a large kitchen, common room, spa and sauna, tennis courts and bbq area. The land is undulating with diverse natural features. \r\n\ Just an hour and a quarter from Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, we are surrounded by beaches, forest and magnificent scenery. We are five minutes walk from the centre of Nubeena, where there are many services: district school to year 10, police and emergency services, doctor, chemist, post office, two supermarkets and a tavern. \r\n\ We have a vision of a way of life that - \r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\t affirms our understanding that we are an integral part of nature, respects all beings, and treads more lightly on the Earth,\r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F \tacknowledges the traditional custodians of the land and the rich diversity of our own ancestral histories,\r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tis resilient and able to adapt to a changing world,\r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tis sustainable ecologically, socially and economically, \r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tis developing efficient, sustainable and locally-based systems for food, water and energy,\r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tis cooperative and mutually supportive,\r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\thas decision-making and group processes which promote harmony,\r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tencourages a focus on relationship and inner peace, \r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tprovides a safe, loving environment where everyone flourishes and is nurtured, \r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tis a vibrant hub of community arts and crafts, \r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tis fully engaged with the larger community of which it is a part, and\r\n\ \xE2\x97\x8F\tis a place of healing, training and education" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Tasman Ecovillage dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -112.8451364 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Alberta fax: physical_country: Canada oid: 3fd7c10b-846c-4804-8995-7e9c90a5c310 latitude: 49.6955856 id: 21797 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22227 physical_county: physical_city: Lethbridge mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Presently we are focused on promoting our missions through various means; workshops, special events and our annual AppleFest!, held for the last 3 years in the city. Our sub-groups target local sustainable food production, ecovillage building and alternate economy. While we have undergone changes over time our central focus is still about creating local & sustainable community.

From www.ic.org/directory/lethbridge-ecovillage/:

The Lethbridge Sustainable Living Association is a non-profit society whose missions are to assist and create local sustainable food production, promote transition to a fossil-free energy society, help create natural affordable housing and to eventually build an ecovillage in or around Lethbridge, Alberta. Please contact the administrator for more details and to stay informed about our upcoming meetings. Contact Gilles Leclair: 403-593-2030
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Mission: liveable cities

From www.ic.org/directory/christie-walk/:

Urban Ecology Australia (UEA)is a non-profit, community-based organisation, promoting people-and-nature-friendly urban settlements. Ecological Cities. The eco-village associated with UEA is known as Christie Walk An eco-city is a city in balance with nature. We can make eco-cities here and now by incorporating energy and water conservation features in buildings, industry and transport, and by cultivating natural ecosystems and human communities in urban public spaces. Christie Walk is a medium density housing development located in downtown Adelaide which combines many ecologically sustainable and community enhancing features. It was initiated by UEA and serves as a demonstration site to show how cities could be built.
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Mission: Through cooperation, peace and the natural world we can realize our genuine purpose as the caretakers of the planet. Our community is dedicated to the using appropriate ecological technology, natural materials, harnessing the energy of nature, and benefiting from its gifts. Our focus as a group is on ecosystem services, their protection, development and sharing for ourselves and future generations to come.

From www.ic.org/directory/ekobius-ecology-crossroads/:

Come live in the Upper Amazon and Orinoco Mountains, on the Guiana Shield where it all began! \r\n\ \r\n\ It took us several years to find the right property and have overcome the invisible socio political factions that mysteriously exist trying to prevent our Indie-pendent Ideals. \"Now our property is finally paid off and we can begin moving in\" David Wright, Project Coordinator.\r\n\ \r\n\ In May 2013 we entered into a contract to purchase property at the frontier edge where the Amazon Rainforest meets the Guiana Highlands, locally they call it Guayana, we call it the Amazon Highlands. We started using Ekobius (Ecology-By-Us) to describe the special niche ecosystem and area where we live and are building a prototype model ecological village based on open-source ideals. This is deep ecology and nature at its best!\r\n\ \r\n\ As of October 2018 we are beginning a reformation ecovillage, installing our own idealist eco-permaculture and sustainable intentional community! For the first time since we began planning and purchase in 2013, the property can now be occupied and has finally been prepared well-enough to accommodate visitors and begin the development of our modern example eco-community.\r\n\ \r\n\ Located in Venezuela's Northern Amazon; literally, at the 'End of the Road.' our property is the absolute last property that can be inhabited permanently by other than traditional indigenous peoples before entering a protected land area of 650,000 square kilometers full of indigenous reservations, natural monuments, national parks and biosphere reserves. Cross the river behind our property and the next contact with civilization you will find is a 100 day hike due south to the Amazon River or due east to Mt. Roraima and the Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil border. \r\n\ \r\n\ We are 33 kilometers (20 miles) from the capital of the state of Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho, which is in the Atures municipal district. Our ecovillage is located on an asphalt connector road with the capital, we are located between the local community of La Culebra and the indigenous community called Gavilan at Kilometer 24 on Via Gavilan. Public bus transit is available within 10 kilometers of our property. The front of our property has 800 m of road frontage and nearly 2 km of frontage on the Cata\xC3\xB1iapo River.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our project is owned and operated by the Ekobius International (an International Cooperative) who are the member residents of our eco-village (ecovillage) development. The property, its infrastructure, and its buildings are wholly owned and controlled by the cooperative under express indefinite permission with the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. \r\n\ \r\n\ Anyone can become a member of Ekobius by investing in the socio-productive cooperative, anyone can further become a resident of our intentional community (ecovillage) and work in the cooperative by joining the cooperative and visiting us with a backpack or a suitcase.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are seeking open minded people that consider themselves free and liberated of capitalism and the mainstream society. We are unifying ourselves differently than most communities because our common bond is not religious or political, spiritualist or governmental; our ideals are based on indigenous knowledge, enhancing nature and fostering the earth's ecology, instead of exploiting it. We are developing as a small ecological community dedicated to sustainable development and the enhancement of our natural environments. Taking care of the planet that takes care of us. \r\n\ \r\n\ Resident members can work in agroforestry, permaculture, teaching ecology, growing medicinal plants, making artisan products, developing handicrafts and through the social production of ecosystem services and non-wood forest resources through specialized educational development projects sponsored by international patrons in the Guiana Highlands and Northern Amazon regions. \r\n\ \r\n\ We embrace barter and the Pachamama (Mother Earth or Gaia) if that is considered a religious faith.\r\n\ \r\n\ Resident cooperators are paid for their individual work production and cooperatively through the net production of the coop as well. The cooperative ownership assures fair trade practices. \r\n\ \r\n\ Our project is beginning with a property that has a common kitchen building, a four room lodge, a 5 stall bath house, several concrete foundations and 2 chicken coups." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Ekobius Ecovillage (Ecology Crossroads) dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: C/ Ecoaldea,1 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -3.46509 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Madrid fax: physical_country: Spain oid: b836cdaa-11ec-4d1e-9feb-fb9d63aeef3f latitude: 40.76388 id: 21803 physical_zip: "28170" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22233 physical_county: physical_city: Valdepielagos (Madrid) mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Vida en armon\xC3\xADa con naturaleza

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

\r\n\ Ecoaldea donde vivimos 30 familias, con economias separadas. Hacemos teatro para la infancia, clases de yoga, consultoria de impactos ambientales, informatica, etc.\r\n\ Tenemos diversas comisiones, social, consumo responsable, jardineria, etc.\r\n\ Hacemos comidas y d\xC3\xADas de trabajo comunitario.\r\n\ Tenemos muy buena relacion con la poblaci\xC3\xB3n local.\r\n\ \r\n\ ***English translation added by FIC using Google Translate***\r\n\ \r\n\ Ecovillage where 30 families live, with separate economies. We make theater for children, yoga classes, environmental impact consulting, information technology.\r\n\ We have various committees, social, responsible consumption, gardening, etc..\r\n\ We make meals and days of community service.\r\n\ We have very good relationship with the local population.\r\n\
" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Valdepielagos dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Sadhana Forest grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 79.7766053 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Tamil Nadu fax: physical_country: India oid: d5d7dd73-248c-4aaf-96d6-bee61d025cc0 latitude: 11.9806991 id: 21805 physical_zip: "605101" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22235 physical_county: physical_city: Auroville mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Reforestation, personal growth and water conservation.

From www.ic.org/directory/sadhana-forest/:

Our main project is the reforestation of 70 acres of severely eroded land. We are working to re- create the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest indigenous to our area. This forest type is found only in Southern India and Sri Lanka and provides a rare biological richness due to its very high species abundance (over 1000 species of trees, shrubbery and liana). The Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest is now close to total extinction as only 0.01% survives. This is a last moment effort to keep this very rich and beautiful forest on earth. As part of our reforestation effort we are also working on water conservation and soil management.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our projects include the work with local children, hosting many groups of people interested in conservation, the UniverCity of Compassion and an animal sanctuary where we care for rescued animals.\r\n\ \r\n\ We practice an eco-friendly way of life including veganism, alternative construction, solar energy, biodegradable toiletries, and compost toilets\r\n\ .\r\n\ Volunteers mainly plant, mulch, and water trees during the season, work on water conservation in the forest and around the community, cook, clean, maintain the community area, and spend time with local and community kids.\r\n\ \r\n\ Free facilities for volunteers include a small swimming pool, free 24/7 unlimited access to the Internet with your own device, four hours each day of AC power to charge electrical equipment, a small collection of books, the use of several bicycles, and a playground for children. There are also daily workshops offered that are run by our volunteers and vary each week and can be anything from yoga, to Capoeira, to non-violent communication, to arts and crafts, and much much more!\r\n\ \r\n\ Food and accommodation:\r\n\ - All meals (vegan) provided\r\n\ - Accommodation provided\r\n\ Accommodation for volunteers is in exchange for a 25 hour work week, 5 hours a day, 5 days a week.\r\n\ \r\n\ This is a nonprofit ecological project that does not generate any income. Therefore, we cannot provide free food for volunteers. We have communal vegan organic meals. We all equally share the cost of the organic food ingredients we purchase. The total cost of food per person (including 3 meals a day) is 500 Indian Rupees per day (just under $8 USD).\r\n\ \r\n\ This is a 100% vegan environment, so we ask volunteers not to bring or eat any non-vegan food in the forest. A vegan is a person who does not consume any animal products as food. Vegans do not eat meat, fish, eggs, dairy (milk) products, honey, or any other animal products. As vegans we aim to reduce animal suffering, move towards a more sustainable and rational use of land resources, and\r\n\ reduce the high level of \xE2\x80\x9Cgreenhouse gases\xE2\x80\x9D produced by vast numbers of farm animals." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Sadhana Forest dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 31060 Cottage Hill Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -75.7862429 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: New York fax: physical_country: United States oid: 7f8adcb4-6f90-413f-89e3-a5e7baeec262 latitude: 44.3243333 id: 21809 physical_zip: "13679" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22239 physical_county: physical_city: Redwood mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Education, Art, Sustainability

From www.ic.org/directory/better-farm/:

Better Farm is a sustainability education center, artist colony, and organic farm set on 65 acres in the foothills of the Adirondacks and just 10 miles from the Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence Seaway, and Canadian border. The farm's name comes from the Better Theory\xE2\x80\x94a belief that every experience brings with it an opportunity for exponential personal growth. \r\n\ \r\n\ Through educational programming, artist residencies, gallery showings and events, and an ongoing commitment to sustainable living and community outreach, we strive to apply the Better Theory to all our endeavors while offering the curious an opportunity to expand, grow, and flourish.\r\n\ \r\n\ Better Farm is also home to betterArts, a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to increase access to the arts through free and low-cost artist residencies, community outreach, performances, gallery openings, festivals, private instruction, and more. The betterArts residency program seeks to provide an opportunity for creative exploration and growth to artists, writers, and musicians within the context of Better Farm's dynamic environment. Residencies are for two weeks, three weeks, or month-long periods. The standards for admission are talent, a clear project proposal, a desire to live and work at Better Farm, and a willingness to have a go at the Better Theory. See www.betterarts.org/residencies for more information.\r\n\ \r\n\ Better Farm\xE2\x80\x99s Sustainability Education Program runs in one- to three-month intervals and is available to individuals interested in a myriad of sustainability issues. Individuals are given daily chores, readings, and projects to work on, and are embedded from Day One in the local community. Those accepted to the program may visit us during the work week, or stay on-site ($500/month stipend covers food, utilities, and materials): Visit www.betterfarm.org/sustainability-internship for more information." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Better Farm dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 7915 Upper Ridge Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -122.2334664 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Washington fax: physical_country: United States oid: 8af59a10-85d2-4b51-90b1-d79eb66fc2c6 latitude: 47.9417388 id: 21813 physical_zip: "98203" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22243 physical_county: physical_city: Everett mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Environmentally Friendly

From www.ic.org/directory/upper-ridge-cottages/:

Hello, my name is Judy Lowell and I am creating an intentional community of folks who are looking for something more in life. Chuck, my partner, and I live on one of the few remaining 2 acre parcels in the area and plan to build six custom 1,200 sq ft, two story exceptionally designed small cottage-like healthy homes. Upper Ridge Cottages will be a cooperative community of like minded people who are environmentally progressive, enjoy walking through the woods, sharing the organic garden with their neighbors and being stewards of the forest and wooded wetlands. We are looking for interested people to invest in the future and share the adventure. Enjoy your visit. Imagine. For more info: call 425-353-8150 and ask for Chuck or Judy Check our website www.upperridgecottages.com Background Here is some background on how this project began and our vision for the creation of an intentional community which is Upper Ridge Cottages. My name is Judy Lowell and I have lived at the site for over 35 years. I live with my partner Chuck Webster, who recently retired. I am a Special Education teacher, former board President of the local food cooperative and active Audubon member. Chuck and I have a different vision for this property than the usual boring box-like spec homes built on land that has been stripped of vegetation. We wanted to ensure that when we are gone that wouldn't happen to the land that has become part of who we are. In 2006, a friend gave us an article about the The Tree House Neighborhood, small green homes being built in Port Townsend, WA. When we saw a few pictures of the homes we knew they were precisely what we had been searching for to build on our land. Designs that were simple and functional as well as charming and nothing exactly like we had seen anywhere. We arranged to travel to Port Townsend to meet with the architect, Richard Berg, and tour the homes. To our delight, Richard agreed to design the site plan and modify the existing drawings to our specific needs. The owners of the built homes were extremely gracious to allow us to visit them, take photos, pick their brains and bring prospective buyers to see what the actual homes will look like. Over the next 18 months we had the surveys, soil samples, and the Environmental Impact Report completed on our one acre of wooded wetlands. We had a local civil engineering firm (Insight Engineering) create a design that would incorporate the wooded wetlands into a storm water management plan. We will be using the latest in Low Impact Development technology which will result in a comprehensive storm water management system using rain gardens and 1000 gallon storm water catchment systems for each home. We had a successful Public Hearing in January 2008 and the commissioner gave us the go ahead on Upper Ridge Cottages. We were all ready to submit our drawings for the building permits when the financial crisis struck. Two years later we are gearing up to get our project moving again. Chuck and I are committed to the environment, using sustainable materials, low impact development, energy efficiency and small homes. These homes will meet and exceed built green standards but just as important they will form a community. The Upper Ridge Cottages homes were designed for efficiency. They will use fewer resources to build, be cheaper to heat and less costly to maintain. We plan to buy materials locally if possible and hire from the community we live in. Chuck and I will become the 7th home in Upper Ridge Cottages and will continue to live in our 1930's country rambler on the property. www.upperridgecottages.com
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Mission: Sustainable permaculture. Independent people working together in an alternative family that will grow to community.

From www.ic.org/directory/you-name-it-sustainable/:

This is a re-forming community based on sustainable housing and permaculture with a specific interest in education, sustainability, resilience, larger community involvement and showing the world that it can be done better, more efficiently and more happily a different way. Independent people, working together. Please contact us for any information, to get interested/involved or to provide valuable insight into something you've already tried! June 2011: Bought the land! 14+ Acres near Fulton, IL. 60 Year old berm house, dilapidated out buildings, 2 huge greenhouses and 3 cats. Moved in and started planting trees. 2012: Started up the greenhouses and hosted a dozen WWOOFers to support a small CSA. Started retro-fit of existing house to an Earthship home. Chickens adopted. Fruit trees, bramble and bush berries, figs, kiwis and grapes planted. 2015: Addition of fruit and nut crops. Added 8 acres of partially wooded habitat and hammock spots. 2016: Asian pears, peaches, apricots and plums. 2018: Three retired goats for brush removal and to teach us and the new farm dog. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Mooncat dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: RR2 Box 4523 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -155.0483131 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Hawaii fax: physical_country: United States oid: a3470110-483c-4900-8609-09ce8d9403db latitude: 19.4095008 id: 21819 physical_zip: "96778" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22249 physical_county: physical_city: Seaview Estate, Pahoa, Puna, Big Island mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: To caretake the land, in the spirit of cooperation, while aspiring towards greater environmental sustainability.

From www.ic.org/directory/bellyacres-artistic-ecovillage/:

We purchased our 12 acre kipuka \xE2\x80\x9Cisland of trees\xE2\x80\x9D in 1987. There are 35 founding members (mostly jugglers and performing artists) from 8 different countries, who met at one of the 19 Hawaiian Juggling festivals. We loved the Big Island of Hawaii enough to decide to live or visit here regularly and organized ourselves to establish a permanent home and performing arts center. \r\n\ We bought an abandoned jungle homestead that was overrun by vines and weed trees. Since 1987 we have worked thousands of hours on the land, and have turned a slice of raw jungle into a tropical paradise. Almost all of the work has been done voluntarily and with love. \r\n\ \r\n\ Bellyacres has seven houses and 3 cabins for staff, faculty and interns. Typically we are about 20 adults and 6 kids plus 1 or 2 visiting work exchange folks. Our lives are integrated with several of our neighboring families.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our organic homestead is focused on exploring location appropriate sustainable agriculture practices. Seasonal crops include, coconuts, breadfruit, mangoes, papayas, avocadoes, bananas, many citrus, soursop, jack fruit, lychee, rambutan, berries, passionfruit and guava. Our greenhouse has the potential to grow a variety of conventional temperate climate vegetables, though they are mostly inappropriate for our location. We get all of our electricity from solar panels. Our water is collected from roof catchment systems and stored in tanks. \r\n\ \r\n\ For nearly 20 years we organized a traveling circus (HICCUP -Hawaii Island Community Circus) providing weekly performance arts classes throughout Hawaii in schools and in rural communities, plus presenting a range of community performances and circus training camps. Due to the success of these activities we raised funds to build our own community performance arts center. Our SPACE facility opened in November 2007 and has changed the focus of our work. We host a small charter school, an after school circus program and some adult performance arts classes.\r\n\ \r\n\ Despite our jungle location, we have a well-equipped and cozy communal kitchen with electricity, telephone, free mainland calls, high speed internet, library, hot showers, refrigerators and flush toilets." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Bellyacres - Artistic Ecovillage dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -83.5233036 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Osa, Puntarenas fax: physical_country: Costa Rica oid: 387cb63c-8fda-4c4b-aa57-1122b9d0304b latitude: 8.9680637 id: 21823 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22253 physical_county: physical_city: Ciudad Cortes mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Live A Sustainable Lifestyle

From www.ic.org/directory/osa-mountain-village/:

We are a sustainable resort community located in the Southern Pacific Zone of Costa Rica. Visit our website today to learn more about our community. Construction began on April 18th, 2010 and we are way ahead of schedule. We utilize many principles in our gardens to produce organic produce. We have an excellent volunteer program. Learn more about our community today. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Osa Mountain Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 1219 Belmont Rd. grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -64.0571959 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Nova Scotia fax: physical_country: Canada oid: dcf3ac3c-7587-440a-90b1-ea6f95d61cea latitude: 45.0185229 id: 21827 physical_zip: B0N2A0 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22257 physical_county: physical_city: RR2 Newport mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Integral permaculture practice/ demonstration site. To grow as much of our own food as possible as well as surplus cash crops for farmer's market. To conduct extended permaculture courses via internships as well as workshops. To remain small scale, always putting quality before quantity.

From www.ic.org/directory/motheroak-permaculture-coop/:

We are a permaculture teaching centre/ organic market garden farm. The objective is a community with 4-8 people--and that remains flexible. The vision is to live lightly on the earth, with compassion for oneself and others, and to cultivate a sense of sanity and humor. By sanity we mean basic common sense without ego as reference point, understanding how things/ the world works, and always seeking a deep understanding of people and things. We are located in rural Nova Scotia, on a beautiful hilltop that has been lately transformed by permaculture design. Our 25 acres is contiguous with another 80 that surrounds us on three sides, and is closely connected through family. Our market garden is about 2-3 acres, and we sell direct at a farmers market. We keep livestock: milk goats, poultry, a workhorse, and sometimes beef animals. We are spiritual though not religious, as is commonly said these days. Though a buddhist myself, i would say that "integral life practice" more essentially describes what we aspire to. Mindfulness in daily living, a sense of compassion and joy, and not taking oneself (or others) too seriously. We are definitely keen on peak oil, climate change, and economic meltdown. Our permaculture design has more or less put us on the "lifeboat" option of responses, though we by no means are isolationist. We are inviting a few good people to join us. Integrity, humor, openness, common sense, a few skills, gentleness, and a willingness to try something different. I suppose our commitment to permaculture ethics makes us radical; so that too. And a willingness to contribute to the work of living on a farm, whether you farm or not--which is optional. The cost of joining is negotiable, and we remain open to creative possibilities. What's really important is shared values, a willingness to cooperate and contribute, honesty and openness, and a flexible, somewhat lighthearted attitude--not so attached to outcomes to the point of distraction. Some spanish and italian spoken here too. Please contact us if you are interested, and we can begin a correspondence. Thanks & cheerio. As of October 2012 we are looking particularly for a youngish couple who would like to live and work here--with the financial aspect being very negotiable. There are many possibilities, but one that we'd kind of like to stick to is a minimum time commitment of say, two years. If this interests you please see the "Consider joining us page on our website. Thanks!
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Mission: homestead wildlands preserve

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

HEARTLAND is a land cooperative of 10 leaseholds on 800 acres in northern California. We have been here for over 30 years. Our purpose is to create and maintain a place for us to live in harmony with each other and the land, most of which is to be left wild. . We are located in Mendocino County, CA, a few miles west of Hwy 101, two hours north of San Francisco and about 25 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. Our elevation ranges mostly between 1000 to 1700 feet and we are in zone 8B - 9A. There are panoramic views of the Ukiah Valley to the east, and more hills to the west. The vegetation includes native and introduced grasses, oak & madrone trees and forest, and some patches of fir forest and chaparral. Many animal species share this land. There are a number of seasonal creeks/streams and we have developed several ponds and year around springs. . We are off-grid and committed to minimizing our fossil fuel consumption, using renewable energy - mostly sun, but also wind, methane, and hydro. Several of us are engaged in permaculture design. . Heartland, Inc. is a California S-corporation with ten shares . . . one share per leasehold. Each of the ten shares/leaseholds is represented on the Board of Directors (BOD), which meets at least twice per year. Other community meetings and committee meetings occur more frequently. The majority of the work necessary to develop and maintain both the land and the corporation is done by us. We have paid off the land in full, developed the roads, phone and water systems, and built the homes on the land. We prefer to make decisions by consensus, resorting to democratic voting when the former is unachievable. . Each leasehold is comprised of 10 acres for development by the shareholder/lessee and their household within the guidelines we have collectively established. Some of us have lived here for over 30 years and some do not yet live on the land. These leaseholds are scattered across the 800 acres, leaving 700 acres of land which is not for development though can be used for hiking and horseback riding. . We currently have a share/lease-site available to an individual, family, or group. There are also openings for individuals in some of the established leaseholds. Contact us for more information. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Heartland dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: P.O. Box 3824 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -82.537412 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Florida fax: physical_country: United States oid: 10b2f404-6963-495d-8c3f-ef89ec29a265 latitude: 27.3350021 id: 21833 physical_zip: "34230" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22263 physical_county: physical_city: Sarasota mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: MISSION: To create off-the-grid, eco-friendly, sustainable, and conscious communities that provide a safe and harmonious lifestyle for those who choose to live their lives based on natural and universal laws. To create a community model that is both revolutionary and evolutionary in the world of long-term sustainability.

From www.ic.org/directory/project-tristar/:

Project TriStar is an off-the-grid, eco-friendly, sustainable, and spiritual community that provides a safe and harmonious lifestyle for those who choose to live their lives based on natural and universal laws.\r\n\ \r\n\ The intent of the Project TriStar initiative is to create a lifestyle and an environment that supports the community goals of self sufficiency, healthy living, mutual respect, individual responsibility, and personal growth.\r\n\ \r\n\ There are those who may say that Project TriStar is an attempt at creating a utopian, idealistic, and totally unachievable community model. The truth is that the ability to manifest or achieve any goal in life is based on experiential knowledge (education), understanding (perception), and beliefs.\r\n\ \r\n\ Imagine the world we live in today. On one extreme, we have communities that are violent, destructive, and at constant war with one another. On the other extreme, we have communities that are supportive, harmonious, and at constant peace with one another. Every other social structure, community, town, city, state, country is somewhere in between these two extremes. In other words, to say the Project TriStar initiative is unattainable is simply a perception of what we believe is or is not possible based on our experiential knowledge.\r\n\ \r\n\ Project TriStar is not an Ashram or monastery, but it is unique from what most people would perceive as \xE2\x80\x9Ccommunity\xE2\x80\x9D based on present day socioeconomic standards. The Project TriStar initiative is to bridge the gap between the physical world and the spiritual world in a way that harmonizes with the growing internal desire and seeking for a better way of living on planet Earth. In essence, Project TriStar provides a realistic and attainable alternative to living in the social and economic structures that are commonly practiced throughout the world today.\r\n\ \r\n\ The Project TriStar community embraces spiritual principles that include: decisions that are prioritized with their impact on nature, natural resources, and universal laws. Every member of the community acknowledges the goals of living from their heart, in harmony with these principles and each other, and with a passion towards service to others.\r\n\ \r\n\ " year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Project TriStar dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Mile 10.5 Mollejon Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -89.137664 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Cayo District fax: physical_country: Belize oid: 22020bdd-1dce-4016-8452-57a8c24c4720 latitude: 17.0671028 id: 21834 physical_zip: "00000" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22264 physical_county: physical_city: Benque Viejo Del Carmen mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: The Eco-Eden Known as Better In Belize is an eco-village development, situated on 130 acres of pristine, private land on the Macal Waterway in the Western Cayo District of Belize, approximately 10.5 miles southeast of Benque Viejo del Carmen on Mollejon Road.

From www.ic.org/directory/better-in-belize-eco-community/:

Our 130 acres eco-community is nestled in the lush tropical rainforest of Western Belize. Located just off the banks of the spectacular Macal River and the Mayan Mountains, our eco-community offers the best of nature right in your very own backyard.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CBetter in Belize\xE2\x80\x9D, the name says it all\xE2\x80\xA6 picture yourself waking up each day to the breathtaking scenes, scents and sound of this tropical paradise. \r\n\ \r\n\ Our lots are generously sized and affordable, with prices starting as low as US $21,000. Lot sizes vary, but average 1/2 acre. Prices are based on size, view and lot features \xE2\x80\x93 Hill Top, View, Rainforest, Ridge View, Mayan Circle and Waterfront. \r\n\ \r\n\ Your own private rainforest hideaway beckons from one of the world's most beautiful locations - Cayo, Belize. Expand your world. Cayo\xE2\x80\x99s wildlife and lush rainforest, world famous as a mecca for eco-tourism, creates an incredible backdrop for our Better in Belize Eco-Community.\r\n\ \r\n\ Better In Belize offers you an unbelievably affordable opportunity to make your dream come true!\r\n\ \r\n\ For those seeking an alternative lifestyle, vacation home or investment property, our Belize eco-community provides an opportunity to own property at a fraction of what you would pay in most Caribbean locations. Ownership of land is free hold and title is absolute. Want to find out more? We would be pleased to provide you with more information and to answer all your questions so that you can make an informed decision. Reserve your lot in Paradise NOW! \r\n\ \r\n\ For more information about how you can gain ownership within this idyllic Eco-Community, please contact us at 1-877-836-2756 (toll-free within North America); + (501) 824-0550 or email us at info@betterinbelize.com." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Better In Belize Eco Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Lista Correo, c/o E. Rivkin grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -83.720481 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Perez Zeledon fax: physical_country: Costa Rica oid: 48e056c7-fefb-413c-8f0b-9e21a87685de latitude: 9.3402753 id: 21835 physical_zip: "11901" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22265 physical_county: physical_city: San Isidro mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: MISSION: Co-create a magnificent, sustainable sanctuary to heal, thrive, help reclaim our true essence and connection to Creator/Nature, and return to Earth the era of peace, awareness, and conscious living. The need is greater now than ever before for this haven where the intimate pureness of nature can rejuvenate the body, move you emotionally, touch your very core, and fill you with tremendous inspiration - revealing the infinite creative power within everyone.

From www.ic.org/directory/jewel-of-the-sun-la-joya-del-sol/:

\r\n\ May you feel, \"I AM making a difference by BEING the change I want to see in the world\". Learn it, Live it, Teach it to others.\r\n\ \r\n\ Jewel of the Sun is a forming Anastasia-living-foods-inspired sustainable farm nestled on 167 acres of Costa Rica's south Pacific coastal mountains. Amidst lush rainforests, pure spring water, private waterfalls/natural pools, and breathtaking mountain scenery close to the ocean, Jewel of the Sun seeks to bring together people looking to awaken, calm, reconnect, learn, build, grow, strengthen, prepare conscientiously....\r\n\ \r\n\ You can experience..\r\n \r\n\ Clean air to breathe\r\n\ Bathe in and drink pure spring water\r\n\ Tranquil 170 acres \r\n\ Hydromassage waterfalls\r\n\ Spring water pools\r\n\ S. Pacific Beaches 1 hr. away\r\n\ Miles of rainforest trails\r\n\ Magical mountain vistas\r\n\ Vibrant, fresh, organic, local food\r\n\ Permaculture gardens, orchards, land use\r\n\ Grow-your-own-home bamboo/woods\r\n\ Gourmet fresh food cuisine/int\xE2\x80\x99l raw food chef\r\n\ 100's of exotic flowers, fruits, wild edibles\r\n\ Free plants for residents\r\n\ Wondrous birds and insects\r\n\ Off-grid power\r\n\ Eco-entrepreneuring\r\n\ opportunities/guidance\r\n\ Natural building/design assist\r\n\ Health coaching\r\n\ Yoga at neighbor studio & planned here\r\n\ Good, private 4WD access\r\n\ 24 hour emerg. clinic 1 hr.\r\n\ Spacious lots\r\n\ Covered camping, houses built to suit\r\n\ G3-G4 internet by tower broadcasto\r\n\ Flexible buy-in/leasing terms\r\n\ \r\n\ What people are saying about La Joya del Sol....\r\n\ \r\n\ \"A must-see for every raw foodist or nature-lover going to Costa Rica! Stay here to jumpstart vibrant health and a new connection to our mother earth\"\r\n - Rachel Rose, MD\r\n\ \r\n\ \" Stupendous views! Amazing food! Thanks for your generosity and looking forward to seeing this dream grow\" - Fred Patenaude\r\n\ \r\n\ \"Interested in raw foods, farming, and environmentalism we searched for an experience that would challenge us mentally, physically, and emotionally. How fortunate we were to find you. Living at La Joya del Sol has provided us with just the kind of challenge we were seeking. Thank you so much for your hospitality. You've\r\n\
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Mission: Positive vibes reggae influenced village with the goal to be 100% off grid sustainable

From www.ic.org/directory/vibe-village/:

We are looking for open-minded people (who enjoy a bit of a hippie/reggae vibe) to help form an off-grid, self sustainable village. We are family people with children and dogs, but we seek to provide a nurturing growth experience where a relationship with the earth and a love for cultural diversity and real world learning experiences are the main intentions. Like most others here, we are striving for self-sustainability - hopes to maintain our own structures, grow our own food, use of alternate energy, etc. This is still just in the dream phase as we do not yet own land...perhaps pooling resources would be the quickest way to get this going. Certainly open to suggestions!
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Mission: Loving tribe, personal growth, and MCS-safe

From www.ic.org/directory/whole-heart-lodge/:

Long to live in a community supporting a path of love, simple life and growth? I am looking for 2-3 people serious about spiritual growth and holistic living to form a healthy tribe around core values which include: -- No longer being alone in our efforts to evolve mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually -- Sharing one or more regularly-scheduled meals per week -- Having weekly house meetings to check in with members and discuss issues -- Making decisions by consensus -- Practicing non-violent communication -- Living organically and loving the earth, leaving as small a footprint as possible -- Maintaining a clean-air environment, free of household chemicals and fragrances -- Valuing kindness as our religion and compassion as our doctrine -- Revering all life as holy -- Respecting diversity as a tool for healing and growth -- Regarding health as sacred, in all mental, social and physical forms -- Eating all or mostly raw foods, vegetarian foods, and organic foods. (No foods are specifically banned, but the idea is to form a community of people who honor their bodies and choose healthy options in whatever way that means to them.) -- Trusting that service is an expression of the divine and that freely giving does not diminish a person -- Taking responsibility for your actions and how they impact others -- Sharing all household tasks and meal prep on a rotating basis Obviously, this will be a non-smoking household. People of all ages, gender, race, sexual orientation, and abilities welcome. Pets will be negotiable with landlord and community, when formed. Goal is to keep costs at a maximum of $550 a month per person, to garden, and live as sustainably as possible.
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Mission: To live an example of compassionate care for the land, our community, and ourselves; where people from various cultures can come together, cooperatively manage land, resources, & enterprise, and make contributions toward a solution-based way of life.

From www.ic.org/directory/finca-fruicion-permaculture-land-cooperative/:

\r\n Finca Fruici\xC3\xB3n, meaning Fruition Farm, is a beautiful piece of land in the mountains of Costa Rica. This 8.5 hector property has been homesteaded by the founding family of the land cooperative and has grown a foundational infrastructure. With 5 years of onsite experience in Permaculture Design, sustainable building, managing volunteers and staff, hosting courses, eco-tourism, and putting on small festivals, Finca Fruici\xC3\xB3n is ready for the next level of community. \r\n\ \r\n Finca Fruici\xC3\xB3n has a solid community design and is ripe with food, heart, and experience to welcome new members. The Fruition Center, is located on the land and hosts courses, workshops, festivals, tourists, and volunteers generating an income for the community while also bringing in fresh energy and enthusiasm to the land. Finca Fruici\xC3\xB3n focuses on cultivating a holistic culture of well-being which nurtures one\xE2\x80\x99s self, their community, and the environment.\r\n\ \r\n The land is collectively owned through a corporation called Finca Fruicion S.A. The Land Cooperative is comprised of the share-holding members, who are also the board of directors, of the above-mentioned corporation. These members also form the Member Council.\r\n\ \r\n\ Finca Fruici\xC3\xB3n is comprised of residential members, timeshare members, staff, volunteers, interns, and farmstay guests. Finca Fruici\xC3\xB3n's model of community honors autonomy while offering opportunities for co-creation and resource sharing in adherence to the Community Living Agreements.\r\n\ The community is unified by its vision, key ethics and shared focus on cultivating an internal economy, through the Fruition Center. \xC2\xA0These 3 key ethics are\xC2\xA0 Earth care, people care\xC2\xA0 & fair share.\r\n\ \r\n\ Vision: \r\n\ To cultivate a harmonious environment that integrates healthy human and ecological interaction and offers a living model for a thriving life. Finca Fruici\xC3\xB3n incorporates permaculture design, sustainable food systems, holistic healthcare, compassionate communication, contemplative education, family nourishment, and integral business ethics to fulfill this vision. \r\n\
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Mission: Our vision is a world where everyone lives in ecological harmony. We believe in sustainable, responsible agriculture, like making sure to replenish the soil, saying no to crossbred GMOs, and living in harmony with our animal brethren as well.\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ Jezus\xE2\x80\x99s mission is to build an eco friendly, self sustaining community starting from barren land and minimal funding. Starting with land, a dream, and many compassionate helping hands, we\xE2\x80\x99ve learned as we progressed and are proud to be an example of how anyone can build a eco-friendly village or homestead like ours.\r\n\ \r\n\ The main goal is to be completely off the grid, growing all our own food, with complete independence from the modern worlds support. We want to start from nothing and reach complete sustainability with only 20 years of perseverance to do it; and by golly we\xE2\x80\x99re almost there!

From www.ic.org/directory/cinderland-ecovillage/:

\r\n\ Cinderland is an ecovillage located in a beautiful, jungle-like landscape on the Big Island of Hawai'i. About 20 miles southeast of Hilo, and about 2 miles from the easternmost tip of the island, just a mile and a half from the coastline it lies. We are a community building a life founded on self-sustainability, organic gardening and permaculture. We share the dream of a simple, healthy, natural way of life.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are minutes away from the black sands beach, tide pools, volcano steam vents, warm ponds, Green Lake, \"ecstatic dance\", health food store and many farmer's markets, and neighbors ready to trade produce just around the corner on Papaya Farms Road. \r\n\ \r\n\ Residents and neighbors gather in our kitchen for shared meals on our infamous Taco Tuesday potluck, and various other shindigs and drum jams. Our community kitchen also features an in ground fire pit, piano, and bunk beds. \r\n\ \r\n\ All of our residents are at home in an all-you-can-eat buffet, you can eat whatever you like that grows on the land, we will teach you how to harvest sustainably and trade with the neighbors to keep the cycle going too. The gardens, greenhouse, solar oven, and solar dehydrator are also free for use to anyone who wants to learn. \r\n\ \r\n\ We welcome people of all backgrounds and nationalities, particularly those that are open, love the earth and are committed to its preservation. \r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ Come see what we're about, we would love to have you here, \r\n\ Mahalo!" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Cinderland Eco Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Kilometer 24 Via Gavilan grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -67.4999234 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Amazonas / Bolivar fax: physical_country: Venezuela oid: 367fd13f-d10b-4ea2-8c29-ab83c5ecd9cd latitude: 5.5751245 id: 21845 physical_zip: "07101" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22275 physical_county: physical_city: Ekobius mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Establish an indigenous modern way of life that is in accordance with nature using appropriate technology and all that we exemplify as humans in our natural state on earth as good people.

From www.ic.org/directory/1st-intl-model-life-change-ecovillage-and-pioneer-settlement-project/:

We learned see the world differently by living in the Amazon's Highlands, now you can too! Want to become an ecologically sustainable person? Can you live in harmony with our natural world? Can you live like an indigenous Amerindian? Perhaps a bit better if you apply some technology, practical application and utilize your theoretical ideals. We began our journey down the road to life (our new way) in 2007 to establish a better way (a new natural ecoculture), because we discovered that the life course we had been taking was not the right path to lead us where we need to be in order to establish a harmonious existence as co-inhabitants of the planet. Everyone should want to consider themselves good, peaceful, compassionate and knowledgeable human beings. We realized our purpose as co-inhabitants of the planet is a socially responsible one. We are finally as of August 2013 we began to realize that dream with two base properties here in South America. The two properties are approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles) apart that's if you were a bird. If you walk (hike or backpack) the two locations are nearly 1000 km apart (600 miles) the hike can take from 50 days to 3 months, if you take time to appreciate the beauty it could also take 6 months or even a year if you make friends along the way or decide to take time to study, do conservation work, contemplate your world, or just stop along the way to live for a while. Our initial project was developed to become independent of property ownership however we discovered that people (government, authorities, indigenous neighbors) would not permit our peaceful coexistence as nomads or settlers in their territories without being one of them or allied with in their consciousness and world view. So now we have two base locations and the entire Guiana Shield and Amazon as our backyard. Imagine an indigenous native American (Amerindian) village hybridized with a modern campground facility built using selected appropriate technologies incorporating alternative energy sources to produce abundant organic foods, enjoy modern showers, a clear cold water swimming pond, individual and group cabins, that all comes together at a grand central complex where residents and visitors can gather in a central garden lodge, eat meals in a communal kitchen and involve themselves in community group projects while taking advantage of a modern research station and ecological study center with WiFi Internet access beside a public school facility for residents which doubles as a movie theater, workshop and meeting forum for residents and visitors in the evenings. Our dream project is just beginning and is constantly changing, its likely we will be in construction stages. They started on March 03, 2014 at Ekobius and will be working on the development in practice now before the cooperative charter on December 31, 2016. People with ideas that can support and tolerate (enjoy) this lifestyle should come and share them and implement them here with us! year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: 1st Amazon Ecovillage | Guayana Peace Trail Project dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 2981 Southern Rd grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -81.661076 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Ohio fax: physical_country: United States oid: 359e83e4-b36f-480f-8a9a-ce74a3cf03ea latitude: 41.219648 id: 21847 physical_zip: "44286" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22277 physical_county: physical_city: Richfield Twp. mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: sustainibility, heritage skills preservation

From www.ic.org/directory/stone-garden-farm-village/:

\r\n\ We are:\r\n\ \r\n\ -An organic & permaculture farm growing & selling organic produce, herbs & berries. We raise/produce most of our own foods & needs, including meat, dairy, eggs, soaps & more. We have a CSA this year and are doing some markets\r\n\ \r\n\ -A 19th century village, complete with weaving mill, one-room school, blacksmith shop, tin shop, letterpress print shop, bakery, rope/broom shop, wagon & wheel shop, Gen\xE2\x80\x99l Store and much more. We welcome folks to take over and run a shop, become proficient, teach others and generate self income.\r\n\ \r\n\ -A school; We teach classes on many heritage skills; survival/homesteading, soap, candle, cheese & butter making, wild plant use & more. We host a Homeschool co-op on Tuesdays.\r\n\ \r\n\ We have a \xE2\x80\x98primative liv\xE2\x80\x99n\xE2\x80\x99 24\xC3\x9712 w/ loft cabin open for this spring. It has outhouse, outside wash house, wood cookstove & nearby additional cook house & pavillion. Cabin has limited electricity. We have a foundation for a yurt, and have a very large teepee. Other cabins or living space can be built as needed.\r\n\ \r\n\ We welcome gardening help right now. We are also looking for people who want to learn by doing and people with knowledge or willingness to work in any shop of your choosing and possibly teach the skill of their choice.\r\n\ \r\n\ We especially appreciate help with all the everyday farm chores including gardening, hauling manure/woodchips/grass clippings, animal care & other informative & fun stuff. \r\n\ \r\n\ We\xE2\x80\x99d like someone who enjoys children, as many are often here and we have 3 of our own, and someone willing to help with childcare. \r\n\ \r\n\ We offer a full work for living trade. No money exchanged. We don\xE2\x80\x99t allow or condone drugs of any kind. We make quite tasty wines, but very rarely consume it. ...and never to excess. We have no interest in drama or negative thinking.\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ You\xE2\x80\x99re welcome to garden & pasture space to raise your own food. We are not looking for city people who want an adventure. We are looking for people that want to be prepared, want to live sustainably, like to work hard and enjoy life in the country. \r\n\ \r\n\ We\xE2\x80\x99re spiritual, but non \xE2\x80\x98religious\xE2\x80\x99. We honor the Nature Spirits and Fairies. We try to live in ways compatible with how Great Mystery would have us live. We are believers in & practitioners of manifestation. We honor the season changes & have Ceremony as we are moved. We also enjoy Christian church.\r\n\ \r\n\ We have been taught Original People\xE2\x80\x99s Ancient Traditional Wisdom & Prophesy (mostly by Seneca & Lakota Elders) & will share such (as it was shared w/. us) as we grow to know one another.\r\n\ \r\n\ We've had as many as 14 people living here during the summer. Currently our family of 5 (7 yr old, 4 yr old, 2 yr old) and a lovely family of 3 are here. Others visit daily, and it is rare to eat a meal alone.\r\n\
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Mission: Located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the spiritual eco-village of PachaMama is a temple of healing and expansion of consciousness.

From www.ic.org/directory/pachamama-2/:

PachaMama was established in 1999 by spiritual teacher and visionary Tyohar. The internal work in PachaMama focuses on meditation and points to the silence within. This community is home to about 70 residents who gathered from all over the world to walk the same path of inner growth and chose an alternative lifestyle. Year round therapy, yoga, cleanse and other groups take place in PachaMama. These are led by house therapists as well as guest therapists. The foundation of PachaMama is the silent retreats taking place three times a year, at the end of the a 5 weeks long "Transformation Cycle". Visitors enjoy a variety of accommodation, from simple casitas to bungalows and houses. Some visitors choose to camp in tents and enjoy even greater proximity to the wild nature and the forest in which PachaMama dwells. The children of PachaMama attend the village's school and kindergarten, under the care of a team made of professional teachers and volunteer teachers. In the past 15 years thousands of visitors passed through the gates of PachaMama and through life changing experiences. We have touched their hearts with silence, love, music and celebration.
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Mission: wholeness-based education

From www.ic.org/directory/leapnow-transforming-education/:

LEAPNOW is a community devoted to wholeness-based education and conscious living for all ages. Our 10-acre residential community with 10 residents (called Maacama) is 90 miles north of San Francisco in Sonoma County's wine country. LEAPNOW runs soul-centered education programs for ages 17 and up that combine international immersion, college credit, conscious community and language study. Our LEAPYEAR program is a full academic year long and is devoted to inner exploration and world travel. LEAPYEAR2 builds on the first year program and teaches the facilitation of transformative education. Body Visible/Body Invisible (BVBI) is a year-long training in authentic movement. During retreats on our land, students learn conscious living skills and create conscious community, engage in rites of passage, and learn to cook, bake, build, and create. LEAPNOW is devoted to empowering students of all ages to "be the change" they wish to see in the world.
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Mission: Cit\xC3\xA9 \xC3\x89cologique is an ecovillage located in Ham-Nord in the region of Quebec where residents give priority to education, sustainable development and respect.\r\n\ \r\n\ We offer an alternative lifestyle where businesses, community and sustainability are intertwined. \r\n\ \r\n\ Visitors and interns are welcome to join our visitor's program during summer time.

From www.ic.org/directory/la-cite-ecologique-de-ham-nord/:

\r\n\ Cit\xC3\xA9 \xC3\x89cologique started in Ham-Nord, Quebec, Canada in 1984. Now, one hundred members live there on a permanent basis. The community started as an alternative school based on \xE2\x80\x9Crespect for nature.\xE2\x80\x9D In the beginning our goal was to create a new educational model in the countryside where parents, teachers, grandparents, children, and all members of our community could participate in providing an ideal learning environment for children. We wanted a place-based school close to nature. \r\n\ Since the beginning, our goal was also to create ecological businesses where parents could work and children could learn through integrated activities and apprenticeship programs. We have worked hard to accomplish and expand upon our initial intentions.\r\n\ Many of our students have become managers of the businesses we run, and have expanded these businesses\xE2\x80\x99 territories across Canada and the US. Organic culture, manufacturing of clothing using earth-friendly fabrics, health care, crafts, and import-export are some of the businesses we built on our site.\r\n\ In addition to running ethical and successful businesses, we take care of our land by practicing organic farming and sustainable forestry. We grow our fruits and vegetables in our fields and 4 greenhouses and we sell the surplus after the community\xE2\x80\x99s needs have been met. Over the years, we have planted thousands of trees all over the property, and we have practice selective logging when needed for construction or heating.\r\n\ Today, Cit\xC3\xA9 \xC3\x89cologique is led by its second generation which pursues similar purposes and community practices as those adopted by their predecessors, such as: buying as a group, sharing meals each day, car-pooling, recycling, reusing... Ultimately, Cit\xC3\xA9 \xC3\x89cologique is a great place to experience hands-on internship programs. \r\n\ \r\n\ Internship program at La Cit\xC3\xA9:\r\n\ -Organic Farming:\r\n\ This internship is for those seeking a comprehensive experience with organic farming (fruits and vegetables in greenhouses and fields). \r\n\ -Community Living:\r\n\ This is an excellent internship for those with a wide range of interests, or for those who want to learn more about community life in general.\r\n\ Students are welcomed! \r\n\ \r\n\ For more information, visit our website.\r\n\
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Mission: Diverse ecovillage in NJ

From www.ic.org/directory/mount-eden-ecovillage/:

We're an umbrella group seeking to foster the development of a number of ecovillages and cohousing communities in New Jersey.
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Mission: simple living, community

From www.ic.org/directory/oquinn-mountain-village-nomadic-community/:

March 2016 We are ready to buy land (or invest in an interview sta lusher intentional community), and have decided to do it in the Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA area. We are currently "camping" until we find our spot. The O'Quinn family has sold and given away all of their possessions to move their farming activities from California to the Portland/Vancouver area. We have spent the past 10 years helping farms and teaching by example about food, community service, and varying degrees of sustainable lifestyle practices. We are ready now to buy some land and continue our legacy as urban farmers. We are now successfully living in our camper truck while establishing employment in preparation for a real estate loan (which could take 6 months or longer!) We like to move our camp every week as to keep the energy fresh and our hosts happy. We are expert at leaving a small footprint and allowing our hosts their privacy. We are also open to socializing with our hosts and sharing more of our story ;-) Plus! We have skills to share if that suits our hosts (handyman, chef, crafter, healer, dance instructor, house/pet/livestock care-takers, permaculture, master gardener). Our rig is fully self contained (but we do appreciate electricity, water, and wifi whenever it is offered). Our camp consists of the camper truck and two cars. Papaw Cornelius Mamaw Ann Mommy Blu Baby Jude AKA... Mountain Village World Community ---------------------------- Jul 14, 2010 Description of Mountain Village Community WHO ARE WE? We are O'Quinn Mountain Village Homestead & World Community Gardens. Our core group consists of, Ann O'Quinn (age 42 - Earth Mamma), Cornelius O'Quinn (age 52 - Celtic Druid Building Contractor Mountain Man), Blu O'Quinn (age 18 - Sparkly Swing Dancin River Guide Chic), Derek Suhar (age 20 - Groovy Grounded Community Dude). See our pics and blogs on website. We are a semi-nomadic sustainable community with permaculture tendancies who like to cross-pollinate. WHAT DO WE DO? We offer ourselves to land-owners for a contracted period of time to do good work with Mother Earth and within the surrounding community. Our community ranges from 4-10 interns. We have a core group of 4 members, and we cycle other traveling interns in and out of the mix for special projects throughout the year. Sometimes we have chickens, cats, and dogs. We garden, clear/burn brush, care for animals, compost, barter, build, make music, reach out to youth, and participate in community events and farmer's markets (we are known for our raw, organic nut/seed butters, carrot juice, and kombucha teas). While permaculture is mostly known for its application in gardens or land development, its broader definition is the study of living systems. While Mountain Village is quite involved with organic gardening, we are known and appreciated for the space that we create for the organic unfoldment within group dynamics, personal relationships, and the greater community.
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Mission: Spiritual sustainability

From www.ic.org/directory/new-kurukshetra/:

We will be purchasing land in Central Eastern Texas. All members must be vegetarian or vegan, and committed to the gradual development of sustainability and simpler lifestyles in practical ways. Intoxication, including alcohol, is not allowed. Modern conveniences are acceptable in moderation, and as we gradually gain experience in natural lifestyles less "conveniences" become necessary. The residential portion of the community will consist of individually-owned households on 1 or 1.5 acres each, grouped into villages of 8 households, with a village common area in the center. Each household's land is around the village, like the spokes of a wheel. Land should be productively used, for personal use or for barter within the community. Everyone must grow some percentage of their food. Stabilized compressed earth block is our first choice in construction method, second is Earthbag. Electricity and water are available via rainwater harvesting and solar panels within each household. A well will be dug in each village, for agricultural use. The community lake is for recreational and aesthetic purposes, but the water can be used in time of emergency. Governance will be by consensus at the village level and the community level. The community will have broader rules, and each village may have more specific rules according to the resident's own choosing, within the parameters of the community rules.
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Mission: Christian life and ministry

From www.ic.org/directory/elm-creek-trails/:

Newly forming intentional Christian Community, looking for co-founders with similar visions. We have 240 acres just south of Abilene, Texas. Its attributes are: 180 arable, good soil, soon to be organic certified, good subsurface water, more than a mile of woodland trails along Elm Creek, great wind and sun resources, city limits of Abilene just 2 miles away (great for veggie sales or a PYO operation). The vision: We would like to live in a community together with like-minded believers in order to: have the benefits of a real community, share resources, fellowship, and to minister to our community. The details: My vision is of a sustainable community of mostly closely spaced adobe houses (which are perfect for this part of the world -goggle compressed earth blocks) utilizing solar and wind power to the extent possible and practical, and trying to create small scale agriculture and craft industries to make income and to bring neighbors into the community. Central housing area surrounded by gardens, farms and grazing land. I'm partial to children, so I'd like to find a way to house a few foster families (rescue the children). The legal structure: Probably a non-profit together with a LLC. The legal details: In Texas municipalities have a ETJ (Extra Territorial Jurisdiction) that gives them the right to set development standards 5 miles out from their city limits. That effects this effort because to sell smaller than 10 acre lots will have prohibitive development requirements. Therefore, the lots have to be 10 acres or we would have to just have the land owned by an LLC, with 99 year leases to the members. This would allow improvements to be owned, but the real estate would remain the property of the LLC. Other advantages of this: limit equity aquisition (we need to be making homes, not building equity) and we have some control over the buyers of property (they must be approved as members of the community first). Maybe the sale of a few 10 acre lots to founders in order to capitalize the community. My Influences (so you'll know better who I am): Jesus, the Bible, Wendell Berry, Our Suburban Nation, Joel Salatin, George MacDonald
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Mission: Complete Freedom, 100% Off the Grid living, sailing around the world.

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

SV Oikos You wake up with the sun hitting your face from through the hull window of our boat. You take a look at everything around you and feel a sense of pride for all the hard work we have put into creating what we have. You feel great honor to know you belong to something so awesome and different. You spend a few hours each day doing some chores or sailing our vessel. Visit some distant and remote islands to look for coconuts, pineapples, mangoes and bananas or hunt for some wild boar or dive for lobster. Lounge on the beach, play some volleyball, dive on a reef and swim around or head back to the boat to relax and take a shower. Play some guitar and sit around a bonfire drinking some homemade coconut/mango/pineapple rum. Sharing stories of our awesome adventures and travels together, gazing at the stars, the fire and the ocean... you get this amazing feeling of accomplishment, unity, peace. Your mind is clear, you feel complete, you're here with us, in this moment, in-tune with yourself, your surroundings, the world, the whole universe. Welcome to SV Oikos. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: SV Oikos (formerly as Akya) dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 68 Wyomanock Rd grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -73.365558 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: New York fax: physical_country: United States oid: bf1d2b74-53ac-442c-af65-46acbd893bd5 latitude: 42.518204 id: 21865 physical_zip: "12168" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22295 physical_county: physical_city: Stephentown mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Our mission is to grow a community that values and cultivates a supportive network of friends, who would like to engage in farm-based sustainable lifestyle practices, and who strive to reduce their carbon footprint as much as possible.

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

Hello! Our vision is to establish an intentional community on 74 acres of land that we own in the upper Taconic Valley of New York, just west of the the Berkshire/Taconic range. The land has a mix of fertile fields, ponds, streams, meadows, wetlands and forest. We are not far from cultural centers and small cities including Pittsfield and the Berkshire region. Our space is home to Wyomanock Farm and Wyomanock Center for Sustainable Living. Wyomanock Farm cultivates three quarters of an acre of organically grown vegetables, raises a flock of about 100 free range laying hens (on pasture and fed organic, local grain), and has a small herd of Scottish Highland Cattle for beef production. We enjoy producing as much of our own food as possible. In 2014, we established a small on-site farm stand which is open year-round. With additional help on the farm, we'd like to attend local farmers markets and develop local or regional wholesale markets. Wyomanock Center for Sustainable Living was founded in 2010. It is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of sustainable living through experiential learning opportunities. We work with individuals, groups, and the community to encourage sustainability by fostering an appreciation of the natural environment; by demonstrating organic agriculture, renewable energy, and natural building; and by encouraging a locally-based economy and healthy, culturally rich community. Since its inception, Wyomanock Center has offered events, farm and nature based educational workshops, regular monthly potlucks, a solstice celebration, film viewings on our focus topics, assisting with the development of a community garden in a nearby urban area, and solar shower community construction project. We are looking for others with similar values and ambitions, including a desire to live simply, people who continuously work to incorporate sustainable practices into their lifestyle, and who have a desire to be a part of the Farm and Center in some capacity. We welcome people of any age, ethnic and religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity, and dietary philosophies/needs. A little background: Thom purchased the land in 2002, started living here full time in 2003 with his two young sons, and began developing the Farm and Center in 2010. Julie met Thom in 2012 at a local farming conference and moved to the land in late 2013. Since that time, we have been working to further develop the Farm, Center, and Intentional Community. Over the past few years we have had several individuals live here for varying lengths of time and with varied levels of involvement in the work we are doing. At this moment, it's just us two! year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Wyomanock dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 19291 HWY 36 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -123.575349 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Oregon fax: physical_country: United States oid: 2245f780-79ad-4d51-812c-7e62a2e37c5d latitude: 44.166298 id: 21868 physical_zip: "97412" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22298 physical_county: physical_city: Blachly mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Our Mission is to create enriched environments that empower youth through nature connection, self discovery, community building, and collaborative service-learning projects that promote a healthy and thriving planet.

From www.ic.org/directory/circle-of-children-village-school-2/:

Circle of Children is in a intensive planning phase of our eco-village settlement 'to come'. We are currently maintaining most of our focus on expanding our education programs. Our intentional community is naturally forming around our Education and Transformation Center. Circle of Children is currently planning and preparing for our spring/summer programs. We are offering many unique hands-on educational opportunities for all ages! If you are interested in learning sustainable living skills and community building, we would like to invite you to inquire about a visit to our center in Oregon and explore the possibilities of collaboration. \r\n\ \r\n\ Circle of Children is a growing free alternative school dedicated to honoring the spirit of the child. We are located on a fully-developed conference center on 60 acres of pristine land in the foothills of Oregon\xE2\x80\x99s Coastal Mountain Range. This land was donated to Circle of Children in January 2012 to build a children-centered eco-village and community school. \r\n\ \r\n\ We provide an enriched environment for individuals to connect with nature, explore their natural curiosities, and discover their own unique gifts, talents, and skills. Our curriculum gives children the inspiration, wisdom, tools, and resources to create a brighter future for our planet.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our educational model offers a hands-on project and service-based curriculum primarily led by youth. These projects empower youth, grow and sustain our school, unite and assist local and global organizations, inspire and activate world change, while creating a blueprint for harmonious living. \r\n\ \r\n\ Primary subjects include:* \r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Sustainable Living Skills \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Earth Stewardship \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Creative Arts \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Holistic Health \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Dynamic Leadership Skills \r\n\ \r\n\ *While integrating core academics. \r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ We look forward in hearing from you. \r\n\ Have a blessed journey :) \r\n\ \r\n\ circleofchildren@gmail.com \r\n\ or \r\n\ 541.632.3140\r\n\ ---Circle of Children" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Circle of Children dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 1468 Curtis Pike grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -84.363939 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Kentucky fax: physical_country: United States oid: 23a20219-d23c-46ad-87cf-aea60ceba5e4 latitude: 37.70859 id: 21874 physical_zip: "40475" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22304 physical_county: physical_city: Richmond mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: We are a Christian community seeking to honor Christ through prayer, environmental sustainability, and work for peace and justice

From www.ic.org/directory/curtis-pike-intentional-community/:

We are currently two households of five adults and five children living on 8 acres of land in the rolling hills of rural Kentucky. We live a cooperative Christian witness through prayer, environmental sustainability, and efforts towards peace and justice\r\n\ Within this community we endeavor to:\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tRoot our lives in shared daily prayer \r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tModel Christian decency, care, charity and faithfulness\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tLive environmentally sustainably\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tEmbrace nonviolence\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tWork for peace, social and economic justice\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tOffer hospitality\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tMake decisions consensually within a context of prayer\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tHonor individual sacredness, support marital unions, and nurture family relationships\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tBalance our communal and private lives\r\n\ \xC2\xB7\tShare faithful stewardship of commonly owned resources" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Curtis Pike Intentional Community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Pabellon 5, Ciudad Universitaria, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -58.446831 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Capital Federal, Buenos Aires fax: physical_country: Argentina oid: aa2a4f85-f451-4470-a1ed-078e360c41aa latitude: -34.53928 id: 21875 physical_zip: 01428 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22305 physical_county: physical_city: Buenos Aires mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Velatropa is a natural park and an experimental and interdisciplinary center.

From www.ic.org/directory/ecoaldea-velatropa/:

Velatropa was born in the middle of 2007, created mostly by students of the Buenos Aires University. It is ubicated in an abandoned and beautiful space near to La Plata river. The space has about four hectareas, we have near fifty young frutal trees, various vegetable gardens, adobe constructions and a lot more.
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Mission: consciousness, permaculture, sensuality, peace, justice, cooperation and autonomy.

From www.ic.org/directory/opihikao-ecovillage-and-kipuka-temple/:

In March 2013, we purchased 25 acres near the beach that had been a farm with macadamia, avocado, mango, and other fruit trees. In 2015 we completed our subdivision process and sold 5 3-acre lots within the ecovillage to like-minded friends into personal growth and sustainability. The community owns a 10 acre parcel in the back of the subdivision. We started building in 2016. We now have a beautiful dance/yoga/multipurpose space with an 1800 sq. ft. wooden dance floor as well as dining for 60, a glorious wood-fired hot tub, tons of food from the land such as: papayas, mangos, avocados, bananas, and many other exotic fruits. The vision is for the Lolia Community LLC to own title to the property and lease the land to the Lolia Foundation which will run the center and host courses and events that support our values. We invite wwoofers and interns to join us and have an extended opportunity to live the practices of conscious sensuality and permaculture on a daily basis. We are located near Kehena Beach, a clothing optional black sand beach and is an awesome place for yoga, swimming, snorkeling, and often frequented by dolphins who love to swim with people. We are a 20 minute drive from our local town of Pahoa and 45 minutes from the city of Hilo and the airport. The biking along the Puna coast on the red road is wonderful. We share space so there is an opportunity to realize our true nature in the reflection of others. There is plenty of space in nature around here for times of solitude, reflection and grounding. There is also time to make money working in or outside the community. We host the annual Hawaii Tantra Festival, Conscious Sensuality courses and many other events. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Lolia Place EcoVillage dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -122.653763 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: California fax: physical_country: United States oid: 18e7b2aa-8f93-46d5-8867-5cb86e548c77 latitude: 38.011652 id: 21878 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22308 physical_county: physical_city: San Geronimo Valley mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Bay Area home for a small, eco-conscious group whose passion is to use the land for service work.

From www.ic.org/directory/coho-canyon/:

Coho Canyon is a micro-community founded in 1991 and best defined as a micro-village, cooperative or LLC. Located in the hills of the San Geronimo Valley in West Marin, County, California, we are in possession of two adjoining, south-facing parcels neighboring 170 acres of undeveloped, natural forest. Currently, we have three partners and are open to adding additional partners. Anyone interested should know that Marin County real estate is very pricey and, unfortunately, we are encumbered with a high monthly mortgage. A down payment for new members is in the neighborhood of $100K. Also, new partners would start out renting one of Coho Canyon's detached dwellings for up to two years before becoming a new partner. New partners will be able to manifest their ideas suitable for their needs. It could be as simple as a tenants in common where a vegetable garden is the only thing that is shared, or the new partners could agree on sharing all kinds of facilities which might include kitchens, workshops, yurts, etc. At this point in time what we have to offer is the land and two dwellings to get started but, unlike many other cohousing groups, who already have created a well defined community, we are in the early stages and open to many ideas that the new partners envision.
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Mission: Bridging Earth and Spirit

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

InanItah is an earth-based spiritual community, developing eco-spirit village and living and learning environment, inspired by the path of freedom and aliveness. We are located on Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua. We are looking for people to join us and to support the project: builders, gardeners, coordinators, communicators, organizers, and artists. People with time and a desire to share and to learn. We offer full and partial agreements in trade for room and board. Yoga, active meditation classes and regular mini-tantra workshops are included. We are currently developing our agreements for long-term involvement -- come share your voice. Our community is founded on Eco-village design principals which conclude that a conscious evolving lifestyle requires a multi-dimensional approach, involving the cultivation of healthy relationships, regenerative ecological practices, alternative economies, and a supportive relationship with self and the cosmos. Please contact us at inanitah@gmail.com and refer to the website for further information if you are interested. www.inanitah.com https://www.instagram.com/inanitah/ www.flickr.com/paulandgaia
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Mission: we are willing to build sustained village.

From www.ic.org/directory/yoengju-educo-village/:

Our focus is mainly to provide a peaceful, spiritual, healthy where we each agree to respect and have consideration for each other and the land that sustains us. we respect the dietary choices and spiritual beliefs of others. Alreday we found some unrestricted land in the surrounding yoengju area in korea, with a well or mineral rights and decent soil for organic farming. We envision a school/healing center/retreat where people can come to learn about sustainable living, natural health, and can participate in helping to build the community. and we want to teach children by intentional community. Goals for this group: - Organically grow fruits, herbs, and vegetables - education in intentional community - Reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle - Leave a smaller carbon footprint - Share resources and land to lower cost of living - Build structures from natural healthy materials - Create a low-stress environment and have fun in the process
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Mission: creative peace village

From www.ic.org/directory/village-of-the-shining-stones/:

\r\n\ This is a thoughtfully planned village, promoting sustainability of natural resources & human community, with the intent towards extending this spirit into the neighborhood & the world. \r\n\ \r\n\ Are you an artist or sculptor or musician, writer or healer, creative spirit or part of the cultural creatives? Would you like wide open spaces and incredible views, while sitting at the foot of beautiful Pedernal Mountain, right in the heart of Georgia O\xE2\x80\x99Keeffe country? This is an opportunity to become a part of a small community of like-minded people while having a place to come to do your creative, life's work.\r\n\ \r\n\ The land is approximately 62 acres that will be commonly owned and shared. The Village itself is 16 home sites with 15 sites clustered around a 6+ acre plaza on the canyon rim, overlooking the Rio Puerco and the entrance of Abiquiu Lake.\r\n\ \r\n\ Several lots are available for sale, with the purchaser then having the freedom to build their own casita, within the framework of Village guidelines for architecture and sustainable elements. This community is on the frontier of defining new ways of living, and you are invited to join in if this concept resonates in your body, mind and spirit.\r\n\
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Mission: Green New World is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing autonomous and regenerative residential models such as Project HOPE that empowers people to live an ecological and carbon free lifestyle. Green New World is committed to research, design and education of novel regenerative methods and technology that provide solutions to energy, water, waste, shelter and food production. Our designs utilize an integrative whole system approach to integrate technologies from various fields such as biomimicry, permaculture design, holistic sciences, vernacular architecture, biophilia and biotechture. Green New World's first carbon negative residential prototype, HOPEone is anticipated to be completed by 2019.

From www.ic.org/directory/124679/:

Green New World\xE2\x80\x99s educational research center, Finca Nuevo Mundo is being developed in the valley of Tzununa close to the shores of Lake Atitlan in the Highlands of Guatemala to experiment and showcase regenerative and sustainable living models while restoring harmony with nature. Our models integrate principles and designs from numerous fields such as permaculture, biophilic design, holistic sciences, biomimicry, vernacular biotechture and appropriate technology with focus on shelter, water, energy, food and zero waste systems. \r\n\ \r\n\ The project site has 10 acres with an avocado forest, shaded coffee, bananas, papayas, citrus trees, 6 mountain springs, three streams, waterfalls nearby and great views of the lake and surrounding volcanoes. As part of the experience at Finca Nuevo Mundo we like to share our lifestyle as a community by living ecologically and being mindful stewards in our daily choices while we share the space as a community by sharing meals, exploring the beautiful area, playing music or have meaning full conversations. While not engaged with the project there are plenty of activities in the area such as visiting nearby waterfalls, going for a swim in the lake, exploring the beautiful area, kayaking, visiting the neighboring villages, taking a Spanish class, playing music, taking yoga classes, taking a sauna, or simply having good conversations with the amazing people that our project attracts. \r\n\ \r\n\ We are currently building a Net Zero Carbon Negative model home known as the House Of PeacE aka HOPE which is an experimental prototype to develop autonomous regenerative residential buildings. The structure consists of a cluster of four interwoven domes out of Superadobe also known as Earthbags that form a peace symbol. HOPE integrates a holistic water system with a rain catchment, a water recycling system where every drop of water is used 4 times, natural grey-water filters, a hybrid renewable energy system and a sewage recycling system to make biogas while capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and converting it to organic fertilizer and soil amendments. For more information please visit www.greennewworld.org/HouseOfPeace.html." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Finca Nuevo Mundo dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 62 Adler Hill Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 145.518845 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Queensland fax: physical_country: Australia oid: 6ede1c44-7a87-4c3a-af6c-4f7275cc8333 latitude: -17.044125 id: 21889 physical_zip: 04880 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22319 physical_county: physical_city: Mareeba mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Nurturing and growing our individual selves, our group cohesion and our collective vision, while relating respectfully and harmoniously to each other and the land.

From www.ic.org/directory/kanjini-co-op/:

Kanjini Co-Op is an Intentional Community registered as a Trading Cooperative. We are based in North Queensland, Australia.\r\n\ OUR MISSION IS...\r\n\ To live harmoniously as a mutually supportive and diverse community\r\n\ To create abundance while being sensitive to sustainability and our ecological footprint.\r\n\ \r\n\ Kanjini is:\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a place to develop, use and promote smart solutions to contemporary problems as well as being an example of what co-operative living can achieve.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a community that promotes respect for diversity through education and is a healthy, safe place for all ages and cultures.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a place that provides lifelong nurturing, learning and growth in intellectual, physical, social and spiritual realms (\"spiritual \" is to express, moment to moment in our work and our relations with others and our environment, qualities of awareness, respect, cooperation and helpfulness).\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 filled with people that work towards an environmentally sustainable future practising natural farming methods and utilising intelligent technology and design, reuse and recycling.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a community that strives to have a positive impact on individuals, wider society and on the environment.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a group of people that share understanding, processes and discoveries with the wider and global community (through papers, products and/or workshops).\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a group embracing Social Sustainability by practicing nonviolence, cooperation, interdependence, trust, mutual respect, awareness and caring for one's self, each other and our environment.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a community that welcomes joy, acceptance, trust, gratitude, abundance and celebration\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a community that values energy spent on improving interpersonal communication and deepening our connections to each other and the world around us.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a community that has a holistic approach to health care, seeking to integrate many healing modalities and traditions into our lives.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a group that does not adhere to any particular religion, but encourages and supports each other to grow in awareness along our own spiritual paths." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Kanjini Co-Op dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Fonderie de la Dure physical_address1: Fonderie de la Dure grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 2.216953 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Languedoc-Roussillon fax: physical_country: France oid: b471c6c4-c761-4fad-bc91-947b69179d85 latitude: 43.3165526 id: 21893 physical_zip: "11170" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22323 physical_county: physical_city: Montolieu mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Nonviolent Communication

From www.ic.org/directory/peace-factory-montolieu-france/:

a centre to invest in... People buying a loft here do so because they love the idea of converting an industrial building into a co-housing development based on renewable energy sources. We're building BBC style (batiment basse consommation!) which means low on energy and energy bills! A sustainable lifestyle means sharing things when it makes sense to share: communal ecological garden, spare bedrooms for friends, laundry centre, DIY workshop, room for training/art/dance/theatre. Future plans include electric cars for shorter journey travelling, freshwater swimming pool and well-being centre. The site is set in a beautiful natural environment a few hundred metres from the small village of Montolieu which has kindergarten and primary schools, shops, chemist, bakery, restaurants. The village of roughly 750 inhabitants is 18 Km from Carcassonne, famous for it double walled medieval city and the Canal du Midi. Montolieu is situated in South-West France, between Toulouse and Narbonne in the foothills of the Black Mountain, overlooking the Pyrenees across the Lauragais plain.
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Mission: We inspire and connect people globally to live in sustainable harmony with nature and each other

From www.ic.org/directory/mannawood-community-land-trust/:

Mannawood is a sustainable community that subscribes to the Earth Charter and adheres to the principles and standards set up by The Global Foundation of Sustainable Communities. It is located 90min outside of Melbourne's CBD north between the Goulbourn and the Yarra Valley, where the community is curently acquiring a large and beautiful piece of farm land. 50% of the land is dedicated to nature and 40% to build Victorias largest permaculture/organic farm. The remaining 10% are dedicated to the village and its employment & leisure infrastructure. The community is created with the intention of balancing all 4 pillars of sustainability - environmental, social, economic and spiritual - equally. It values indigenous wisdom, heritage, tradition, cultural & religious diversity and invites people from all walks of life to participate. The goverance model is of sociocratic nature & is value-based to foster respect and tolerance. All assets of the community, its land, farm and business cooperatives are held by the community through a Community Land Trust, which ensures affordable living (incl. housing, food, water, power and education) for ever. The village is created, designed and developed in cooperation with the wider community, building strong links between both. The community is resource-independent by providing its own energy, water, food & workforce. In addition, its community features, healthy environment, organic farm, arts, crafts & innovation precinct, local enterprise & business cooperatives will provide each family with employment. Various regular farm market days, community events, celebrations & exhibitions will also attract the wider community and others to visit regularly. Other features:  Zero Emmission Community  Carbon negative  locally sourced, recyclable, renewable, natural building materials  resource efficiency (passive solar)  construction & material simplicity  waste-free community, choosing indefinite resources-cycles/loops  avoids energy, soil, air, noise and light pollution  Green Globe 21 Certification for all aspects  own IT & Telecom service supplier  walkable, car-free village  host of community features eg community kitchen, laundry, theatre, etc  community services for all ages
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Mission: Creating Community with INDUSTRIAL HEMP as our focus

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

Creating a meeting place for those with land who want to live Community and those who want to live Community without land. With a base in sub-tropical NSW, Australia CommonUnity Foundation's goal is to provide the possibility for all to live in community. Please see our website for more information. No religion or cult, but a focus on the natural spiritual life we lead when we do what we love. By offering to connect people with whom they love, we allow community suitable for young, old, vegans, raw food, meat eaters and more...
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Mission: Healing Gatherings and Seminars, Lightwork, Community living and gardening.

From www.ic.org/directory/earth-rising-sanctuary/:

Earth Rising Sanctuary gatherings are for people who desire to share/learn techniques in the self healing arts for the individual and the earth, including traditional healing techniques, metaphysical, and green ways of living on the earth. ERS gatherings are for people who desire to share/learn techniques in the self healing arts for the individual and the earth, including traditional healing techniques, metaphysical, and green ways of living on the earth. They are also for family to come together in prayer, heart-song, Spirit music, dance and play. The sanctuary is also a place for up to 16 people (including children) to live and grow in their spiritual path, sharing healing, music, other artistic expressions, gardening, and other green ways of living. We are looking for people who desire to walk with a light footprint on this planet using as little fossil fuels as possible and utilizing the power of the sun and other alternative energy. The sanctuary is looking for light-workers to live at the sanctuary to manifest an abundance of love and light into this planet. We are looking for people who understand community, and working and playing together, for a combined enrichment of our lives in our own rhythm and time. One of our projects is growing organic non-gmo foods. The sanctuary encourages a vegan, vegetarian, or mostly vegetarian with occasional ethically raised or wild fish, foul, or meat lifestyle. The sanctuary encourages a respect, reverence, and communication with all life. All spiritual views and cultures are welcome on our land, as long as you respect others ways, and don't push your beliefs onto others. Spiritual speakers, artists, musicians, dancers, gardeners, handymen (especially if into alternative energy), and children are welcome. Especially welcome are happy vibes helping to bring light down into the planet. Earth Rising Sanctuary holds three Healing Gathering's per year; Midwinter circle and celebration, March Vision Council and Seed Exchange; Summer Music Jam Party; Thanks Giving Prayer Circle; Winter Solstice Prayer/Vision Circle; New Years Eve Party; and weekly Music Jams. For all gatherings- community kitchen open to potluck offering and sharing. Contact for any details for upcoming gatherings, and if you would like to arrange your own group or private retreat/seminar/gathering. ERS formed in 2007, the first healing gathering-seminars were in 2008. In 2012 ERS became a non-profit in the State of Washington, and in December 2013 the land was signed over to ERS. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Earth Rising Sanctuary dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 152.868 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Queensland fax: physical_country: Australia oid: 483292b0-2ace-416d-a408-d52511f160c8 latitude: -26.265 id: 21904 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22334 physical_county: physical_city: Kin KIn mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Holistic permaculture community exploring, teaching and offering various natural living services including shared and private budget healthy accommodation, for short to long term, work exchange, permaculture education and consultation. Practicing natural artisian gardening or farming and natural health.

From www.ic.org/directory/noosa-forest-retreat/:

Noosa Forest Retreat is a developing shared rural grass roots holistic permaculture property/ co-op nestled amongst the beautiful foothills of Mothar Mountain situated in; the subtropical, Noosa hinterland, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia. Offering permaculture education, internships & consultation; Healthy accommodation short to long term and Natural health services specialising in holistic counselling & Ayurveda. Also offering work exchange for gardeners or trades for part to full exchange on accommodation & services. 2 1 acre exclusive use shares available from $65,000 Land Comprising 162 lush forsted north facing acres of the highest privately owned land on the /sunshine /Coast with fertile soil and abundant water backing onto thousands of acres of forestry and national park. Ideal for food production, one of the main shared values. There is a number of simple houses situated on the property offering various accomodation options, short to long term for holiday retreat or residency. Entry is normally via the main farm house set up as a share or co-house. There is currently a unique position offering Free accommodation with full services to the right person with a horticulture or permaculture qualification for work exchange helping develop food systems. The whole site is registered land for Wildlife Protection and is Organic. Primary shared values/activities are the adventure of reclaiming responsability for personal food production and mindful healthy supportive living or Sangha. A required entry agreement is to respect individual differences and take solution based responsability for challenges and projects. The property is affiliated with www.beachhealthretreat.com.au wich offers a number of yoga, organic eco-systemic farming and personal detox/purification/retreat programs, as well as some paid work to retreat residents. Web site www.noosaforestretreat.com phone 06 7 54097577 visitor contact: Ian Trew or Devi Pepperdine email trueorganics@hotmail.com mailing address PO box 1906 Noosa 4567 Qld Australia We have a goal to be flexible in welcoming all souls who are sincere about improving their health and living in a mindful co-supportive manner. To this end we can negotiate work exchange and welcome members of the WOOF organisation. Our WWOOF registration No is QN001. See above for Free accom offer and paid work option.
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Mission: vegan organic

From www.ic.org/directory/vegan-homeland/:

Interest has been growing. There is a Facebook group with the same name. We seek to acquire abandoned property in Detroit. The next auction is in a couple weeks. $500 for a house, or a lot. Also considering land in NY state, and a small piece has been acquired in Florida. Planting could start in Florida at any time. The property is hard to get to though. Need space in other places.
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Mission: Sustainability and permaculture

From www.ic.org/directory/circle-of-one/:

We are forming an ecovillage/community with the desire to use permaculture and sustainable ecological systems. We are working on alternative building and will be offering classes/work parties around various projects in the near future. We are committed to practicing non-violent and healthy personal relationships with each other and our environment. Our intent is to co-create a place of Love and Respect for all who live here.
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Mission: sustainability, spirituality

From www.ic.org/directory/sunflower-river/:

Sunflower River is joyfully creating a sanctuary wherein we embody and promote sustainability, spirituality, adaptability & safety within our selves, community, our land, and Gaia. Sunflower River is a place in which we live in community, in ever-increasing harmony with our ecosystem, striving to balance the needs of that ecosystem with our own needs. It is a place of centeredness in spirit, a refuge and center for our magical workings, a sacred place. It is a place of sacred work as well as sacred play, daily bread work that we recognize as meaningful and self-sustaining, and of celebration of the cycles of nature and our lives. A place where we can strive towards self-sufficiency--growing and raising our own food, creating our own energy with sun and wind power, living in sustainable, earth-friendly dwellings, taking care of each other and sharing resources. We act as a center for sustainability outreach, of contact with other communities engaged in sustainable or spiritual practices that touch upon ours, of the education of interested people in sustainable and/or pagan spiritual practices. We are a small, aspiring sustainable farm, on 4 acres, 4 miles south of Albuquerque at 4900-feet elevation. We're in our eleventh year on the land. There are five Stewards, of whom four are Founding Members, one additional member, one child, and a diverse community of supporters who volunteer at work parties, purchase produce, and otherwise support the farm. We are a host farm in the WWOOF internship program; see http://wwoofusa.org/. We have a large vegetable garden, and a half-acre of flood-irrigated pasture, but are not selling for market. Our well is off-grid. We raise chickens, turkeys, peafowl and bees. In addition, four humans, one dog, and three cats live on the property. We plan to get goats someday. Upcoming major projects include developing and improving paths on our back acreage, building a living labyrinth, and ongoing housing, greenhouse and barnyard infrastructure. Most of us work full-time off the farm. We are connected by city bus and bicycle routes to Albuquerque. Our land extends back from a semi-rural highway to a tree-lined field with open views of wide green alfalfa fields and the mountains. We are a half-mile from the Rio Grande. We are a queer poly pagan community.
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Mission: Sustainability, Community, Arts.

From www.ic.org/directory/laytonville-ecovillage/:

FOR SALE: Three Bedroom Home With Barn, Three Solar Systems, Permaculture Landscape, Greywater, Rocket Stove, Cob Oven, Outdoor Kitchen, And Lots Of Improvements. http://mendocounty-greenneighborhoodhomeforsale-laytonville.com/ A semi-rural ecovillage-in-the-making on ten acres of beautiful Northern California land, one mile out of the town of Laytonville. Ten acres have been subdivided into four parcels which allows for the development of new green homes and community space. We partner with the Solar Living Institute (solarliving.org) to host workshops in sustainability. The vision is to create an "intentional neighborhood" where people live in private homes, next to neighbors they want to live with, and with whom they share community gardens and community structures. One of the goals is to create a "net zero energy" community. Unlike a lot of rural homesteads, we're walking distance from town, which lowers our carbon footprint and allows us to be more self-sufficient. Ten acres offers abundant space for agriculture, housing, and workshop space. Cultural diversity and the arts are priorities. Work trade and Internship opportunities start in the Spring. See website for details.
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Mission: To create a free thinking, self-sustainable, cooperative eco community that thrives on trust, non-judgement, cooperation, and love. To be free and experience life in a fulfilling, natural, and passionate way.

From www.ic.org/directory/next-evolution-community/:

We are creating a self sustainable, eco-village, homesteading community that thrives on egalitarianism (all are equal and share in the decision making), human cooperation, organic living (will grow & raise raw organic foods), aquaculture, green renewable community generated energy, & natural building practices for creating living spaces. A non-judgmental community for spiritual growth with respect for individual beliefs (open to all faiths & philosophies), promote non-violence & peaceful conflict resolution, natural health through physical fitness (including meditation, yoga), alternative healing & open to other non-traditional healing methods / herbal remedies, and encourage all to express themselves through art and music. We are currently seeking workable property where the community can build a large community building, organic permaculture gardens/greenhouse, orchards, work sheds, and private living homes, (maybe a school house). Would like to co-op through community networking and with local farmers and craftsman. This could grow into a teaching ecovillage that holds retreats, workshops, and seminars on this way of life. We have several other viable ideas on community business that would easily thrive (some are already established and proven successful). You should be willing to perform your share of the workload and accept individuality and uniqueness in all people. Core beliefs are to love and accept one another without judgement, strive for peace, support and care for each other, and have mutual respect for each other. You can become a part of this awesome adventure into clean, healthy, organic living and the study of life and enlightenment. Come where you can fully express your creativity & passion. Together we can create a paradise. Let's do this! Please contact me with questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, interest. See us on Facebook, "next evolution cooperative" Pennsylvania. Mission Statement: To create a self-sustainable, teaching, eco-village community where all can learn to coexist in peace & harmony, heal & be healthy, grow in spirit, & live naturally. Please contact Frank: frank15066@yahoo.com 724-371-6824 (cell)
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Mission: Self-realized and completed beings who practice Kriya Kundalini and support Gaia-culture.

From www.ic.org/directory/a-new-sustainable-community/:

A rural farm providing for a collective of people to enjoy meditation, yoga, permaculture, Kriya Kundalini, peace and solititude, in the midst of Earth-care and shared experience. Suitable for people who consider themselves as completed beings who have raised their Kundalini and enjoy living in a natural environment away from noise and are willing to support other members' meditation practices. Providing for people who have their own transportable accomodation (such as Tiny Homes) and a willingness to lend a hand to establish a community from the ground up. Opportunities available to teach your expertise or to sell home-grown produce using farm resources in the local community. Families and world schoolers welcome. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Cosmic Love Community Farm dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Abruzzi National Park physical_address1: Via Mogli 8 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 13.7900817 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Frosinone fax: physical_country: Italy oid: 4abdc225-b56e-4946-82d0-ae89a405f99c latitude: 41.8088069 id: 21915 physical_zip: "03030" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22345 physical_county: physical_city: Pescosolido mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: intentional comunity

From www.ic.org/directory/italyecovillage-le-mogli-farm/:

\r\n\ We are ecofarm between Rome and Naples, in the Abruzzi National Park. It is located in a beautiful area at the foot of the mountain just under two hours from Rome and very well connected with both cities. The farm was abandoned over 40 years ago, and we are slowly bringing it back to life.\r\n\ \r\n\ It is still rustic, with no electricity, an outside bamboo shack shower, and a compost toilet. The experience is definitely not suitable for everyone. Right now, camping is available. The buildings still need work to make them suitable for living.\r\n\ \r\n\ We welcome new numbers to our community. If you want to come, please send us a detailed email. Let us know how long you want to stay, your hobbies and interests, travel experience\xE2\x80\x94one of your best experiences and why. \r\n\ \r\n\ Also let us know how you think you will contribute to our community.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are developing our organic garden, but we also need help in many different fields. People are welcome who have skills in carpentry, building, arts of all types, and agriculture, but who also have creativity and imagination. In general, we like active people who have passion and love inside them. \r\n\ \r\n\ The farm is very rustic, so if you need comforts you should not come here. You will not be happy. If you are happy with a simple lifestyle and beautiful mountains and nature around you, this could be a good place for you.\r\n\
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Mission: Another World is Possible

From www.ic.org/directory/rhiannon-community/:

* Para este informaci\xC3\xB3n en espa\xC3\xB1ol, despl\xC3\xA1cese hacia abajo *\r\n\ \r\n\ ENGLISH\r\n\ \r\n\ Location\r\n\ \r\n\ In 2008, we had a vision of transforming a run-down farmhouse and 15-hectares (38-acres) of over-exploited farmland into a world apart from mainstream culture, where people could grow, heal, live sustainably and regenerate the land while living in community.\r\n\ Rhiannon sits on the edge of a plateau with 360-degree views; clouds roll over snow-capped volcanoes and the sunsets still take our breath away! The sun can be hot, the wind can be fierce and the nights can be chilly \xE2\x80\x93 but with strong motivation, a wood-burning stove and good company, it\xE2\x80\x99s a great way to embrace the elements!\r\n\ \r\n\ Activities\r\n\ \r\n\ The activities we offer and engage with are based on our 5 core values:\r\n\ \r\n\ * Live & Work in Community *\r\n\ \r\n\ We aim to create an inclusive environment where like-minded people from around the world can build lasting relationships. Families with children and people from minority groups (often LGBT) are all welcome. We are bi-lingual in English and Spanish and come together through work, food, play, relaxation and ceremony.\r\n\ \r\n\ * Regeneration of Mother Nature *\r\n\ \r\n\ The properties around Rhiannon is mostly arid, mono-crop farmland and sprawling concrete accommodation. We are revitalising this small corner of the world through reforestation, our organic garden and animal care (donkeys, chickens, bees, worms, dogs and cats). Year-on-year we see the land become greener and more abundant in wildlife.\r\n\ \r\n\ * Place of Healing *\r\n\ \r\n\ We all have faced challenge or adversity to some degree in our lives. For our healing we offer yoga, authentic shamanic ceremonies (including plant medicines and temazcal/sweat lodge), heart circles, massage, reiki, journey sessions and other healing practices. We consider ourselves spiritual rather than religious and welcome people from different backgrounds and belief systems. \r\n\ \r\n\ * Permaculture Principles * \r\n\ \r\n\ We strive to live in harmony with nature with minimal impact. We are a vegan/vegetarian community which focuses on bio-construction, rainwater harvesting and recycling. Our electric and hot water showers are powered by the sun, while our composting toilets help fertilise the trees and waste plastic becomes bottle bricks!\r\n\ \r\n\ * Personal Growth *\r\n\ \r\n\ We offer a variety of events and workshops to people within and outside the community to help growth in intellectual, emotional and spiritual ways. Upon request, workshops in massage, energy healing, beekeeping and carpentry are all available. We created a large multi-purpose hall in which to host more external events \xE2\x80\x93 from dance, music and yoga to permaculture. Through living and working in community, we also offer people the opportunity to develop their practical skills, foreign languages and inter-personal communication.\r\n\ \r\n\ Current Projects\r\n\ \r\n\ Aside from our daily activities, our priority projects for you to get involved in are:\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tCompleting adobe construction & lime rendering\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tUpgrading our water harvesting and irrigation systems (including a crowd-funding project)\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tImproving and expanding our existing gardens \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tDeveloping events programme\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tReforestation and tree care\r\n\ \r\n\ Desired Skills\r\n\ If you have any of the following skills, we would be particularly interested in hearing from you:\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tCarpentry\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tGeneral maintenance skills\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tPlumbing\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tEvent management\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tGroup facilitation\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ Volunteer options\r\n\ \r\n\ Volunteers are invited to come from anywhere between two weeks, to two months, to two years or more! We ask people to arrive on the 1st or 15th of the month, which enables us to give everyone a thorough tour and creates a group who you can share your journey with! \r\n\ All short-term volunteers (up to 3 months) receive: 3 organic meals a day, shared accommodation, living essentials (toilet paper, bedding etc.) and the opportunity to experience community living! Volunteers work 25 hours a week spread over 5 days in the garden or on construction projects (5hrs each morning until lunch) and cook 1 meal per day (or equivalent such as evening watering), which takes approximately 2 hours extra.\r\n\ \r\n\ Long-term volunteers (3 months +) take on added responsibilities and receive added benefits for their ongoing contribution at Rhiannon, including: a preferred choice of accommodation, flexible working hours and time off for extended holidays.\r\n\ \r\n\ You can charge your electronics in the main building, however we are without wifi and prefer social interaction over technological consumption. All of our grey water goes back into nature where it is purified by plant and wildlife, therefore please only bring natural products for bathing. These products can be bought in Camari (Santa Clara, Quito). Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate additional animals at this time.\r\n\ \r\n\ During your stay you will also enjoy two free days per week to go out and enjoy the nearby attractions, or just relax, read and take in the view! Within two hours of Rhiannon you can reach Otavalo and its famous indigenous market, dry-forest camping in Parque Jerusalem, the ancient Cochasqui pyramids, stunning Mojanda and Cuicocha lakes and the Peguche waterfall.\r\n\ \r\n\ Access / Nearby activities\r\n\ \r\n\ The nearest town to Rhiannon is Malchingu\xC3\xAD, a 10 minute/$2.75 camioneta (white pick-up truck) ride away. There you will find a few small shops and internet caf\xC3\xA9. Guayllabamba is a 30 minute/50\xC2\xA2 bus-ride further and has some restaurants and a cash machine. The same bus will also take you to Ofelia, the (northern) bus terminal in Quito (1.5 hours/$1.50). The last bus leaves Malchingu\xC3\xAD at 5pm and the last bus from Quito leaves at 7pm. Buses run between 30mins and 1.5 hours apart.\r\n\ \r\n\ ESPA\xC3\x91OL\r\n\ \r\n\ Ubicaci\xC3\xB3n \r\n\ \r\n\ En 2008, tuvimos una visi\xC3\xB3n de transformar una casa de labranza y 15 hect\xC3\xA1reas (38 acres) de tierras de cultivo sobreexplotadas en un mundo aparte de la cultura convencional, donde la gente podr\xC3\xADa crecer, sanar, vivir sosteniblemente y regenerar la tierra mientras vive en comunidad.\r\n\ \r\n\ Rhiannon se sienta en el borde de una meseta con vistas de 360 grados; \xC2\xA1las nubes se enrollan sobre volcanes nevados y los atardeceres todav\xC3\xADa nos quitan el aliento! El sol puede ser caliente, el viento puede ser feroz y las noches puede ser fr\xC3\xADo - pero con una fuerte motivaci\xC3\xB3n, una estufa de le\xC3\xB1a y una buena compa\xC3\xB1\xC3\xADa, \xC2\xA1es una gran manera de abrazar los elementos!\r\n\ \r\n\ Actividades \r\n\ \r\n\ Las actividades que ofrecemos y nos comprometemos se basan en nuestros 5 valores fundamentales: \r\n\ \r\n\ * Vivir y trabajar en la comunidad * \r\n\ \r\n\ Nuestro objetivo es crear un entorno inclusivo donde las personas con una mentalidad similar de todo el mundo puedan construir relaciones duraderas. Las familias con ni\xC3\xB1os y personas de grupos minoritarios (a menudo LGBT) son bienvenidas. Somos biling\xC3\xBCes en ingl\xC3\xA9s y espa\xC3\xB1ol y nos reunimos a trav\xC3\xA9s del trabajo, la comida, el juego, la relajaci\xC3\xB3n y la ceremonia.\r\n\ \r\n\ * Regeneraci\xC3\xB3n de la Madre Tierra * \r\n\ \r\n\ Las propiedades en torno a Rhiannon son en su mayor\xC3\xADa \xC3\xA1ridas, tierras de cultivo mono cultivos y el alojamiento de hormig\xC3\xB3n en expansi\xC3\xB3n. Estamos revitalizando este peque\xC3\xB1o rinc\xC3\xB3n del mundo a trav\xC3\xA9s de reforestaci\xC3\xB3n, nuestro jard\xC3\xADn org\xC3\xA1nico y cuidado de animales (burros, gallinas, abejas, gusanos, perros y gatos). A\xC3\xB1o a a\xC3\xB1o vemos que la tierra se vuelve m\xC3\xA1s verde y abundante en la vida silvestre.\r\n\ \r\n\ * Lugar de sanaci\xC3\xB3n * \r\n\ \r\n\ Todos hemos enfrentado desaf\xC3\xADos o adversidades hasta cierto punto en nuestras vidas. Para nuestra sanaci\xC3\xB3n ofrecemos yoga, ceremonias aut\xC3\xA9nticas de shamanic (incluyendo medicinas de plantas y temazcal), c\xC3\xADrculos de coraz\xC3\xB3n, masajes, Reiki, sesiones de viaje y otras pr\xC3\xA1cticas de sanaci\xC3\xB3n. Nos consideramos a nosotros mismos espirituales y no religiosos y damos la bienvenida a personas de diferentes or\xC3\xADgenes y sistemas de creencias.\r\n\ \r\n\ * Principios de Permacultura * \r\n\ \r\n\ Nos esforzamos por vivir en armon\xC3\xADa con la naturaleza con un impacto m\xC3\xADnimo. Somos una comunidad vegana/vegetariana que se centra en la bio-construcci\xC3\xB3n, la recolecci\xC3\xB3n de agua de lluvia y el reciclaje. \xC2\xA1Nuestras duchas el\xC3\xA9ctricas y de agua caliente son alimentadas por el sol, mientras que nuestros inodoros de compostaje ayudan a fertilizar los \xC3\xA1rboles y desechos de pl\xC3\xA1stico se convierte en ladrillos de botella!\r\n\ \r\n\ * Crecimiento personal * \r\n\ \r\n\ Ofrecemos una variedad de eventos y talleres a personas dentro y fuera de la comunidad para ayudar a crecer en formas intelectuales, emocionales y espirituales. A petici\xC3\xB3n, se ofrecen talleres de masajes, sanaci\xC3\xB3n de energ\xC3\xADa, apicultura y carpinter\xC3\xADa. Creamos una gran sala polivalente en la que acoger m\xC3\xA1s eventos externos \xE2\x80\x93 desde danza, m\xC3\xBAsica y yoga hasta permacultura. A trav\xC3\xA9s de la vida y el trabajo en comunidad, tambi\xC3\xA9n ofrecemos a la gente la oportunidad de desarrollar sus habilidades pr\xC3\xA1cticas, idiomas extranjeros y comunicaci\xC3\xB3n interpersonal.\r\n\ \r\n\ Los proyectos actuales \r\n\ \r\n\ Aparte de nuestras actividades diarias, nuestros proyectos prioritarios para que usted se involucre en son: \r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Completando adobe construcci\xC3\xB3n & renderizando de cal\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Mejorando nuestros sistemas de recolecci\xC3\xB3n de agua y riego (incluyendo un proyecto de financiaci\xC3\xB3n de multitudes) \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Mejorando y expandiendo nuestros jardines existentes \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Desarrollo de eventos programa \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Reforestaci\xC3\xB3n y cuidado de \xC3\xA1rboles\r\n\ \r\n\ Habilidades Deseadas\r\n\ Si tienes alguna de las siguentes habilidades, estar\xC3\xADamos particularmente interesados en escuchar de ti:\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tCarpenter\xC3\xADa\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tHabilidades generales de mantemiento\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tPlomer\xC3\xADa\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tGesti\xC3\xB3n de eventos\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tFacilitaci\xC3\xB3n de grupos\r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ \r\n\ Opciones de voluntariado\r\n\ \r\n\ Voluntarios est\xC3\xA1n invitados a venir de cualquier lugar entre dos semanas, a dos meses, a dos a\xC3\xB1os o m\xC3\xA1s. \xC2\xA1Pedimos a la gente que llegue en el 1er o 15 del mes, lo que nos permite dar a todos un recorrido completo y crea un grupo con quien puedes compartir tu viaje!\r\n\ Todos los voluntarios de corto plazo (hasta 3 meses) reciben: 3 comidas org\xC3\xA1nicas al d\xC3\xADa, alojamiento compartido, vitales esenciales (papel higi\xC3\xA9nico, ropa de cama, etc.) y la oportunidad de experimentar la vida de la comunidad. Los voluntarios trabajan 25 horas a la semana esparcidos durante 5 d\xC3\xADas en el jard\xC3\xADn o en proyectos de construcci\xC3\xB3n (5 cada ma\xC3\xB1ana hasta el almuerzo) y cocinan 1 comida al d\xC3\xADa (o equivalente como el riego nocturno), que toma aproximadamente 2 horas extra. \r\n\ \r\n\ Los voluntarios de largo plazo (3 meses) asumen responsabilidades adicionales y reciben beneficios adicionales por su contribuci\xC3\xB3n continua en Rhiannon, incluyendo: una opci\xC3\xB3n preferida de alojamiento, horas de trabajo flexibles y tiempo libre para vacaciones prolongadas.\r\n\ \r\n\ Tu puedes cargar su electr\xC3\xB3nica en el edificio principal, sin embargo, estamos sin wifi y prefieren la interacci\xC3\xB3n social sobre el consumo tecnol\xC3\xB3gico. Todo nuestro agua gris se regresa a la naturaleza donde es purificada de las plantas y la vida silvestre, por lo tanto, por favor s\xC3\xB3lo traer productos naturales para el ba\xC3\xB1o. Estos productos se pueden comprar en Camari (Santa Clara, Quito). Desafortunadamente no podemos acomodar animales adicionales en este momento.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xC2\xA1Durante su estancia tambi\xC3\xA9n disfrutar\xC3\xA1s de dos d\xC3\xADas libres por semana para salir y disfrutar de las atracciones cercanas, o simplemente relajarse, leer y disfrutar de la vista! Dentro de dos horas de Rhiannon se puede llegar a Otavalo y su famoso mercado ind\xC3\xADgena, el camping de bosque seco en el parque de Jerusal\xC3\xA9n, las antiguas pir\xC3\xA1mides de Cochasqui, impresionantes Mojanda y lagos Cuicocha y la cascada Peguche.\r\n\ \r\n\ Acceso/actividades cercanas \r\n\ \r\n\ La ciudad m\xC3\xA1s cercana a Rhiannon es Malchingu\xC3\xAD, a 10 minutos/$2,75 camioneta de distancia. All\xC3\xAD encontrar\xC3\xA1s algunas peque\xC3\xB1as tiendas y un cibercaf\xC3\xA9. Guayllabamba est\xC3\xA1 a 30 minutos/50 autob\xC3\xBAs-viaja m\xC3\xA1s lejos y tiene algunos restaurantes y una m\xC3\xA1quina del efectivo. El mismo autob\xC3\xBAs tambi\xC3\xA9n le llevar\xC3\xA1 a Ofelia, la terminal de autobuses (norte) en Quito (1,5 horas/$1.50). El \xC3\xBAltimo autob\xC3\xBAs sale de Malchingu\xC3\xAD a las 5 pm y el \xC3\xBAltimo autob\xC3\xBAs de Quito sale a las 7 PM. los autobuses corren entre 30 y 1,5 horas de diferencia." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Rhiannon Community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: P O Box 246 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -123.969508 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: California fax: physical_country: United States oid: a713f2b2-6b2d-4642-9865-ee529837d25b latitude: 41.8454831 id: 21924 physical_zip: "95543" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22354 physical_county: physical_city: Gasquet mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: We are dedicated to becoming the change we want to see in the world by anchoring to and sharing the tools of a promising future: community thoughtfulness, environmental sustainability, self-sufficiency, economic independence, grounded spiritual intention and holistic, and healthful living practices.

From www.ic.org/directory/maitreya-mountain-village/:

A remote, off-grid, wilderness permaculture farm, agroforestry, dynamic intentional community, and ever-evolving experiment in sustainable living. There are many ways to be a part of our village; we are especially seeking a few hard-working, enthusiastic, happy people to become long-term, committed community members\r\n\ \r\n\ Accepting approximately 30 woofers\r\n\ -- and 3 to 5 internship applications (both 3 and 6 month durations)\r\n\ \r\n\ If you would like to inquire for a visit \r\n\ -- just skip over to our visit/volunteer application\r\n\ http://www.maitreyamountainvillage.com/visitor-applicatyion.html\r\n\ \r\n\ Please read over our web site thoroughly)\r\n\ \r\n\ : )" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Maitreya Mountain Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Rising Sun Way grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -79.683207 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: North Carolina fax: physical_country: United States oid: 9281048e-c0b5-41b0-a1bc-764b3bb0f243 latitude: 35.739239 id: 21926 physical_zip: "27248" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22356 physical_county: physical_city: Franklinville mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Sustainability, Wellness, Local Food, Neighborhood self-reliance, Community, Green Building, Environmental Conservation, Service.

From www.ic.org/directory/living-well-community/:

The Living Well Community is a mixed-use community/ecovillage focused on health/wellness, sustainability, service to the greater good, and honoring the sacred. This is a 124-acre property bordered by a mile of frontage on the Deep River on one side and almost a mile of frontage on Sandy Creek on the other side. The community has a combination of private and shared spaces with additional mixed-uses under development including green businesses, an integrative health center, an organic farm, a community garden, a neighborhood park and orchard, and 53 acres of natural area buffering the creek and river. The property is beautiful with mountain-like topography, the river, rock outcroppings, high areas with vistas, the creek, trails, beautiful woods, and abundant wild edible and medicinal plants. Our community is located near major highway corridors, just two miles from Highway 64 in the town of Franklinville, North Carolina. This property has regional appeal and access, being only a half-hour from Greensboro, 15 minutes from Asheboro and Siler City, and an hour and 15 minutes from RTP (Research Triangle Park), Raleigh, Durham, and Charlotte. We are centrally located between the mountains and ocean, and at the midpoint on the eastern seaboard between New York and Florida. We are also approximately a 6 hour drive from Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. The Conference and Retreat Center, located on the 50-foot-high bluff overlooking Sandy Creek and the Deep River, features the lovely, historic McIver-Faulk House, built in the 1850s and relocated to this site in 2004. The partially completed Conference and Retreat Center will be available for retreats, classes, and events (weddings, reunions, etc.).
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Mission: living well, with respect for others and for the land

From www.ic.org/directory/high-cove/:

\r\n\ High Cove is a community in the mountains of western North Carolina, focused on the environment, the arts and sciences, and lifelong learning. We are creating a sustainable community that fosters rich and lasting human relationships and provides a place for people of all ages and backgrounds to live, learn, and share experience\xE2\x80\x93\xE2\x80\x93while preserving the land, water, and native plants and animals. High Cove includes a forest preserve, organic farm site, and trails along creeks and ridge tops. There are two neighborhoods, and a mixed-use village center is planned. High Cove is located less than an hour from downtown Asheville, near the renowned Penland School of Crafts, in an area alive with potters, woodworkers, and other crafts workers.\r\n\ Building sites for homes and studios are available. Development standards call for green homes that conserve energy and natural resources. Sites allow for passive solar, and renewable energy is encouraged. Small (and tiny) houses are welcome. Rental housing is available, but goes quickly.\r\n\ A small, mixed-use village center is planned. This \xE2\x80\x9Cmain street\xE2\x80\x9D is called Castanea Street in honor of the magnificent tree that was decimated by blight. By planting chestnut trees, we will help bring the chestnut back to this region. Land is also set aside for an organic farm, and community garden plots for residents. \r\n\ In addition to caring for the natural environment, High Cove supports the human environment with a variety of public and civic spaces. These gathering places are the foundation of neighboring, and build the social capital that makes great communities. We seek diversity in age, income, and background. LGBTQ welcome.\r\n\ We would welcome the opportunity to partner with folks who are interested in creating co-housing at High Cove.\r\n\
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Mission: Organic Gardening, Shared Meals, Spiritual Exploration

From www.ic.org/directory/green-street-urban-homestead-farm/:

Community Garden, Greenhouse, Hoop Houses, Beehives, and, soon to be Hydroponics, Wheat-grass station, and Wild-Mushroom farm. We strive to plant and grow organically. We pick fruit. We share meals, upkeep, care, and maintenance of the property. We are open to new non resident gardeners and residents as well. Gardeners also have the opportunity to become short- or long-term live-in residents at the Green Street Homestead. All Green Street Homesteaders are also required to Garden. However,Gardeners are not required to be residents of the Green Street Homestead. Share large home. Shared Kitchen, Bath, Common Areas. Includes ALL utilities plus cable TV, wireless internet. Washer and Dryer. Large house, large front porch and back porch with BBQ, nice yard, vegetable/flower gardens, ample off street parking and storage, hardwood floors, fireplace, Yoga/Meditation room, breakfast nook. Lots of great kitchen gadgets. Yummy shared meals from delicious fresh veggies! Great neighbors. Adjacent to Liberty Park. 2 blocks to 9th/9th. Close to U of U, Downtown, Sugarhouse, Quick access to I-80 & I-15. 1/2 block to both 900 South and 700 East on quiet community like side street yet quick access to Liberty Park, numerous coffee houses, or anywhere in the city via 700 East/900 East which are major streets. Furnished or unfurnished room. EVERYTHING included--ALL utilities, gas, heat, electric, cable, wireless internet, linens, blankets, sheets, pillows, furnishings, etc Preference given to those with administrative/leadership/managerial/gardening/ homesteading/culinary/cooking background. If this appeals to you and you think you might be a fit and are clean, neat, tidy and organized. give me a call. tel 801 867 9051
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Mission: Alderleaf Wilderness College's mission is to inspire and empower people to be lifelong stewards on the natural world.

From www.ic.org/directory/alderleaf-wilderness-college-and-farm/:

Alderleaf Wilderness College is a nature, sustainability, and wilderness survival school. Alderleaf Wilderness College's land is a developing permaculture farm nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. It is located above the Skykomish River valley near the town of Monroe, Washington, 30 miles northeast of Seattle. Our 15-acre property is an evolving model of environmental sustainability. Alderleaf Wilderness College has its office and classrooms on site and several staff, interns, and student live on site. The large forested portion of the land contains giant mossy cedars, a cascading creek, a diversity of wildlife, and several wetlands. It is adjacent to thousands of acres of forest lands with many lakes, streams, and mountains. The land is in the process of integrating a permaculture design plan. The farm includes cabins, houses, a large barn, beautiful pastures, garden space, and fruit trees. A limited number of rooms for rent are available to staff, interns, and students in our Wilderness Certification Program and occasionally others interested in being involved with Alderleaf. Residents share a passion for nature, sustainability, and community, and often enjoy the opportunity to grow organic food and steward the land.
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Mission: We are exploring living in ways that are spiritually, socially, environmentally and economically sustaining, whilst sharing and engaging with the world.

From www.ic.org/directory/bellbunya-community-association/:

We are individuals united in seeking to create conscious community that are havens liberating and nurturing the potential of all through social equity, integrity, courage, transformative growth, collaborative enterprises, and celebration and care of the planet. In December 2008 we created a four-bottom-line intentional community / ecovillage on the Sunshine Coast hinterland at Belli Park, near Noosa, to model sustainable community living. The first bottom line is personal transformative growth and the recognition of the connection that exists in all of us and our planet. The community thus has a spiritual, though non-denominational, basis. Our intention is fundamentally outward focused, with the intent to interact and contribute to society in positive ways. The second is social sustainability and connection. This incorporates facilitating people from different ages, backgrounds and economic circumstances, setting a community size of 12 or more. It incorporates governance that is honouring to all, recognising the need to be heard; and communication and conflict resolution skills. We have clear processes in place to give transparency. The third is economic sustainability, which incorporates the community's stability as well as desirable industry that supports individual economic sustainability. We also seek the growth of non-currency based internal economies. The fourth is environmental sustainability, which incorporates food production on our rural site; rainwater harvesting, treatment, and dispersal; building design, construction, and refurbishments; and renewable energy. Overarching this is respect and care of the natural country of which we are the current stewards. Our 16 hectare (40 acre) property has conference/workshop facilities including a hall, restaurant, and suites of accommodations for small groups. We welcome enquiries for holding workshops and retreats that further our sustainable and ethical practices. We are also open to additional community members at this stage. There may be building sites and rental spaces for like-minded people who share our vision and have the energy and enthusiasm to see this project through.

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Mission: We are an agrarian intentional community: restorative in our agriculture, sustainable in our designs and practices, collaborative in our social and work life, and celebratory and creative in all that we do.

From www.ic.org/directory/harts-mill/:

\r\n\ \r\n\ Hart\xE2\x80\x99s Mill Ecovillage is an evolving community planned for a beautiful 112-acre expanse of fields, streams and woods located 10 miles west of Hillsborough in Orange County, NC. Our vision is to provide a tangible example of integrated ecologically, socially and economically sustainable ways of living for residents plus entrepreneurial partners and visitors. We also intend for it to be a model and educational resource for others who wish to forge similar endeavors.\r\n\ We seek to create a compact village-style rural housing cooperative with 30 homes. Our goal is to establish a high quality of life while minimizing resource use and preserving the majority of the land in agriculture, woodlands, and open space. The initiative is being led by a group of local residents who intend to live at Hart\xE2\x80\x99s Mill. Hart\xE2\x80\x99s Mill has been founded with the intention of modeling integrated, low-impact approaches to residential development and land stewardship. Elements of this goal include:\r\n\ \xEF\x82\xA7\tadoption of the best site and building design principles and practices for reducing use of energy, water, and other resources\r\n\ \xEF\x82\xA7\tmanagement of the land for diversified food and timber production, wildlife habitat, recreation, research and education\r\n\ \xEF\x82\xA7\topportunities for aging in place within a vibrant multi-generational community\r\n\ \xEF\x82\xA7\taccessibility to flexible, affordable housing options\r\n\ \xEF\x82\xA7\tonsite opportunities for farm and home-based employment\r\n\ \xEF\x82\xA7\ta high degree of self-sufficiency in food, fiber, and energy\r\n\ The size of our village allows us to know each other deeply, while nourishing social relationships, food production, employment opportunities, and shared facilities to meet many of our needs on-site. Our governance is sociocracy, and we welcome new members who would like to participate in making Hart\xE2\x80\x99s Mill a reality.\r\n\ We achieved re-zoning in November, 2015, and we plan to break ground in 2017. \r\n\ \r\n\
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Mission: sustainable practices

From www.ic.org/directory/kailash-ecovillage/:

Kailash Ecovillage is a 32-unit apartment complex and a two unit house in inner southeast Portland, Oregon, with a sustainable orientation. We are a community promoting sustainable practices such as extensive recycling, organic (emphasizing veganic approaches) gardening and composting, including humanure composting, permaculture, bicycle and public transportation use, vehicle sharing, and rainwater and solar energy harvesting. Financially we use a rental model for our housing. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Kailash Ecovillage dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Wolf Springs Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -93.1551219 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Arkansas fax: physical_country: United States oid: 83f1bce4-5a6a-4d79-bfe0-f70d3dc3e3f2 latitude: 36.2983584 id: 21940 physical_zip: "72601" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22370 physical_county: physical_city: Harrison mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: care for property, fields for bees, lettuce and tomato gardens year round

From www.ic.org/directory/harper-valley-farm/:

Property is located in Harrison, Arkansas. 28 miles South of Branson, Missouri. You are renting five acres for your exclusive use, perfect for gardening or just putting your feet in the creek. You are responsibe for yourself both finacially and emotionally. You will need a Prius plus $3000 per year for a single person or $3600 for a couple. The rent is annual and helps keep our project alive and growing. A Prius is best for off grid. Electric will be provided to shower house and outdoor kitchen. Rent is annual. You pay your own electric if connected and leave the place the way you found it or better. You will have the opportunity and parking space to do your own thing or just relax. This is a beautiful property we would like to keep it that way. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Harper Valley Farm dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: contact us by email for US postal address grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 177.343084 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Yasawa Islands fax: physical_country: Fiji oid: 72ec5346-1f3f-4ca8-9c89-f4c310a97df3 latitude: -16.979665 id: 21941 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22371 physical_county: physical_city: near Vuaki mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Natural Building, Traditional culture, organic food, Music, Fun, Singing, Ceremony, Eduation, Quiet Island Living

From www.ic.org/directory/flying-fish-organic-village/:

\r\n\ The Flying Fish Organic Village is already built. we have 5 cottages, a grand bure and yoga centre/meeting hall. We grow fresh, organic food and build traditional buildings from all natural materials collected on the island\xE2\x80\xA6fully eco-friendly and beautiful\r\n\ \r\n\ This quiet paradise is powered by the sun\xE2\x80\x99s radiance and human power, where there are no roads and most certainly no cars. We have ample rainwater storage (10,000 litres, a huge organic plantation, boats, and a community dining room with excellent local chefs. Small cottages (Fijian bures) and large tents shelter locals and visitors comfortably.\r\n\ \r\n\ Please visit for a few weeks or a few months stay, as a voluntourist.\r\n\ After a one month trial period you may be invited to enjoy three months and with approval you may be invited to stay up to one year. You can also be an annual visitor, supporter or long-term voluntourist. Currently we aren't welcoming new members or visitors due to structural changes in the community\r\n\ \r\n\ Imagine a pristine beach of golden sands. A place where music and singing are shared joyfully. Fijians value family, peace and cooperative sharing and welcome you like family!\r\n\ \r\n\ Organic agriculture, natural building, and sustainable energy empower the villagers to share their enduring lifestyle. Operated by native Fijians and extended family, now joined by sustainability educators and other non-Fijians. Currently we are not welcoming additional visitors or members. This cross-cultural alliance supports traditional Fijian culture while teaching sustainability in an organic setting, creating a model and protecting the natural environment, by creating a sustainable economy for the friendly Fijians. This works.\r\n\ \r\n\ Native music and ceremony create a deeper cross-cultural experience.\r\n\ \r\n\ Visitors relax in peace \r\n\ \r\n\ Assist in gardens, daily life or on a community project. Learn valuable skills and traditional life-ways with a very, very low carbon footprint.\r\n\ \r\n\ To sustain this reality and vision, these friendly Fijians welcome your needed support rather than overly impacting the natural world. In this fragile ecosystem we can help sustain this pristine tropical wonderland.\r\n\ Financial assistance and donations are deeply appreciated.\r\n\ \r\n\ Imagine a place where children are safe\xE2\x80\xA6a place to swim amongst coral reefs of amazing diversity. Imagine a place that sustains us spiritually. All who join us in this island paradise are touched by the local's gentle ways, by the beauty and peace.\r\n\ \r\n\ Bula Vinaka!\r\n\
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Mission: Love Life liberty happiness prosperity

From www.ic.org/directory/heart-house-medicine/:

urban farm, rebuilding electronics into generators for wind and solar and water wheel power, radiant free energy zero gravity. We build flying bicycles, and are developing anti-grav engines. ~Pops year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Heart House Medicine dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 5049 Browns Hollow Rd grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -85.6876409 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Tennessee fax: physical_country: United States oid: 0259b4f1-fbd2-48fa-9655-b4875c4772e2 latitude: 35.2865334 id: 21943 physical_zip: "37387" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22373 physical_county: physical_city: Tracy City mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Self-sufficient, Free, Living the Love of Christ through Service\r\n\ \r\n\ OUR MISSION is to be a self-sustaining community\r\n\ in harmony with nature and people.

From www.ic.org/directory/the-village-on-sewanee-creek/:

\r\n\ Sustainability at The Village on Sewanee Creek is at the intersection of creativity, personal liberty & accountability, love of nature and mutual caring. Private property ownership is valued as a key to accountable stewardship. We believe that people with the right values require little in the way of intrusive oversight. We tend to be conservative or libertarian in outlook, but welcome diversity of thought, background and skills.\r\n\ We seek people with diverse skills and backgrounds for self-sufficient community life in an old-fashioned neighborhood with strong Christian values.\r\n\ \r\n\ Located on the beautiful Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, the property abounds with waterfalls, hemlock & harwdood forests, clear bluff views of the Sewanee gorge and wooded mountains. Recognized as one of the most bio-diverse areas in the US.\r\n\ \r\n\ Why Tennessee?\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 no income taxes, \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 low property taxes, \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 low cost of living,\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 lush woodlands and rocky bluffs overlooking canyons and streams,\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 a diverse culture, from \xE2\x80\x9Cmountain folks\xE2\x80\x9D (who know how to live simply) to academia. (Nearby, Historical U. of the South -rich cultural heritage).\r\n\ \r\n\ Villagers have diverse experience and enjoy working together and teaching each other how to be self-sufficient in:\r\n\ \r\n\ Water: Rainwater collection systems encouraged. Such systems make us completely independent of municipal water although city water is also available.\r\n\ \r\n\ Food: (A community garden is maintained with help from an organic gardening coach.) Lots are large enough to be food self-sufficient. Some raise chickens, cows, goats or other livestock and we all share or barter.\r\n\ \r\n\ Energy: Solar PV, Wood gasification, micro-hydroelectric, other forms of sustainable energy practiced.\r\n\ \r\n\ Healthy living: Use of local herbs, healthy diet.\r\n\ \r\n\ Community: 50 of the 207 acres are a nature preserve. Hiking trails wander pristine woodlands past waterfalls to the secluded Sewanee Creek. A common area features breathtaking canyon and mountain views. Outdoor pavilions with barbecue pits welcome picnics. A natural rock amphitheater surrounds a stage and large screen where family movies are shown against the backdrop of a dark, starlit sky. \r\n\ \r\n\ Located between Chattanooga and Nashville in a rural setting, with shopping, restaurants, etc., an easy 5 to 25 minutes away.\r\n\ \r\n\ Perfect for a primary residence in a prepared community or a second-home safe haven. Home sites feature stunning bluff views, creeks, and magnificent waterfalls.\r\n\ \r\n\ Check us out at the website listed above, see my blog at http://1stvillager.wordpress.com/ or email info@sewaneecreek.com.\r\n\
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Mission: Willow Springs provides an essential creative hub for the San Juan Ridge community and the greater Yuba watershed. We provide nourishing spaces for living, creating, and learning.

From www.ic.org/directory/willow-springs/:

We\xE2\x80\x99ve been called many things from being a \xE2\x80\x9Ccommune\xE2\x80\x9D (we\xE2\x80\x99re not) to a \xE2\x80\x9Cmystery ranch\xE2\x80\x9D (we like that one). In simplest terms, Willow Springs is a community hub supporting free expression and cultivating the creative seed lying within.\r\n\ \r\n\ On any given day, you may witness the following: cabinets being made from sustainably harvested bamboo; hand-sculpted pottery and blown glass being created; yoga classes taught out of a re-purposed auto garage; vegetables, berries, and flowers being organically farmed; and designers developing their next visions to be manifested for the community.\r\n\ \r\n\ However, it is not really the \xE2\x80\x9Cwhat\xE2\x80\x9D that makes Willow Springs. Rather, it\xE2\x80\x99s the common belief in what\xE2\x80\x99s possible when we honor each other\xE2\x80\x99s passion and the earth that supports all of us. We invite you to inquire about how you can participate in this ongoing, ever-evolving community project.\r\n\ \r\n\ Evolving since 2001, we have just begun to scratch the surface of this land\xE2\x80\x99s potential to be a place for people to collaborate and manifest their dreams, visions, and intentions. We\xE2\x80\x99re currently experiencing a process to reform the community into one that is owner-based instead of rental-based.\r\n\ \r\n\ *The Place*\r\n\ On an old 3-1/2 acre homestead that once sustained a roadhouse bar and auto garage, we have found a modest place to test our audacious vision. Fronting State Highway 49 (linking together the gold strike towns of 1849) as you enter North San Juan (population 250), the land follows what is thought to be an old filled in creek bed that now saturates the gently sloping meadows during the winter rainy season. Scattered throughout the grassland are houses, barns, shops, and various outbuildings.\r\n\ \r\n\ With this fabric of old buildings and fertile land as a starting point, we have methodically and intuitively begun to weave in our vision. At the moment, we are sustaining affordable housing, a half-acre organic farm with a community supported agriculture program, woodworking and metal shops, a yoga studio, architecture and sculpture studios, and community dining and event space.\r\n\ \r\n\ As we restore and regenerate this place, we strive as much as possible to use locally sourced and reused building materials, renewable energy, water pumped and cycled on site, and permaculture gardening practices. We see our desire to heal and strengthen the mind, body, and spirit as necessarily intertwined with these practices and a consciousness of place.\r\n\ \r\n\ *The People*\r\n\ There is a saying that the essence of farming is first and foremost to grow the soil. At Willow Springs, we aspire to cultivate a place where people are nourished and inspired to unlock the potential of their dreams. We believe that within every person lies a unique combination of passion and innate ability capable of sustaining his or her life energy. In providing an environment full of love and evolving natural beauty, we seek to be catalysts in each other\xE2\x80\x99s growth.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are collectively pursuing many passions from design to farming to artisanal crafts. We are an evolving group consciously creating a place that diverges from the norm, yet stays connected. We believe in salvaging and tinkering; gardening and sharing meals; seeking inspiration for innovation from nature while cherishing its perfection; quietly meditating and raucously jamming.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are interested in practicing our principles and learning by doing. We embrace the adventure as we experiment with sustainable living. Along the way, we hope to share some of what we learn." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Willow Springs dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: East end of Ridge Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -124.076668 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: California fax: physical_country: United States oid: 3df3f7d3-9cee-4609-be09-442b7c2eb518 latitude: 40.88472 id: 21947 physical_zip: "95521" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22377 physical_county: physical_city: Arcata mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: We desire to live in a friendly and connected multi-generational neighborhood, sharing resources, protecting the natural environment around us, and inspiring each other to make contributions to our community and world.

From www.ic.org/directory/trillium-creek/:

Trillium Creek will be a multi-generational green community located on a meadow amid 24 acres of redwoods and creeks on the north coast of California in Arcata. Our vision is to find neighbors who will love community, synergize in creative ways, and enjoy sharing stewardship of this incredibly beautiful place. Homes will be located on 3 of 24 acres very close to Humboldt State University and the Arcata Community Forest. The climate is mild. Forest, creeks and wildlife surround us, and we can walk or bike to town. Humboldt State University and CenterArts are just a bit more than a half-mile away! There will be only 8 lots, but 6 of them can accommodate 2 homes. 17 of the redwood-forested acres, including the 2 creeks, will be in permanent natural reserve. There are acres of private space to walk, refresh, and be with nature. This new neighborhood is being designed to include: * Sustainable and energy-efficient green building strategies * Healthy and stable community connections that promote wellbeing * Multi-generational living with friendliness toward children, families, elders and pedestrians * Alternative Transportation: Walkable and bikeable to HSU, the Arcata Plaza and a local bus stop * Shared common hall and gardens * Lifelong learning * Global thriving * Affordability We're excited! We anticipate lots complete with roads, driveways, underground electricity, and city utilities this fall!
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Mission: Residents, board members and volunteers who work and/or live on the land trust desire to create a community that is dedicated to: -Maintaining the diversified integrity of the ecosystem -Promoting and implementing the production of local foods -Providing a safe, healthy, balanced, respectful environment -Honoring the needs and aspirations of residents in our actions and decisions -Serving as an inspiration and resource for residents, visitors and the greater community -Governing that is democratic and based on equality, clarity and fairness -Being active community members in Acworth and the greater community -Being financially viable -Promoting access to farm, forestland and housing that is affordable -Preserving the quality and affordability of land/housing for future residents of CPCLT -Serving as an educational model on sustainable living To implement these principals, CPCLT members are committed to forging respectful communication systems where the input of all individuals is encouraged and received; implementing effective planning procedures that allow issues and projects to be addressed in a pro-active, democratic fashion and followed through to their successful completion; generating financial resources to meet the needs of the land trust and the families who work and reside there, respecting the natural environment and reaching out to the surrounding communities to educate people about sustainable agriculture and the benefits of locally produced foods.

From www.ic.org/directory/cold-pond-community-land-trust/:

Cold Pond Community Land Trust is an intentional community comprised of residents, board members and volunteers who work and/or live on the land trust. We believe in our efforts to protect our surrounding forest and farm land, watersheds, wildlife habitat and open spaces by exploring sustainability and living lives of minimal impact. Our board and residents collectively steward 215 acres of common lands. Beyond the agricultural and conservation means, the land is open to the public for hiking, cross-country skiing, horseback riding and various other purposes. Regional Overview The Cold Pond Community Land Trust is located in the town of Acworth, in southwest New Hampshire, 9 miles east of the Connecticut River. Acworth has a population of over 900 people spread out over nearly 40 square miles. The town is located 45 minutes north of the city of Keene, New Hampshire. Many of the residents of Acworth are self-employed and work from their homes. The people of Acworth are economically and politically diverse. The post office, church, school, library and Village Store are popular meeting places which foster a sense of community.
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Mission: We are striving for a good, sustainable, healthy community.

From www.ic.org/directory/freethinkers-ecovillage/:

\r\n\ We are a family north of the Marinette, Wisconsin area who are interested in finding other couples, individuals, or families who would like to live more sustainably. Our main goals include large-scale personal and market gardens, long-term food storage, small-scale keeping of livestock, energy independence, and learning how to function without depending on outside assistance through the inevitable ups and downs of life. \r\n\ \r\n\ We have 27 acres of rolling land near the Menominee River that we are currently developing into a small homestead. There is a fair amount of affordable land for sale in the area for anyone interested in forming a community with us but not in the sharing of property. As a matter of fact, there are 80 acres to the direct south of our land for sale - already developed a bit. We might even sell off some of our own acreage to the right people.\r\n\ \r\n\ We believe in the importance of community and families. We would love to have other people to share this journey with. Not only would we enrich each other\xE2\x80\x99s lives, but as the old saying goes: two hands are better than one. We are helpful to a fault and willing to learn just about anything we have to. If you are interested in joining us on this venture, please don\xE2\x80\x99t hesitate to contact us. We are going in this direction whether or not we can put together a group\xE2\x80\xA6 we just think it would be a lot more fun and interesting to make this happen with a community.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our goals with our land do not currently include selling off small parcels or incorporating. We have plans to build guest housing or small rentals on our land for those who are interested in the lifestyle and for one reason or another can't afford to buy in the area. These will not be finished for a few years, however.\r\n\ \r\n\ Please remember that this lifestyle is not something you can simply jump into on a whim. It's a lot of hard work and the initial start up cost for land, housing, and equipment is fairly steep. I don't mean to scare anyone away from this, because in my opinion it's totally worth every penny and every drop of sweat. I'm merely implying that we are looking for serious, dedicated people who have thoroughly thought this lifestyle through. Is that you? Are you done dreaming and ready to get your hands dirty? If so, please contact us!\r\n\ \r\n\ **House construction is complete! We are now living on our land. Look for exciting updates on my atheisthomesteader blog!**\r\n\
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Mission: We are a model of possibility, working toward sustainable living, spiritual growth, and living in harmony with nature.

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

\r\n\ We are vegan,off grid,spiritual commune and wilderness preserve. We seek to live simply, ecologically, self-sufficiently and in harmony with all life. We are a mystical order called the Order of the Trees. We have men and women, single and married and sometimes children. We are a spiritual commune with roots in several spiritual teachings including the Oahspe. We honor the truths that run through all religions. The Creator is our common ground. Our main activities are caring for the preserve and gardening, working with horses, and maintaining the facilities\xE2\x80\x94homes, dining hall, bathhouse, stable, barn, and greenhouse. We are working toward self-sufficiency. We are off grid, producing our own heat, hot water, and electricity. Our public outreach is to provide a model of possibility, stand as guardians to one of the last old growth forests in Southern Oregon, produce publications and information on sustainability, wilderness preservation, health, vegetarianism, and spiritual development. We have just published a book about our spiritual perspectives. www.eoihsvoice.org\r\n \r\n\ Our lifestyle does NOT include TV, radio, newspapers, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, or caffeine. We are married or celibate.\r\n\ \r\n\ We eat organic food, drink fresh spring water, breath clean air, enjoy kind people, board games, great hiking, hard work, living in a park, music and an occasional movie. \r\n\ \r\n\ Our land is verdant and lush, with forest and meadows and springs and a river. Our climate is mild.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are happy, fun-loving, and positive people who want to share our community with like-minded people who love to work and grow with others.\r\n\ \r\n\ We welcome those interested in living a simple spiritual oriented vegan life in the forest. \r\n\ \r\n\ For additional information go to our website at www.eloinforest.org\r\n \r\n\ \r\n\ Namaste. \r\n\ Anne\r\n\
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Mission: Sustainable Permaculture Living

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

\r\n\ EcoJoya is about creating a new paradigm in living\xE2\x80\x94a new paradigm in which people live in community with each other and with their local ecosystems. Mutual honor and respect for one another as well as for the health of the environment are paramount. Living sustainably and working with nature using permaculture and similar guiding principles preserve a joyful happy lifestyle.\r\n\ \r\n\ EcoJoya is about empowering people and communities to live sustainably, using local resources. \r\n\ \r\n\ Our first project is in the cool mountains of Costa Rica where we have 50 acres of pasture, forest, views, springs, creeks, and over five beautiful waterfalls. The temperature varies from 63 F to 78 F all year around. We have a rainy and dry season. \r\n\ \r\n\ All visitors and lengths of stay are welcome, if we have room. Whether you're working for food or just want to enjoy walking to our 80-foot waterfall, we can accommodate you. Short term visitors pay to stay but we are always make deals with long term volunteers, workers and potential community members that can pull their own weight and contribute.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are currently seeking people experienced in all aspects of permaculture, farming, and, animal husbandry, construction, homesteading skills, natural building and video production.\r\n\ \r\n\ Ideally, we are seeking 4 to 5 small young families like ourselves to share our farm with. Working together to help with our cottage businesses and educate our children together in a home schooling environment. Lots of money is not required or at all in some cases. We are more interested in skills and productive people.\r\n\ \r\n\ We can sleep between 10 and 15 people in our current community house, with an additional structure and spaces being built. We are and will be experimenting with various natural and alternative structures, including earth-bag, bamboo, geodesic, bermed, cobb, and various prefab options etc. \r\n\ \r\n\ We're 10 miles from the nearest large city but isolated enough for peace and comfort. We're about 45 minutes from the Pacific beaches as well. \r\n\ \r\n\ We have high-speed internet through wireless links on the farm. So we can have the best of eco-living and high-tech tools for research and communications.\r\n\ \r\n\ We would like to be starting various workshops that revolve around both permaculture and sustainable farming and technologies. Sustainable aquaponics is a high priority on our list.\r\n\ \r\n\ We plan to create lots of video How-To\xE2\x80\x99s and to document every part of our journey. We will ultimately want to evolve into both a prototype and a school that we can duplicate again and again as we expand to other locations around the country and the world.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are always open to new ideas and better ways of doing things.\r\n\ \r\n\ There is so much to say. Our website is not always up but you can try it.\r\n\ Or contact us here though this listing.\r\n\ \r\n\ We also have rooms for rent through Airbnb under the title Sustainable Farmhouse in CostaRica\r\n\
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Mission: The mission of Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage is to be a model environmentally sustainable, affordable, multi-generational cohousing community that is easily accessible to Belfast, includes land reserved for agricultural use and open space, and is an innovative housing option for rural Maine.

From www.ic.org/directory/belfast-cohousing-ecovillage/:

Belfast is a city of 7,000 people located in midcoast Maine between Camden and Bar Harbor. The city features an active waterfront and lively arts community, and is the center of business, services, and government for the surrounding county. Traditional housing in the Belfast area falls into two main categories: in-town residential neighborhoods and rural, large-lot homesteads. Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage is a community that combines the best elements of both types: located in a rural area with clustered housing and shared infrastructure, but working to preserve neighboring open land for wildlife, recreation, and farming, while fostering a close-knit, cooperative, and intentionally ecological way of life. We are a group of roughly 70 people from many walks of life. We are business owners, educators, naturalists, gardeners, builders, farmers, doctors, writers, musicians, IT professionals, and children of all ages. Our 42-acre community is located just two miles from Belfast's downtown and harbor. We are within 1.5 miles of elementary and middle schools, Cornerspring Montessori Elementary School, the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, a YMCA, grocery and other retail stores. All of our homes are highly energy efficient, with triple-pane windows and doors and oriented towards the sun. Two-thirds of the homes have solar systems, making them near net-zero for energy consumption. Personal garden plots are available, and we have a community orchard. We also have a 3-acre worker share CSA farm on our property, where neighbors gather each week to harvest veggies and maintain the land. Our 4,000 sq ft common house is complete, with a living room, dining room, playroom, guest rooms, and root cellar. We share a couple home-cooked meals weekly, as well as educational, environmental, and social events. We currently have the following units available for sale: -a 500 square foot, 1-bedroom unit near the common house Please visit our website for more information on visiting us or to learn more about the available homes.

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Mission: Catholic Community, Ecology, Mission Work

From www.ic.org/directory/catholic-ecovillage/:

Catholic Ecovillage is to be a collage of ideas forming one community. Our vision is to bring us closer to God and our vocations, as they come forth in our individual lives. We hope to achieve these ideas through three main ideas. First and foremost, is to give glory to God, through daily prayer and continual studies of the scripture. Our hope is to do this individually as well as a community. We believe prayer and studies will draw us closer as a community. Second, that we as a community spread our message of love. It is important that everyone make an effort to do community work inside an outside the immediate village. Our vision is to place Catholic Ecovillage within an area of people less fortunate. An idea that comes to mind is in a rural area of Eastern Kentucky other Appalachian region. Eastern Kentucky or Southern parts of Ohio are areas of interest. Mission work could range from a number of ideas. We envision becoming a support for other programs within these areas. General Education(tutoring programs), Home Rehab, and Ecological or Conservation Awareness are several ideas that come to mind. The beauty is that mission work can be anything. Many wonderful ideas of assisting others have been brought forth. Really anything that spreads the love of Christ through action is a possibility. Catholic Ecovillage's third idea and initial goal is to create a community. Our eventual hope is to create a village that is environmentally and conservation-minded. We hope to create a sustainable, renewable permaculture within the space we call home. Our goal are to find and use alternative energy, alternative building techniques, along with gardening and livestock care. Our goal is to also create a school building and place of worship within the village. We would also like to stay in close proximity to a town, and college or university. Higher Education certainly will be important. Our hope is to eventually have little shops, stores & B&B. A retreat center is another distinct possibility. These could assist with spreading our missions and ideas. Part of the teaching of Catholicism is to strive to be more Christ like. What better way to do this than to surround yourself with others trying to do the same? All vocations of life, single, married, families and active seniors who have something to add. Please feel free to drop and email. Begin the change in your life, through Christ and community. Please visit Catholicecovillage on youtube.c
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Mission: To create a sustainable environment for multi-generational individuals and families who desire to live in harmony with nature. Where diversity, acceptance of others* and dedication to good earth stewardship is priority**. \r\n\ \r\n\ *Conflict resolution through consensus is key to fostering leadership skills in all individuals. \r\n\ **Continuing education in ways to practice sustainable living brings the past to the present and nurtures a life of fulfillment for the future.

From www.ic.org/directory/dream-river-ranch/:

\r\n\ Dream River Ranch is an intentional community centered on a quality horse-care facility. Horses are highly social animals. They and all our other farm and ranch animals teach us many things about living in community; and remind us daily that we truly are interdependent on the health of our human herd.\r\n \r\n\ We are more than just horse lovers. We are lovers of nature first and seek others who appreciate making a social change through working cooperatively for the creation of quality and quantity in living.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our Interconnected Circles of Creativity are: Founder\xE2\x80\x99s Circle, Go-Green Building Circle, People Care Circle, Land Care Circle, and Fair Share Circle. What level of involvement is for you? \r\n\ \r\n\ Get involved with the Dream River Ranch and share our 80-acres through apprenticeships in agriculture, equine therapy, Go-green building technologies and sustainability living practices. \r\n\ \r\n\
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Mission: The key objectives at present are to build ever more sustainable and joyful lifestyles, by increasing our self-sufficiency and sharing mutual goals that empower us individually and collectively.

From www.ic.org/directory/the-beyond-community/:

The \xE2\x80\x98Beyond\xE2\x80\x99 Community \t\r\n\ \r\n\ The \xE2\x80\x98Beyond\xE2\x80\x99 Community gracefully appreciates how privileged we are to have a piece of paradise and share a desire to live in peace and harmony with Mother Earth and Father Sky.\r\n\ Our small community is located on a beautiful 200 acre property in the hills above Cairns and the Coral Sea, in tropical North Queensland (North-Eastern Australia). We are surrounded on three sides by rainforest wilderness with hundreds of waterfalls which we access, and magnificent views of the picturesque Atherton Tableland and Queensland\xE2\x80\x99s highest mountains. \r\n\ Our community is forming and looking for people with energy, ideas and resources that would like to help build and share the benefits of living in an intentional community in one of the most beautiful and abundant places in our planet. \r\n\ The key objectives at present are to build ever more sustainable and joyful lifestyles, by increasing our self-sufficiency and sharing mutual goals that empower us individually and collectively.\r\n\ We have experimented with community over the past decade and are keen to keep evolving the processes we have found to be most beneficial in coordinating and harmonising our activities and aspirations.\r\n\ The \xE2\x80\x98Beyond\xE2\x80\x99 Community seeks to build strength and resilience through diversity, with an emphasis on mutual respect, collaboration, and self-realisation. \r\n\ We have established large organic gardens, orchards and native forests.\r\n\ It is possible to visit us as a \xE2\x80\x98helper\xE2\x80\x99 or \xE2\x80\x98guest\xE2\x80\x99 should you wish to see your haven for yourself.\r\n\ People seeking to join or know more about the \xE2\x80\x98Beyond\xE2\x80\x99 Community can email bood@tpg.com.au" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: The Beyond Community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 20 Little Pigeon Hollow road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -111.4960236 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Utah fax: physical_country: United States oid: 92fdea6b-3d59-48fe-9149-dc3dfe060e49 latitude: 39.482463 id: 21960 physical_zip: "84102" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22390 physical_county: physical_city: Spring City mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Our focus is sustainability, educational outreach, natural healing, individual responsibility, emergency preparedness, and renewable energy, earth-friendly, family-friendly environment.

From www.ic.org/directory/safe-haven/:

\r\n\ \r\n\ Safe Haven is a part time intentional community nestled in a valley in Central Utah near Spring City. We spend weekends in the spring, summer and fall developing our village until we have structures built that are comfortable during the winter. Although if someone wanted to live there in a camp trailer they could. We are experimenting with small 200 sqft structures made of cob and earth bags while preparing to get permits and funding for larger structures such as a community center and homes. We are setting up and education system so people can receive a sustainable living certificate. \r\n\ \r\n\ Community members enjoy the following benefits:\r\n\ \r\n\ Residence- Those who would like to live full time at Safe Haven Village may either build homes, stay in a camp trailer, hurt, etc. and/or be stewards of the future community center. \r\n\ \r\n\ Retreat/Vacation Home- Those who want a place in the country to visit and relax on the weekends may enjoy living at Safe Haven part time.\r\n\ \r\n\ Emergency - One of our purposes is to ensure a safe place to go in times of upheaval. Members can stock emergency supplies, food and water. \r\n\ \t\t\t\t\r\n\ Healing Center- Currently we have retreats where people camp and allow the land to heal them, go on vision quests and enjoy a sweat lodge. Eventually, the community center will host healing seminars and ongoing workshops to teach and facilitate physical, emotional and spiritual healing. \r\n\ \r\n\ Food- We will primarily focus on perma culture and create a food forest. There will be an outdoor community garden during the growing season and green house during the winter.\r\n\ \r\n\ OUR VALUES:\r\n\ \r\n\ Family Friendly \xE2\x80\x93 Our community is conducive to raising children who are responsible, nurtured, mentally curious, and creative. The adults strive to model healthy behavior.\r\n\ \r\n\ Personal Sovereignty - We support the principles of freedom. We take personal responsibility for our actions and our needs.\r\n\ \r\n\ Work Ethic - We all work minimal community hours while valuing free time and the pursuit of personal empowerment.\r\n\ \r\n\ Spirituality -We have no set religion or spiritual belief. Most have a Judeo-Christian background and a lot of us enjoy Native American or Eastern spiritual practices.\r\n\ \r\n\ Sustainability - Our building practices, water usage, food production, and energy production aspire to a seven generation model. Our goal is a zero impact lifestyle.\r\n\ \r\n\ Alternative Buildings \xE2\x80\x93 Buildings are various debt-free and earth friendly types that minimize the use of manufactured products: earthships, domes, rammed earth, cob, etc.\r\n\ \r\n\ Leadership - We strive for consensus, but accept decisions with an 80% majority if consensus cannot be reached.\r\n\ \r\n\ Relationships \xE2\x80\x93 Our community consists of families, couples and singles in a wholesome atmosphere. We value exclusive committed relationships.\r\n\ \r\n\ Limitations - Our community is free of all illegal activities including drugs. We have no public drunkenness, public nudity, freeloaders, vulgarity, visible junk, and abusive behavior. Smoking is allowed only in designated areas or personal homes so that the smoke does not impact others in the community.\r\n\ \r\n\ Conflict Resolution - We commit to constructively and peacefully working out our differences.\r\n\ \r\n\ Structures- Off the grid and naturally built. The Earthbag, cob, straw bale, etc." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Safe Haven Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 161 East Street grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -75.063775 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: New York fax: physical_country: United States oid: 6fccc223-2cc3-49ef-b33d-066fce422ab8 latitude: 42.452857 id: 21968 physical_zip: "13820" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22398 physical_county: physical_city: Oneonta mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Healing the Earth & Ourselves

From www.ic.org/directory/raw-wisdom/:

We are a vegan community with four spirited members plus one on the way. The Raw-Wisdom community started out by simply offering vegan, plant-based diet pot lucks for local residences, and our emphasis remains on natural, healthy, spiritual and environmentally sustainable lifestyles. We offer instructions on organic indoor and outdoor gardening, optimal plant-based nutrition, detoxification and mind/body work. We also manage the educational websites www.raw-wisdom.com and www.healingtalks.com. Initial Leadership: The community's reformation has been led by Nathan Batalion, PhD CTN (Certified Traditional Naturopath). Nathan is an author/blogger on health and environmental topics, as well as a nationally ranked triathlete who has 5 years of previous intentional communal living experience (The Barn, Warwick, NY). For more bio and philosophy details: http://www.healingtalks.com/about/. Assets: The physical assets available include 16 properties. However, 14 of these properties are currently managed as rentals (though if the community expands these rented properties could be converted to community use). Oneonta is a lovely rural town with two colleges - which offers the best kind of setting if one wants to live in a cozy, slow-paced small town surrounding by large expanses of rural areas, while still having the cultural stimulation of a college center (similar to Ithaca NY, home of Cornell University). We also offer a community organic garden at one of the houses plus a composted organic garden at the main house. Expanding Activities: We periodically visit with and explore working with other local communities and/or healing professionals to share resources and inspirations. One way we continue to extend our network is through pot lucks or holiday meetings, educational forums, and activism on environmental and health issues. We look forward to sharing both our inner and outer wealth with like-minded, industrious, well-balanced, spiritually healthy individuals who are dedicated to transforming themselves and our culture. We can help such individuals to further transition themselves by means of following more healthy, eco and spiritually aware intentional community lifestyles. More on Location: Scenic Oneonta, also known as "City of the Hills," is nestled within the Catskill Mountains region and along the Susquehanna River. We have plenty of fresh air, water and picturesque rural lands. Oneonta is only three hours from New York City, four hours from Philadelphia, and six hours each from Boston and Washington, DC. If you are planning to come to the general Northeast area, please don't miss visiting us. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Raw-Wisdom Vegan Community dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -123.1207375 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: British Columbia fax: physical_country: Canada oid: c6930460-e1f6-4c04-a0d8-dc871ac9f19f latitude: 49.2827291 id: 21969 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22399 physical_county: physical_city: Vancouver mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Yoga, Community,Healthy, Happy

From www.ic.org/directory/yoga-eco-village/:

\r\n\ Vision:\r\n\ We are creating a vibrant and beautiful Yoga Eco-Village on the magical island of Bali,Indonesia where people can live healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our community is a place where people can live in beautiful environmental homes, among magnificent gardens with neighbors who share similar values.\r\n\ \r\n\ We see Yoga Eco-Village as a pedestrian-oriented community of 80 to 100 people who practice organic fruit and vegetable farming, yoga, and sustainable building, and run ethical businesses.\r\n\ \r\n\ We believe in creating a lifestyle that meets our social, economic, physical, and spiritual needs.\r\n\ \r\n\ Principles:\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tWorking together in a spirit of harmony to serve each other and humanity.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tEthical business: Making and using money for the benefit of society.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tSustainability in building, agriculture, energy, transportation.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tPractical egalitarianism: Striving for equality while being results-oriented.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tCollective ownership: We are shareholders in our community and businesses.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tService: Selfless work for the greater good of the community.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tUniversal spirituality: Yogic, eastern, Buddhist philosophies.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tInvestment of all of our money, intelligence, and heart to achieve our vision.\r\n\ \r\n\ Community:\r\n\ \r\n\ Our community is run for the benefit of all of its citizens.\r\n\ \r\n\ Yoga:\r\n\ \r\n\ Through daily living and service to each other, we are creating an environment that encourages personal growth on all levels.\r\n\ \r\n\ Housing:\r\n\ \r\n\ We believe in building beautiful, environmental, and long-lasting houses as naturally as possible.\r\n\ \r\n\ Food:\r\n\ \r\n\ Our primary goal will be to grow the most healthful, nutritious, delicious, and mineral-rich food possible. We will grow 100 percent of the fruit, nuts, and vegetables to nourish our community.\r\n\ \r\n\ The community leans toward a vegan diet; however, people are free to eat as they choose at their own homes provided it does not interfere with others\xE2\x80\x99 quality of life.\r\n\ \r\n\ Financial:\r\n\ \r\n\ We have chosen to use an incorporated company as the best way to hold, manage, and distribute our collective wealth.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tWe own the company as shareholders.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tThe company owns the village.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tWe rent our homes from the company (ourselves).\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tOur shares provide us with \xE2\x80\x9Cbenefits\xE2\x80\x9D and dividends for life.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tWe work for the company (optional).\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tThe company provides us with the lifestyle we desire.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tShares can be earned and/or purchased.\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tFinances of individuals and the community are independent of each other.\r\n\
" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Yoga Eco-Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 111 St Leonard\'s Rd grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -3.61998 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Scotland fax: physical_country: United Kingdom oid: e1cf3abd-ef32-4f1a-8b80-cb64a2de6fbe latitude: 57.609791 id: 21970 physical_zip: IV36 2RE mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22400 physical_county: physical_city: Forres mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: We live in a time of unparalleled change and challenge in our global environment. Climate change, resource depletion, economic crisis, mass extinction of species, conflict and social division threaten our continued survival as a species (Macy & Johnstone 2012). Global consumerism has put us on a collision course with environmental disaster (Worldwide Institute: State of the World 2010). Mental health is declining; depression and anxiety are increasing. The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2020 depression will be the second leading cause of disability throughout the world.\r\n\ This is a wake up call for humanity and many of us recognise that a positive way of living and working together is urgently needed. This has been described as a \xE2\x80\x98Life Sustaining Society\xE2\x80\x99 where we can thrive personally, co-exist in harmony, feel interconnected with the living system of the planet and therefore protect and conserve this for future generations.\r\n\ \r\n\ At the Newbold Trust we are inspired by the realisation that this is already happening at a global scale! An unnamed, self-organising movement of millions of individuals and organisations with shared values is emerging; from grassroots community led groups to large charities and social enterprises concerned with social and environmental justice, wellbeing and sustainability. It has been called the largest social movement in human history (Blessed Unrest \xE2\x80\x93 Hawkins 2007) and it is this movement that the Newbold Trust is part of.\r\n\ \r\n\ To reflect this we recently revised our Vision and Mission statements. The Vision describes the movement itself, and is shared in essence by many other organisations. The Mission describes our part in this and what we are passionate about sharing with you.

From www.ic.org/directory/newbold-house/:

Newbold House is run by a residential community of members and volunteers. The centre is operated by the Newbold Trust, a limited company with charitable status; dedicated to sustainability, education and open spirituality." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Newbold House dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: Holma171 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 13.552478 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: !binary | U2vDpW5l fax: physical_country: Sweden oid: a73fb8a7-2363-42e8-9019-e7332c49f0bc latitude: 55.94936 id: 21971 physical_zip: "24393" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22401 physical_county: physical_city: !binary | SMO2w7Zy mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Socially and health minded loving spirits in some kind of co-housing. To create a kind of RBE hybrid, transition place, as an example for other people to learn from.

From www.ic.org/directory/vaia-vilda-apostlar-i-action/:

\r\n\ A Swedish kind of zeitgeist-minded-community.\r\n\ \r\n\ We have created a non profit organization, where people have a very high understanding and interest in happy and healthy lifestyle, may it include healthy food, gardening, soil, ecology, air, water, polyamory, relationship, sex, fitness, technology, energy, cooperation etc. The general view is SHARING, CARING and LOVING. It's for you who are interested in living closely with other like-minded people and use our skills together.\r\n\ \r\n\ What might be found or created in this group is:\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tdifferent kinds of workshops \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tshows\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\thomeschooling...\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tfood supplied by ourselves\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\torganic food\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\ta music studio\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\ta pool\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\ta sauna\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\ta library\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\ta car pool\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tetc...\r\n\ \r\n\ But all this depends on what kind of interest people will have once all members have joined.\r\n\ \r\n\ There are many advantages of creating this as a non profit org, it makes a lot of paper work easier for us.\r\n\ \r\n\ It's good if you are interested in vegan/vegetarian or raw food as a lifestyle, or at least an understanding of a lifestyle based on high nutritional food and want to move in that direction yourself. \r\n\ \r\n\ We prefer a no-drug lifestyle as much as possible. \r\n\ \r\n\ The place for this co-op housing will be in the middle of Sk\xC3\xA5ne (in the south of Sweden), close to nature, a very nice place. We have now found a piece of land that is wonderful and we are preparing to buy it asap! We are forming the new group now and really only miss a few more females to get going (for the gender balance). We have created the association and are gathering more info and key persons. All in all maybe 8-10 adult people can live there. We are 5 now. We have found an architect, a skilled brick layer and other skilled people and we continue to gather more contacts and resources.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are looking for you who want to join us and live healthily, sustainably, and cheaply in an organic way.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our different inspiration (vary from person to person in the group) is ecology, polyamory, the zeitgeistmovement, sustainabilty, free energy, permaculture etc.\r\n\ \r\n\ Does this sound interesting? Then drop me a line as soon as possible. \r\n\ \r\n\ PS. The co-op consist mostly of Swedish people, but is open to anyone who joins from other countries too. Women are high priority for the sake of balance, as are kids. \r\n\ And you do have to have some kind of economy to support yourself from the start.\r\n\ \r\n\ We are looking for you who are eager to live a life with a lot of challenges and personal growth together and share life in as many ways as possible and to have fun!\r\n\ \r\n\ Don't hesitate, get in contact now!\r\n\
" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Vaia (Vilda apostlar i action) dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Beckford Town PA physical_address1: Oxford Road grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -76.3651756 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: West Indies fax: physical_country: Jamaica oid: 5bbf83a1-9ae9-4bad-b5ed-75a9e42dd12f latitude: 17.8883593 id: 21972 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22402 physical_county: physical_city: Johns Town, St Thomas mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Create a healthy lifestyle

From www.ic.org/directory/the-source-farm-ecovillage/:

\r\n\ The Mission: The Source is a multicultural, intergenerational ecovillage. \r\n\ We have a commitment to:\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tNatural Living\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tHolistic Health and Spirituality\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tEcological and Social Stewardship\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tEducational Sharing\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tOrganic Farming and Gardening\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tArts and Culture\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tPermaculture\r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tSelf-Sufficiency\r\n\ The Source Foundation creates a healing retreat for residents and guests, and a spiritual sanctuary to experience serenity and tranquility.\r\n\ \r\n\ Our Vision: The Source will be an innovative model community that is dedicated to respecting and restoring Mother Earth. We will foster personal growth and development and empower our community to be ambassadors of natural and progressive living. The Source will be known for its diverse social and economic opportunities with a mosaic of award-winning cultural, recreational, and artistic amenities and services.\r\n\
" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: The Source Farm Foundation & Ecovillage dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 41638 S Skagit Hwy grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -120.8581 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Washington fax: physical_country: United States oid: 8ab5bf6d-20dd-4aba-b47b-5246f164d7f5 latitude: 48.7961 id: 21975 physical_zip: "98237" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22405 physical_county: physical_city: Concrete mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Please visit our website at www.finneyfarm.org for more details.

From www.ic.org/directory/finney-farm/:

Finney Farm consists of 105 wooded acres located in upper Skagit County, Washington. The land is wet, fertile, lovely, and green. Our community exists for many reasons:\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tTo steward the land in an ecologically sound manner free from traditional development. \r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tTo create and maintain affordable housing, eliminating much of the need for forced wage-slavery.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tTo encourage the sharing of resources.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tTo work toward common goals of self-sufficiency, autonomy, and community.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tTo allow members to pursue personal interests such as creative endeavors, activism, and education on a daily basis.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tTo create an environment in which people are living each day with an expectation of open communication, empowerment, and consensus-based decision making. \r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tTo encourage a strong community work ethic, which is beneficial to the community as well as the individual. \r\n\ \r\n\ We hope to create an environment in which compassion, respect, consideration, independence, integrity, communication, and living the good life are not qualities to be granted or denied but are instead the expectation. We seek to hold this land from traditional destructive development, instead using ecologically sound methods for any growth. The permaculture model isn\xE2\x80\x99t a good fad, it\xE2\x80\x99s a timeless commonsense approach to rural living. \r\n\ \r\n\ We envision around 10 families living in hand-built houses living on this land. We have a shared garden and orchards, community meals, some child-care sharing, and a community house which includes kitchen, laundry, bath, and office facilities. We also get together for homeschooling, farm work projects, art or craft projects, and performance or volunteer opportunities. \r\n\ \r\n\ We would like to create a village feel to our community. We hope to have many skilled members who are able to share resources and would encourage trading for goods within the community before seeking goods outside of Finney Farm.\r\n\ \r\n\ We currently have seven adults and four children living on the farm. We have many skills\xE2\x80\x94journeyman carpenter, seamstress, teacher, mother, wild-edibles enthusiast, homebrewer, knitter, musician, flamenco dancer, spinner, vaudeville and burlesque performer, gardener, tree planter, historian, technical drafter, father, counselor, dancer, laborer, fisherman, bellydance instructor, cook, writer, and much more. We are anarchists/socialists/discordians who are into both DIY living AND community. And a good life.\r\n\ \r\n\ 2016 Update: We currently have 8 adult residents, a few children, and other short term residents (interns, WWOOFers, short term renters etc). We occasionally have space available (private rooms in the common house or cabins/tiny houses) please see our website or visit our Facebook page for current availability. We get a huge number of inquiries each year and we are growing at an intentionally slow rate because finding a good fit is more important to us than numbers. If what you have to offer are \"leadership skills,\" we probably aren't a good fit. We are also more interested in farming, building, rural living, communication/community, alternative energy skills than drumming, yoga, and empath readings. We attempt to bridge lifestyle activism with direct action by building a social and educational outreach program in our area which includes our seed distro. In 2015 alone, we grew/harvested/processed/packaged/distributed 8000 packages of organic heirloom seed to schools, food banks, and families at no charge. We have other outreach programs including events, classes, an intern program, etc." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Finney Farm dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: 2395 State Highway 1 physical_address1: Kohatu Toa Eco-Village grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 174.4313908 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: New Zealand fax: physical_country: New Zealand oid: 28644616-34cf-4a2e-9235-4a2e628e40fa latitude: -36.1247381 id: 21977 physical_zip: 00587 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22407 physical_county: physical_city: RD2 Maungaturoto mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: Self reliant community, low carbon, living lightly on the land.

From www.ic.org/directory/kohatu-toa-eco-village/:

Kohatu Toa Eco- Kohatu Toa Eco-village is situated approximately one and a half hours\xE2\x80\x99 drive from Auckland, just north of Kaiwaka off State Highway 1. \r\n\ \r\n\ Kohatu Toa, the hill which gives the Eco-Village its name, overlooks the valley and has spiritual significance for some members of the community.\r\n\ \r\n\ The community here is dedicated to:\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tLiving simply, peacefully, and co-operatively.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tProtecting and enhancing our environment.\r\n\ \r\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tDeveloping a resilient, sustainable economy.\r\n\ \r\n\ The Eco-Village consists of seven house sites varying in size from 0.26ha to 1.31ha, within community land of approximately 100 acres. The title to each allotment includes an undivided one-seventh share of the common land. \r\n\ \r\n\ The community currently consists of about 15 people, including 2 teenaged children. \r\n\ \r\n\ As a community we are committed to living lightly on the land, to nurture the valley and ourselves in a way that honours our individuality and supports community development. Social opportunities include weekly community meals and celebrations. Groups of us work together on common land and projects as required. As well as our own gardens, orchards and livestock (mostly chickens) we have a community orchard block and space for community gardens. \r\n\ \r\n\ We have a beautiful earthbrick building, owned by the community, which provides shared space for the community as well as meeting and kitchen facilities for workshops and events." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Kohatu Toa Eco-Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -84.02277 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Michigan fax: physical_country: United States oid: 8b4e0e3f-b593-4847-a2a0-8186e560e7d3 latitude: 44.03335 id: 21980 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22410 physical_county: physical_city: Sterling mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: The mission of Hygieia Homestead is to promote peace by caring for the earth and focusing on the health of humanity.

From www.ic.org/directory/hygieia-homestead/:

We are a self-sufficient farm focusing on the health of the planet and all her inhabitants by learning and teaching sustainable farming, high raw vegan food philosophy and lifestyle, spiritual practices, peaceful honest communication, and ecological building. We are making a positive response to the present social condition and plan to be part of the solution by offering to share our land and profit with other like-minded people becoming a worker-owned organic vegetable farm We have recently purchased a corner property across the road and hope to establish a farm stand there. We have established a growing schedule that works and a market. We currently sell to seed companies, health-food stores, restaurants, and cooperatives. We want the farm to live on after us. About one acre is wooded and we are expanding the woods. We planted 3 orchards in fall of 2006 - a nut orchard, a stone fruit orchard and what we call a "papple" orchard with apples, pawpaws, persimmons and pears. We prune and plant every year and are starting to get fruit. We also have perennial berries, herbs, root crops and flowers. Other adjacent lands available. We want to offer classes in raw vegan food preparation and philosophy and sustainable agriculture. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Hygieia Homestead dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -80.897803 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: North Carolina fax: physical_country: United States oid: 23402845-6360-4d2a-94e0-43a5fb30bd25 latitude: 35.169108 id: 21985 physical_zip: mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22415 physical_county: physical_city: Blowing Rock/Lenior and Charlotte mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Humane Citizens of Earth

From www.ic.org/directory/citizens-of-planet-earth-academy/:

The Original Citizens of Planet Earth Academy was formed in Athens Greece by world travelers who realized the Earth is our Nation, and we are Citizens first to the planet.Now as a community we are in two places, our home base of Charlotte NC and now our small acreage near Blowing Rock NC where things will really take shape in the coming year. Earth Oriented (Pagan) and all inclusive, we are looking for a few individuals who want to be close to things but have a National Forest as your backyard, which we now have accomplished (Pisgah National Forest). Our goal was for more land, and when this land is paid in full within the next two years the idea is to purchase more land that backs up to our property. Friends have helped to build a small structure I call the Jed Clampett Cabin in the Woods. It has enough space now for 1 person and the dogs- i.e. Me. So building extra tiny is the key right now. Would like to build common kitchen and meeting structures, which I envision small, tiny structures. Would like to build a number of 12X12 size buildings to do what needs to be done, (sleep, eat, and go to bathroom) and spend as much time as possible outside. Permaculture techniques will be learned and used. Organic gardening and composting a must. Self Reliant living OFF GRID and intentional living. This will require work and is not a free ride arrangement to bang your drums, even though we do that once in a while ourselves, meaning all carry the weight of work, not just some. Welcome thoughts and for more details contact us. year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Citizens of Planet Earth Academy dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 1069 Steel Hollow Rd. grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -81.3197743 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: West Virginia fax: physical_country: United States oid: 70b37e7a-9172-4606-af75-f8a9534b9a70 latitude: 38.8128364 id: 21998 physical_zip: "25276" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22428 physical_county: physical_city: Spencer mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: "

Mission: sustainable living in Appalachia

From www.ic.org/directory/hickory-ridge/:

Hickory Ridge Land Trust comprises 72 acres of ridge-top land and the wooded coves below, and a separate parcel of 70 acres of bottom-land several miles away. Both are in central West Virginia near Spencer, a town of 2400. The ridge-top land is divided into four leaseholds and a common area. All four of the leaseholds are already taken by families. The remaining leasehold has no cleared land currently but a large old garden spot could be readily cleared, and there is a small building left behind. The bottom-land parcel has an existing house in poor condition, and a creek running through it. It's overgrown with autumn olive. A small community has signe3d a lease for this land, so it looks like we have no available leaseholds at present.\r\n\ \r\n\ While we on the ridge exist as separate households, it\xE2\x80\x99s our intention to share some resources and trade produce. Reducing the use of fossil fuels, living in harmony with the Earth, and working for peace and social justice are values we share. \r\n\ \r\n\ Our land has great views and nice woods, but (on the ridge-top) we don\xE2\x80\x99t have a year-round stream. We do have wells, and average annual rainfall here is about 40 inches. We have four seasons, with a few small snowfalls in a typical winter, a long hot, humid summer, a colorful fall, and as for the Appalachian Spring, it inspired a symphony. The local area could never be described as progressive, unfortunately, and jobs are scarce. However, taxes and the cost of living are low, and building codes don't apply here.\r\n\ \r\n\ One of our members was part of the original commune of 40 years ago. The second couple joined eight years ago, and a single man a couple of years ago. The fourth couple joined in spring of 2016. Our ages range from 36 to 75, plus the new 35-year-old, on the ridge; the people at the bottomland place, which we call the Sako land, are younger. Two households are grid-tied solar powered, two are off-grid. Moving toward collective self-sufficiency is a goal, so we seek people interested in projects like bee-keeping, mushroom growing, keeping dairy goats or other animals, alternative-energy production, etc. Seeking like-minded people prepared to build their own houses and develop agricultural projects. There is a one-time $1000 join fee; after that you pay your share of the property tax and cost of gravel for the road, around $400/year." year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Hickory Ridge dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: physical_address1: 11640 SW Boones Ferry Rd grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -122.6848317 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Oregon fax: physical_country: United States oid: 781a7fd0-f8ad-41cb-98c6-06ccbdb575ef latitude: 45.4408141 id: 22004 physical_zip: "97219" mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22434 physical_county: physical_city: Portland mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: Becoming ancestors of (an) earth people that navigate the coming tumult with spirit and courage.

From www.ic.org/directory/cedar-moon/:

Cedar Moon is a community dedicated to growing movement for healing and resilience in the world. We are co-stewards with Tryon Life Community Farm and the Bridgewalkers Alliance of seven beautiful half-wooded acres surrounded by a 650-acre forest, all inside Portland on a bus line half an hour by bicycle from downtown. (TLC Farm is a separate and independent nonprofit sustainability education and demonstration center--see www.tryonfarm.org. The BWA is a POC and trans collective focused on making the land available to marginalized people who have less access to land.) We are blessed with the opportunity for the work of our relations with each other and the earth to be shared with thousands of visitors. As we learn the skills and practices of growing respect, responsibility, and joy, they resonate out through our communities. In this way, we're becoming ancestors of an earth people that navigate the coming tumult with spirit and courage. We were born in fire. Our evolution on this land between 2004 and 2006 was galvanized by the campaign to prevent the land we occupy from being bulldozed for a high-impact housing development. We have faced the stresses, conflicts, and tensions this high-pressure environment caused, as well as the "standard" ones all communities face, and have developed a clear focus on community process to deal with them. It is a lot of work to live here. Members pay the equivalent of market-rate rent, and are expected to contribute at least ten hours to the community's economic work every week, and volunteer with TLC Farm (many do more). We have weekly meetings, alternating between business "meetings of the minds" and relation-building "meetings of the hearts." We share evening meals and rotate cooking, cleaning, and maintenance chores. We encourage low-impact density and so have relatively little individual space (though a great deal of shared, communal space). And yet the rewards are tremendous. We live deeply interwoven with all our relations. We encourage each other to discover our evolving niches in the ecology of change: political action, deep spirit, earth-rooted wisdom. We reduce our ecological footprint, learn the resonance between autonomy and cooperation, grow into wisdom and compassion, and jam rhythms and harmonies and sutras into the long, warm evenings. Members are encouraged to use alternate forms of transportation (we have a car co-op), minimize energy use (no central heating), and eat local, organic, unrefined food. Our regular community ceremonies (from circles around dinner to high holidays) reflect our eclectic backgrounds, but are earth-based and heart-felt. If your soul yearns to work closely with others in an integrated lifestyle catalyzing the emergence of a new world in the shell of the old, contact us! year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Cedar Moon dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Ipsden physical_address1: Braziers Park grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: -1.0836004 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: South Oxfordshire fax: physical_country: United Kingdom oid: dc901f5c-429c-48b6-a690-aec5ff6b7eca latitude: 51.5540275 id: 22006 physical_zip: OX10 6AN mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22436 physical_county: physical_city: Wallingford mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: evolution ecology education

From www.ic.org/directory/braziers-park/:

Braziers Park is a community, a residential college, and an architectural treasure hidden deep in the south Oxfordshire countryside. It was founded in 1950 as an educational trust, and is a continuing experiment in the advantages and problems of living in a group. Community members share responsibility for running the college and the estate. "To make conscious the shape of the process of which we are a part, so that we may facilitate its development more efficiently." We keep pigs and oxen; we plant trees and vegetables; we live in the midst of beauty, and we eat well; we argue joyfully on good days; we argue pointlessly, and/or ignore each other on bad days. Lots of dreams and fantasies are stimulated here. There is always work to do...
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Mission: Health, Happiness and Longevity

From www.ic.org/directory/ahupuaa-village/:

Welcome to Ahupua\xE2\x80\x99a Village! We currently lhave work trade accommodations and would also like to talk to potential community members who have their own income but would like to share the community facilities with us. \r\n\ We are growing many crops in our beautiful garden and are continuing to build terraces down into our lovely jungle property.\xC2\xA0\r\n\ \xC2\xA0\r\n\ We are currently looking for workers who can work with us 3 days a week (overall 20 hours) on major projects and daily upkeep of the property and garden.\r\n\ \xC2\xA0\r\n\ Ideally a longer-term stay is what we are hoping for, as there is much to learn and it is nice to have consistency. A couple who would be willing to split up tasks of gardening, housekeeping, cooking, carpentry etc. would be a great asset to our project, but individuals are also accepted.\r\n\ \xC2\xA0\r\n\ Upon receiving your application, we will send your our Mission Statement, written by our master gardener and team leader.\xC2\xA0\r\n\ \xC2\xA0\r\n\ Skills in fields of marketing and sales are particularly of interest to us now as well as we are moving closer to becoming a market garden!\r\n\ \xC2\xA0\r\n\ We look forward especially to hearing from those of you who are willing to make a 3-month minimum commitment to our project. For shorter stays,we often have a cabin with use of the garden and all facilities, available at about $250 per week. This would enable our visitor and us to determine whether a long stay might be desirable.\r\n\ \xC2\xA0\r\n\ Aloha!" year_founded: website: source_grouping: responded_at: phone: name: Ahupuaa Village dccid: import_notice_sent_at: email_response_token: - physical_address2: Nad Las physical_address1: Wysoka 151 grouping: response: mode: mailing_state: longitude: 19.83001 dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community updated_at: physical_state: Malpolska fax: physical_country: Poland oid: 9594b05d-a91b-4121-9444-a269fd073d88 latitude: 49.64913 id: 22011 physical_zip: 34-240 mailing_city: email: created_at: mailing_county: group: dso_update: fresh democratic: access_rule_id: 1 primary_location_id: 22441 physical_county: physical_city: Jordanow mailing_zip: mailing_country: mailing_address2: mailing_address1: description: |-

Mission: An international Ecovillage, bringing ancient healing practices into the modern world. To create a sanctuary-Ark of Fire-for all living beings.

From www.ic.org/directory/bhrugu-aranya-ecovillage-poland/:

Bhrugu Aranya Ecovillage is a blossoming international Ecovillage, an organic Homa farm community in the rolling hills of southern Poland, with the majestic Tatra Mountains looming over the horizon. We have a spiritual focus, but are non-denominational, focusing on living in harmony with Nature.The place is magical; the energies here are quite powerful and the place heals you. Here, we use Homa Organic Farming methods based on the ancient Vedic science of Agnihotra healing fire performed at sunrise and sunset. We are all vegetarians and grow a lot of our own food. Creativity, spiritual awareness, self-development, music, arts, Mandala Art Therapy, Sound Healing, alternative education, herbs, and holistic healing are our primary interests. Currently we are 12 adults, 4 children, 3 cows, 3 dogs, many cats, ducks and bees. We are an eclectic mix of artists, musicians, healers, authors, film-makers, gardeners, herbalists, therapists and teachers. Our ecological/educational nonprofit Foundation teaches Agnihotra and Homa Therapy free of charge. We also offer additional experiential workshops in Homa Organic gardening, Fire & Sound Healing, Creative Arts, and Herbal Lore. On the farm one can buy Agnihotra pyramids & accessories, books, our Deva herb teas, our Healing Essences, Homa organic honey. We also support Rose Circles, a women's empowerment program in India which helps train women below the poverty level to grow organic foods and learn skills to help them become self-sufficient. We promote their handmade products: original designed clothing, yoga mats, handmade patchwork quilts, rose brooches, etc. www.rosecircles.com We welcome visitors and have accommodation for guests in the log cabin and caravans. Best is if you have a sincere interest in spiritual and environmental living. Please email and/or call ahead to make arrangements, costs for stay. Must call in advance, please.

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Mission: holistic lifestyle

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

The Eliopoli Project is willing to create an innovative global village in Nova Scotia, Canada. An ecovillage is a model that transforms human settlements into a full-featured sustainable community, harmlessly suited to the natural environment. Eliopoli is a different way of conceiving the ecovillage concept. Indeed, it integrates environmental sustainability, education, social responsibility sharing, participation, decisional and alternative technology with a pragmatic approach that comprehends the development of economical and business activities. Eliopoli is aimed to create wellness and prosperity to its stakeholders, and represents a cutting edge experiment for a new holistic lifestyle.