"The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time."
--- by Terry Tempest Williams, naturalist
"The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time."
--- by Terry Tempest Williams, naturalist
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How Permies.com Works (lots of useful links)
And what is the number one thing holding you back from joining another community or starting your own?
Would you consider traveling to join a community?
cameron richardson wrote: Also, what are some good resources for looking up intentional communities? ( I'd like to recommend Creating a Life Together by Diana Christian )
Building community in Port Townsend and Jefferson County. Supporting Nourishing Beloved Community.
cameron richardson wrote:
My question is fellow permies, how many of you are considering joining an intentional community?
Would you consider traveling to join a community?
And what is the number one thing holding you back from joining another community or starting your own?
Also, what are some good resources for looking up intentional communities?
Success has a Thousand Fathers , Failure is an Orphan
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
Success has a Thousand Fathers , Failure is an Orphan
LOOK AT THE " SIMILAR THREADS " BELOW !
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
- Edison, Thomas A.
Suki Leith wrote:
And what is the number one thing holding you back from joining another community or starting your own?
Many things:
Money - Student loans for children's education mean I can't save for a share in a community or purchasing my own property, not for a long while. I actually looked into some intertional communities in the past and they were (at least the Washington State ones I checked out) built new (way beyond basic needs to magazine worthy luxurious) from scratch and came with a heavy price tag. Those who are economically challenged are not considered. Those who could benefit most from sharing resources are locked out due to the reality of how property is purchased.
Privilege - Back when Co-Housing first started becoming trendy it seemed to me that people who were claiming they wanted to make the world a better place were actually running away from the most pressing problems where they already lived: that creating a model under hand-chosen conditions isn't really much of an accomplishment, and that community is everywhere around us wherever we are at.
Lack of diversity and claustrophobia - I find it quite creepy to be surrounded by people who think completely the same about everything and being stuck with them. It would be like living with your HOA only with restrictions on your personality. I would hate to be the nail pop that would have to be hammered back into place...
Family - My children are big on social justice issues, which means they will always be urbanites and they don't have cars and we wouldn't see each other very often. But I can see I will have to move eventually if I really want to do 5 acres, as even 1 acre is just not affordable in the city.
Would you consider traveling to join a community?
Yes.
But as I said, I don't really want an Intentional Community. All I want are good neighbors who are going to be okay with me practicing permaculture and who are willing to share resources now and then. Naturally, having several permies next door would be awesome. It'd be great if they had different perspectives on things. Having a community workshop/toolshed would be great. A Community backhoe/excavator. I need help once in awhile. I like to help once in awhile. That kind of thing. But I don't want to spend every week discussing changes to by-laws, and I don't want to ask everyone's permission if I decide to cook bacon.
For me it would be great if I could get owner financing for a share from a permie with more means than I have. Or, if we want to really talk about community, it would be great to turn new neighbors onto permaculture.
I seem to remember liking that one thread about why intentional communities don't work, and I think reclaiming an abandoned town sounds interesting too. I like the idea of a thread that loosely links people. We don't need to be defined by each other.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
- Edison, Thomas A.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
- Edison, Thomas A.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
- Edison, Thomas A.
julie mcneeley wrote:Where would one find abandoned towns?
Praying my way through the day
Jennifer Walls wrote:Hi all. I'm reviving this topic.
Jennifer Walls wrote: We meet weekly and are in the stage where we're educating ourselves about governance options and the process for developing vision, values, mission, etc.
Jennifer Walls wrote: So if you've ever wanted to live in the Chattanooga, TN area and you are IC minded, please contact me! It's beautiful here.
Praying my way through the day
Jerry McIntire wrote:Hey Jennifer, I revived this topic! (just kidding)
Jerry McIntire wrote: Have you looked at Diane Christian's "Creating a Life Together?" A thorough blueprint for organizing a community.
Jennifer Walls wrote:
Jerry McIntire wrote:Hey Jennifer, I revived this topic! (just kidding)
Jerry. I see that. You DID revive it. Oops!
Jerry McIntire wrote: Have you looked at Diane Christian's "Creating a Life Together?" A thorough blueprint for organizing a community.
Yes, I hear that is a great place to start. I am in line to check it out at my library, but I think I might also want to buy it.
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Farmer, Storyteller, Writer, Film-maker, Permaculture Designer and Sustainable Agricultural Consultant
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Temperate
No land at the moment.
Earthworks are the skeleton; the plants and animals flesh out the design.
Devon Deshotels wrote:What holds me back is basically not knowing how to approach my new neighbors with this idea.
“Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.”
― Voltaire
Devon Deshotels wrote:What I’ve had in my mind for a couple months now is building an intentional community of households within my neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods. I just moved into a house in town about 30 minutes away from where I was in a more rural area with a good bit of land around me. There are so many households/neighborhoods/communities with too few resources and that have been struggling for a long time. My dream and hope is that existing communities can come together as a homestead providing for each other and creating new resources for those most in need, such as children who don’t get a meal every day even though parents are working multiple jobs. What holds me back is basically not knowing how to approach my new neighbors with this idea.
Put the moon back where you found it! We need it for tides and poetry and stuff. Like this tiny ad:
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