Mission: developing intentional living
From www.ic.org/directory/calvin-college-project-neighborhood/:
Mission: + Jesus is the center of our faith + Community is the center of our life + Reconciliation is the center of our work Neighbors following Jesus.
From www.ic.org/directory/springwater/:
Mission: To support one another in awakening to Reality and to the full potential of each individual.
From www.ic.org/directory/pleasant-valley-sanctuary/:
Mission: Intentional Community - Social Justice - Spiritual Formation - Vocational Discernment
From www.ic.org/directory/confluence/:
Mission: The Blackburn House\xE2\x80\x99s mission is for residents to practice hospitality and reconciliation in ways that are both ordinary and spectacular through commitment to prayer, friendship, and service in Todd, NC.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-blackburn-house/:
The Blackburn House is an intentional community and service program, in partnership with Blackburn\xE2\x80\x99s Chapel United Methodist Church and their non-profit community development organization. The residents of The Blackburn House live together in the church\xE2\x80\x99s lovely parsonage that sits near the banks of the New River on a gorgeous acre of land with a garden. Located in the heart of the beautiful and quiet rural mountain neighborhood of Todd, NC, the church and parsonage provide a unique context for reflection, discernment and ministry. Through commitment to prayer, friendship, and service in Todd the residents of The Blackburn House practice hospitality and reconciliation in ways that are both ordinary and spectacular. The Blackburn House offers an opportunity for residents to develop and deepen their leadership abilities, sense of vocation and ultimately discipleship to Jesus. The program is 10-11 months with a new group of 4-5 individuals joining each year." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Todd name: The Blackburn House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22113 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 32fd9c77-f8fb-4262-a976-c2cf5ddabcd9 id: 21683 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.187133 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.885359 group: description: |-Mission: Enlightenment and Service
From www.ic.org/directory/ashram-west/:
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. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Puerto Escondido name: The Sanctuary -- Vegan Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22116 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 04d3a4fc-3ec6-4d89-a676-bf91ce730f76 id: 21686 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.187133 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.885359 group: description: |-Mission: Deliver beings from suffering.
From www.ic.org/directory/bodhi-shrawan-dharma-sangha/:
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.\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.\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. \n\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.\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.\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\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.\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. \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.\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.\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.\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.\n\n\ \"When you look into the eyes of another person, you are looking into your own eyes\"\n\ In Lak\xC2\xB4ech-Ancient Mayan gree" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Alto Paraiso, Goias name: Serenity House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22120 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Philippines oid: 496130c3-d252-4ba2-90ba-cbe23974339c id: 21690 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Bohol mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 9.5731429 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 123.7629465 group: description: "Mission: - Adopting Permaculture principles into our gardening system, with openness to add other aspects suitable to it.\n\ - Applying a holistic view and respect towards Mother Nature.\n\ - Doors are open as a \"Demo-Farm\" for open minded people for inspirations and learning.\n\ - Offer a practice field for students and people interested in specific subjects.\n\ - Finding and inviting new members with skills and interest in our subjects to join the community.\n\ - Selling organic vegetables, fruits and eggs if available or offers organic meals.\n\ - Distributing Tea Tree Oil products.
From www.ic.org/directory/gro-rainbow-community/:
Mission: Peaceful high desert living that embodies Quaker principles of simplicity equality nonviolence and service.
From www.ic.org/directory/friends-southwest-center/:
Mission: To Unite All of Delaware
From www.ic.org/directory/unite-delaware/:
Mission: a Catholic Worker in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.
From www.ic.org/directory/community-of-the-franciscan-way/:
The Community of the Franciscan Way (CFW) is a Catholic Worker farm and Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. We seek a life of prayer, humility, simplicity, and voluntary poverty alongside the poor. Committed to the Catholic Worker movement, founded in 1933 by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day, we advocate for personalism, a decentralized society, and a green revolution through nonviolence, the works of mercy, manual labor, and voluntary poverty. Eight permanent residents currently live in our Catholic Worker farm house, and our Christ Room is available nightly for temporary guests. Funds and donations are directly used for the performance of the corporeal and spiritual works of mercy, and no one in the House draws any compensation from contributions. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Siler City name: Community of the Franciscan Way - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22150 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "97622" physical_country: United States oid: c572d598-a7a1-42e0-9c31-ccdbb0336ff9 id: 21720 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oregon mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Red Fir Road physical_address1: Post Office General Delivery mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.68833 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -121.157747 group: 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, access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Bly name: Camp Potiswowtome - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22152 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "533253" physical_country: India oid: 37f7cca5-b04b-43d6-a3dc-13c116f93628 id: 21722 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Andhra Pradesh mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: M.D.O.off.RD physical_address1: 2-6, Malikipuram(po&vil) mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 15.156974 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 79.74608 group: description: |-Mission: Bro. Chandra sekhar.ch
From www.ic.org/directory/congregation-of-yeshua-ha-mashiach-india/:
Mission: food forest, tribal synergy
From www.ic.org/directory/asante-gardens-2/:
Mission: A. New Universal Values\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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\n\n\ B. New Life Mode\n\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.\n\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. \n\n\ C. New Social System \n\ - One global government + university of universal values education + ecovillages lifestyle\n\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.\n\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." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Korla name: New Oasis For Life ( Lifechanyuan China 2) - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22173 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "12471" physical_country: United States oid: 05608a4d-a07f-472b-8988-70f0bdd4c5cb id: 21743 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 2032 Route 213 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.8338399 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -74.0448203 group: description: "Mission: The Bruderhof is an international communal movement of families and singles who seek to put into action Christ\xE2\x80\x99s command to love God and neighbor.\n \n\ Like the first Christians described in Acts 2 and 4, we have been called to a way of life in which all are of one heart and soul, no one possesses anything, and everything is shared in common. We also draw instruction and inspiration from the Reformation era Anabaptists who revived the early Christian example of discipleship in full community.
From www.ic.org/directory/bruderhof/:
Mission: Ecological, spiritual and social sustainability and permaculture.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-barley-jar/:
Mission: Health and Wellness Cooperative focused on healthy mind, body, spirit, arts and permaculture.
From www.ic.org/directory/saba-cooperative/:
Mission: Service and Kriya meditation
From www.ic.org/directory/ananda-village/:
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/:
Mission: To protect cows, be self sufficient, a place of pilgrimage, offer spiritual education and above all develop love for Krishna.
From www.ic.org/directory/new-vrindaban/:
Mission: Ecumenical Benedictines
From www.ic.org/directory/immaculate-conception-benedictine-priory/:
Ecumenical Benedictine Community within the catholic tradition whose mission is to pray constantly and work for the reconciliation and unity of Christians.\n\ Our Priory in formation welcomes those with a call for reconciliation and unity in order to make possible the desire of Christ \"that all may be one\" (Jn. 17). Our monastic community is above all else a reconciled community within itself. Being reconciled, allows us to embark in the work of reconciliation and unity of Christians.\n\ The Ecumenical Mission of this Priory is rooted in sane teachings and tradition of the church of Christ:\n\ \xE2\x80\x9C\xE2\x80\xA6The attainment of union is the concern of the whole Church, faithful and shepherds alike. This concern extends to everyone, according to his talent, whether it be exercised in his daily Christian life or in his theological and historical research. This concern itself reveals already to some extent the bond of brotherhood between all Christians and it helps toward that full and perfect unity which God in His kindness wills.\n\n\ There can be no ecumenism worthy of the name without a change of heart. For it is from renewal of the inner life of our minds, from self-denial and an unstinted love that desires of unity take their rise and develop in a mature way. We should therefore pray to the Holy Spirit for the grace to be genuinely self-denying, humble. gentle in the service of others, and to have an attitude of brotherly generosity towards them. St. Paul says: \"I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace\". This exhortation is directed especially to those raised to sacred Orders precisely that the work of Christ may be continued. He came among us \"not to be served but to serve\".\n\Mission: Realize who you truly are,\n\ and the power you have\n\ to create heaven on earth\n\ through spiritual practice, \n\ supportive community,\n\ and selfless service.
From www.ic.org/directory/sunburst-fellowship/:
Mission: spirituality service sustainability
From www.ic.org/directory/st-isidore-community/:
Mission: eco-spiritual living, loving and healing through deep listening and heart-connection with all beings
From www.ic.org/directory/hearttribe-village/:
Mission: The Belle H. Bennett Fellowship is a unique leadership development program that trains, inspires, and sustains emerging women leaders committed to social justice at Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
From www.ic.org/directory/belle-h-bennett-house/:
The Belle H. Bennett Fellowship is a unique leadership development program that trains, inspires, and sustains emerging women leaders committed to social justice. The program is available to five female/ woman-identifying post-undergraduate applicants.\n\n\ For the duration of the program, fellows are empowered to explore the dynamics of social change, spirituality, and activism and are encouraged to discern their vocations within this context. Fellows gain practical experience engaging social justice and anti-oppression work through placements in community-based organizations in Nashville, as well as experience working on personal and group dynamics, conflict management, community building, and self-care.\n\n\ The purpose of the program is to prepare young women to lead social justice movements and organizations with integrity and the capacity to engage oppression with intersectionality. The program also builds capacities necessary for women to articulate deep, personal conviction about their work and integrate self-care for sustainable, life-long leadership.\n\n\ The Program\n\n\ Each year, 5 participants are selected from around the country for this ten-month program.\n\n\ Fellows are placed for ten-months with community-based organizations engaged in social justice and anti-oppression work at the local level, such as grassroots organizing groups and nonprofits. Each site placement identifies specific goals and outcomes for the fellows and provides the supervision and resources necessary to accomplish them.\n\n\ Fellows also work as team assistants with Scarritt Bennett\xE2\x80\x99s Education Office, connect one-one-one with a mentor, build community at the Center, and meet weekly for personal and professional development trainings.\n\n\ Participants live together in an intentional community practicing a simple and sustainable lifestyle. Scarritt Bennett supports the well-being of each fellow throughout the program so that these young women will be able to dedicate their lives to the work of the program. For the allotted program length, each participant will receive housing with all utilities paid, full health insurance coverage, 40 hours of paid work per month at Scarritt Bennett Center, street or lot parking, and help in getting student loans deferred.\n\n\ Benefits\n\n\ Arranged unpaid internship with Nashville nonprofit\n\ Part-time paid work with Scarritt Bennett Center\n\ Health insurance\n\ Housing and utilities\n\ Membership in a learning community of fellows\n\ Experience with community leaders\n\ Training / Mentoring / Leadership Development\n\ Experience with project management\n\n\ Applying\n\n\ The priority application deadline for the 2016-2017 program is February 19, 2016. The final deadline is March, 1 2016.\n\n\ Questions? See below or contact the selections committee at bhbfellows@scarrittbennett.org.\n\n \n\n\ Contact\n\n\ Marie Campbell, BHB Fellowship Program Director\n\n\ Assistant Director of Education\n\n\ Email: emcampbell@scarrittbennett.org or bhbfellows@scarrittbennett.org\n\n\ Phone: 615.340.8804" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Nashville name: Belle H. Bennett Fellowship - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22200 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "24981" physical_country: United States oid: 53835e9c-937a-484e-86e9-c289b19b3702 id: 21770 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: West Virginia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: PO Box 415 physical_address1: Bethlehem Farm mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.709295 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -80.733302 group: 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. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Talcott name: Bethlehem Farm - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22201 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: China oid: 241858f3-1968-4558-bb24-ac392dd77027 id: 21771 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Yunnan Province mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 26.855047 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 100.22775 group: description: "Mission: A. New Universal Values\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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\n\n\n\ B. New Life Mode\n\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.\n\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. \n\n\ C. New Social System \n\ - One global government + university of universal values education + ecovillages lifestyle\n\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.\n\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." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lijiang City name: New Oasis For Life ( Lifechanyuan China 1) - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22209 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 02864 physical_country: United States oid: cfbdb8d8-630a-4af6-b1ba-6d68d8c8ef0d id: 21779 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Rhode Island mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: 99 Pound Road physical_address1: Providence Zen Center mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.969544 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.434952 group: description: |-Mission: residential Zen practice
From www.ic.org/directory/providence-zen-center/:
Mission: Life Together
From www.ic.org/directory/micahs-house/:
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...\n\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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\n\ Ecological appropriate technology, and off-grid independence from conventional 'resources'.\n\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.\n\n\ Proposed community resources, projects, businesses - theatre & art gallery, restaurant & bakery, greenhouse, gardens & housing around the community.\n\n\ Proposed experiential 'non-school' open educational environment - including music/dance/theatre, media-art production, ecological & appropriate technology, holistic health...\n\n\ More about the community design - metasofa.org/community\n\n\ We're facilitating Tucson's community timebank - timebank.metasofa.org:81\n\ and the (international) Timebank Knowledge Commons Library - tbkc.metasofa.org:81\n\n\ For current projects and latest news, please see \xE2\x80\x93 metasofa.org/news" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Tucson name: metasofa artists community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22219 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "12463" physical_country: United States oid: 2cfa3c80-d247-4d6f-81a5-93cc36132f3c id: 21789 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 3312 Route 23 A mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.175035 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -74.021302 group: description: |-Mission: Goddess oriented community
From www.ic.org/directory/maetreum-of-cybele-magna-mater/:
Mission: Sane, Sustainable Human Living
From www.ic.org/directory/kingdom-of-bahoudii/:
Mission: silence, inner and outer work
From www.ic.org/directory/simone-weil-and-peter-maurin-house-monastic/:
Mission: Knowing God and preparing for spending eternity in heaven while enjoying natural life together
From www.ic.org/directory/finca-paradise/:
Hi :-) we are adam and eva. We are Jesus hippie naturists and live for Jesus Christ and we want to share our life with other like-minded brothers and sisters. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: alora name: Finca Paradise - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22251 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "60660" physical_country: United States oid: 2c23fca7-9d38-4eb1-bb97-82046a8ff748 id: 21821 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Illinois mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: "3748 W EastWood Ave #2" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.965772 grouping: "21821" mailing_zip: longitude: -87.722547 group: description: |-Mission: Reconciliation, Prayer, Art, Justice, Hospitality. We curate spaces of healing and reconciliation, the primary space is our worshiping community the Oratory of Jesus Christ Reconciler.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-community-of-the-holy-trinity/:
Mission: To be a model of ecological living within a Celtic Christian monastic ethos, committed to nonviolence, egalitarianism, and diversity; practicing radical hospitality, spiritual mysticism, and sustainable living, through a generous orthodoxy.
From www.ic.org/directory/order-of-the-shepherds-heart/:
Mission: OUR VISION STATEMENT:\n\n\ We are a loving community that lives from the heart in order to create a more beautiful world.
From www.ic.org/directory/anahata-bio-community/:
Anahata is . . . \n\n a place of learning \n self-discovery \n renewal & healing \n harmony & cooperation \n authentic connection \n creative expression \n celebration \n nature immersion \n inclusive spirituality \n service to all \n\n\ Anahata is a loving community and gathering place situated on 35 pristine acres along the Little River in Floyd County, Virginia. We are incorporated as an education center, and consider ourselves to be a nature sanctuary as well. \n\n\ Since 1995, we have explored the sacred interrelation of people, nature and the cosmos. We have striven to create a sustainable and mutually thrivant connection with nature and each other. \n\n\n\ CORE VALUES:\n\n\ CO-ENLIGHTENING KINDNESS ~ We practice being fully present to one another, deep listening, truthful sharing, and mutual encouragement. We commit to loving communication and skillful conflict resolution, supporting and one another to do and be our best.\n\ SELF-DISCOVERY ~ We explore the inner dimension of self, cultivating a humble heart, \xE2\x80\x98beginner\xE2\x80\x99s mind\xE2\x80\x99, self-reflection, self-responsibility, self-empowerment, self-healing, and self-actualization.\n\ CO-EMPOWERMENT ~ We share responsibility and leadership, each person making a significant contribution to the overall vision and activities of the community, with consensus decision-making wherever practical.\n\ SACREDNESS ~ We deepen in our chosen spiritual paths, find our place within nature/the cosmos, commune together in spiritual brother-sisterhood, serve the greater good, and celebrate the deeper meanings, rhythms and passages of life.\n\ CREATIVITY & CELEBRATION ~ We flourish through the arts in our playful \xE2\x80\x98renaissance community\xE2\x80\x99, which cultivates merrymaking and creative expression through song, music, dance, visual arts, games, crafts, and the practice of living fully in each moment. Co-enlivening!\n\ LEARNING & EVOLUTION ~ We strive beyond our current parameters of understanding to embody the dynamic flow of new ideas, skills and attitudes that will enable collective evolution, while appreciating our individual dreams and perspectives, styles of expression, and unique contributions to the common good.\n\ HOLISTIC WELL-BEING ~ We strive for a mostly organic, whole food, locally sourced diet, active lifestyles, connection to nature, and use a variety of holistic healing modalities to cultivate full-spectrum well-being.\n\ ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY ~ We work toward ecological sustainability through permaculture landscaping, organic gardening, food preserving, wildcrafting, green construction methods, alternative energy production, supporting the local economy, and more.\n\ ECONOMIC THRIVANCE ~ We seek individual and collective economic well-being, through stewardship of various enterprises, including our educational and guest programs and member-initiated cottage industries. We encourage economic self-responsibility and autonomy while celebrating expressions of interdependence as we share resources and simplify our lives, in gratitude for present moment abundance.\n\ CONNECTION & SHARING ~ We reach out to others, sharing our many gifts, network within the local and global new-paradigm community, and create space for the larger community to gather to celebrate, learn and share.\n\ GOALS & OBJECTIVES:\n\n\ In 2017-2018, we are pursuing the following collective initiatives:\n\n\ Generating more of our own food through expansion of our organic gardens and edible landscapes.\n\ Beautifying our landscape for greater ease and enjoyment of the land.\n\ Increasing the flow of visitors to Anahata by enhancing our guest spaces and programs.\n\ Increasing the number of living spaces on the land \xE2\x80\x94 finishing a cabin, yurt and a tiny house \xE2\x80\x93 for increased guest or member capacity.\n\ Planning for additional solar and gassifier renewable energy sources to be installed on the land in the next one-four years.\n\ Developing a long-term legal/financial strategy that includes member land-home ownership and collective stewardship of shared land. \n\ Calling in members who are aligned with our vision and ready to become land and home owners.\n\ Building community by holding twice-weekly community business-connection meetings, and sharing three or more community meals per week.\n\ Contributing 5+ hours of community service per member per week, with frequent work parties/teams.\n\ Hosting frequent circles and classes/events, quarterly retreats, and seasonal rituals and celebrations.\n\ Gathering with other communities in the area to share our collective stories, wisdom and strategies for successful community living.\n\ Learning how to more deeply support one another\xE2\x80\x99s growth by exploring different modalities of connection and communication." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Floyd name: Anahata - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22259 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "79618" physical_country: Germany oid: b2c1a702-464e-4bc3-9dfc-b79efd877835 id: 21829 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: "Baden-W\xC3\xBCrttemberg" mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Schloss Beuggen physical_address1: "Kommunit\xC3\xA4t Beuggen" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 47.58173 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 7.81387 group: description: "Mission: Kommunit\xC3\xA4t Beuggen
From www.ic.org/directory/kommunitat-beuggen/:
Mission: Wahrheit, Einfachheit, Liebe - Truth, Simplicity, Love
From www.ic.org/directory/zentrum-der-einheit-schweibenalp/:
\n\ To Volunteer in the Swiss Mountains\n\n\ Schweibenalp, The Center of Unity, is situated In the midst of the Bernese Oberland Alps, on a plateau 1100m (about 3300 feet) above sea level, at the border of the Giessbach Canyon. Archeological findings indicate that in the celtic times, Schweibenalp used to be a place for rituals. \n\n\ We contribute with our work to the development of a holistic culture that enables a conscious living together among all living beings. As a living and working community we manage the seminar business and the permaculture gardens of Schweibenalp. \n\n\ In the Center of the Vision stands the Unity of different cultures and religions. The Temple of Unity and the \xE2\x80\x9EDhuni\xE2\x80\x9C have been active places of meditation, prayer and rituals since 1982 and are available for any type of spiritual practice or celebration.\n\n\ Volunteering on Schweibenalp brings you in contact with different aspects of yourself. You have the oportunity to meet many people different ages and culture, and In working with them you practice openness and flexibility.\n\n\ You will be working either in kitchen ,Household or Outdoorwork; 6h a day, 5 days a week; free Food and shared accommodation; possibility to take part in community activities; minimal time 4 weeks." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Brienz name: Zentrum der Einheit Schweibenalp - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22279 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: ed6ecc9c-b064-4af3-9ebb-0c373c4cf3c8 id: 21849 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oregon mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 45.507856 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.690794 group: description: "Mission: Meditation, yoga, cooperative spiritual living.
From www.ic.org/directory/ananda-community-of-portland/:
The Ananda Community of Portland is located in the Vermont Hills neighborhood of SW Portland, OR. The Community is a 50-unit apartment complex on 5 acres and is part of the network of Ananda Communities worldwide. Residency is open to all who are sincere and open to the practice of meditation and yoga in the tradition and teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda (author of \xE2\x80\x9CAutobiography of a Yogi\xE2\x80\x9D). There are approximately 75 adults and 20 children in residence. There are both community and individual gardens. Residents can grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers; the grounds include ornamental landscaping, large trees, a swimming pool, a nature trail, and a lawn for gatherings and play. A separate community center provides space for meditation and yoga, classes and gatherings, banquets, and more. A community kitchen is run by residents and provides regular vegetarian dinners each week, open to friends and visitors as well as residents. Nearby, the Ananda Portland Temple and Teaching Center in Beaverton offers classes in meditation, yoga and spiritual development. The first Ananda Community was established in 1968 by Swami Kriyananda, direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, near Nevada City, California, USA.\n\ Residents rent their own apartments. Rents are set by local market rates for comparable apartments. On-site co-managers handle day-to-day needs, with the help of periodic community work days and volunteer participation. The complex is owned by a supportive group of investors and leased to the local Ananda organization for the operation of an intentional spiritual community." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Portland name: Ananda Community of Portland - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22290 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "75160" physical_country: United States oid: 6aa5b2ec-c92b-4587-93fd-ed6005290972 id: 21860 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Texas mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 5425 Parry Ave mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 32.7630226 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -96.3013432 group: description: |-Mission: Spiritual sustainability
From www.ic.org/directory/new-kurukshetra/:
Mission: Christian life and ministry
From www.ic.org/directory/elm-creek-trails/:
Mission: self sufficiency, christianity, skill networking, pioneer style living
From www.ic.org/directory/oasis-homestead/:
Mission: Faithist, vegetarian, pacifist
From www.ic.org/directory/2bd-termined/:
Mission: sustainable oasis bio retreat
From www.ic.org/directory/sanctuary-circle-kokopelli-tribe-2/:
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\n\ Within this community we endeavor to:\n\ \xC2\xB7\tRoot our lives in shared daily prayer \n\ \xC2\xB7\tModel Christian decency, care, charity and faithfulness\n\ \xC2\xB7\tLive environmentally sustainably\n\ \xC2\xB7\tEmbrace nonviolence\n\ \xC2\xB7\tWork for peace, social and economic justice\n\ \xC2\xB7\tOffer hospitality\n\ \xC2\xB7\tMake decisions consensually within a context of prayer\n\ \xC2\xB7\tHonor individual sacredness, support marital unions, and nurture family relationships\n\ \xC2\xB7\tBalance our communal and private lives\n\ \xC2\xB7\tShare faithful stewardship of commonly owned resources" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Richmond name: Curtis Pike Intentional Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22306 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 2d4a1888-b195-46aa-9341-000dba9b2cd1 id: 21876 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Hawaii mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 19.390023 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -155.152268 group: description: |-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. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Pahoa name: Lolia Place EcoVillage - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22307 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "521105" physical_country: India oid: 5ca66e5c-c0ab-48a1-b620-ff85b5ca31c2 id: 21877 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Andhra Pradesh mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Bapulapadu, Krishna District physical_address1: KST.Road, mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 16.638506 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 80.970529 group: description: |-Mission: Living together by Caring and sharing
From www.ic.org/directory/mercy-grace-community/:
Mission: Creating a New Earth
From www.ic.org/directory/lettuce-bee-farm/:
Mission: To live in harmony with the earth and each other. To gather in circle to co-create ceremony in giving gratitude to the elements that sustain us. To garden and eat from the fruits of our labor in a sacred way. To follow Permaculture principles.
From www.ic.org/directory/land-of-dawes-2/:
Earth spirituality community now forming on 38 acres of forest and field off the grid near Ithaca, NY. Looking for a handful of good friends to live together on the land and co-create a community striving for sustainable, self-sufficiency, and a shared reverence for the earth that is our only home. We gather in co-created ceremonies to give gratitude to the elements that sustain us: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. We invite families and friends to circle on the eight cross-quarters on the medicine wheel, to re-align ourselves to the earth's cycles and seasons. Potluck, bonfire, sauna are shared at the end of each gathering. Poetry, song, chants and drumming, meditation and creative visualization are shared. We have organic gardens, concord grapes, blueberries and a maple grove and evaporator to name a few of our permaculture crops. There is a pond and sauna. We have solar energy and a generator to take care of our electric needs but value our small footprint on the earth. There is barn space potentially for animals but is also used as a workshop. There is presently a small cabin available for living space for one or two more people. Member of Sustainable Tompkins network. For information, (607) 564-9406. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Newfield name: Land of Dawes - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22320 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: V8K 2B8 physical_country: Canada oid: e10afdf9-1b18-4a4f-9b9a-97ee878c02fb id: 21890 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: British Columbia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 355 Blackburn Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 48.827391 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.4941649 group: description: |-Mission: working yoga retreat centre
From www.ic.org/directory/salt-spring-centre-of-yoga/:
Mission: Natural & Ecological Farming
From www.ic.org/directory/kind-organics/:
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. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Kettle Falls name: Earth Rising Sanctuary - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22337 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 4d6ea532-b0f2-491d-b1e5-40dfc661e3c8 id: 21907 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Kentucky mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.51704 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -82.80599 group: description: |-Mission: Pagan, Art, Living intune with the natural world and following the Kemetic Path.
From www.ic.org/directory/circle-of-ancient-sisters/:
Mission: sustainability, spirituality
From www.ic.org/directory/sunflower-river/:
Mission: Yoga and spirituality
From www.ic.org/directory/sivananda-ashram-yoga-farm/:
Mission: meditation, service, friends
The Ananda Community in Lynnwood is 10 miles north of downtown Seattle, WA. The Community is a 32-unit apartment complex on 5.5 acres and is part of the network of Ananda Communities worldwide. Residency is open to all who are sincere and open to the practice of meditation and yoga in the tradition and teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda (author of "Autobiography of a Yogi"). There are approximately 45 adults in residence. There are both Community and individual gardens. Residents grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers; the grounds include a chicken coop, ornamental landscaping, large trees, a swimming pool, a nature trail, and a lawn for gatherings and play. A separate structure serves as a meditation and yoga room for classes and gatherings, banquets, and much more. A Community kitchen is run by residents and provides three vegetarian dinners each week, open to friends and visitors as well as residents. Nearby Ananda Meditation Temple and a teaching center in Seattle offer two locations for classes in meditation and yoga and much more. The first Ananda Community was established in 1968 by Swami Kriyananda, direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, near Nevada City, California, USA. Residents may rent or own their apartments. Rents are set at local market rates for comparable apartments, plus residents contribute "dues" to support the cost of social and spiritual activities that are above and beyond what is normally provided for by comparable rents. Members of Ananda, whether in the Lynnwood community or elsewhere in the nation, formed an LLC to hold title to the property. An on-site manager and a maintenance person handle day-to-day needs, with the help of participants in periodic community work days and volunteers. The complex is leased to the local Ananda organization for the operation of an intentional spiritual community.Mission: Organic Gardening, Shared Meals, Spiritual Exploration
From www.ic.org/directory/green-street-urban-homestead-farm/:
Mission: To form a new culture of encounter, consciousness and personal growth.\n\ Authenticity. Connection. Creational Power. Transformation.
From www.ic.org/directory/schloss-glarisegg/:
Glarisegg Castle \xE2\x80\x93 \xE2\x80\x9CA place for encounter and consciousness\xE2\x80\x9D \xE2\x80\x93 lies between forests, a wild river, fields and Lake Constance. The community lives on a gorgeous property with large natural areas and a private beach. We are connected by a shared interest in personal responsibility and the questions of our time, and we would like to contribute to the research on new ways of living. We value synergy between personal needs and input towards a shared vision. So we set ourselves the daily challenge of finding a balance between work on communal projects and the celebration of our shared life: via communal singing and music making, regular meetings in mandatory groups and intensive periods that last several days. Our tools are, amongst others, Community Building (Scott Peck style), forums (ZEGG style), transparent communication and possibility management. In 2010 we invited new people, particularly families, for a \xE2\x80\x9Cjoining period\xE2\x80\x9D, so we are now in the middle of a \xE2\x80\x9Csecond set-up phase\xE2\x80\x9D. There is more scope for new members, too. A permaculture project with a central vegetable garden has been developing since 2012. There is a forest group for younger children. Part of the communal project is the seminar business, a small shop, as well as the creativity and instrument workshop. We are open-minded people, who see communal life as a possibility to grow together and bring a new culture into existence." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Steckborn name: Schloss-Glarisegg - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22367 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: South Africa oid: 1f93b1c9-ef03-4114-bd1b-3490c01f40f3 id: 21937 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Free State mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Trinity Priory mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -28.004565 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 26.773216 group: description: "Mission: monastics retreat meditation
From www.ic.org/directory/trinity-christian-priory/:
Mission: Self-sufficient, Free, Living the Love of Christ through Service\n\n\ OUR MISSION is to be a self-sustaining community\n\ in harmony with nature and people.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-village-on-sewanee-creek/:
Mission: Meaningful communication relationship.
From www.ic.org/directory/ahmahaa/:
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/:
Mission: Catholic Community, Ecology, Mission Work
From www.ic.org/directory/catholic-ecovillage/:
Mission: We want to create a space for humans to grow with and learn from nature, animals and each other, to cultivate awareness and critical thinking.
From www.ic.org/directory/saraha-center/:
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. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Oneonta name: Raw-Wisdom Vegan Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22399 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Canada oid: c6930460-e1f6-4c04-a0d8-dc871ac9f19f id: 21969 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: British Columbia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 49.2827291 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.1207375 group: description: "Mission: Yoga, Community,Healthy, Happy
From www.ic.org/directory/yoga-eco-village/:
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.\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.\n\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.\n\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." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Forres name: Newbold House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22404 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: R2W 3N4 physical_country: Canada oid: 018997c1-4409-42ab-b312-3184ca89c1ea id: 21974 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Manitoba mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 782 Main St. mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 49.9065521 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -97.1345242 group: description: "Mission: People at risk of homelessness
From www.ic.org/directory/flatlanders-inn/:
Mission: Our mission is to give people a way to find others with a clue so that they can claim their spiritual identity, develop their spiritual community, and seek At-Onement. Our local outreach is a total immersion theatre called \"Circus Numen\" that celebrates the Universe Story and promotes the priorities of Conscious Life, including air, water, food, and energy. The CLEU offers practical resources and perspective to guide local Cleu Circles in celebrating their human rites and spiritual practices, and when ready, in becoming legal churches. Discover the power of the circle: Set an intention, share resources, and build community infrastructure right where you live. Be the clue in your community!
From www.ic.org/directory/conscious-life-ecumenical-union/:
Our 501c3 religious organization, The Conscious Life Ecumenical Union, is here to help you find others with a clue so that you can join together to experience At-Onement by celebrating your human rites: music, art, dance, drum, song, and story, and joining together for spiritual practices, such as study, service, meditation, mentoring, and pilgrimage. Get to know other Cleu circles in your area and elsewhere. Connecting local circles with other circles will make our network strong, flexible, and resilient. As a meme, Cleu is a reminder of who we really are, where we come from, and why we're all One: Consciousness, Life, Earth, Universe. You are a miraculous, mystical being. You are the Cleu!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lakeview name: Conscious Life Ecumenical Union CLEU - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22413 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "02646" physical_country: United States oid: 7c1ae8ae-1b9c-42ee-9996-f67300ca8ede id: 21983 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Massachusetts mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 14 Harold St, Unit 1-A mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.6660686 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -70.0711548 group: description: |-Mission: Evolution Compassion Veganism
From www.ic.org/directory/beautiful-universe-e-center/:
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. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Blowing Rock/Lenior and Charlotte name: Citizens of Planet Earth Academy - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22417 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "03602" physical_country: United States oid: c703bb6b-c40e-42a6-adcb-afba172b1942 id: 21987 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New Hampshire mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 655 Gilsum Mine Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 43.0839868 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -72.2734936 group: description: |-Mission: The realization of a culture of deep living based on mindfulness and sustainability.
From www.ic.org/directory/morningsun/:
Mission: open ecumenical christian
From www.ic.org/directory/othona-community-west-dorset/:
Mission: Relationship and family as spiritual path
From www.ic.org/directory/buddha-dharma-sangha/:
Mission: Our Mission:\n\ Polestar creates dynamic opportunities for life-long learning and spiritual growth based on the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.\n\n\ Our Values:\n Our essential purpose is \xE2\x80\x9Cthe deepening of the spirit\xE2\x80\x9D.\n We seek to create a culture that values spirit, community and life-long learning.\n We strive to express the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and other great spiritual traditions.\n We aspire to celebrate the sacredness of life in the company of dear friends.\n We promote tolerance, compassion and service to others as a pathway to individual and world peace.\n We understand that life is a sacred opportunity to grow
From www.ic.org/directory/polestar-gardens-community/:
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/:
Mission: To develop and live the beginning of a culture which includes the best of current civilization plus improvements.
From www.ic.org/directory/adelphi/:
Mission: Our mission is to create a community that supports all individual abilities and recognizes the potential of every person. Camphill California is part of the International Camphill Movement, a worldwide initiative for social change with over a hundred affiliates worldwide, founded by Karl K\xC3\xB6nig and inspired by the anthroposophical teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
From www.ic.org/directory/camphill-communities-california/:
Camphill Communities California is a life-sharing community for adults with developmental disabilities located near Santa Cruz, California. Our vision of community living involves relationships of mutual respect, ongoing education, meaningful work, and natural circles of support.\n\n\ Residents of Camphill California are dedicated organic, biodynamic gardeners. During our long growing season, we produce more than one third of the fruits and vegetables that we consume from over seven acres of carefully tended land, including a small vineyard donated by Bonny Doon.\n\n\ In addition to gardening, residents work in our weaving studio, crafting a variety of hand-woven items. Our culinary workshop is also a favorite workplace and produces products including soothing herb tea and delicious culinary mixes. Some Camphill residents even participate in supported employment programs." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Soquel name: Camphill Communities California - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22483 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "88029" physical_country: United States oid: f24e19c9-f228-431c-83c5-179409855790 id: 22053 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New Mexico mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: PO Box 370 physical_address1: "#1 Sunshine Way" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 31.8443394 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -107.6493069 group: description: |-Mission: The path is found in work.
From www.ic.org/directory/city-of-the-sun-foundation-inc/:
Mission: We believe that stopping the destruction, working to build soil, restore ecosystems, heal our addictions, change organizational structures of the global economy & learn to live in community starting locally ... are the most important & urgent jobs to do now. If you are clear for yourself that supporting the transition of our destructive society to a sustainable world is your first priority, you will love this & we are looking for you.
From www.ic.org/directory/8th-life-ecovillage/:
8thLife is an EcoVillage project starting in the Canary Islands & a unique opportunity to invest in a healthy future: for you, for your family, for future generations & for all species. We are repopulating a rural farmstead and establishing a community to do more effective work in facilitating the global and local Transition, and also researching in action, from the basis of Integral Permaculture, what is needed for EcoVillage projects to be truly successful and thrive, and how civilized western humans can create community and the seeds of a new culture. You can see much more about the project, us and what has been going on here since the beginnings in our website: www.8thlife.org access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: La Palma name: 8th Life EcoVillage Project - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22500 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "06442" physical_country: Switzerland oid: b5bfe9d8-05c9-48d3-960b-e7505349beea id: 22070 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: SZ mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Komaja FoundationMittelurmi physical_address1: Komaja Meditationsschule and mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.5584283 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -70.880049 group: description: "Mission: self-realization, radiant love
From www.ic.org/directory/komaja/:
Mission: Spirit and Right livlihood
From www.ic.org/directory/community-of-light-2/:
Mission: The mission of the Abode of the Message is to be a residential spiritual community which strives to collectively embody awakening to the Sufi Message of spiritual liberty and unity of religious ideals brought to the West by Hazrat Inayat Khan in 1910. The guiding principles of the Sufi Message are love, harmony and beauty.
From www.ic.org/directory/abode-of-the-message/:
Mission: To establish the self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-sustainable communes, cooperatives & ecological villages in the logistic, safe & strategic environments.
From www.ic.org/directory/7th-millennium-community/:
Mission: conservation, education, preservation and sustainability.
From www.ic.org/directory/enota-mountain-village/:
Mission: Developing human potentials through caring relationships, meaningful communication, genuine experiential self-understanding, and creative insight
From www.ic.org/directory/heartsong/:
Mission: Follow Christ by his Spirit and love one another as He loves us.
From www.ic.org/directory/rose-creek-village/:
Mission: helping others finding God
From www.ic.org/directory/dolphin-community/:
Mission: Community household with homeless refugees and migrants. Lifestyle of solidarity.
From www.ic.org/directory/bread-and-roses-base-community/:
Mission: It is a village out of the ordinary that offers care to and living together with people with special needs.
From www.ic.org/directory/vallersund-gard/:
Mission: Life in Paradise Restored! Raw fruitarian diet is a goal, getting off of the 'grid' in every way (financially, power-wise, idea-wise) is all part of the plan.
From www.ic.org/directory/paradise-gardens/:
Mission: Love Simplicity Truth Healing
From www.ic.org/directory/hairakhandi-love-center/:
Mission: A family of pioneering souls whose vision is to cultivate a joyful, vibrant, co-creative culture in service to the evolution of consciousness.
From www.ic.org/directory/hummingbird-community/:
Mission: Forgiveness and relationships
From www.ic.org/directory/light-of-freedom/:
Mission: Spiritual retreat & inclusive spiritual community.
The Southwest Sufi Community (SSC), located near Silver City, New Mexico, is first and foremost a spiritually oriented community, promoting understanding of the Sufi message, but welcoming to students of inclusive spiritual paths. We deepen our spiritual path through direct experience and eat, dance, and pray together. The community, begun in June 1995, is a retreat center, a nature preserve, and a residential village on 1,500 acres along year-round Bear Creek. We host group and individual retreats with inclusive spiritual themes. People interested in residency at the Southwest Sufi Community want to have the pioneer spirit, be financially self-sufficient or resourceful, and in good health. Since the land is remote from town, it is not practical to commute. People will need to support themselves in creative ways. Those interested in establishing cottage industries on the land are especially encouraged to come and check us out. The best way to get to know the community is to come for a visit, or attend one of our camps or retreats We offer limited indoor accommodations, camping, vegetarian meals, classes, and time in nature. We welcome visitors at other times, too, especially on weekends. Please write or email before planning a visit and tell us you saw this listing in the Communities Directory.Mission: Yoga, Self-Realization
From www.ic.org/directory/song-of-the-morning/:
Mission: Spiritual Unity/Global Change
From www.ic.org/directory/global-community-communications-alliance/:
Global Community Communications Alliance\xE2\x80\x94a multifaceted nonprofit organization, ecovillage, and The University of Ascension Science and The Physics of Rebellion (uaspr.org)\xE2\x80\x94were founded by spiritual leaders Gabriel of Urantia and Ni\xC3\xA1nn Emerson Chase in 1989. \n\n\ We are a cosmic family, with members and friends from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds worldwide. Service to others, soul growth, and living in divine pattern are emphasized. Healing incorporates spiritual and scientific techniques of tron therapy (an advanced form of energy transference) and morontia counseling, practiced at our Soulistic Healing Center in Tubac, Arizona. Additionally at Soulistic Healing Center, a medical doctor, clinical psychologist, massage therapists, and other healing practitioners address the needs of both body and soul. Soulistic Hospice caregivers are interfaith ministers.\n\n\ Members and children of the religious order are students in The University of Ascension Science & The Physics of Rebellion. Classes on The URANTIA Book and The Cosmic Family volumes are offered on campus as well as the Online University. Seminars in Divine Administration are also offered. Hundreds of supporters worldwide are affiliated in many ways.\n\n\ We offer experiential training in organic gardening, animal husbandry, construction, and various trades at Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, as well as the annual Earth Harmony Festival in October. Vocational training and apprenticeships are offered year-round. Our Personality Integration Rehabilitation Program for teens and adults offers individualized programs written by a team of qualified professionals.\n\n\ The Sea of Glass\xE2\x80\x94Center For The Arts Venue (with national & international acts & activist speakers) is located in Tucson, and Sacred Treasures (fair trade boutique) is located in Tucson and Tubac.\n\n\ Global Family Legal Services assists in immigration and other legal matters. Spirit Steps Tours of Tubac, Tucson, and Sedona offers retreats, sacred vision quests, cosmic medicine wheels, and sweat lodges. Tubac\xE2\x80\x99s Secret Garden Inn offers an elegant setting for lodging, weddings, and events. Global Community Communications Publishing offers many spiritually oriented books: The Divine New Order and the Dawn of the First Stage of Light and Life, The Cosmic Family volumes, Who\xE2\x80\x99s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf \xE2\x80\x93 A Handbook on How To Defeat The 1% By Starting Subcultures, The Sharp End of the Needle (on diabetes, dialysis & kidney transplant), Teachings on Healing, and the Alternative Voice, a quarterly periodical teaching Spiritualution, fusing spirituality with activism. Make a pilgrimage to the next Spiritualution Concert \xE2\x80\x94 May 5, 2018.\n\n\n\Mission: Evangelical Christian
From www.ic.org/directory/new-creation-christian-community/:
The New Creation Christian Community is part of the Jesus Fellowship Church, which is also known as the Jesus Army. The fellowship is an evangelical Christian church with a contemporary charismatic emphasis. It is orthodox in doctrine, upholding the universally accepted Christian creeds. The church numbers around 1,800, about 450 of whom live in Christian Community in 60 or so large and small houses around the United Kingdom. Each community house consists of anything between 6 and 25 people, who live as a large "family." The businesses, community houses, and other community assets are owned by the members and held in a legally constituted noncharitable Trust Fund. Within the community, each house has a "common-purse" arrangement, with members pooling their income to meet all personal and household expenses. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Northampton name: New Creation Christian Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22676 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "10003" physical_country: United States oid: c9899789-2e96-4e80-b305-a0aeea8a0aaf id: 22240 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 215 East 15th St mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.733815 grouping: "15236" mailing_zip: longitude: -73.985716 group: description: "Mission: To create a space where people can live simply in concert with Quaker values and through diversity and the tasks of daily life learn to listen quietly and appreciate that of God in everyone.
From www.ic.org/directory/penington-friends-house/:
Our house derives its special quality from the people who live here, an evolving population of men and women of various ages and cultural backgrounds. There are about 25 of us- Artists, students, working professionals and retired people- who have come together to enjoy simple, comfortable living at a reasonable cost. Preference is given to Friends and those people involved in socially responsible concerns, as we support people who are dedicated to making valuable contributions toward world peace, our planet and each other.The Penington\xE2\x80\x99s ample common space and shared meals provide a wonderful opportunity to get to know a wide range of people. Our dinners are simple, but delicious. Our chefs purchase many organic or locally grown ingredients and provide both vegetarian and non-vegetarian entrees. \n Everyone shares in the housework, which consists of housekeeping details, dining room chores and bathroom cleaning. Participation in these duties is an integral part of PFH and vital to both its physical existence and spiritual core of sharing, service, and community life. Residents are asked to participate on various committees for decision making within the house and to make every effort to attend dinner together. It cannot be emphasized too strongly that residency at PFH depends upon a healthy, responsible attitude of cooperation and contribution.\n We also have 2 overnight guest rooms for Friends traveling through the city. These can be rented for up to 2 weeks. guest room reservation information can be found on our website." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: New York name: Penington Friends House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22678 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 96772-0599 physical_country: United States oid: 6dae9c21-d005-4332-9f0c-01aef2e2ec35 id: 22242 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Hawaii mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: PO Box 599 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 19.136395 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -155.6183182 group: description: |-Mission: Consensus, sustainability, vegan, spiritual
From www.ic.org/directory/earth-re-leaf/:
Mission: The mission of Triform is to build a vital community life together with adults with special needs to work towards social, economic, and agricultural renewal. Triform is a supportive environment that offers each individual the possibility for personal growth and self-development. As a Camphill community, Triform bases its work on the recognition of the spiritual integrity of each individual and aims to provide all community members with dignified, meaningful work, a healthy social atmosphere, and a vibrant cultural, artistic and spiritual life.
From www.ic.org/directory/triform-camphill-community/:
Triform Camphill Community, in Hudson, New York, is a residential community for young adults with developmental disabilities. It includes a dynamic mix of over 110 people spanning many generations, cultures and ranges of ability. Forty young adults with social, mental, physical and emotional disabilities, live and work side-by-side with full time volunteer resident staff and the staff\xE2\x80\x99s families on a 500+ acre biodynamic/organic farm in beautiful Columbia County, NY. Triform is a model of care where young men and women with Autism, Down syndrome, and other developmental and neurological disabilities participate in dignified, purposeful work, share in warm, supportive relationships and make meaningful contributions to the well-being of everyone in the Triform community. Triform is changing the way we understand and appreciate the capabilities of people with special needs.\n\n\ Triform is a forerunner and model in the disabilities field, where the ideals of inclusion and the development of individual potential are in the forefront. Triform\xE2\x80\x99s programs promote confidence, self-worth, independence and achievement on many levels. The Triform special needs community offers an enriching social, intellectual and cultural life for its students, and year-round vocational opportunities in organic and biodynamic farm and gardening. Triform is among a select group of farms in the US certified by Demeter, which is regarded as the highest level of organic farming certification in the world." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Hudson name: Triform Camphill Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22702 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "80538" physical_country: United States oid: 7e7e2020-ade0-4b86-8dbb-b3b30822c0be id: 22266 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Colorado mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 100 Sunrise Ranch Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.447615 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -105.216119 group: description: "Mission: Honoring Universal Being
From www.ic.org/directory/sunrise-ranch-2/:
\n\ Sunrise Ranch is one of the longest-standing Intentional Communities in the USA. Founded in 1945, and located about 10 miles west of Loveland, Colorado, Sunrise Ranch has 70-80 multi-generational residents living and working together on 360 acres in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. \n\n\ The community has weekly worship services, an elected governing board, regular community meetings, internship and visitor programs and a retreat and conference business handling groups up to 200. We also run a farm, growing organic vegetables both in our gardens and green houses, along with raising grass-fed beef.\n\n\ Sunrise Ranch honors Universal Being in all its forms\xE2\x80\x94through people, through nature and through all creation. We see this attitude of honor for Universal Being as the pivotal factor for the future of humanity.\n\n\ Most of all, we honor and welcome the expression of Universal Being through ourselves. We believe that this orientation in living is what opens the door for a full knowing of the wisdom and love that is within everyone. It is what lets the individual give their greatest gift to the world and know the greatest fulfillment that is possible for a human being.\n\n\ All of Sunrise Ranch is dedicated as a teaching and demonstration site for this essential wisdom\xE2\x80\x94both the inner knowing of Universal Being and the practical application of that knowing. This is why we practice and teach sustainable agriculture and farm-to-table food preparation. This is what is behind all the workshops, conferences, concerts and courses that we offer. This is what we teach in our internship programs and in all our courses for spiritual awakening and personal development. Sunrise Ranch exists to embody this truth and to bring it to the world.\n\n\ We believe that Universal Being is doing its best to incarnate and express fully through each person, not as a separate reality but as the core reality of who they are. And when it does, that person becomes whole and creates wholeness in their world. They bring healing to the land, to other people and to the planet. Whole people\xE2\x80\x94whole world.\n\n\ This is what allows our individual worlds to thrive. This is why Sunrise Ranch is flourishing. And it is the experience of this simple, profound truth that will let Planet Earth become the garden home that it is destined to become.\n\n\ To us, this is not just a nice idea, but a guiding principle to be embodied in everything we do. If you agree, we welcome you to join with us in bringing this experience to the world.\n\n\ For opportunities to join our community, please go to our website: http://sunriseranch.org/\n\ Click on the opportunities menu on the top left corner to see what we currently have available!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Loveland name: Sunrise Ranch - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22704 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 02135-4601 physical_country: United States oid: eead04fe-b00a-4f80-8eba-cbf4a109766e id: 22268 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Massachusetts mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 203 Chestnut Hill Avenue mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.340844 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.155051 group: description: "Mission: American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association is the American branch of World Shim Gum Do Association. World Shim Gum Do also has branches in Italy, South Korea and Poland. The center of all Shim Gum Do is the Shim Gwang Sa - Mind Light Temple. Shim Gwang Sa is dedicated to preserving and maintaining all aspects of the original Zen Buddhist art of Shim Gum Do, (the Mind Sword Path) and the teachings of Shim Gum Do Founding Master Great Zen Master Chang Sik Kim.\n\ Shim Gum Do is an original Zen Art that integrates the practice and principles of Zen Buddhist meditation with the \xE2\x80\x9Caction meditation\xE2\x80\x9D of martial art practice. Shim Gum Do has six parts which comprise about 1,000 \xE2\x80\x9Cforms.\xE2\x80\x9D A form is a choreographed sequence of martial art techniques of blocking and attacking movements. Each form is unique and generates a specific energy and artful expression. The six parts of Shim Gum Do are Zen Sword, Shin Boep, Ho Shin Sul, Long Stick, Two Sword and Short Stick. Zen Sword consists of forms that utilize a single-edged sword; Shin Boep or \xE2\x80\x9CBody Dharma\xE2\x80\x9D is similar to karate in that it is a weaponless art of hand and foot movements; Ho Shin Sul, or self-defense, is a system of grappling techniques for breaking grabs, joint locks, throws and pressure points; Long Stick consists of forms that use a long straight, pole-like stick; Two Sword forms use two swords; and Short Stick forms use a short, arm-length, straight stick.\n\ Shim Gwang Sa Temple has ongoing classes in Shim Gum Do. Shim Gum Do Founding Master Great Zen Master Chang Sik Kim teaches monthly meditation sessions and Dharma Talks that are free and open to the public.
From www.ic.org/directory/american-buddhist-shim-gum-do-association/:
Shim Gwang Sa (Mind Light Temple) is the main teaching center of the American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association and the World Shim Gum Do Association. Shim Gwang Sa teaches the Zen Buddhist martial art called Shim Gum Do (\"Mind Sword Path\"). Shim Gum Do Founding Master Dae Soen Sa Nim (Great Zen Master) Chang Sik Kim is the 79th patriarch of his Dharma lineage that began with Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Master Kim began his formal Zen training under Dae Soen Sa Nim Seung Sahn, Abbot of the Hwa Gye Temple of the Chyoge order of Zen Buddhism in Seoul, Korea, at the age of thirteen. When he was twenty one, Zen Master Kim underwent a 100-day retreat on Sam Gak mountain. During this time, Shim Gum Do was revealed to Zen Master Kim through his meditation and he attained enlightenment.\n\ Shim Gum Do is a Zen practice that brings together the mind and body through dynamic practice of action meditation through the martial art forms of Shim Gum Do combined with sitting meditation. The practice of Shim Gum Do emphasizes attaining a clear mind, clear thinking, and clear action. Shim Gwang Sa has ongoing classes in Shim Gum Do and offers a residential training program. The residential program is for those who are interested in a more intensive study of Shim Gum Do and traditional Zen temple practices." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Brighton name: American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22714 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "95076" physical_country: United States oid: 74a3b03a-ee47-434d-9438-1acb8ed10aa7 id: 22278 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 445 Summit Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.857507 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -120.512697 group: description: "Mission: yoga, community, ayurveda, and service
From www.ic.org/directory/mount-madonna-center/:
Mission: The purpose of the Lama Foundation is to be a sustainable spiritual community and educational center dedicated to the awakening of consciousness, spiritual practice with respect for all traditions, service and stewardship of the land.
From www.ic.org/directory/lama-foundation/:
Lama Foundation aims to serve as a sustainable spiritual community and educational center dedicated to the awakening of consciousness, service, spiritual practice with respect for all traditions, and stewardship of the land. Community life is viewed as a school of practical spirituality whose focus is individual and collective spiritual growth through service to others, simplicity of lifestyle, self-awareness, and commitment to daily spiritual practice in some form. Members have an opportunity to learn mindfulness and responsible stewardship as well as skills such as natural building and permaculture, gardening, cooking, carpentry, and silk-screen printing. Community-building skills are a continuing focus. The community works together as a circle in caring for the foundation and strives for consensus in decision making. Summers are an out breath, with many visitors and a public program of workshops, retreats, and hermitages. We also operate a cottage industry for producing prayer flags and other items. Winters are an in breath, where members continue to serve and strive to take more time for intensive contemplative interspiritual practice and study. The fire of 1996 offered an opportunity to explore a more sustainable lifestyle utilizing green building and permaculture techniques. Life is rustic, but very beautiful at an elevation of 8600 feet. Come and visit! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: San Cristobal name: Lama Foundation - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22724 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 07882-4318 physical_country: United States oid: b04fedba-e9af-40a0-820b-21096d5649b1 id: 22288 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New Jersey mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 93 Angen Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.7434686 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -74.9793243 group: description: "Mission: Guiding Principles\n\ To provide an education in the Buddha's teachings to interested students.\n\ To provide the facilities for the study and practice of the Buddha's teachings.\n\ To engage in activities that help preserve the Buddha's teachings.
From www.ic.org/directory/tibetan-buddhist-learning-center/:
Mission: The Findhorn Foundation is a spiritual community, ecovillage and an international centre for holistic learning, helping to unfold a new human consciousness and create a positive and sustainable future.
From www.ic.org/directory/findhorn-foundation-and-community/:
Mission: Sustainable Living, Spirituality & Social Change
The Farm is an intentional community of families and friends living on 1,750 acres in south-central Tennessee. Since its inception in 1971, the purpose of The Farm community has been to provide a secure, ecologically healthy, commonly held land base for its members and succeeding generations. It is a place where we can relate to each other and the natural environment in a sustainable way, draw upon the collective strength of the community, and contribute to the positive transformation of the world. The Farm is a spiritual community but follows no specific doctrine. Founded on the principles of nonviolence and respect for the earth, there is general agreement that all world religions share essential truths that are the moral guideposts for sanity and happiness. Over its 40+ year history, The Farm community has established numerous nonprofit organizations as part of its mission to create positive change in the world. These include Plenty International (international relief and development), Kids To the Country (brings at-risk children to The Farm), The Ecovillage Training Center (sustainability education), Swan Conservation Trust (1425-acre nature preserve), PeaceRoots Alliance (global peace movement), and More Than Warmth (students creating peace quilts sent to children around the world), and many more. The Farm is probably best known for its midwifery program in which the sacrament of birth is considered as an inherent right of all women, newborns, and families. Both basic and advanced midwifery workshops take place throughout the year. Approximately 200 residents and over 20 Farm businesses contribute to the maintenance and operation of the community. The community is managed by an elected board of directors along with a variety of committees staffed by volunteers. The Farm Education/Conference Center hosts conferences and is the umbrella organization for the Farm School, which offers alternative education to both resident and neighboring school-age students. GreenLife Retreats is the host of The Farm Experience Weekend and a variety of other events and activities that give visitors a more in depth way to learn about community life.Mission: Camphill Village USA is a community of people, some with special needs, who live and work together caring for each other and the Earth.
From www.ic.org/directory/camphill-village-usa-inc/:
Camphill Village USA is a unique and vibrant life-sharing community of 250 individuals, including 95 adults with developmental disabilities. Founded in Copake, New York in 1961, Camphill Village USA is the oldest and largest Camphill community in North America and sits on 615 acres of verdant hills, pastures, and beautiful gardens in southern Columbia County. Camphill Village is part of the international Camphill Movement, which is based on the insights of anthroposophy, the philosophy, world view, and spiritual path of Rudolf Steiner Ph.D. Life at Camphill Village is based on the active affirmation of the dignity, spiritual integrity, and valued contribution of each individual. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Copake name: Camphill Village USA, Inc. - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22744 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "19442" physical_country: United States oid: 965bc89e-5ef1-4a5c-828a-e35e7a2e5044 id: 22308 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Pennsylvania mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: 1601 Pughtown Rd. physical_address1: PO Box 1045 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.1336266 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -75.5778849 group: description: |-Mission: To create and maintain a land-based community together with adults with special needs. biodynamic agriculture, handcrafts and other educational endeavors.
From www.ic.org/directory/camphill-village-kimberton-hills/:
Mission: Our mission is to create wholeness for children and youth with developmental disabilities through education, extended family living, and therapy so that they may be better understood, they may more fully unfold their potential, and they may meaningfully participate in life.
From www.ic.org/directory/camphill-special-school/:
The Camphill School is a Waldorf school accredited by AWSNA and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Our school also is licensed by the Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare and we are a Pennsylvania Approved Private School for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are part of the worldwide Camphill movement and the only Camphill community in North America for children.\n\n\ When founded in 1963, The Camphill School was based upon the idea that the new community not only would become a village for children, but a place that nurtured childhood itself. This was powerfully affirmed in 1967 when a foundation stone was laid at Rock Crystal, the village\xE2\x80\x99s first purposely built house where volunteers, interns, and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities could share their lives." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Glenmoore name: The Camphill School - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22749 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 02108-3624 physical_country: United States oid: 52c98ad9-c853-4f0d-9fca-d1d1a67c535d id: 22313 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Massachusetts mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 6 Chestnut St. mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.357721 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.066333 group: description: |-Mission: "To embody the Quaker principles of faith, simplicity, integrity, community, and social responsibility in order to nurture and call forth the Light in all of us."
From www.ic.org/directory/beacon-hill-friends-house/:
Beacon Hill Friends House is: - a cooperative residence for those interested in community living - the home of Beacon Hill Friends Meeting - a center for Quaker educational activities Beacon Hill Friends House is located on historic Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, a few blocks from the State House. The building was originally built in 1803. Since being given to Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1957, the building has become a center for the Quaker community in Boston. Beacon Hill Friends House fulfills its mission by: - providing a center where Friends and others can meet, worship, and study - advancing and fostering the principles of the Religious Society of Friends - offering opportunities for the development of leadership and personal growth - maintaining a diverse residential community guided by Friends' principles - providing hospitality to visitors in our B&B guest rooms 21 Residents live at the house for up to four years. We create community through house dinners cooked by our kitchen manager, sharing chores and community-building responsibilities, and two house meetings a month. We welcome residency applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, beliefs, sexualities, backgrounds, etc. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Boston name: Beacon Hill Friends House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22757 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "28763" physical_country: United States oid: 548afa84-20e8-475c-9905-099a83bdfc5c id: 22321 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: North Carolina mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 839 Coweeta Gap Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.0726249 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -83.416557 group: description: "Mission: CHC's mission is to teach strategies for self-reliant living in order to reduce impacts on our environment. This is best expressed by the term Voluntary Simplicity or learning to live with less. As I mentioned the second goal is to help heal the earth and each other. Eventually this might include becoming a retreat center and offer programming for those interested. The organic garden here produces lots of greens and other produce which helps provide healthy local food for our community. The 1/5 acre garden can produce as much as 50 pounds of salad mixes, greens, onion, garlic and more weekly. The garden is also a resource for those interested in learning to care for the earth and heal oneself through organically grown foods and working intimately with the environment. More on what it means to come here: \n\ Coweeta is a place of healing. It pure spring waters, the sounds of water flowing, birds singing, clouds sailing by are music to your soul. Coweeta is a place to get lost and found; tucked away in an intimate valley with little human activity. It is the perfect place to rediscover who you are and your place in the natural world. It is a place where cell phones don\xE2\x80\x99t work and your watch may lose time. It is a place to park your car and walk. \n\n\ Coweeta\xE2\x80\x99s beyond organic gardens teach you to nurture yourself and the earth. Each year tons of leaves are incorporated into the soil to feed the hordes of micro and macro organisms that feed the plants that are grown. Nourish your body and spirit with food you help grow and harvest. \n\n\ Coweeta\xE2\x80\x99s gardens also help feed the local community and this is the perfect place to connect with folks and share the bounty of the earth and invite them to come to Coweeta to visit. Coweeta is a place of sharing.\n\n\ Coweeta is a place to gather your energies to do the work that nurtures your spirit and contributes to the good in the world whatever this may mean for you. \n\n\ Coweeta is a place of spirit, in the trees, rocks, animals, water and air. Drink in the beauty and spirit here to nourish your soul. Quiet your mind and be open to the spirit and energies of life around you.\n\n\ Coweeta is also a place to engage in meaningful work. With your hands you can help create a place of shelter, paths to walk on, beds to grow healthy food in, contributing to a welcoming community. Yes, this takes work and some sweat and tears at times.\n\n\ Coweeta is a place that will grow in you and you will grow in it. Caring for something means that you become part of it. This can be as simple as picking up branches that have fallen on roads or paths, building a rock wall that will last a century or more, gathering leaves for the garden each year to enrich the soil, or just sitting quietly in a spot you have chosen. \n\n\ Coweeta is a place to learn new things and apply what you learn to doing the \xE2\x80\x9Cgood work\xE2\x80\x9D of living simply so that others can simply live. It is a place to learn to feed yourself from the earth. \n\n\ Coweeta is also a place of cleansing. Of giving away habits that may keep you from living as free and healthy a life as you can. Let the peace and quiet and companionship of the world fill your heart. Give yourself entirely to the earth and it will fill your needs.
From www.ic.org/directory/coweeta-heritage-center/:
Mission: We are Christian senior persons of peace, rooted in love to live an ecumenical co-housing which enhances each individual\xE2\x80\x99s ability to help each other within the our community. \n\ \tOur neighborhood concept includes both private home ownership and rental properties, respecting personal privacy, sensitivity to environmental concerns, and is designed for seniors. In sum, we seek to live simple, independent lives of prayer and outreach where we are available for others in wisdom and grace.
From www.ic.org/directory/roanoke-prayer-and-service/:
This SpiritServ Senior Cohousing community is formed around prayer and service in the Roanoke VA valley area. This is being modeled after Elder Spirit in Abingdon VA. We will have about 20 individual patio homes 1 and 2 bedrooms and about 10 apartments." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Roanoke name: SpiritServ Senior Cohousing - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22761 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: f2e40f1b-212a-404c-8a3d-c8a15ba9a8f2 id: 22325 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 32.724103 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.170912 group: description: |-Mission: The intent of our community can be summarized by one word "support". We are here to support one another on our respective spiritual journeys with the practice of mindfulness meditation. We do this within the mission statement of the Wake Up Movement: "Young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a Healthy and Compassionate Society".
From www.ic.org/directory/the-san-diego-wake-up-house/:
Mission: Shalom! - Hello and Welcome.\n\n\ Do you want to help start a, USA based \xE2\x80\x9COne New Man \xE2\x80\x93 Kingdom Of God\xE2\x80\x9D Christian Kibbutz and Tiny House Eco-Village? If Yes, you have come to the right place. Please read all the information that follows, then if you agree with our our unique end times vision and beliefs, come join us in this united effort today! \n\n\ \tImagine a group of Believers in Yeshua/Jesus that includes both Saved/Born Again Hebrews and Gentiles [Christians], who choose to be trained in and live out Bible based \xE2\x80\x9COne New Man \xE2\x80\x93 Kingdom Of God\xE2\x80\x9D Principles together [Ephesians 2:12-20, Acts 2:38-47] in preparation for His soon Second Coming and our 1000 year reign as Kings and Priests. This group has three major goals; First to build a US based Kibbutz/Eco-village and Tiny House/Co-housing style spiritual community/family. Second, to start a local Church Fellowship. And third, to establish a School that teaches Kingdom principles. Together, these goals will allow us to live, learn, work, play, worship, minister and serve together as one under Jehovah/God. If you too feel called to this \"One New Man - Kingdom Of God\" lifestyle, then we welcome you to join us in this effort. It is only by working together, in the name of Yeshua, that we can build something wonderful. We look forward to your participation and if you have any Prayer needs, Praise reports or are ready to Fellowship in person, please let us know. For lots more info see our Community Description on this page, then visit our Main Web Page by clicking the link provided on this page or copy and paste into your search bar the following URL: \n\ http://somacommunity.wix.com/kingdomofgod\n\n\ (Note: check your \xE2\x80\x9CSpam Folder\xE2\x80\x9D for our initial E-mail and mark as \xE2\x80\x9CNot Spam\xE2\x80\x9D)\n\ Thank You and God Bless!\n\ Elder - Kevin\n Pray for the Peace of Israel and America.\n ~ the One New Man \xE2\x80\x93 Kingdom Of God community ~\n \" Where Hebrew and Gentile are One\"
From www.ic.org/directory/kingdom-of-god/:
Founding Members Wanted - We are actively seeking other believers in Yeshua/Jesus from around the world who are interested in establishing the Kingdom of God/Jehovah, on earth in the here and now [Matthew 6:33] by living/working together [Acts 2:38-47] in an Intentional Community. Whether you are a Christian or Jew, Hebrew or Gentile, Messianic or Independent believer and/or go by some other Biblical name, as long as you follow the One True God/Jehovah and believe that the Bible Covenants, old and new, are the one inspired/written Word of God, that Yeshua/Jesus Christ, is the fulfillment of the promised Messiah/Savior and that we are living in the last of the last days \xE2\x80\x93 then you are the Chosen Bride \xE2\x80\x93 the \xE2\x80\x9COne New Man\xE2\x80\x9D [Ephesians 2:12-20] prophesied for the end times and are welcome to join us.\n\n\ This community will consist of a US based Kibbutz/Eco-village and Tiny House/Co-housing style spiritual community/family. It will have individual Tiny/Small Houses/Trailers, and Tents/Yurts plus a shared Dorm House all with moderate membership and living fees, required weekly work hours, sensible rules and regulations, and a regular membership process. In addition there will be several Business Enterprises, a Community Center, a Kingdom School and Temple/House of Worship. Other facilities will include: a kitchen, dinning hall, bathrooms, work sheds, bathing house, recreation facilities plus gardens, a small farm, animal husbandry, barn, groves, vineyards, classrooms, multi purpose hall and prayer/meditation gardens, gazebos and more. We will also offer opportunities for visitors to come for: special events/feasts, weekend market shopping, attending classes, volunteer work days, retreats, open houses, church services and conferences.\n\n\ Initially, we are looking for believers with special community skills like; green building, gardening, fitness training, nutrition, teaching \xE2\x80\x93 all aspects of the spiritual life and community living, medical, conflict resolution, security, cooking, landscaping, construction - all trades, animal husbandry, farming, mechanics, group consensus and __?__, you fill in the blank. \n\n\ If all this Resonates and you are a true Believer who has God inspired ideas, spiritual gifts, practical talents, special perma-culture skills and/or you have land, equipment or facilities that you would like to offer/donate (currently we have no land or facilities) or you have a home in which we can begin meeting and planning, then please get in touch. The Last Days are upon us and our Messiah is coming soon\xE2\x80\xA6 it is time for all of us to become the Kings and Priests we are meant to be\xE2\x80\xA6 so join the \xE2\x80\x9COne New Man \xE2\x80\x93 Kingdom of God\xE2\x80\x9C community today!\n\ For lots more info on our Church Fellowship and/or Bible and Eco-Village School, please visit our Main Web Page by clicking the link provided on this page or copy and paste into your search bar the following URL:\n\ http://somacommunity.wix.com/kingdomofgod\n\ (Note: our initial E-mail might appear in your \xE2\x80\x9CSpam Folder\xE2\x80\x9D, please check and mark as \xE2\x80\x9CNot Spam\xE2\x80\x9D)\n\n\ Thank You and God Bless!\n\ Elder - Kevin\n\ Pray for the Peace of Israel and America.\n\ ~ the One New Man \xE2\x80\x93 Kingdom Of God community ~\n\ Where Hebrew and Gentile are One\n\n\ To see our \"Intro Video\" copy and paste into your search bar the following URL: \n\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3BvoeApBzU\n\n\ To be Saved/Born Again copy and paste into your search bar the following URL: \n\ http://youtu.be/-wrnUcrD05c" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: pasadena name: One New Man - Kingdom Of God - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22777 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Peru oid: 435c1aa3-87aa-4b06-8163-34f304f99a8e id: 22341 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Cusco mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Pisac mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -13.4216848 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.8482388 group: description: |-Mission: - Recovery of Tradition - Authentic Leaders - Sustainable Communities Our desire is to participate to the global movement currently appearing in our world. This movement, which has long been prophesized by many ancient and authentic traditions and cultures, foresees a great change in humanity; a shift of consciousness which marks the beginning of a Golden Age. This new era defines new ways of relating in harmony with life, nature and each other in the consciousness of our real identity and human purpose. The time of this prophecy is now emerging with more and more people drawn to living an ecological and self-sufficient life-style within a community or clan, like our ancestors did. We understand that by serving this global project of humanity each one may find their personal healing within a particular collective weaving. Therefore, our aim is to serve the magic of the healthy dynamic of life, woven between families, communities and projects for a flourishing new society of healthy and awake individuals. In order to complete with this, our primary focus is dedicated to help people encounter their true motivations and hidden potentialities to serve life and its sacred global movement as an authentic leader, educator, or medicine person.
From www.ic.org/directory/project-taruka/:
We are a culturally diverse community living in the majestic Sacred Valley of Peru (near Pisac, Cusco). Our community started to appear about 20 years ago and is now well established. Our main service is running our formation center (of the mystic arts and sciences of life) which works with ancestral traditions and sacred plant wisdom to make appear leaders, medicine people and a web of communities inter-related around the world. Our projects include Shamanism, Leadership, Self-Sufficiency (e.g. organic agriculture, eco-construction such as adobe and tipi, permaculture, ethical trade), Natural Therapy & Medicine, Education, Ecological Science, Inter-Community Weaving, among many more. We welcome people to encounter our community and projects through our programs. These programs particularly suit those who want to establish their own eco-community, be a leader or shaman, develop themselves in particular science such as medicinal plants, or encounter the skills & knowledge to be a valued member of an established community. We offer a long-term formation process (with or without medicine ceremony) where one can eventually integrate into the community as a family member. We have various sites and lands for the expansion of our projects and community and take on a few people each year to integrate into our community on a permanent or semi-permanent basis. Our community functions on the base of a traditional clan structure (based on the Sacred or Medicine Wheel) which puts emphasis on the dynamic of the circle. We work with several authentic traditions under a universal and inclusive vision. Shamanic/ spiritual activities include sweat lodge, communal chanting and meditation, and sacred plant ceremonies. All those staying at our community must abstain from consuming meat, poultry, fish, drugs and alcohol on the premises and follow community rules. Visit us at www.willkahampi.org or contact us at contact@willkahampi.org for full details of our community, projects and programs. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Pisaq name: Willka Hampi (previously Project Taruka) - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22778 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 05843 physical_country: United States oid: 0191488d-bafc-420e-85f3-7515a057704c id: 22342 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Vermont mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: 218 Town Farm Rd. physical_address1: Heartbeet Lifesharing mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.21371 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -72.524416 group: description: |-Mission: Heartbeet is a vibrant lifesharing Camphill community and licensed therapeutic residence that includes adults with developmental disabilities and interweaves the social and agricultural realms for the healing and renewing of our society and the earth. Community members live and work together, in beautiful extended family households, forming a mutually supportive environment that enables each individual to discover and develop his or her unique abilities and potential.
From www.ic.org/directory/heartbeet-lifesharing/:
Located in Hardwick, Vermont, on a 150 acre farm, Heartbeet is a licensed Therapeutic Community Residence recognized by the State of Vermont and has recently been incorporated into the Camphill Association of communities,where everyone, regardless of ability, can find meaning, dignity, and delight in life. Long-term volunteers, adults with special needs, and volunteers who come for a year of service work, learn and play together, celebrating the myriad joys and challenges of life. In Vermont the land is full of rolling mountains and hidden valleys; towns are small and people have to make an effort to reach out to each other. People care about their neighbors and are willing to stand up for what they think is right (we still haveTown Meetings). From its inception Heartbeet has fit right in and is committed to building relationships and cultivating all that is best in the small-town community way of life. Driving up our steep hill, the road opens onto a beautiful view of fields and forest, swim pond and red barn, and three lovely homes. You get the feeling that you have arrived in a place alive with the wonder and joy of the earth and human relationships. The work we do at Heartbeet is based on a spiritual understanding of the human being, the earth, and the universe. Anthroposophy (literally "the wisdom of the human being") was conceived by Dr. Rudolf Steiner of Austria in the early decades of the 20th century. Anthroposophy has inspired innovations in many areas of life, and has given rise not only to Camphill communities, but to Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture, and new forms of medicine, therapies and the arts. All share a common dream of social, cultural and economic renewal. Our foundation in anthroposophy manifests itself in the recognition that each human being comprises a body, soul, and spirit, and we believe each of these aspects has the capacity to grow, develop and learn. We recognize that each person is on an inner journey, and we can actively support each other by the ways we live, learn, and work together. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Hardwick name: Heartbeet Lifesharing - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22779 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: b6df3a76-3552-4c32-b0cf-fb0216484bdc id: 22343 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Washington mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 47.60621 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.332071 group: description: |-Mission: Rescue this amazing Place
From www.ic.org/directory/lake-view-community-2/:
Mission: Human Purpose & Spirituality
From www.ic.org/directory/template-homestead-2/:
Mission: We CHANGED our NAME! We are no longer "Creative Sanctuary and Freedom Farm" This idea of building a sustainable village in the forest began when I was a 10 years old. Since then I have been many places and done many things, and now I am finally ready to fullfill my childhood and lifelong dream. I never even knew why I had this dream, really, just did. Then six months ago I met someone I could clearly tell was a clairvoyant, and she told me that I am a fairy. She told me as if I should know this already. She was actually shocked when I told her I didn't know! So, I went home and learned as much as I could about REAL fairies. I read online articles, then I read Doreen Virtue's book about incarnated fairies and now everything about me makes sense! NOW I am SO READY to connect with my encarnated elemental brothers and sisters to demonstrate what living in harmony with nature looks like, and help to inspire the world with our other creative passions! This is why we are here. Come, and stay as long as you like.
From www.ic.org/directory/creative-sanctuary-and-freedom-farm/:
Step by step, this is to become a retreat from monetary economies and a sacred space to awaken and experience spiritual discovery in environment full of life, love, and inspiration built to inspire a new way of thinking, living, and creating. Its humanity's time to thrive on Earth. We are currently looking for creative individuals that are truly optimistic and ambitious about making a positive change in humanity as well as spiritual healers and aspiring healers to come and build a strong community of unconditional love for all. We want to share plant knowledge and earthen-house building as a form of meditation. We are attempting to free ourselves from a monetary economy, so others who are on the same path are welcome to come and share ideas on instigating a resource-based economy. We are very peaceful and open-minded people, and we believe that we must be the change that we see in the world. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions! Peace, love and naked squirrels! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Gardner name: Fairy Forest - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22785 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "91950" physical_country: United States oid: bef1c274-691d-4740-afa8-784dfc9eb5a8 id: 22349 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 2727 Highland Ave mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 32.6721599 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.0970596 group: description: |-Mission: Meditation in Community
From www.ic.org/directory/sweetwater-zen-center/:
Mission: Gay Group living
From www.ic.org/directory/gay-wisconsin/:
Mission: co-creating a fecund Gaia
From www.ic.org/directory/the-draw-permaculture-sanctuary/:
Mission: Daily living your Love for God
From www.ic.org/directory/brotherhood-of-christ-community/:
Mission: TO HELP THE PUBLIC GAIN THE CLEAREST UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO COMMUNE WITH FELLOW MAN, WOMAN, AND GOD AS ONE KINGDOM UNDER HEAVEN The Foundational Living Colony stands for the "Foundational Truths" found in the Word of God, specifically the book of Genesis Chapter One, where it speaks about CREATION, the SIX DAYS OF CREATION and the DAY OF REST to recover. The Theme of CREATION will flow through the Community as each Day of Creation is emphasised; the "Living" we are promised as Children of God, as Yeshuah the Lord said, "I have come to give them life, and life in abundance!" with the attitude that we are "colonists" on this Earth, who have no permanent "Home", but seek a greater Homeland; the freedom of creativity, enjoyment, education, teaching, encouraging, entertainment, discipline, and especially SERVICE to God and one another through SHARING with one another what we have, and especially our excess with any in need; we stand for all the ancient practical vocations in life that make it self-sufficient and self-generating which will ALWAYS be in demand for the human body; Because we grow our own food, medicine, collect our own water, and produce our own children, teach our own children, we are thus able to be completely self-sufficient without the need to buy or sell anymore anything from the store with money, or associate with any dangerous influences or trouble or terror anymore. It is self generating and foundational from the ground up, and includes every establishment necessary for fullness of life, and the self-sustaining life for all of us in the pastoral environment.
From www.ic.org/directory/foundational-living-colony-of-new-eden/:
The Foundational Living Colony stands for Creation, fullness of life, enjoying life to it's fullest extent, the way it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Foundation stands for the foundational things that make life life, where we are "living" creatures, having many gifts, talents and abilities, working together as a "team" for the building of a habitation of Rest for all people, a self-sustaining, self-generating community, and "colony" is a gathering of people who are "pilgrims" on earth, and like an ant colony works together to build their ant hill, the Colony works together as a team, nobody greater or lesser than the other, but for the sake of equality we work, and are servants to each other. The greatest here will be the servant of all. Service and a life of service is what the Colony is all about. The Living Colony is to have eleven establishments encompassing the full nature of life in enjoyment that will be built. It is a University Campus in form with educational opportunities for all, with a classroom environment and "hands-on activities for each hour of the day, an hour each day set aside for each subject: music, gardening, livestock, carpentry, art, Physician Healing Arts, Bird and Fish environments, military training and discipline, teamwork practice, and Theater and Entertainment: 1. The Resting Deer Lodge- The Lodge is the central hub in the community, where all gather for rest, for a cup of tea, mate, or coffee, to relax and listen to calming music, where people can speak, read poetry, lecture, and be heard. It is a place of meditation, rest and healing for all. 2. The Morning Star Music Hall- The music hall is where all gather for hearing the choir, the musical instruments, and where all dance. 3. The Garden and Greenhouse- The Garden will consist of all 12 vegetable families, the Orchard with Apples and the Vineyard of Grapes; while the Greenhouse will grow the Meditteranean Trees like the Olive tree, Pomegranite, Date Palm, Coconut Palm, Fig tree and more; a medicinal garden of herbs also with Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Lavender, Valerian, and more 4. The Physician's Healing Center and Apothecary- This center is to have access to all the trees, herbs, and medicines, Gemstones, with Frankinsence and Myrrh, to have all necessary medicines to heal all diseases, give massages, footbaths to release toxins, and more. Vegetarian nutrition is encouraged, the most universal health care for all people. 5. The Architectural Construction Center_ The Construction Center is to have the necessary saw-mills, tools, and instruments for the construction of the Livestock Stables, chicken coops, dog houses, posts, beams, rafters, chairs, furniture, and other items. Universal construction method is the Joint and Tennon method, the most secure and stable method. 6. The Military Training Facility- The Training Facility will train people for military discipline, respect, fitness, teamwork, and good morale among all. There will be excercises, salutes, marching, and battle strategy and battle re-enactments, team sports like basketball, capture-the-flag, and flag football. 7. The Astrological Space Center- The Space Center will teach people the stars, constellations, signs, seasons, calendars, and the beauty of the Heavens. The twelve constellations of the zodiac will be taught and studied, and the other 88 constellations of the universe. 8. Livestock area and sheepfold- The livestock area will include all necessary livestock: sheep, goats, cattle, and all pets, horse stable with horses. There will be no slaughter of animals, but only the milk, wool, and horse-power will be used. No death of animals will take place but they will be used for what they are. 9. Fish Marina and Bird Sanctuary- The fish will be stocked in a central pond and a swale or trough dug around the campus, where fish will be. There is to be a continual flow of water sourced by fountain pumps and water wheels to collect water. The central water source is to have a fountain and enclosed by the Resting Deer Lodge in the center. Birds shall have relative confinement but the freedom to fly as the please. Tame birds like parakeets and parrots are encouraged, yardbirds like cardinals and finches also encouraged and fed daily. 10. Entertainment, play and skit Amphitheater- The entertainment center will be for the entertainment of the people; where plays are enacted, skits, martial arts demonstrations, stories read and characters given lines and parts then enacted in plays. It will bring refreshment to all and lighten the mood for everyone involved. 11. Resurrection Burial Chambers- Preparation for our dead is necessary and vital. Proper care of any who die is a standard. Bodies are "embalmed" (preserved) with the preservational medicines of Aloe Vera and Myrrh Gum by dipping strips of cloth into an Aloe/Myrrh mixture and wrapping the bodies with that. This is done once every week. We are to care for the body even after death. Burial Chambers are to be built similar to a root cellar, yet with more eloquence. Chambers can be built with concrete slab foundation, cinder block walls, cedar or pine or acacia wood for the roof, and six feet of earth piled on top by a buldozer or a team of shovelers. The Chambers are to have a double-door entrance where those who embalm the dead can go freely in and out at will. This is the standard for all who die and proper care of the body after death. These are the eleven establishments for the Foundational Living Colony. All are welcome, young, middle aged, and elderly, all gifts, talents and abilities also encouraged. No one should be left out, but all welcome to engage in this great learning, building, and fellowship practice here. This is for the good of all people, all races, all ages, all men and women both; there is no partiality here. Come one and all and enjoy this process with me. Let us enjoy life again to it's fullest extent and be not hindered by anything. You are free to serve, you are not slaves. Welcome, and come soon! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: DeWitt name: Foundational Living Colony of New Eden - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22821 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 3da553f0-c88a-4abb-9a7e-6b5e1452eeaa id: 22385 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oregon mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.067988 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.080181 group: description: |-Mission: Together to create a truly sustainable community By supplying most of our daily physical needs from the land While fulfilling most of our social and spiritual needs nearby and with each other
From www.ic.org/directory/farming-in-willamette-valley-region/:
Mission: We heal the Earth as we heal ourselves.
From www.ic.org/directory/ascension-hill-community/:
This community is forming for those who are ready to heal themselves, others and the Earth. Each member has already apprenticed with a shamanic tradition or is in the process. We offer an apprenticeship for those who would like to live here and have not yet experienced the shamanic tradition. We grow organic food together, cook meals for each other on occasion and enjoy ceremony to heal the Earth. The property has some of the best water in the country. Members can rent or buy adjacent property. The rural lifestyle in a quiet, fairly isolated area surrounded by National Forest, requires participants to have some source of income. We are working on a couple of businesses that eventually will employ more people. Smoking cigarettes is not allowed on the property. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: near Silver City name: Quetzalcoatl Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22825 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: n/a physical_country: Vanuatu oid: dade1531-132f-4841-b5f5-4e46d171f1f2 id: 22389 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Espiritu Santo mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: P.O. Box 504 physical_address1: near Tasmate, West Coast Santo mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -15.1579526 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 166.6380222 group: description: |-Mission: Edenhope is a space for living in harmony with the rhythms of nature. Our way of life is simple. This is a place to come home to the stillness of being. A sense of integrity and inner responsiveness to the needs of others is key in such a space, and essential to maintaining a sense of peace and harmony.
From www.ic.org/directory/edenhope-nature-preserve/:
Nestled in the upper reaches of the Palapa River on the pristine West Coast of Espiritu Santo, is the magical location of the spiritual commune EdenHope. In 800 Hectares of lush green valley and mountain ranges, lives a vibrant community of visionaries, artists and contemplatives, gardeners and plant healers, fruitarians, mystics and indigenous peoples. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Tasmate name: EdenHope - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22830 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "01256" physical_country: United States oid: f6e8e1ab-c151-4472-bf8b-12efb3eed051 id: 22394 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Massachusetts mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 672 Chapel Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.602439 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -72.993549 group: description: |-Mission: Reconnecting soul tribe co-creating earth sanctuary for transformation & Healing of the earth and all beings
From www.ic.org/directory/starseed-healing-sanctuary/:
Mission: PEACE AND LOVE!
From www.ic.org/directory/five-sixty-house/:
We live together in an old mansion in the cozy Westcott neighborhood of Syracuse, NY. Our house has twelve bedrooms, two kitchens, a cat, some fish, and a two-story rope swing. We live together, not as individuals merely cohabitating, but as an extended family, supporting and loving one other. The community extends beyond our house into the neighborhood at-large. There are many people who spend many hours here, but live at other addresses close by. Our community includes artists, environmentalists, musicians, educators, social workers, advocates, and students. We often take group trips to concerts, art shows, hiking, and other such outings. We cook and brew beer, garden and dance, play music and make art, travel and read together. We have potlucks every Sunday evening, and we welcome visitors to this weekly feast! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Syracuse name: Five Sixty House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22840 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 57b90c37-f8f8-4edf-a16e-df3c3df1b024 id: 22404 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Indiana mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.130604 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -85.12886 group: description: "Mission: A community of believers living out the love of God in tangible ways.
From www.ic.org/directory/machaseh/:
Mission: Income-sharing Community
From www.ic.org/directory/eighteenth-ave-peace-house/:
Mission: conservation, self sustenance
From www.ic.org/directory/paititi-ecovillage/:
Mission: Self-sovereign permaculture
From www.ic.org/directory/akakor-pagan-permaculture-farming-community/:
Liberty, Love and Honour eternal. We are natural lifestyle Pagan spirits with strong sustainable permaculture ethics. We are nature loving progressive naturalists/nudists in tune with Gaia and cosmic consciousness. We consider ourselves "space-tribe" - of the greater family of souls throughout the cosmos. As important as our physical "3D" reality is, for us, spirit comes first - lifestyle second. Akakor is our home as much as it is our business, and our plans are as realistic today as they are forward-thinking towards the future. Ethanol fuel production from Hemp greens and cleans the planet instantly, both locally and globally. We have spent years planning this business and community and have all the facts available regarding zero carbon emissions and transition fuels for the population during this age as we travel through 2012 and beyond into smaller sustainable self-reliant communities of the future (rather than large over-consuming cities choking on industrial pollution). We can produce our own power from our own green fuel as well! This is a huge bonus for us as a sustainable independent permaculture community. Organic farming is viable for both local food production and self-sustainability and is equally important for our community farm although not the focus of our initial business plans. We wish to help the world heal around us as much as gain land for our future survival together in peace while utilizing a realistic common-sense business model to build from. The founder of this community started many years ago as a freelance investigative journalist which partly led to some of the knowledge added to this project. Our primary household is Pagan, vegetarian, polyamorous, omnisexual, progressive nudist, exopolitically involved, etc... an independent, self-sovereign "nation" of growing people... a home where animals "are people too" who deserve as much love as we share among ourselves. We are open to applications from new members at this time. Screening will be thorough, and security and future-minded. This is a massively important vision which will not stray from its course. The future farm is located in the British Columbia interior. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Vancouver name: Akakor Pagan Permaculture Farming Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22876 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 229f10f0-56a3-4cf2-bbae-f0099521f8a6 id: 22440 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Mississippi mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 34.343102 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -89.956497 group: description:Mission: Torah striving beleivers in Yahshua.
From www.ic.org/directory/messianic-hebrew-nazarene-israelite-vision/:
Hi, shalom, blessings and love to all in the name of Yahshua & YHVH. We're looking to unite with others who may be looking to form a striving to live in Torah based community. The vision that we have is one in which we unite (become echad) to buy a piece of land somewhere. (we have bought land and houses in N MS ?) or (where ever the RUACH (Set apart holy spirit leads us - right now in N MS) Where we may develop our hearts, minds and bodies to serve the MOST HIGH YHVH and His son YAHHUASHUA led by the RUACH HA CHODESH and to be able to produce as much of our basic needs (food, water, shelter, energy, heat, etc.). This community would be for folks who are seeking the truth of the creator YHVH and his son our redeemer Yahshua Ha Maschiach through the revelation given to us in his word the Torah, (laws or commandments) the prophets and the writings {Holy Bible). We're looking for folks that are able to get along with people who are searching for the truth of the sacred Scriptures and if they have differing views on issues concerning the chodesh set apart holy names, the moedim holy chodesh set apart dates and how they are observed, the wearing of beards, tzitzits, kippahs,(whether you wear them or not) women's roles and clothing, whether you feel that you must use their Sacred names and how or not to use them at all, if you still use the name of Jesus ? Yahshua or not (by what name did you first come to His knowledge?). I'm looking for people that are understanding enough to know that you must learn to love your neighbor as yourself and let people worship the Son and the Father as they feel led to. This is not to say that that we should wink at sin and allow open sin in the camp. This is meant to give people the freedom and room to allow for variations in the way people honor Our Creator in the manner in which we feel led to. I'm looking to join up with people can agree to love their neighbors even if they do something that they may not completely agree with. Bottom line is if you see what's coming down the road and you still want to argue and disagree about all things mentioned above and any other points that I'm sure I missed, please don't reply to this posting, but if you can see the writing on the wall for this nation and would like to become as echad (united) as you can with others (on the points you can be united on and leaving the ones you're not aside for study), then please by all means contact me as soon as possible! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Batesville name: Messianic Hebrew Nazarene Israelite Vision - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22878 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 5803903c-2eca-4ca1-96b7-52c7ae237d8f id: 22442 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Florida mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 30.731305 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -85.354651 group: description: |-Mission: love, food & Shelter for all!
From www.ic.org/directory/merry-springs-health-wellness/:
Greetings of Lovingkindness! We are on 15 Acres of love and potentiality here in Gainesville, FL. We specialize in offering a healing setting for folks that need yoga, dance and the holistic arts in their lives. The vision for this place in a nutshell is love, food and shelter for all. I've personally travelled all over this country and visited dozens of cooperative living places and feel it's time to share the best of what i've found in a loving environment! Thanks for looking and may all be loved! Due to interest, Please contact us with information ABOUT yourself and why EXACTLY you are interested! Think of a nice letter at least a few paragraphs long. Thanks! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Gainesville name: The Oasis - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22879 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 14d2522d-5463-451b-b2be-a9a0d985d2b0 id: 22443 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Missouri mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.84226 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -93.16686 group: description: |-Mission: I would like to find good, honest, helper, vegetarian, rural people. There is a water Well. You can have a garden, shop, office to make a living. This is my own estate for people to live on, take into the future.
From www.ic.org/directory/a-beautiful-life-missouri-permanent/:
Please call if you are serious 417-399-1032. Vegetarian, Honest, Permanent home. Rural Missouri. Trade: space to live for Permanent residents, assistant, apprentice, trainee. Prefer vegetarian, with or without eggs and dairy. I don't eat meat. I expect you to not either, I do eat vegetables, fruits, dairy some, soymilk, almond milk, Chocolate, ect. No rent to pay but exchange services for living space. No temporary available. Combination duties: inside, outside, clerical and bookkeeping, learn legal property care, learn to play guitar/sing for Country Gospel Music/Bluegrass Gospel Music/Hymns on stage. I sing harmony. I have much to teach you. Spare bedroom, spare refrig., kitchen privileges, 2 bathrooms, washer/dryer. You have to pay for the electric and propane you use. Other mobile home can be set up for more housing. You can build an office or shop for your business. On 20 acres in the country. There are possibilities if you help. Furry pets, singles, married, children, teens, elders welcome. The work will not take up much of your time. Sometimes very little work and other times quite a bit, if we are working on a project. These projects will benefit you. You can grow a garden if you like. If you are the right person/people to do this, you can live here for the rest of your life and your child's family, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on can live here also without having to pay rent. When the music gets to going I will be able to pay you some. More housing is possible if you help. You must be willing to learn and follow instructions. What are your talents? How can you use my place to make your future? No smoking, No drinking, No drugs, No chewing. No hunting animals. Can not use my land to raise animals for profit. I am a 64 year old Christian/Spiritual Lady with Green/Blue eyes, fair skin and Blonde hair. I have a cat and no dog at this time. You have to care for your own furry pets. no reptiles. You have time to work at a part time or full time job for now to help pay for your needs and utilities and extras that you use, sheets, blankets, shampoo, soap, towels, laundry soap, food, skillet, pans, clothes, ect. Later it should not be necessary for you to work out unless you spend a lot. We will work together to get this setup and then you have to show me that you can take care of yourself and do your cooking and cleaning and care for the place and the clerical and bookkeeping and all. Nothing illegal. Let's work together and help each other. Call 417-399-1032 Urbana, Missouri 65767 access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Urbana name: A-Beautiful-Life, Missouri, Permanent - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22884 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "87321" physical_country: United States oid: f6e91f82-e714-442e-ad6d-47cb73558cab id: 22448 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New Mexico mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Rural mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.0718378 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -108.2852049 group: description: |-Mission: spiritual eco-village
From www.ic.org/directory/5th-dimensional-collective/:
Mission: Wiccan lifestyle
From www.ic.org/directory/templo-da-deusa-goddesss-temple-wiccan-village-brazil/:
Mission: Emerald Earth Sanctuary supports a resident community that cares for this land and holds it as sanctuary for education and cultural transformation.
From www.ic.org/directory/emerald-earth/:
Mission: Sustainability and Nonviolence
From www.ic.org/directory/agape-community/:
Mission: Increased Happiness, Increased awareness , Stress Release, Good Non-GMO Organic Food,
From www.ic.org/directory/maharishi-peace-palace-fairfield-iowa/:
Mission: Love God and our neighbour, with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. To see that of God in everyone.
From www.ic.org/directory/jesus-christians/:
Mission: Be Faithful to Jesus
From www.ic.org/directory/plow-creek/:
Mission: Religious, monastic, Christian communities seeking God according to the Rule of Saint Benedict.
From www.ic.org/directory/order-of-saint-benedict/:
Mission: We aspire to become just like the man Yahshua (Jesus Christ of the Scriptures) and demonstrate a visible, tangible, observable love that heralds in a new age when all of the earth will live at peace.
From www.ic.org/directory/community-pulaski/:
We are a community of about sixty living in town and on a small farm. We run a Yellow Deli in town and have a small cottage industry and do some construction in the area. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Pulaski name: The Community in Pulaski - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22965 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 47404-3353 physical_country: United States oid: f9677cf5-ba51-49c4-9028-edc39ee5a79b id: 22529 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Indiana mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 821 N Blair Ave mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 39.174522 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -86.544086 group: description: "Mission: Hospitality to the Poor, Nonviolence, Simplicity and Children
From www.ic.org/directory/the-bloomington-christian-radical-catholic-worker-community/:
The Bloomington Christian Radical/Catholic Worker (BCR/CW) is a community in the tradition of the Catholic Worker Movement. The Catholic Worker Movement lives the vision of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, who believed that a peaceable revolution would result if people imitated Jesus Christ\xE2\x80\x99s nonviolence (Matt 5:38-48), voluntary poverty (Matt 6:24, 19:16-26), and radical hospitality (Matt 25:31-46). The BCR/CW is an ecumenical Christian intentional community that tries to live, pray and work with each other. We offer housing, food, and love to people facing homelessness. The BCR/CW is autonomous and has no institutional connection to the Roman Catholic Church. We are not a 501c3 and donations are not tax-deductible. We perform the works of mercy and nonviolently oppose the works of war. We strive to practice the Sermon on the Mount, community living, voluntary poverty, personalism, and care for children and the environment." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Bloomington IN name: Bloomington Christian Radical Catholic Worker Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22973 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Australia oid: 2f9769c2-1153-467a-83c9-398e84d97f1d id: 22537 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Queensland mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -24.990833 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 151.95 group: description: "Mission: Live and work in Nature, in harmony with Nature and each other. Personal responsibility.
From www.ic.org/directory/noldorath-forest-community/:
Intro. I am willing to share my 20 ha of old growth forested land with others like minded. People who wish to live and work in native forest, to work with Nature (no poisons, no bulldozing), to work to make this forest a delightful and supportive place for people live in, to build a sense of community, and to cultivate a spiritual practice supportive of these important things.\n\ My community proposal is for people without capital to buy and develop land.\n\n\ Accommodation. Live outdoors, in the forest, using tarp roofs (details under \xE2\x80\x9CHousing\xE2\x80\x9D)\n\n\ Principles : No drugs no alcohol. Keep the forest unburnt. This means : RAKE and maintain the perimeter firebreak and no unsafe fires. Develop the organic vegie garden and orchard. Share costs like \xE2\x80\x93 land rates, diesel to shops, tools, phone and internet. \n\n\ Aspirations : cultivate good relationships with others, relying partly on sharing spiritual and healing practices. Meet to share music, meditation, healthy shared meals, therapeutic massage, Tai Chi, perhaps even co-counselling.\n\n\ Spiritual Practice. Learn forest meditation to reconnect with the Ancient Mother, cultivate contentment, appreciation and joyfulness, and cultivate Presence and Being as Eckhart Tolle uses these words. Work with Presence and without rush. Practice \xE2\x80\x9Cmindfulness\xE2\x80\x9D in the Buddhist sense. Integrate spiritual practice with healing. Study spiritual writings relevant to these objectives. Campfires at night instead of electronic screen entertainment.\n\n\ More details on http://noldorathforestcomm.weebly.com" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Gin Gin name: Noldorath Forest Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22976 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "90804" physical_country: United States oid: 8bd9031e-e27d-4981-a3a8-d6b03a9f2613 id: 22540 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 2600 E. 7th Street mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 33.775007 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -118.160808 group: description: "Mission: The focus of our community is to maintain a sanctuary for the practice of Maha-Anu-Ati-Yoga. This practice unites body, mind and spirit in seva: devotional service performed by serving our community with repurposed food and goods.
From www.ic.org/directory/morningland-monastery/:
COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION: Morningland Monastery is a non-residential lay-monastery and spiritual community formed around the teachings of our guru, Sri Donato. Founded in 1973, we are an offline urban community that maintains a sanctuary of Healing, peace and meditation for the purpose of practicing Maha-Anu-Ati-Yoga, which is a Kundalini path. The Kundalini, the light of God in all people, is raised through the Shaktipat of Sri Donato through her spiritual successors, the Gopis. The Gopis are a monastic order of women who run the Monastery. Maha-Anu-Ati-Yoga is a practice deeply rooted in both Eastern and Western dharma teachings on devotional service as a spiritual practice. Seva, selfless service, is the cornerstone of our community and is accessible to all. Our core principles are non-violence, mindfulness and seva. Our seva is to feed our local community and surrounding city with repurposed food, goods and spiritual services. Each month, we feed hundreds of people. Most of our members maintain professional and family lives, and attend in the evening and weekend. Due to our urban location, members maintain private, small group residences. \n\ We do not maintain an internet presence and rely on word-of-mouth. Nor do we keep digital records about visitors and members; we are digitally unplugged in this regard. At a time when so much work and life require being online or on a computer, we think it\xE2\x80\x99s refreshing to take a break now and then. Our sanctuary is a place to do this.\n\ Our dharma tradition acknowledges and builds on the essential truths of esoteric Christianity, Yoga, and Buddhism. Our tradition is indigenous to Morningland Monastery. Our teachers, the Gopis, provide instruction in spiritual practice for self-realization that is sustainable in a busy modern life, and workable in a diversity of lifestyles.\n\ Year round, we offer classes in meditation and yogic practices. Visitors are welcome to attend our weekly Dharma Talk where the ceremony of Shaktipat is takes place monthly." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Long Beach name: Morningland Monastery - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22988 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "29600" physical_country: Spain oid: 3fdfeae3-9708-482a-b837-b473948d6dbc id: 22552 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: "M\xC3\xA1laga" mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Calle del Serbal,62 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 36.510071 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -4.882447 group: description: "Mission: Dehnaten believe in right human relationships as a means to facilitate the expression of consciousness, and to participate in the relevant changes to realise the culture of the common good. Dehnaten is oriented by the relative collective consciousness of the expansive group of participants.
From www.ic.org/directory/dehnaten-holistic-community/:
In order to achieve it, Dehnaten establishes a holistic place in a rural setting with the purpose of forming an expanding group of individuals, living in communion and committed to promoting a lifestyle in right relation with the environment. Dehnaten intends to participate in the social integration of new models of sustainable living. \n\ Dehnaten main objectives are the following:\n\n\ Creation of several specialized areas, and prioritized, allowing maximum autonomy of the participants, and social benefit.\n\n\ Creating the necessary infrastructure for carrying out the mission of Dehnaten\n\n\ Implementation and management of periodic conscience raising social events to the new culture\n\n\ Creation and implementation of actualized educational programs for children and adults.\n\n\ Development activities allowing the culture of shared consciousness of community members, and the group consciousness of the friends, volunteers and supporters of Dehnaten\n\n\ Establishing synergy relationships with other communities for the mutual benefit of the collaboration\n\n\ Establishing relationships with organizations that support Dehnaten\xE2\x80\x99s integrative vision\n\n\ Support social organizations that share and feel included in the Dehnaten\xE2\x80\x99s vision\n\n\ Training courses in the areas of governance, economics, architecture and sustainable technology, \xE2\x80\xA6\n\n\ Serve as an experimental platform for the development of techniques benefiting the environment" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Marbella name: Dehnaten Holistic Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22995 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "24348" physical_country: United States oid: acc71fec-a0e2-4f58-b68f-7ecd0a61327d id: 22559 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Virginia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 88 Oracle Way mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 36.6081917 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -81.2216046 group: description: "Mission: The Valley of Light is a sustainable spiritual community dedicated to the Principle of Peace and to the Universal Laws of Truth, Love, and Light.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-valley-of-light/:
The Valley of Light is a micro-community founded by members of The Oracle Institute, a 501(c)(3) educational charity and think tank which serves as an advocate for Peace and a vanguard for Conscious Evolution. Oracle operates an award-winning publishing house, a multi-faith spirituality school, and a global peacebuilding practice. Recently, Oracle organized the \xE2\x80\x9CBuilding the New World\xE2\x80\x9D conference at Radford University, which FIC co-sponsored.\n\n\ The Valley of Light (\xE2\x80\x9CVOL\xE2\x80\x9D) is a sustainable, spiritual community located in a high energy region within the New River Valley of Virginia. VOL is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains in a small town called Independence. We have 22 stunning acres along the New River, which is the oldest river in the Western Hemisphere and the third oldest river in the world. \n\n\ VOL Members are aware that the world is on the verge of a major paradigm shift, the likes of which we have not witnessed in 2000 years. The worldwide resurgence of religious fundamentalism coupled with emerging New Age theosophies are just two indicators that we are in the midst of intense spiritual confusion and a looming sociological transformation. \n\n\ VOL Members also are cognizant of the many unprecedented factors contributing to this turbulent period, including: global warming, food and water shortages, pandemic indicators, terrorism, energy limitations, and a lack of visionary focus by political and business leaders. We therefore believe that the key to a smooth transition into the 21st Century is the adoption of a new way of living based on an awareness of the interconnectedness of all life. To that end, Oracle and VOL are committed to creating a model micro-community using the most advanced community on the planet as our template: The Federation of Damanhur in Italy.\n\n\ Currently, VOL is building the \xE2\x80\x9CPeace Pentagon,\xE2\x80\x9D our community center and headquarters for our charity, The Oracle Institute. From the Peace Pentagon, we will expand our peace programs to include a multi-media \xE2\x80\x9CHUB.\xE2\x80\x9D VOL is designing the HUB with Barbara Marx Hubbard and a team of IT experts. Ms. Hubbard has visited the Peace Pentagon and supports a bicoastal HUB network, with the East Coast HUB at the Valley of Light in Independence, Virginia, and the West Coast HUB in Berkeley, California. \n\n\ If this brief description of our community and mission resonates with you, please contact us to explore whether you arrived at this critical juncture in human history to help build the Valley of Light!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Independence name: Valley of Light - responded_at: primary_location_id: 22998 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "44556" physical_country: Spain oid: 638228aa-ff5b-44f7-8ede-6d3e5fcf523f id: 22562 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Teruel mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: "PC: Plaza Mayor, 1" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.8910046 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -0.3830126 group: description: |-Mission: To offer a favourable environment for the developement and fulfillment of human beings for the sake of a Culture of Peace.
From www.ic.org/directory/q/:
Q is a individual and small groups retreat space surrounded by nature, where to experience a simple and conscious lifestyle, with low environmental impact. A place where to internalize, meditate, change habits, become aware, be oneself. In Q we experience a modus vivendi that integrates 3 key dimensions of human life: Economy, Ethics and Spirituality. 3 essential spheres for local and planetary sustainability. We experiment and inquire with the following purposes in the middle and long term: 1. At the economic level: To move towards an economic system based 50% on monetary exchange and 50% in non-monetary exchange, where gradually the use of money is reduced and the barter, the social links and networks, is proportionally increased. To do this, we consider essential: reducing the needs, optimizing the management of all resources, and establishing organic working times and rhythms linked to natural cycles. 2. At the ethical level: To establish a community of 6 like-minded people, able to develop an agile and effective organization without leader. A conjunction of "ones" co-directing Q. This requires in each person full capacity for self-determination, initiative and performance; lot of awareness, responsibility and transparency. 3. At the spiritual level: To strengthen the circle of people who choose Q to do their practices, initiations and teachings, individually and small groups retreats. We provide a space open to all non dual traditions. And a neutral place for inter-and-transreligious meetings. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Molinos name: Q Center of Experimentation - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23002 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Ecuador oid: fa0ddd73-bd3a-4f58-91cd-913e17d5f3bc id: 22566 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -3.4063492 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -78.5717631 group: description:Mission: We hope to help individuals to escape the monetary fiction and consumer culture. In addition, we hope to be a positive influence on local farmers who have no problem slashing and burning thousands of hectares of forest to grow corn and cows.
From www.ic.org/directory/terra-frutis/:
Terra Frutis is a fruitarian "unintentional community" and permaculture food forest located near Gualaquiza, Ecuador, in the pristine tropical rainforest. With superb climate, streams, river access, and a remote location, there is much potential for a thriving community and excellent fruit. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Gualaquiza name: Terra Frutis - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23006 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: f7ed7583-a93c-439a-afce-0375d2fd6c05 id: 22570 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Minnesota mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.977753 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -93.2650108 group: description: |-Mission: Vision: -A world in which all people, human and non-human, and plants live in a balanced, equal, and completely sustainable relationship. -A world in which all people contribute to each others spiritual, emotional, and mental development by supporting each person's authentic expression and playful exploration. Mission: -To create a sustainable ecovillage which functions as a base for people to live in balance and compassion while fully expressing their authentic selves. -To create a space for people to visit and learn about sustainability and spiritual development. -To live neo-tribally as a mindful and compassionate community which supports each member with each step on whichever life path they choose.
From www.ic.org/directory/ubuntu-ecovillage/:
Ubuntu is a Zulu word which translates roughly to mean "human kindness," but the first time we ever heard the term it was explained to mean "I am because we are." Either way, it is the philosophy around which our community is based. Ubuntu Ecovillage is a forming ecovillage (a community based around sustainability) that is committed to community based living and mutual spiritual and philosophical growth. We share common spiritual practices based on New Age, Earth-based religions, Eastern religions, and New Thought. Our common living practices are inspired by Daniel Quinn's New Tribalism, and are focused on a responsible, equal, and natural human relationship with the Earth and non-human people (animals). As such, our diet is ovo-vegetarian, and all members are committed to a practice of compassion toward all living things. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Minneapolis name: Ubuntu Ecovillage - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23018 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "99218" physical_country: United States oid: 729631b7-b4d5-42af-9d49-83df3fcaa67b id: 22582 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Washington mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 44 East Hawthorne Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 47.751091 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.41003 group: description: |-Mission: Our primary goal as a group is to help all involved to free themselves of their spiritual ignorance of the True Self. Our secondary goal is to develop an Eco-Village.
From www.ic.org/directory/true-self-ecovillage/:
True Self Eco-Village is a center where we envision spiritual practitioners can gather to help one another deepen their knowledge of Who we truly are and establish a sustainable way of life in an Eco-Village setting. In order to initiate these goals, we need to assemble a group of co-founders who would meet regularly in Spokane, WA for the purpose of discussing the type of community that participants would like to form. At this time, we can determine where people's interests lie and learn what they can commit themselves to doing in a collectively implemented project. During these meetings, we could discuss how this vision would fit into our lives. We could focus on related and practical goals people might be ready to commit to actualizing. We already have a well-maintained homestead where we have striven to live a food and energy self-reliant lifestyle since 1990. This would be a ready made setting for those who sense this to be a stable foundation upon which to build a sustainable way of life. People might want to join us in this lifestyle and set up households or camp sites. Or, members may want to support the establishment of a CSA where they could come to the farm once a week to collect baskets of fresh, organically grown produce. Using a land trust format seems to be the most practical approach which would integrate the co-founders into becoming the Trustees and Beneficiaries of this trust. In the planning process, we can carefully consider what each individual could commit their energies to in the development of this Eco-Village and write up its mission statement, other important documents and material details. We can also discuss how we might combine our efforts with other aware individuals, who are not members of our co-op effort, in order to help one another transit the social and environmental crisis unfolding in The World. In the near future, the importance of developing such cooperative and collaborative infrastructures cannot be understated. We are also receptive to dialoguing with those who are interested in associate memberships. Those who might live in distant locations could become involved in the Eco-Village in supportive roles. We also have an opportunity available for a couple or individual with organic growing experience who would like to join us in the capacity of stewards of the land and to establish a CSA. We have the necessary growing infrastructures and tools, and all profits would go to the growers as we do not need any compensation. Our ultimate wish is to effectively synchronize with those who realize that evolutionary imperatives are calling us to transcend our separateness and to unite our efforts in an intentional community setting. There are many options we are open to exploring, so please take the time to outline where your interests lie and contact us via the email link provided at this site. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Spokane name: True Self Eco-Village - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23022 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 94188be1-37d8-4d3d-a592-6efdf5b07f9f id: 22586 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 34.247532 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -118.526076 group: description: |-Mission: To establish an egalitarian community centered in meditation, simple and sustainable living, service and social action. A place where we honor each other as treasures, beholding each other and relating to each other with mutual appreciation and gratitude. A place where community is a practice and invitation to be companions of the way, friends who encourage, inspire and lovingly support each other in embodying a true and meaningful life, a free and liberated life, grounded in peace, kindness, compassion and great joy. The community will also be headquarters for Ten Thousand Hands a 501(c)3 nonprofit motivated by an appreciation for the preciousness of all life, our relations with others and the world; our interconnectedness with all and boundless compassion. TTH is dedicated to the meditative life, to hearing the cries of all in need and responding with compassionate aid and together action for people, animals and the planet.
From www.ic.org/directory/ten-thousand-hands/:
Interested in Living in A Dharma House, Intentional Community-A Sangha, and a Non-Profit all in one/An Egalitarian Dharma Community That Is Family and Pet Friendly Ten Thousand Hands is an unaffiliated and nonsectarian meditation organization. We are looking to establish an intentional community, urban and/or larger rural eco-village with an aim of living a simple meditative life, developing friendships with like-minded people, and supporting and encouraging each other in practicing and embodying the dharma. We will nurture our practice with sharing silence/group meditation, some shared meals and chores, monthly community meetings and organizational roles. In addition to meditative work our work encompasses areas of food; shelter, hospitality and housing; clothing; outreach and care for incarcerated and formally incarcerated; the sick, elderly and dying; care for the dead; animal rescue, rehabilitation and sanctuary; sustainability (farm/food, housing, transportation), conservation and reclamation. Advocacy and activism for peace (opposing war and violence), justice, human and animal rights, sustainability and environmental care. Group meditation which shall be open to the public, includes silent sittings interspersed with short walking periods followed by tea and occasionally a talk. One may meditate in whatever style they wish within the silent sitting and walking format. Private meetings with a teacher shall be made available throughout. All activities are optional though we ask that residence have a commitment to meditation and respect silence during designated silent times. There is no requirement to adopt any philosophy or beliefs to participate nor are there any rituals or ceremonies. The living environment shall be both vegetarian/vegan friendly and ecologically friendly including preservation of nature and wildlife, as well as organic conservation farming. Food shall be mostly organic consisting of local produce. Meals offerings shall be vegan/vegetarian and sattvic/ayurvedic. Some shared meals shall be taken in silence and some in open fellowship (with talking). Our structure is egalitarian with all major decisions made by the community as a whole in the manner of Friends (Quaker consensus). Some of us may work outside jobs, others may work more around the house and on community projects, including outreach, community cottage industries/not for profit businesses and raising funds via donations. Although all are welcome to apply, preference in available residential opportunities is given to those who consider their practice the center of their life and wish to deepen in it by contributing to a meditation community. We are also interested in those who hold knowledge/expertise in the areas of administration, public relations or development, fund raising, social media, and any area in which services are being offered. All activities and services shall be offered as a gift, by free will donation basis. We will purchase property to make it a permanent community, but for now we may rent one residence large enough for everyone. VALUES AND CUSTOMS WE CHERISH AND SHARE Repentance/penitence, atonement, kindness, compassion, honesty, humility, love of work and the arts, down to earthness, meditation, humor, simplicity/frugality, peace/non harming/nonviolence, freedom, self-reliance, selfless service, unpaid service to others, hospitality, holding goods in common, homelessness, charity, social justice, nonviolent resistance/direct action, wisdom and liberation. However, wisdom, compassion and liberation are given the highest emphasis, being the ground upon which all other customs arise. Inspired by Ittoen (Japans oldest nonmonastic community), Zen and Forest Tradition Monasteries and Communities, Yoga Ashrams, Catholic Worker Houses, Intentional Egalitarian Communities/Ecovillages, The Society of Friends access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Seeking Location name: Ten Thousand Hands - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23023 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 25532b5c-60eb-4dfe-99ca-59602b394d84 id: 22587 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Hawaii mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 20.725172 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -156.02293 group: description: "Mission: We are a community cultivating self-reliance and sovereignty through sustainable, simple living utilizing the practices of bio-intensive, organic food growing and permaculture to serve our Divine Mother Earth. We work together to create a living space abundant in food, beauty, harmony and higher self- expression that sustains our needs for survival and thrival.
From www.ic.org/directory/one-song-eco-spirit-village/:
Aloha,\n\n\ We are looking for apprentices and/or potential permanent residents with experience and passion for working and learning with the Aina and growing food. We are an established community and a mature permaculture farm. Our farm began in 2000 with a few old buildings, and now has seven acres of mature permaculture landscaping, buildings and infrastructure. It's located in a very isolated part of Maui \xE2\x80\x93 a 2 \xC2\xBD hour drive from the main city, much of it on a winding one-lane road. It's off-grid, but has a large photovoltaic system, solar hot water, a wood-fired sauna, a laundry facility, and two community kitchens. There are two large structures and fifteen smaller hales, providing living space for the fifteen residents and paying guests, in addition to a teepee and open air dome structure for community gatherings. We offer a weekly public Cafe and open mike, with food prepared primarily from our half-acre garden and on-site food forest. We have our own beautiful smooth black stone beach down steep cliff steps, with its continual sound of the waves. \n\n\ There are several weekly community meetings and circles which everyone is expected to attend. We live according to the \"four agreements\", if you're familiar with that book. We share a common spirituality that recognizes our unity with one another and with our Mother Earth. Some meetings are for logistics and some are for personal, community and spiritual growth. The learning available for apprentices includes diverse aspects of permaculture, gardening, Natural Korean Farming, poultry management (chickens and ducks) integrated into our ponds and gardens similar to the Vietnamese VAC ponds/gardens/livestock classic permaculture system, living in community, food preparation, sharing music, being mentored and engaging in personal spiritual growth. There is a core group who live here permanently, with the rest of the community made up of younger temporary residents who may stay three months or longer. Everyone has work expectations \xE2\x80\x93 minimally four hours a day on average. Some days are free, when someone else is cooking and there aren't any community work projects or events. On Cafe day we all chip in and do what's necessary to provide a delicious meal for as many as 50-75 outsiders who come to eat, listen, and participate in the open mike event. Work here includes gardening, fruit tree planting, harvest and maintenance, harvesting and cooking vegetables for community meals, cleaning the guest cabins and the main house, coconut harvest and coconut products preparation, building projects, preparing for the Cafe and more.\n\n\ If this description interests you and you would like to submit your application for further consideration, then please contact us to fill out our application questionnaire." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Hana name: Kipahulu - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23027 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Canada oid: 1f7bc783-ad91-4889-937c-b9f9b8a6fa8a id: 22591 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: po box 5573 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 54.266667 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -110.75 group: description: |-Mission: Community rural living. Organic and healthy sustainable agriculture, small business enterprise and skill training.
From www.ic.org/directory/spectrum-garden/:
There is another listing on here, the original spectrum gardens of which I lost all my user name info password etc. refer to that for now until more info is posted We have been living off grid for 2 years now and finally coming together to build this farm and living communit Land is fully owned nothing owing and ready to build on access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: bonnyville name: spectrum garden - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23028 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: cd8f6a36-9719-4ee8-8062-9f0cdcfbe12c id: 22592 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Ohio mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 39.166759 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -84.53822 group: description: "Mission: Merton House is an intentional community built on the principles of active non-violence, contemplative prayer, simplicity, and faith exploration.
From www.ic.org/directory/merton-house/:
We seek to build a community of relationships, respect, trust, compassion, and responsibility, provide hospitality and a welcoming space to individual guests and groups, live as conscious stewards of creation and the earth\xE2\x80\x99s resources, live lives that promote non-violence in oneself and in the surrounding community." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cincinnati name: Merton House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23031 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "99110" physical_country: United States oid: 98964b69-2a4d-4e8e-8871-0bfa38d12a40 id: 22595 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Washington mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 4500 Railroad Ave mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 47.99662 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.555652 group: description: "Mission: There is only a singular focus and that is: we are dedicated to \"feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and healing the sick\". Our orientation is as a service oriented group of workers dedicated at helping ourselves; each other, humanity and ultimately the planet.
From www.ic.org/directory/oblate-community-of-st-paul-iocu/:
The Oblate Community of St Paul-IOCU was formed in 1968 by our Reverend, Dr. George Freibott IV, ND, MD(H). Dr. Freibott was the President and Lifelong Trustee of the American Naturopathic Association (ANA) in New York and Washington D.C., and Idaho (IDANA). The original ANA was founded in the late 1800s by Dr. Benedict Lust. An oblate community is a community of like-minded people, families and singles, dedicated to the common purpose of \"feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and healing the sick\". Our community is faith-based, nondenominational and service oriented dedicated to helping each other and ultimately the planet. We are students (Oblates) of Naturopathy with a common belief in healing with nature rather than chemicals and invasive surgeries. We support ourselves by manufacturing a line of products called \"Oxygen Therapies Blass.\" Our main product is a nutritional product called \"Homozon\" developed by Dr. Eugene Blass in the early 20th Century. Homozon works to detox and cleanse the cells of the body and floods the body with oxygen. Dr. Freibott endorsed www.liveoxygen.com as an informational site to inform the public of our products.." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Clayton name: Oblate Community of St Paul - IOCU - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23042 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: aab8e434-314b-4270-bdba-5560cc9da292 id: 22606 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 34.119363 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.855059 group: description: "Mission: The Oikos Intentional Community has at the core of its mission service to the poorest of the poor and homeless. Discipleship and following Christ in the most authentic way is the intention. We do not seek to convert, but rather to love and serve other, denying ourselves daily and picking up our cross and following Christ.\n\n\ The Oikos Intentional Community embraces Christian Naturism and hold nude meditation and nude baptismal services.\n\n\ A WORD ON NUDE BAPTISM FROM OUR DASA\n\n\ Nude baptism is as old as the time of the Christ. Like nude meditation, nude baptism brings us into oneness with the Elohim and allows us to do as Jesus commanded when He told us not to conform to the world.\n\n\ I want to outline how this practice is instituted at our Oikos Intentional Community.\n\n\ Just prior to entering the water the oikourgous (Oikos members, literally meaning keeper of the house.) remove their clothes, for the baptism is received nude.\n\n\n\ In the baptism of a oikourgous, the Dasa anoints the forehead, pronounces the formula, and dips the head, then anoints the body with oil and washes the feet of the newly baptized. In the case of women being baptized, a female elder anoints the body and receives the woman as she came out of the water. The Dasa washes her feet.\n\n\ The nudity expresses the idea of new birth- hence in art the baptizand is shown not only nude but smaller than the baptizer. This manner of representation is not an indication of infant or child baptism but follows artistic convention. The newly baptized person put on a white garment, symbolizing purity\n\n\ Early Christians were baptized nude and it is highly likely Jesus Himself was baptized nude. One aspect of the symbolism of nakedness was the comparison of Christ, designated as \xE2\x80\x9Cthe second Adam\xE2\x80\x9D (see Romans 5:14, 1 Corinthians 15:22,45), with the first Adam prior to The Fall:\n\n St. Chrysostom, speaking of baptism, says, \xE2\x80\x9CMen were naked as Adam in paradise; but with this difference; Adam was naked because he had sinned, but in baptism, a man was naked that he might be freed from sin; the one was divested of his glory which he once had, but the other put off the old man, which he did as easily as his clothes.\xE2\x80\x9D\n\n\n St. Ambrose says, \xE2\x80\x9CMen came as naked to the font, as they came into the world; and thence he draws an argument by way of illusion, to rich men, telling them, how absurd it was, that a man was born naked of his mother, and received naked by the church, should think of going rich into heaven.\xE2\x80\x9D\n\n Cyril of Jerusalem takes notice of the circumstance, together with the reasons of it, when he thus addresses himself to persons newly baptized: \xE2\x80\x9CAs soon as ye came into the inner part of the baptistry, ye put off your clothes, which is an emblem of putting off the old man with his deeds; and being thus di\n\n\ vested, ye stood naked, imitating Christ, that was naked upon the cross, who by his nakedness spoiled principalities and powers, publicly triumphing over them in the cross. O wonderful thing! ye were naked, imitating the first Adam, that was naked in paradise, and was not ashamed.\xE2\x80\x9D\n\n So also Amphilochius in the Life of St. Basil, speaking of his baptism, says, \xE2\x80\x9CHe arose with fear and put off his clothes, and with them the old man\xE2\x80\xA6 \xE2\x80\x9C(Institutes of Biblical Law, p. 758, Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing, 1973).\n\n\ BY THE REVEREND DASA WILLIAM GRIFFITH OF THE OIKOS COMMUNITY\n\n\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \n\n\ OPEN AND AFFIRMING\n\n\ Oikos Intentional Community does not hold the mainstream views about sexuality that the traditional church holds. We are an open and affirming community, welcoming LGBT members. We have a positive view of both sexuality and nudity, and believe the culture and society in which we live has polluted these two wonderful gifts from God. While our society promotes violence, pornography, war as acceptable parts of our culture, that same society views sexuality and nudity as negative elements. This is where society has it wrong. We teach our members how to empower themselves spiritual and lead them into their Oneness with God, their creator, who created us in His image. Our Dasa, Rev. William Griffith believes in studying the mysteries of God as they were intended and believes our lifestyle should reflect simplicy in a wealth driven culture, while promoting the natural beauty that God has bestowed upon humanity. The community is also engaged in social justice, meeting the needs of the homeless and poorest of the poor on the streets, as well as challenging the contemporary pharisees in our churches today.\n\n\ OUR RULE AND RHYTHM OF LIFE\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x9COrdered Members\xE2\x80\x9D of the Oikos Intentional Community share the common Rhythm of Life by ordering their lives according to the Oikos Community Rule of Life.\n\ http://www.oikos.community/#!oikos-rule-of-life/c1x7n
From www.ic.org/directory/oikos-intentional-community/:
Oikos Intentional Community is a new monastic community focused on discipleship, common living and serving in the abandoned places of our cities among the homeless and poorest of the poor. Oikos adheres to the 12 Marks of New Monasticism, in addition to others vows of poverty chastity, obedience and humility. Vows depend upon the individual's calling and not mandatory. Observing the 12 Marks is essential. Oikos life resembles that of the early Christians. The leader of the community, our 'Dasa' (meaning servant, slave of...) has taken extreme vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and has chosen to wear a simple dhoti, sandals and a shawl. Community members are to dress simply and as casually as possible. \n\n\ ABOUT SUNFLOWER VILLAGE\n\n\ The Sunflower Village project will be the first residential new monastic community of Oikos to be founded by Reverend Dasa William Griffith.\n\n\ Sunflower Village is where Dasa has had a vision of building a new monastic Community of Love: creating a healthy, nourishing environment where people can learn the art of living in harmony with one another and with the Earth.\n\n\ Sunflower Village is intended to be a small, rustic farmstead, and will house a new monastic monastery, It is a continuation and housing facility of the Oikos Intentional Community.\n\n\ At SunflowerVillage we weave mindfulness into all our daily activities, training ourselves to be mindful throughout the day: while eating, walking, working, or enjoying a cup of coffee or tea together. The practice of Christian Naturism is a fixture of the Village, and will be a beautiful, nourishing, simple environment in which to cultivate the mind of awakening.\n\n\ As we do at Oikos, we enjoy periods of silence, sitting meditation, rest, relaxation, mindful work and play. All practitioners who come to Sunflower Village will be invited to join in the communal activities,, whether it is preparing meals, cleaning or washing dishes, as a way of learning to cultivate joy and mindfulness whatever we are doing.\n\n\ Every year, Sunflower Village will welcome thousands of meditation practitioners from all around the world who come to experience the art of mindful communal living, regardless of religious affiliation or their individual faith systems. The Village will also host an annual Summer Retreat which offers special programs for all who attend.\n\n\ A committee has been established by Dasa for the location of the land in California to make Sunflower Village our home.\n\n\ ABOUT THE SUNFLOWER ROSARY\n\n\ The 1st Dasa of the Oikos Intentional Community commissioned the oikourgous (ordered members at Oikos) to begin making Sunflower Rosaries for those belonging to the community and also for the outside world. The Dasa believes prayer beads are a positive meditative tool for focus and contemplation, and developed the Sunflower Rosary for his new monastics.\n\n\ WHY THE SUNFLOWER?\n\n\ The Dasa chose the Sunflower for the name of the rosary because the Sunflower means \xE2\x80\x9Cadoration, loyalty and longevity\xE2\x80\x9D. We desire to communicate with God and to draw closer to God because of our adoration of God. We vow loyalty to God and desire to serve our Master for our length of years.\n\n\ Gifts of radiant warmth, sunflowers are the happiest of flowers, representing our joy as new monastics. They are unique in their ability to provide energy in the form of nourishment and vibrance, an attribute which mirrors the sun and the energy provided by its heat and light. Our Dasa teaches the importance of spiritual energy, derived from our disciplines in harnessing our emotional and sexual energy for nourishment of the Spirit.\n\n\ No flower can lift spirits quite like sunflowers can. Bright and cheery, bold yet comfortable, the sunflower is a warm and caring gift. With brilliant yellow petals that surround the flower\xE2\x80\x99s center, sunflowers have an unmistakable sun-like appearance that has made them a passionate flower choice for many. Sunflowers come in a number of varieties, ranging from small to large and from daylight yellows to sunset reds.\n\n\ Sunflowers originated in the Americas in 1000B.C., where for centuries they were cultivated as a valuable food source. The use of sunflower images as religious symbols has also been documented in some native societies. With the European exploration of the New World, the sunflower was brought to new areas, and the flower\xE2\x80\x99s popularity eventually spread as the rest of the world began to appreciate its beauty and sustenance. Artists throughout history have appreciated the sunflower\xE2\x80\x99s unique splendor, and those of the Impressionist era were especially fixated on the flower. Today, sunflowers continue to provide a resource for commonly used seeds and oil, but they have also become recognized as a floral symbol of great significance.\n\n\ Much of the meaning of sunflowers stems from its namesake, the sun itself. Wild sunflowers are often photographed with their tall stalks and bright petals stretched towards the sun. This unique behavior, known as phototropism, is a motif that has appeared in many ancient myths and is viewed as a symbol of loyalty and constancy. Their physical resemblance to the sun has also influenced their meanings. The sunflower\xE2\x80\x99s petals have been likened to bright yellow rays of sunshine, which evoke feelings of warmth and happiness. In addition, the sunflower is often associated with adoration and longevity.\n\n\ For a flower which reflects so many of the sun\xE2\x80\x99s positive characteristics, it is little surprise that people enjoy basking in the sunflower\xE2\x80\x99s warming glow. With the sense of brightness and warmth that sunflowers naturally impart, they have become an ideal choice for sending sentiments of cheerfulness and sunny get well thoughts.\n\n\ The sunflower is really a collection of 1,000 to 2,000 tiny flowers arranged in an intricate pattern that creates a reproductive opportunity for the plant. This fact represents \xE2\x80\x9Ccommunity as a whole\xE2\x80\x9D. Ray florets are flowers with long, straplike petals along the outside of the sunflower. Each petal on the outside of a sunflower is a flower. Disc florets are the flowers tightly clustered together inside the ray florets. The ray florets are unable to reproduce by themselves because they are missing one or more sex organs. The disc florets possess both male and female reproductive organs. This represents God as both male and female, and how we were created in the image of God with both male and female in each of us.\n\n\ Perfect and Imperfect\n\n\ Perfect flowers have male and female reproductive organs, which are the stamen and pistil, respectively. Imperfect flowers are missing one of those organs and, therefore, cannot pollinate themselves. Self-pollination is not necessary for a sunflower plant to reproduce, but it makes it simpler for the plant to accomplish fertilization by wind or insect. A sunflower relies on bees and other insects to help move pollen around its head to each flower. Butterflies and other insects often perch on an upturned sunflower head because its large, flat surface is inviting to insects searching for nectar.\n\n\ Complete and Incomplete\n\n\ Complete flowers have all four floral organs. The floral organs consist of sepals, which are small, green, leaflike structures at the base of petals; petals, which are the colorful part of the flower; female sex organs, including the ovary and ovule, which together are called the pistil; and the male sex organs, including the pollen-producing anthers, which together are called the stamen. If a flower is missing any of those parts, it is incomplete but still could be considered perfect. If, for example, a flower is missing sepals but has male and female reproductive organs, it would be a perfect flower; because not all four floral organs are present, however, the flower is also incomplete. Sunflower ray florets are missing both stamen and pistil, making them sterile. Sunflower disc florets are perfect flowers and create fruit when fertilized. That fruit is sunflower seed.\n\n\ Sunflowers are used for their seeds, meal, oil and foliage as well as for the beneficial properties they provide when grown alongside other crops. The Oikos Intentional Community also grows sunflowers for their seeds and oil.\n\n\ Health benefits of sunflower seeds\n\n Delicious, nutty, and crunchy sunflower seeds are widely considered as healthful foods. They are high in energy; 100 g seeds hold about 584 calories. Nonetheless, they are one of the incredible sources of health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins.\n\n Much of their calories come from fatty acids. The seeds are especially rich in poly-unsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid, which constitute more 50% fatty acids in them. They are also good in mono-unsaturated oleic acid that helps lower LDL or \xE2\x80\x9Cbad cholesterol\xE2\x80\x9D and increases HDL or \xE2\x80\x9Cgood-cholesterol\xE2\x80\x9D in the blood. Research studies suggest that Mediterranean diet which is rich in monounsaturated fats help to prevent coronary artery disease, and stroke by favoring healthy blood lipid profile.\n\n Like other nuts, they are also a very good source of proteins with fine quality amino acids such as tryptophan that are essential for growth, especially in children. Just 100 g of seeds provide about 21 g of protein (37% of daily-recommended values).\n\n In addition, sunflower seeds contain health benefiting poly-phenol compounds such as chlorogenic acid, quinic acid, and caffeic acids. These compounds are natural anti-oxidants, which help remove harmful oxidant molecules from the body. Further, chlorogenic acid helps reduce blood sugar levels by limiting glycogen breakdown in the liver.\n\n Further, the seeds are indeed a very rich source of vitamin E; contain about 35.17 g per100 g (about 234% of RDA). Vitamin E is a powerful lipid soluble antioxidant, required for maintaining the integrity of cell membrane of mucus membranes and skin by protecting it from harmful oxygen-free radicals.\n\n Sunflower kernels are one of the finest sources of B-complex group of vitamins. They are very good sources of B-complex vitamins such as niacin, folic acid, thiamin (vitamin B1), pyridoxine (vitamin B6), pantothenic acid, and riboflavin.\n\n Sunflowers are incredible sources of folic acid. 100 g of kernels contains 227 \xC2\xB5g of folic acid,which is about 37% of recommended daily intake. Folic acid is essential for DNA synthesis. When given in anticipant mothers during the peri-conceptional period, it may prevent neural tube defects in the baby.\n\n Niacin and pyridoxine are other B-complex vitamins found abundantly in the sunflower seeds. About 8.35 mg or 52% of daily-required levels of niacin is provided by just 100 g of seeds. Niacin helps reduce LDL-cholesterol levels in the blood. In addition, it enhances GABA activity inside the brain, which in turn helps reduce anxiety and neurosis.\n\n The seeds are incredibly rich sources of many essential minerals. Calcium, iron, manganese, zinc, magnesium, selenium, and copper are especially concentrated in sunflower seeds. Many of these minerals play a vital role in bone mineralization, red blood cell production, enzyme secretion, hormone production, as well as in the regulation of cardiac and skeletal muscle activities.\n\n\ Just a hand full of sunflower kernels a day provides much of the recommended level of phenolic anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins, and protein.\n\n\ HOW TO SAY THE SUNFLOWER ROSARY\n\n\ The Sunflower Rosary is a contemplative prayer form. It is a modern prayer forumula developed by the Dasa, combining the Roman Catholic Rosary with the Orthodox Jesus Prayer Rope. It is comprised of 33 beads (the traditional number of years of Jesus\xE2\x80\x99 life). There is one \xE2\x80\x9CINVITATORY\xE2\x80\x9D bead followed by four sets of seven beads each (called \xE2\x80\x9Cstamen\xE2\x80\x9D) with a single bead (called the \xE2\x80\x9Cpistil\xE2\x80\x9D bead) in between each Parakaleo. In the Judeo-Christian tradition the number seven is that of spiritual perfection and completion. The circle of beads is prayed, unhurriedly, three times to signify the Holy Trinity. This makes for ninety-nine prayers, and in Middle Eastern traditions, 99 is the complete number of the Divine Names. Rather than a crucifix or a cross, a Sunflower charm or tassel hangs from the beads. If you include the FLOWER at the beginning or the end, this brings the total number of prayers said to 100, which is the total of the Orthodox Rosary and represents the fullness of creation. Typically the saying of the Rosary is followed by a period of silence for reflection.\n\n\ There are no set prayers for the Sunflower Rosary. It is your choice! You may also use the Dasa\xE2\x80\x99s Prayers from the Salos or develop your own prayers for the stamen section of the rosary.\n\n\ Listed below is the method of using the beads and some of the more commonly used prayers. Remember, it is the practice that is important, the time spent in communion with God; the rosary is simply the vehicle for getting there. It is a tool for meditation, contemplation and spiritual focus.\n\n\ HOW TO USE YOUR BEADS\n\n\ 1) Loosely hold the beads in your hand, grasping the cross in your other hand. If desired, say your opening prayer.\n\n\ 2) With your thumb and forefinger, grasp the pistil bead and say your chosen pistil prayer.\n\n\ 3) Move your fingers up the chain to the first of the 4 beads and say your chosen prayer.\n\n\ 4) Move your fingers up the chain to the first set of stamen to the right (you will be saying the rosary in a counterclockwise direction). Grasp the first bead and say your chosen prayer for the weeks. Repeat this prayer on the next six beads.\n\n\ 5) Move your fingers to the next pistil bead and say your chosen pistil prayer.\n\n\ 6) Continue in this manner until you have completed the circle of the rosary.\n\n\ Some Prayer Suggestions\xE2\x80\xA6\n\n\ The Flower\n\n\ In the Name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Blessed be the one, holy and living God. Glory to God forever and ever. Amen.\n\n\ The Invitatory\n\n\ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ O God make speed to save us, O Lord make haste to help us. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, I snow and will be forever. Amen.\n\n\ THE PISTIL\n\n\ Oh Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.\n\n\ Oh Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.\n\n\ Oh Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us thy peace.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Guide us waking O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ and asleep we may rest in peace.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Behold now, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord. You that stand in the house of the Lord, lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the Lord.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Holy God, Holy and Mighty Master, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy upon us, your slaves.\n\n\ THE STAMEN\n\n\ Almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, bless us and keep us. Amen.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Naked Christ, lamb of God, have mercy on us.\n\n\ Naked Christ, bearer of our sins, have mercy on us.\n\n\ Naked Christ, redeemer of the world, give us your peace.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where is my help to come?\n\n\ My help comes from the Lord, the make of heaven and earth.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy on me, a sinner.\n\n\ Or you may use selected meditations from the Dasa in his Prayers from the Salos:\n\n\ SELECTED PRAYERS FROM THE SALOS FOR THE SUNFLOWER ROSARY\n\n\ SALOS 10\n\n\ Humble me my Master, My Lord,\n\n\ keep me chaste and speak to me,\n\n\ command me, discipline me,\n\n\ and let me follow.\n\n\ Strengthen me in my weakness,\n\n\ in my poverty provide my bread,\n\n\ In You alone I place my trust,\n\n\ in You alone I place my life,\n\n\ my flesh,\n\n\ my spirit.\n\n\ I am Your own.\n\n\ or\n\n\ SALOS 12\n\n\ My God, You are my eyes in the blindness\n\n\ of this world,\n\n\ You comfort me in suffering,\n\n\ You enable me to embrace the pain,\n\n\ You give me hope in hopelessness,\n\n\ and strength in weakness,\n\n\ You have spoken and I have heard,\n\n\ You have commanded and I have followed,\n\n\ There is only You my God,\n\n\ my reason for being.\n\n\ Take me into Your arms, and let me always listen,\n\n\ let my silence be worship,\n\n\ let my chastity be an offering,\n\n\ let my poverty be my wealth,\n\n\ let my obedience be Your pleasure,\n\n\ You are my God, I see You in all there is,\n\n\ I see you in the suffering, Your presence\n\n\ evident, Your peace prepared.\n\n\ Let Your mouth hush the noise,\n\n\ of the world that does not know You,\n\n\ and let us introduce You, to all who suffer,\n\n\ not with trumpet, pomp or carpet,\n\n\ but in love,\n\n\ let this be the way.\n\n\ or\n\n\ SALOS 7\n\n\ We were commanded by Christ Jesus, Our Master,\n\n\ Our Lord,\n\n\ to pick up our cross and follow Him.\n\n\ We were commanded by the Christ,\n\n\ to conform NOT to this world\n\n\ but to turn it upside down.\n\n\ We are called to be His disciples, O Lord God, take us.\n\n\ We are Your slaves,\n\n\ Your fools,\n\n\ rejecting the world and following Him who brings us peace.\n\n\ Or\n\n\ SALOS 2\n\n\ I come to You my Lord,\n\n\ on my knees,\n\n\ naked, broken, poor.\n\n\ I come to You my Lord,\n\n\ stripped bare,\n\n\ rejecting all things,\n\n\ but You.\n\n\ I submit my flesh to you,\n\n\ an offering for Your\n\n\ sacrifice.\n\n\ I submit my soul to you,\n\n\ returning to You\n\n\ what belongs to You.\n\n\ I submit my possessions to You,\n\n\ giving them to those\n\n\ who ask,\n\n\ as You demand.\n\n\ I submit my mind to You,\n\n\ surrendering every thought\n\n\ to Your thoughts.\n\n\ I submit myself to You my Lord,\n\n\ giving myself to as Your slave,\n\n\ the lowest of the low,\n\n\ to do with me as You will.\n\n\ I beg You my God, I beg You,\n\n\ to accept this offering of ash and dust,\n\n\ in all of my borkeness, all of my poverty,\n\n\ all of my weakness.\n\n\ or,\n\n\ SALOS 1\n\n\ The stench of poverty fills the city,\n\n\ invading the air\n\n\ and the nostrils,\n\n\ Save us Majestic Lord,\n\n\ God of the Universe,\n\n\ Save us from the wolves\n\n\ foaming at the mouth,\n\n\ rabid, waiting to devour the darkness,\n\n\ waiting to devour the night,\n\n\ Save us Majestic God,\n\n\ with the naked Christ,\n\n\ Your Son,\n\n\ humiliated, beaten, wounded, stripped,\n\n\ blood soaking the soil of Calvary,\n\n\ blood soaking the wood,\n\n\ staining and cleansing the cross,\n\n\ Let Your heart for the poor\n\n\ make us poor,\n\n\ make us obedient,\n\n\ humble and washed,\n\n\ Save us. Wash us.\n\n\ Save us again and again and again.\n\n\ ********************\n\n\ HOW TO ORDER THE SUNFLOWER ROSARY\n\n\ The new monastics of Oikos handmake Sunflower Rosaries for those in the secular world who wish to join in this meditative practice. The Sunflower Rosary is a wonderful gift item and a primary souvenier of the Oikos Intentional Community. All proceeds from the Sunflower Rosary go directly back into sustaining the life of the community. Each handmade Sunflower Rosary comes with a prayer booklet, a card blessing from the Dasa and a pack of Oikos Sunflower Seeds from Sunflower Village.\n\n\ VISIT THE OIKOS WEBSITE ONLINE\n\ OIKOS.COMMUNITY\n\n\ THE JOURNEY OF THE DASA\n\n\ There is a period of time between the choosing of the dasa at the Oikos Intentional Community and his actual investiture. \n\n\ When Reverend William Griffith became the 1st Dasa of Oikos, he took his vows, donned nothing but a simple dhoti and began preparing for his investiture through meditation, prayer and service. Chosen March 31, 2015, he shaved his entire body, signed a contract of submission with his prioress and was invested by anointing as the 1st Dasa in an official ceremony April 18, 2015.\n\n\n\ In the Oikos Intentional Community, the spiritual leader is known as the DASA (\" meaning slave/servant in Sanskrit\"). The dasa is solely dedicated to achieving perpetual spiritual enlightenment ), through meditation and contemplation. . The dasa wears a simple dhoti as a sign of his poverty. He/she renounces all material goods. Being dasa is open to women; since God is both male and female. The dasa is meant to be an extreme example of servitude and enslavement to the Elohim.\n\n\n\n\ BECOMING DASA\n\n\n\ The processes of becoming the dasa were establshed in the Constitution and Bylaws of the Oikos Intentional Community. The rituals following his/her selection include meditation one month prior to the investiture. Before the investiture, the dasa shaves his/her head and body, including his eyebrows, to accent the androgynous character of the Elohim (the masculine/feminine name of God). The dasa must continue this practice as a sign of submission and obedience. It makes the dasa sexless and androgynous. They must also be naturists. The investiture is done with the dasa naked. He/she is anointed with oil and is given the title \"The Reverend Dasa\".\n\n\ Extreme vows are taken for life by the Dasa:\n\n\ POVERTY\n\n\ CHASTITY (Celibacy)\n\n\ OBEDIENCE\n\n\ SILENCE (For a designated time)\n\n\n\ A person who becomesa dasa must seek a pioress or prior before the investiture. There, he or she must sign a contract with the prior/prioress (who serves as physical and spiritual master of the dasa). The prioress/prior is in charge of excercising disciplines to build the extreme vows of the dasa. The dasa is in total submission to the prioress/prior for life and to God. The prioress/prior has earthly authority over the dasa and is charged with keeping him/her in a state of perpetual submission and obedience. This build the character of the dasa's vows. \n\n\ Living as the dasa is meant to be a difficult lifestyle. Dasas are considered to be dead unto themselves, and legally dead to the world.\n\n\ While the life of renunciation is described by the Christ in the gospels, the dasa must live witrh little, including minor portions of food. The dasa must be blessed with knowledge of the esoteric mysteries and use all energy, physical, emotional, mental and sexual energy for spiritual empowerment. The dasa must perform dity and mundane tasks for the community, like douing dishes, scrubbing floors, cleaning the community toilets. These activities, and there are many, are acts of meditation, worship and prayer for the dasa.\n\n\ The Dasa is to never to be seen as divine, and nothing more than a slave-teacher. What knowledge and insight he/she has is from God. The dasa must routinely wash the feet of the oikourgous (Oikos new monastics) and serve them as slave. The prioress/prior assigns tasks to all of the oikourgous in the community, including the dasa.\n\n\ The ruggedness of the dasa life deters those who are not enlightened. The practices are rigorous, such as the renouncing of all material goods and a detachment from common luxuries." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Glendora name: OIKOS INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23057 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "96750" physical_country: United States oid: 85f65fe7-59e5-47a0-b2c6-86522fabfd0b id: 22621 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Hawaii mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: "81-990 Haleki'i Street, #2334" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 19.5181493 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -155.9206778 group: description: |-Mission: Muaisa Hale Pule ("As I Aum" Sanctuary) offers a unique spiritual experience to teachers, healers, creatives, seekers, visionaries and travelers from around the world. This is an exceptional opportunity to learn and engage alongside our Lakota-trained shaman and natural healing practitioner(s). For guidelines and regitation, please visit our website at www.muaisa.org
From www.ic.org/directory/muaisa-hale-pule-as-i-aum-sanctuary/:
An authorized 501(c)(3) chapter of the New Haven Native American Church (NHNAC), we do not engage in commerce. Instead, we rely on donations and volunteerism for all our services. At our cedarwood lodge in Kealakekua, Hawaii, we provide several venues of counseling, natural healing, and training for those who seek to renew their energy levels, revitalize their perspectives on life, experience an entirely new state of being, and get in touch with their divine life purpose. Long- and short-term involvements are available to guests and volunteers interested in personal growth and natural healing, and to those who welcome the opportunity to live in harmony with the island's natural surroundings. This is ideal for anyone who enjoys being of service, is willing to learn about and practice eco-sustainability, and finds joy and fulfillment in personal growth and physical, emotional, mental and spiritual development. Situated at 19.5 degrees North latitude in Kealakekua, the general area is located 3 miles (6 miles by car) from the State of Hawaii's #1 marine life sanctuary where pods of dolphins come almost daily to rest, feed, and nurse their calves. The 19.5 North parallel is one of the Earth's 10 major vortices. This place, which the ancients knew as "The Pathway to the God," serves as a star gate portal, through which light codes enter the energetic matrix of the Earth to allow prayers and/or intentions made here to be "broadcast" to the world and beyond. A 5-star bistro, convenience store, hot tubs, massage therapy, kayak rentals and the bus stop are all within an easy walk. Cafes, banks, 2 post offices, 2 grocery stores and the local Farmer's Market are within a 2-mile stretch. Guests, volunteers and residents are likewise invited to help themselves to the abundance of fresh, organic edibles that fall at our footsteps on the property. Depending on the season, we are blessed with an abundance of papayas, bananas, avocados, oranges, guavas, passion fruits, mountain apples and more. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Keakakekua name: Volunteer Immersion at Shamanic Retreat - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23058 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "50206" physical_country: Costa Rica oid: a2d68e2c-21d9-41de-bbd3-d1d2df43bff8 id: 22622 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Bodhi Street, Nosara 2682-0071 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 9.9811502 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -85.6527185 group: description:Mission: Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort is a place to do yoga meditate and free your mind
From www.ic.org/directory/bodhi-tree-yoga-resort/:
Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort is a new and great resort designed for yoga enthusiasts and surfing lovers. We have an amazing SPA, Juice Bar, and a beautiful open restaurant that offers a variety of healthy, organic and fresh food mainly vegetarian. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Nosara name: Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23069 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "72740" physical_country: United States oid: 45e5ffc3-08e9-49bb-b34f-d488c856b001 id: 22633 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Arkansas mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 394 Madison 3180 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 36.0049043 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -93.5646135 group: description: "Mission: Remember \xE2\x80\x9CThe Waltons\xE2\x80\x9D TV show? Ever wish you had been part of the Waltons' family? The vision of Kingston House is to be the Waltons' family times three: 20 residents living together as a supportive family of born-again Christians eating together, playing together, studying the Bible together, praying together, laughing together, learning together, and creating a rich and meaningful life together.
From www.ic.org/directory/nozark-house/:
Can you imagine how awesome it would be to live in a huge house full of your closest friends? Imagine the camaraderie of eating every meal with these friends, the abundance of joyful experiences hanging out with these friends any time you want, the treasure trove of memories your children will create growing up together with their friends, the benefits of raising your children together with your friends, confident that this support network of caring friends is always there to help you watch your children so that you can get your \xE2\x80\x9Cme\xE2\x80\x9D time, and help your children with their homework, and help you work through life\xE2\x80\x99s difficult challenges. Imagine how comforting it would feel knowing that there will always be someone there to greet you when you came home. Imagine the peace and security drifting off to sleep each night assured that there are trusted protectors in the house who will still be there when you wake up each morning. Now imagine being able to live this dream at less cost than you are probably spending now and doing less housework than you are probably doing now, giving you more time, more money, and more energy to enjoy your children and your life. This is the vision I have for Kingston House.\n\n\ The house is a beautiful, 7000-sqare-foot, fully furnished estate nestled in the majestic Ozark Mountains, with a breath-taking view of the surrounding countryside. It's only a 500-foot walk to the largest lake in Madison County, perfect for swimming and fishing. It\xE2\x80\x99s also a short drive from some of the best hiking, boating, rafting, fishing, caving, nature watching, and other awesome outdoor experiences that the Natural State has to offer, and only an hour and a half from Branson, the Christian entertainment capital of the world.\n\n\ Kingston House is also conveniently situated in the middle of a well-established Christian neighborhood community, called Living Springs - 21 caring and supportive Christian households, most of whom meet together every Sunday in the neighborhood community building (only 600 feet from the house) for worship, fellowship, and dinner. Can you imagine how cool it would be to live in a house where, not only is each member of the household a born-again Christian, but everyone of your neighbors is also a born-again Christian? At Kingston House, this slice of Heaven is not just a dream, it's an every-day reality.\n\n\ The goal of Kingston House is not to indoctrinate anyone into any particular lifestyle or belief system, but rather to provide for you a fun, supportive, caring, enjoyable, affordable, and amazingly cool place to live and grow in your own walk with God, and where you are encouraged to develop and exercise your own individual God-given gifts.\n\n\ If this vision resonates with you, or if you are just curious, I invite you to bring your family to Kingston House for a relaxing and fun-filled visit. I will do my best to make you feel at home, because it is my hope that you will want to call Kingston House your next home. But even if Kingston House is not your next home, at least you will have a uniquely awesome vacation experience that you and your children will be talking about for a lifetime." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Huntsville name: Kingston House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23070 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 842b2b31-f422-42f2-89ae-97ad016bd779 id: 22634 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Nevada mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 36.301068 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -115.206969 group: description: "Mission: WholeWay Home is a special healthy home-stay in Las Vegas. We are on a mission to Educate, Enlighten and Elevate. The house is hip and historic and energy balanced. Our facilities and events are geared towards SMART aesthetically-oriented individuals with a quest for learning to live health-filled lives and get out of the MATRIX. The home will support you with a nutritionally-balanced approach to overcoming addictive behaviors. We encourage sobriety based on three aspects of Mind-Body-Spirit. Here you will be supported in your endeavors to\n\ 1) Improve your affirmative mental capacity,\n\ 2) Support your liver, brain, and other stressed-out organs, through healthy eating and exercise, and\n\ 3) Create a positive life-affirming philosophy.
From www.ic.org/directory/wholeway-home/:
WholeWay Home\xE2\x84\xA2 is 100% Hard Core Holistic Health Sober Living, Vegetarian Friendly, Eco-Sanctuary, Desert Agricultural Research, Personal Development Center, Safe Secure Home-Stay! WholeWay Home is perfect for a non-casino stay while you are visiting Las Vegas. Perfect for LONGER term living in a nurturing, supportive educational environment.\n\n\ Our beautiful organic, sustainable, green, private eco-sanctuary is in the heart of Las Vegas \xE2\x80\x93 near the world famous Las Vegas Strip, Downtown, Red Rock National Park and more. WholeWay Home aims to be GMO FREE, CHEMICAL-FREE & MOLD-FREE. We do not have a microwave, We do not use any pesticides on property and our garden is veganic. We use earth-friendly cleaning products, Organic Teas and Coffee, 100% Cotton towels and sheets, HEPA vacuum and Adjustable Low Flow Shower Heads.\n\n\ ___________________________\n\ The Mission of WholeWay Home is to supply a sacred safe space where we can bring together and heal, grow and create strong individuals with healthy bodies, healthy minds and healthy spirits. To facilitate this mission, WholeWay Home will provide tools and a forum to learn and share beneficial information about\n\ * Addiction recovery\n\ * Maintaining a positive outlook\n\ * Promoting better understanding of geo political world systems\n\ * Grasping a better understanding of world financial systems\n\ * Spirituality beyond denominational boundaries\n\ * Achieving success for one\xE2\x80\x99s chosen career, employment and life work\n\ * Detoxing the Body and Mind of previous fallacy beliefs and cultural mythology\n\ * Building win-win partnerships and wealth consciousness for every individual and community" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Las Vegas name: WholeWay Home - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23076 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "473873" physical_country: United States oid: 3b667e0d-3311-40c7-859c-241bd9b048ed id: 22640 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Indiana mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 3801 South County Road 575 E mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.613904 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -79.145754 group: description: "Mission: A place where the spirit of the womb is gently and unconditionally present, allowing your group to be held safe, kept well-nourished and surrounded in great respect. \n\ Whatever your practice, path or modality, this is a place you can call Home\xE2\x80\xA6\xE2\x80\xA6 a place where loving-kindness prevails\xE2\x80\xA6\xE2\x80\xA6 a sacred space filled with encouragement and permission to take that next step in the journey. \n\ Our 20+ years of experience hosting retreat groups devoted to spiritual transformation has given us the insight and wisdom that creates an extraordinary retreat environment.
From www.ic.org/directory/oakwood-center/:
Home of Oakwood Retreat Center" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Selma name: Oakwood Center - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23079 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 19c44260-ed60-4a69-a518-d332c0ec2003 id: 22643 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Hawaii mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 20.24232 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -155.83323 group: description: |-Mission: To create a beacon of light for the world through a temple and thriving Eco village on the north shore of kauai
From www.ic.org/directory/living-earth/:
On the north shore of kauai, come help us create a temple of light, to honor the earth and start gardens of abundance. We are formed as a 501c3 operating under a land trust "living earth" which owns the land and holds the intention for the community. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Kilauea name: Living Earth - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23088 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 77baa2e9-9506-4410-97d5-f7ea0609beab id: 22652 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Illinois mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.850033 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -87.650052 group: description: |-Mission: We don't have a mission statement, but we are interested in hospitality, shared life, and following Jesus.
From www.ic.org/directory/community-in-jefferson-park/:
We are a co-ed group of several people, trying to follow Jesus. We are four people who are trying to follow Jesus, sharing a large 5 bedroom 3.5 bathroom house. Currently we have girls upstairs and guys downstairs. Community/spiritual practices include at least three shared meals a week, morning prayer (optional), sometimes evening singing, and on weekends we usually take part in a house church that's connected with our community. We have a backyard garden, two cats, a dog, and eight chickens. We are drug-free, and there is no smoking inside the house. We are interested in one or two additional members--each would have their own bedroom and potentially their own bathroom as well. Some furnishings are available. Exact rent amount and availability dates are dependent on timing and total number of members. Get in touch with us if you're interested! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Chicago name: Community in Jefferson Park - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23092 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 8ba9c157-2a89-4135-bfcd-9752afed91e5 id: 22656 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Tennessee mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 2181 hwy 52e mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 36.577539 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -86.444012 group: description: |-Mission: Mobile Hunter/ gatherers Seasonal work and travels Organic Reused materials Learning Teaching Helping others
From www.ic.org/directory/names-are-superficial/:
Mobile Hunter/ gatherers Seasonal work and travels Organic Reused materials access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: portland name: Names are superficial. - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23096 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 8391227c-e374-4e9f-b337-6ca9a458a2db id: 22660 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Ohio mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 39.166759 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -84.53822 group: description: "Mission: The mission of Lydia\xE2\x80\x99s House is to provide a supportive and stable environment for women and children in crisis. It is a place of hope and healing as well as a springboard from which guests can seek training, new skills, and work that will provide for their needs. Women live in community, share life and meals with one another, and are encouraged in their personal spiritual journeys.
From www.ic.org/directory/lydias-house/:
Lydia\xE2\x80\x99s House is rooted in the Christian tradition, specifically in the practices of the Catholic Worker movement. While the mission of Lydia\xE2\x80\x99s House is to provide housing and support for women and their children in times of crisis, it is not a housing agency. Rather, the House is a home grounded in the Catholic Worker commitments to personalism, solidarity, faith and community, practiced alongside gospel-prescribed works of mercy.\n\n\ Unlike some Catholic Worker Houses, Lydia\xE2\x80\x99s House is not a church or host a congregation. However, we hope that this House is holy ground:\n\n\ A sanctuary for all who come through our doors\n\ A space for meaningful dialogue about the structures and systems that keep the poor poor\n\ A place for prayer and transformation for all, regardless of income, class or culture" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cincinnati name: Lydia's House - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23098 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 889a6bc5-a075-460f-8e69-24d45c78115e id: 22662 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.187133 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.885359 group: description: "Mission: Three principles shape the other areas of our existence for which we hope to be an example:\n\n\ 1. SERVICE\n\ Central to nearly all refined philosophies and reflective religions is the call to serve others. It means considering the skills and natural abilities you have been given and harnessing them to their highest and best use for the good of others. Serving others is not only a privilege or an option for those who can but an obligation that we all should feel. It is in serving others that we discover our humanity. \n\n\ The service imperative impels us to work tirelessly to, in the words of Karen Armstrong, \xE2\x80\x9Calleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the center of our world and put another there, and to honor the inviolable sanctity of every single human being.\xE2\x80\x9D This is a call to compassion that should translate into concrete action.\n\n\ The scope of service is critical to our vision. Many people serve their immediate family tirelessly; they sacrifice themselves for their children, occasionally their parents or friends. While such service is laudable compared to a life lived solely for oneself, our vision for service goes beyond one\xE2\x80\x99s closest circles. One\xE2\x80\x99s duty to the world does not end with the closest circles of family and friends but begins there. Serving merely those with whom one has familial or friendship ties does not satisfy the call to sacrificially love others that is critical to most world religions and philosophies. As a result, the paramount value is found in service to the local, national, and global community. In fact, one of the most enduring ways to care for those closest to someone is to work tirelessly toward creating a better world for them to inhabit. Thus, we aim to serve first those in our local community, then our nation, and finally the world as a whole. We envision a day when the whole planet begins to transform as more and more people expand their circles of responsibility. \n\n\ The current social momentum in American society works against service to others on multiple fronts. At its most callous, the message is often simply that we bear no responsibility to others: everyone is responsible for his/her own success or failure. In fact, the world rewards those who seek after what they want regardless of its effects on others. Still other social messages tell us that we have a responsibility to others but only after taking care of our own needs; we cannot give to others until we have learned to discover and indeed love ourselves. True service to others comes as a result of a secure and overflowing self. Too often, however, the preparation to service in this vision trumps actual service. We hold that we should be uncomfortable in our service; authentic love and compassion for others means putting their needs above one\xE2\x80\x99s own. Our needs can wait, no matter how pressing they may appear. Our community aims to remind each other relentlessly of this total obligation to serve. Service is the first of all of our goals and trumps the two below. If we must choose, we choose to serve first.\n\n\ Every member of the Lavra takes a commitment to him/herself and each other to work positively for others. Normally, this commitment will be reflected in one\xE2\x80\x99s occupation but it could also be an attitude that governs one\xE2\x80\x99s life outside of work. We will encourage, support, and monitor this commitment. We will exemplify it in our interactions with each other and the friends of the Lavra who visit. \n\n\ 2. GROWTH\n\ Life is a dynamic process, not a static state. We are given a set amount of time here to make of it what we can. We can squander it or continually improve ourselves. Living at the Lavra means being committed to continual growth in all human dimensions but especially intellectual, emotional, creative, and spiritual dimensions, so that we create a community of inquiry. The growth imperative does not require a self or the development of an ego\xE2\x80\x94rather it can be seen as growth into a recognition of what is real or into selflessness. The point is that we uphold a community of inquiry and exploration that is supportive to this process.\n\n\ Diversity of opinion and perspective is critical for growth. This diversity will be assured by encouraging people of diverse backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, intellectual/faith traditions, and other opportunities to provide fresh perspectives. We plan to support such a lifestyle by holding regular lectures/discussions on religious/social/philosophical topics, and dedicating an area of the property to meditation and worship.\n\n\ The process of growth addresses the mind, the senses, and our spiritual core. As we grow as individuals and as a community, we will seek to avoid temptations that often arise with communities, especially hedonistic intellectualism and unreflective hedonism. Hedonistic intellectualism arises when people gain pleasure from the arguments themselves and thus really are not on a real search grounded in compassion and service for others. Such environments banter around ideas like a sport, congratulating each other on their erudition and acuity but without much amounting from it. Intellectualism is critical to growth but it must be placed in the service of humanity. Discussion has to be motivated by goals that matter for the world, not just oneself. We all must live uncomfortably for others and if we have been given the gift of some clarity and discernment, this should be employed for others. Likewise, while the search for sensual and spiritual pleasures are important aspects of growth, they must be reflectively pursued. Unreflective hedonism is the source of much destruction and harm. Hedonistic goals are not good in and of themselves but rather find their meaning within a broader intellectual worldview. An environment conducive to growth thus avoids hedonistic intellectualism and unreflective hedonism.\n\n\ 3. CONSCIENTIOUS, REFLECTIVE, RESPONSIBLE, AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING\n\ This principle is a continual process, rather than a set of rules. It means reflecting about the choices we make and the impact they have on those around us and the planet. We don\xE2\x80\x99t place ourselves at the center of decision making processes but the community and the world. We see this imperative as a sequential process. We begin by pledging to be conscientious, by which we mean being intimately aware of our own motivations and actions, particularly how they are shaped by our personal histories, social conditions, and immediate surroundings. When we are conscientious, we do not act by accident or strict impulse but with keen observation of oneself and the world. Then, we promise to be reflective. That is, we pledge to consider the impact of our decisions on ourselves, the community, and the world at large. Finally, we will choose the responsible path that focuses on the good of the community/world rather than our own convenience or personal gain. It is a process that emphasizes the means rather than the end. This principle is often enacted in our community through dedication to growing and eating local, organic foods (ideally from our own community garden), making our own goat cheese, eating our own eggs, and generally being as tied to the food process as possible. We make vegetarian food for our weekly communal meals, and encourage conscious eating and purchasing of food products. We have also recently moved to solar power for the entire community, and encourage responsible energy use.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-lavra/:
In Palestine in the 5th century, there arose a unique form of interdependent living. It was called The Lavra, an ancient Greek word for a spot where small paths came together in a sort of intersection of souls. We are attempting to bring this model to the modern world...\n\n\ Our Community Structure:\n\n\ We recognize that there is no single recipe for building new ways of living together. Our model for developing a new mode of existence is not for everyone, but we hope to offer a valuable contribution to a network of alternative living environments that provide people options beyond the binary world of single family residences and solo apartments. \n\n\ Within the realm of alternative communities, we are trying to navigate the space between:\n\n\ A commune and co-housing.\n\ A commune typically shares strong ideological commitments, shared financial resources, and usually exists largely isolated and independent from the world around it. Co-housing usually involves a closer integration to surrounding society, more limited financial pooling, more independent living environments, and less shared commitment to a common religious/spiritual worldview. While we are supportive of both communes and cohousing, we want to create a middle path that retains much of the integration with surrounding society and independent living environments associated with co-housing, but emphasizes the shared ideology and common purpose of the commune. \n\ Historically, the full communal life is theoretically appealing but challenging in practice as most communities become increasingly individualistic over time. We aim to become a mutually-supportive interdependent community that balances the need for personal solitude with the social opportunities and resource optimization that come from communal living. Private space is provided and respected in our community, but \xE2\x80\x9Ccommunity time\xE2\x80\x9D is also allotted and encouraged through activities like shared exercise, movie/lecture nights, common weekly meals, and community chores.\n\n\ In our lives together, each person will dedicate him/herself to service through their vocation/occupation outside the Lavra; he or she will be integrated into the surrounding world and that world (especially friends/family) are always welcome into our community. The idea is that we will not be cut off from the world around us but rather serve that world, provide an example of alternative living, and become a sanctuary when respite from that world is needed.\n\n\ The goal is to create a living environment that balances the need for privacy and solitude within the larger goal of robust community. The model is to have separate \xE2\x80\x98hermitages\xE2\x80\x99 for each unit of the lavra, which can mean a single person, a couple, or a family. Since people differ in their natural constitution and the stage in their life, there are varying degrees of privacy and isolation. Some hermitages are separate, stand-alone dwellings with a designated surrounding land that is private and for which the member(s) are solely responsible. Others live in the main house which is the Lavra Center, though even they have their own entrance and private outside area. The hermitages are zones of individuality within the larger communal setting.\n\n\ The remainder of the property is considered common. The kitchen and living area of the Lavra Center acts as a hub open to all residents and friends of the Lavra. Eventually, ancillary buildings will be added to the common area, such as a meditation/worship cabin, a mutli-use room for yoga/movie night/public lectures, and a soaking area that will also be common use. In our desire to be close to natural processes, we also have our version of a farm on our 5 acres of land, with a vegetable garden, vineyard, and an animal area with chickens and milking goats. \n\n\ Our interaction with each other is governed by the desires of the group. The minimal interaction involves a shared communal meal carried on each Sunday night and a work afternoon where we all spend time on chores around the property. We also have shared ritual life, celebrating the momentous occasions of our lives, the seasonal fluctuations, and the religious holidays that are important to each of us. \n\n\ The Lavra also serves as a hub for people who think differently and more humanely about religion in San Luis Obispo County. Over time, we can develop regular movie nights, lecture series, and possible retreats. We want to share the Lavra with the world. We want to be an example to all of a new kind of living that places its value on serving others, spiritual growth, and conscientious living, rather than materialism and ego. We want to share the value of alternative models of living and real experimentation in solving the pressing problems we face as a society. While we only began this process of development a few years ago and still have a long way to go, we have already developed a reflective, conscious community, and look forward to continuing to grow." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Arroyo Grande name: The Lavra - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23101 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: de49255b-3096-49f4-9b3f-384a0e5630af id: 22665 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Connecticut mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.485921 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -73.0506972 group: description:Mission: To celebrate diversity, engage in community and embrace oneness.
From www.ic.org/directory/family-of-the-free-spirit/:
A community of open minded individuals seeking to live in harmony with others and the universal spirit. Members must be open to alternative life styles (poly, naturism, psychedelics and marijuana). access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: NAUGATUCK name: Family of the Free Spirit - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23104 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: T3B 2C5 physical_country: Canada oid: 719dbb7b-4833-4ec0-b45a-2cc5b9975eaa id: 22668 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Alberta mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 6435 Bow Crescent NW mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 51.086933 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -114.180991 group: description: |-Mission: We as a house are committed to: - Relationship: with one another and others - Prayer: together & individually - Service: to one another & to those in need - Being a Resource: to those around us - Participating in the Kingdom of God: through loving one another, inviting in the stranger, upholding the value & dignity of those around us, reducing our environmental impact, sharing our collective resources, planting gardens, creating music & working against systems which oppress people (and much more!)
From www.ic.org/directory/the-house-of-commons/:
We enjoy meeting people from every walk of life and sharing in hot beverages, theological discussions, church (universal), house concerts in our livingroom, bike rides, creating art, gardening, raising chickens, self-expression, snowball fights, being nice. We are a collection of individuals who believe that each person is valuable and deserves to be treated with dignity, respect and care. We invite all into our home for meals, gardening, prayer, among other things, and over the years we have build quite the little family around us. We do our best to walk alongside our neighbours in solidarity, we uphold those around us who are faced with daily injustices, we plant gardens to participate in healing of creation, we invite anyone to our table to eat amongst us, we take in the sick and care for them, and we respond to the needs of one another and others as best as we can. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Calgary, AB name: The House of Commons - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23114 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "10980" physical_country: United States oid: 35b0cab1-0fcb-43ba-a909-a00cfe34bb8d id: 22678 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 17 Cricketown Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.233508 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -73.995203 group: description: |-Mission: The Community of Living Traditions at Stony Point Center is dedicated to practicing radical hospitality, engaging faith, cultivating nonviolence and social justice. We are multi-generational, multifaith and multiracial.
From www.ic.org/directory/community-of-living-traditions-at-the-stony-point-conference-center/:
We are a multifaith intentional community of Jews, Christians and Muslims who live on the property of the Stony Point Conference Center owned by the Presbyterian church, open to all. Our mission is to bring together people of the Abrahamic faiths to live and work together to help run a conference and retreat center. We are dedicated to the practice of radical hospitality, nonviolence, social justice and earthcare. Learning from each tradition, we support each other in our individual practices. Our conference center is dedicated to providing meeting space, healthy food and radical hospitality to groups of all kinds. We especially want to provide a retreat space for those working in the world to bring change and justice. Work tasks include, farming, work in the kitchen to help serve our guests, staff and residents, front desk, transportation, work in our Fair Trade Gift shop. We also have community meetings, programs and self-education. Housing and food, a small stipend and health insurance, is provided for full-time residents. Residents stay for a minimum of 3-6 months and we also have long-term residents. For more information see our website: www.stonypointcenter.org. We just opened an amazing art space. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Stony Point name: Community of Living Traditions at the Stony Point Conference Center - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23129 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "92070" physical_country: United States oid: cd628ffa-5a4a-467e-89ba-a24c6c48641c id: 22693 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 5049 Highway 78 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 33.097101 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -116.646079 group: description: "Mission: Our mission is to cultivate spirituality & educate guests on the importance of consciousness in their everyday lives. Our focus here is spirituality, though we don\xE2\x80\x99t ignore all other holistic methods for healing, personal development & creativity. The more you are in balance with yourself & your emotional, physical, mental & spiritual body the more meaning you have in your own life & a \xE2\x80\x9CLife is Good\xE2\x80\x9D attitude thrives. \n\ We practice sustainability & we want to be a model of sustainability and unconditional love, and have a show about it. If you know photography and you are quite a peaceful person, please inquire.. \n\n\ We are starting to til our very first garden in April and there is much to be shared about the techniques of organic gardening and permaculture. Learn about soil composition, planting, seed-starting, fertilizing and, of course, weeding! All meals are lovingly prepared by our chef. Share your own cooking tips. Other staff helps a little bit with this too bringing in yummy ayurvedic dishes. \n\n\ Accommodations include a furnished shared bedroom with a twin bed, including linens and shared bathroom with one or two other guest(s). The dinner is made by the guests on a rotating schedule. Breakfast and snack food are made available to be and are lovingly prepared individually by guests. All basic necessities for simple living are also provided: toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap, shampoo, conditional, body soap, laundry soap, etc. Laundry, water, all utilities and high speed Wifi is included.\n\n\ What we require in return:\n\ Integrity in your spiritual practices, day and night.\n\ A willing, serviceful and detached attitude while completing your requirement of seva (selfless service) hours.\n\ A willingness to let go of the unnecessary distractions of the mind and senses while you are with us.\n\ Devotion. If you don't yet have that, no worries. . .. you will find plenty of it here!\n\n\ Work requirements is an average of 28 hours per week. There is no fee for joining. Please email us for an application. Only internship applications for two week stays or longer will be considered.
From www.ic.org/directory/san-diego-spiritual-retreat-center/:
We are an intentional community and also a retreat center, native flower garden, and wedding venue.The community living onsite helps with the community domestics of gardening, cooking and cleaning and also, the community helps with the spiritual retreat center business doing things such as greeting guests, teaching at the retreat or teaching yoga. We are welcoming interns who are interested in living a very healthy lifestyle. We practice yoga, eat sprouted foods and enjoy vegan and vegetarian cuisine. We are also looking for people who are good with secretarial skills, marketing, farming and computers, too. Rv's or motor homes welcome." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Santa Ysabel name: San Diego Spiritual Retreat Center - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23135 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: f0c7f2c8-0861-485c-9204-7179d27b1c0a id: 22699 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: New York City mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.712784 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -74.005941 group: description: "Mission: \"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it\xE2\x80\x99s the only thing that ever has.\"\n\ Looking for a group of like-minded mothers interested in sustainable living, alternative lifestyles, shared parenting, spirituality and living in harmony with life.
From www.ic.org/directory/mother-tribe-in-nyc/:
I want to create a community of women in NYC \xE2\x80\x94 a space for living, sharing and raising children together. Next spring I will be moving to NYC with my 12-year-old daughter \xE2\x80\x93 we have spent the last 5 years in the Indian Himalaya\xE2\x80\x99s working with women and communities and now the universe calls us to something new. Without a plan, we are leaping into the unknown, trusting in the divine and following our hearts. My greatest wish is to connect with other like-minded women \xE2\x80\x94 sharing journeys, stories and the tapestry of life as it unfolds together.\n\ I would love to hear from other courageous women who would be interested in co-creating and sharing this journey with us in NYC." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: New York City name: Mother tribe in NYC - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23136 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 95045c3d-4e77-4f33-8ef9-e9b24c0d252a id: 22700 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Alabama mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.0455917 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -86.0085955 group: description: "Mission: MISSION\n\ St. Joseph Farm is a Catholic intentional community of young adults striving for holiness within modern society by building our daily lives upon the four gospel cornerstones of prayer, service, simplicity, and community.
From www.ic.org/directory/st-joseph-farm/:
VISION\n\ We will be centered on the Eucharist and open to the Spirit. We will resist the popular culture as much as it is a \xE2\x80\x9Cculture of death\xE2\x80\x9D and participate in it as much as it is a \xE2\x80\x9Cculture of life.\xE2\x80\x9D We will respond to the needs of our local community and seek solidarity with the ones we serve as they lead us into a closer relationship with Christ.\n\n\ With St. Joseph as our patron, we will especially seek to reflect and promote ideas often associated with him: Just, quiet, chaste, teacher, protector, and carpenter.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tIn being just we will seek to live out Catholic Social Teachings, recognizing the dignity of all human life and creation.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tIn being quiet we will seek simplicity and humility in our actions, for \xE2\x80\x9Cthe fruit of silence is prayer.\xE2\x80\x9D \n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tIn being chaste we will reject a popular culture of sexual objectification to allow ourselves, with clean hearts, to \xE2\x80\x9Csee God.\xE2\x80\x9D \n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tIn being teachers we will provide opportunities to others for spiritual and practical growth.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tIn being protectors we will both seek sustainability as stewards of God\xE2\x80\x99s creation and defend the most vulnerable in society, for \xE2\x80\x9Cthe Church considers matters concerning the environment and its protection intimately linked to the theme of integral human development.\xE2\x80\x9D \n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tIn being carpenters we will work, often with our hands in the garden or home repair projects, and we will recognize the dignity of human work." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Noblesville name: St. Joseph Farm - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23137 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 3b9f43d7-95e6-4767-ac74-52ef85af0871 id: 22701 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Florida mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 28.291956 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -81.407571 group: description: |-Mission: Our community focus is to serve God and others. You must be a Christian, or be in the process of accepting Jesus as your Savior. Must be willing to work for the good of the community as well as helping keep the safety of the families in the communities. If you have a criminal background, you must be able to prove that you have turned your life around and have committed yourself to God. Racism, bad attitude, laziness, cockiness, bossiness, ones that cannot or are not willing to be part of a team will NOT be accepted. We would be willing to accept polygamist, (husband with several wives), the Bible doesn't say that Polygamy is a sin, however, only Bible-believing polygamist will be accepted.
From www.ic.org/directory/biblical-living-community/:
I am an Ordained Minister; my husband and I have 4 children live in our home, ages 14 to 2. With our country being very violent, separated, Christians' rights being taken, freedom of speech being taken, our rights to bare arms at risk, laws being put in place that goes against what God teaches us, we have decided to see if we could find like-minded people to start a community. Our hopes and dreams are to find Christians who believe that it is time for Christians to start taking measures to prepare for persecution as believers of the Word of God. We in no way are trying to be end-of-the-world preppers, we are simply trying to start a community where Christians can be safe and can have supplies that can sustain us. We know that a community like this will take some time to get going, and it will take time to complete. However, we are in construction phase of finding Christians that are just wanting to serve God, but be safe. Our hopes are to have the community in a state like TN. Where we can somewhat be on high ground, but yet be able to be in a place that is not in a major city. We are open to suggestions about any part of this future community. Our vision is for everyone to have their own homes, however, be willing to have gatherings a couple times a week. We hope to have either a home-church or have an actual church on or near the property. We will ask for church tithes to maintain the church, community, to serve surrounding communities. However, if one is unable to give, we do understand, but we would ask that you give in other ways, such as volunteering for extra work. We have not yet decided on if the church would on the community or if it will be up to each family. I would like to see the church own land and each individual put their own homes on the property. However, it really is going to come to how many people will join and where the community will be. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Kissimmee name: Biblical Living Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23145 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 4c54a6df-d38e-4b0c-97e5-a5518f729f57 id: 22709 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: New York mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.714269 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -74.005973 group: description:Mission: We live out our Jewish values through education, spiritual practice, respect for the earth, tikkun olam and artistic expression.
From www.ic.org/directory/jewish-community/:
See www.facebook.com/newyorkkibbutz for the most up-to-date information. Right now we have facilities for Shabbatons and other gatherings, where like-minded souls meet regularly. A property is being sought after by myself and others for a Intentional Jewish Community. Our current resources enable us to have gatherings year-round. Many people have an ideal notion of Community without ever having hands-on experience to determine if they enjoy the lifestyle. Another obstacle to living Intentionally is the difficulty in forming relations with those who not only share the same values but are committed to living in an Intentional Community. An opportunity thus is provided for individuals and families who are considering Intentional Community, to live in and experience community for a week, a month, a season. Bonds will be formed and a network will be created. Living together on a part-time basis will help to determine where, with whom, and how we want to live together before making a dramatic, life-altering decision to join an IC. In this fashion we will slowly but surely reach a critical mass of people and resources. This network will then begin the process of forming a permanent community in the place of our choosing. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: New York name: New York Kibbutz - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23154 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: a375c165-1c7c-4a1b-be17-4073dbd93c22 id: 22718 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.714269 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -74.005973 group: description: |-Mission: To provide Christians opportunity to live in Christ.
From www.ic.org/directory/theocratic-republic-state-of-the-sword-and-the-shield/:
This is a new micro-nation, at least for the moment, that it is a Christian country. We are forming a new country based on theocratic republic form of government run by President-Pastor-and King. The government leadership is hereditary in the family leadership voted approval by residents. All are direct vote system in politics. At this present time, we do not have any land or islands. We are presently working on raising funds to purchase tropical island or "no man's land" or Terra Nullius. The denomination is none. Just our own church we call, Church of the Trinity of God and our version of the Knights Templar for men and for the boys, Boy Scouts (not associated with BSA) that we believe true to the Scout's Law and Oath as well as the Knights Oath. We are quite opposite of United States's direction of politics today such as with what is happening with churches, pastors, bakeries, etc. We are very Conservative. To qualify, please notify me for further instruction on how to become citizen of TRSSS and requirements which is very detailed. Once secured location, then there will be establishment, new flag, submission to international community to recognize us, etc. Your involvement will be necessary in daily life in the community with your skills anywhere from farming and family up to government leaderships. Since this is tropical region, we will have resorts, Olympics quality sporting facilities, and farming (tropical food and seafood). We will have high tech although some things pretty basic as well. Prior purchasing, your involvement and citizenship application fees will greatly assist in the process but your own home is at your own expense. Homes will be based on our own design (President of TRSSS is a Designer and CAD Drafter). If room or additional lands, we can consider manufacturing, stores, dealers, etc just like in your hometown. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Liverpool name: Theocratic Republic State of the Sword and the Shield - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23158 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "84036" physical_country: United States oid: 4900379f-e30d-494d-933d-6335e25925fe id: 22722 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Utah mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Box 789 physical_address1: 80W 100N mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.667933 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -111.312427 group: description: "Mission: The Miracle of Forgiveness: Enlightenment is experience of What Is, the falling away of the concept of a separate self.
From www.ic.org/directory/living-miracles-worldwide/:
The Living Miracles Community began in 2009 in rural Utah, in the Strawberry River Canyon area. Today the community exists in Kamas and the Strawberry River Canyon, Utah, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chapala, Mexico.\n\n\ This group of devoted brothers and sisters live simple devotional lives, hosting retreats, events, and devotional stays and traveling where invited to share gatherings that inspire and bless all who seek peace of mind and enlightenment. They are often referred to as \"Messengers of Peace.\" Acknowledging that truth is in the Mind, they offer an invitation to engage in the uncovering of the beliefs that seem to obstruct the awareness of love\xE2\x80\x99s presence.\n\n\ They meet with those who desire to discern between the ego\xE2\x80\x99s thought system and the Holy Spirit\xE2\x80\x99s purpose of forgiveness. The purpose of the gatherings remains unchanged: learning the Spirit\xE2\x80\x99s purpose of forgiveness and awakening to Peace, Happiness, and Freedom.\n\n\ They serve as mighty companions for each other and recognize that awakening is not a casual endeavor, but one that demands a deliberate and uncompromising commitment. The depth of devotion and faith reflect their willingness to question all assumptions. Total transformation of the mind is approached with passion and devotion and a burning desire from within. This is their unified goal and purpose." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Kamas name: Living Miracles Worldwide - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23159 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "97119" physical_country: United States oid: e0ee1b84-4b0a-4a1e-a9c3-9fd5cb3be51f id: 22723 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oregon mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 38950 SW Laurelwood Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 45.4226388 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.0790597 group: description: "Mission: Ananda Laurelwood offers the opportunity to live in community with other inspired, like-minded people who share a foundation in universal spiritual principles.
From www.ic.org/directory/ananda-laurelwood/:
Since 1968, Ananda has been a pioneer in small, conscious communities. Beginning with Ananda Village, this pattern of life has spread around the globe, with Ananda communities in Europe and India as well as here in the US. Ananda Portland has had a community in town since 1993, and it serves as a sister to Ananda Center at Laurelwood. \n\n\ Building a small community is an art, born of experience, character development, time, commitment and joy. Using the resources at hand, an individual can have direct experience of every aspect of community life at Ananda Laurelwood while also developing the spiritual and character qualities which make for supportive leadership, creative management, dynamic involvement and a richly evolving community life. Situated in a beautiful pastoral valley, our surrounding farm, gardens, forest and wild-lands provide natural beauty, quiet, and a buffer from the conflicting vibrations of more urban environments. Yet when the world beckons, Portland is just a short drive away. \n\n\ Our 55-acre educational campus hosts a Meditation and Yoga Retreat center, a growing organic farm with wwoof opportunities and weekly public volunteer projects, a fully residential internship program, and certification programs in vegetarian cooking and conscious compassion-based eldercare. Our center is a place of learning and connection, inwardly with the Divine through the practice of meditation and yoga, and then expressed outwardly in our shared activities: vegetarian meals, meditations, service, classes, and recreation. Students in our residential Cities of Light and Karma Yoga internship programs have a private room with bathrooms just down the hall and three vegetarian meals are served each day. We believe in serving food filled with prana \xE2\x80\x93 or life energy. Thus we source organically grown and local ingredients as much as possible.\n\n\ You can begin your journey in conscious community living by participating in the residential Karma Yoga Internship Program for anywhere from 2 weeks to three months, which integrates spiritual practice, service, personal support, and study of the universal teachings of Self-realization. Visit our website at http://anandalaurelwood.org/spiritual-internships/ for more information. If at the end of your three-month internship, you\xE2\x80\x99re interested in participating in the long-term Cities of Light residential program, you can apply and interview for acceptance. Costs and fees will be assessed at the time of the interview. \n\n\ The long-term Cities of Light residential program is tailored to support those who seek to develop the understanding, the skills and the character that allow for the development of community wherever life might take them. Some members contribute their time in service to the center while others commute to nearby cities for work. \n\n\ On the 175 acres surrounding our campus we are developing an intentional community, what Paramhansa Yogananda called a World Brotherhood Colony, where all of life can be together in one place. We are striving to create a community where the values of simple living and high thinking can be put into practice as an alternative way to live that is more sustainable, and ultimately more fulfilling, where people can find what they truly seek: happiness." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Gaston name: Ananda Laurelwood - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23162 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "63549" physical_country: United States oid: d8486e57-39a5-454b-9b76-4499b50db08a id: 22726 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Missouri mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 31167 Ferrier Lane mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.0233687 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -92.4915779 group: description: "Mission: Following God's path. Care for the poor, sustainability, justice, nonviolence.
From www.ic.org/directory/white-rose-catholic-worker-farm/:
WRCW is committed to faith, hospitality to the homeless, education for social justice, peacemaking/nonviolence, sustainability, and gift economy. Started in 2009 in the Chicagoland area, the WRCW moved to Northeast Missouri in spring of 2014. We are part of a larger 160 acre community with our immediate neighbors the Possibility Alliance community and Peace & Permaculture Center. All three communities are dedicated to integral nonviolence (meaning to self, others, earth, institutions, etc.) including striving towards electricity & petroleum-free living, gift economy, communal living, simplicity, etc. We live a simple life on the farm (which we very much enjoy!). We have three buildings on the land: a medium-sized workshop that has 4 season housing on one side and storage on the other, a small 4 season one-room cabin, and a small 3 season cabin. Planning to build more natural buildings to expand our housing options. \n\n\ Life on the farm includes home-cooked meals, composting toilets, hosting those in need, growing vegetables, planting trees, continuing permaculture design, candle-making, chopping wood, hosting college groups, and much more! Off the farm, we are involved in a variety of social justice causes.\n\n\ There are plenty of additional opportunities on the 160 acres like classes on permaculture, wild edibles, primitive skills, nonviolent communication, canning/preserving vegetables, natural building, etc. Plenty of self entertainment is available on the 160 acres ... community plays, puppet shows, music jams, birthday parties, sports playing, weekly craft nights, etc. The 160 acres hosts over 1000 visitors a year ... so there are plenty of opportunities to meet people from all over the country and the world doing fascinating things.\n\n\ The nearest town is La Plata, which is 6 miles away and has a public library and an Amtrak station! So it is easy to get to by mass transportation. We have extra bikes available for use. Kirksville is 14 miles away and is a small college town. There is a good article about the WRCW if you search on the internet for \xE2\x80\x9CWhite Rose Catholic Worker Marquette Magazine\xE2\x80\x9D.\n\n\ The Catholic Worker movement is composed of over 200 communities worldwide of many different faiths (not just Catholic) that are committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and forsaken, and protest of injustice and violence of all forms. To learn more about the movement, the best book is probably \xE2\x80\x9CLoaves & Fishes\xE2\x80\x9D by Dorothy Day (co-founder).\n\n\ Other skills \xE2\x80\x93 One of our partners, the Possibility Alliance, is often working on a variety of interesting projects like straw bale house building, goat & cow milking, hand tool repair, bike maintenance, canning, spoon carving, fermenting foods, horse care, etc. There could be opportunities to volunteer with some of these projects on occasion." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: La Plata name: White Rose Catholic Worker Farm - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23166 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "48104" physical_country: United States oid: 94b67e56-e349-42a0-bd35-a174b9d28c02 id: 22730 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Michigan mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 1214 Packard St mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.261049 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -83.554689 group: description: "Mission: The Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom is a North American order founded in 1967 by Venerable Samu Sunim, a Korean Zen master. The Society promotes the non-dual gate of awakening in everyday life.
From www.ic.org/directory/zen-buddhist-temple-ann-arbor/:
We are a Zen Buddhist Temple that offers residency opportunities. Residency provides support, structure, stability, and community, which help to deepen one\xE2\x80\x99s understanding and experience of the spiritual in daily life. Our structure seeks to establish a viable and nurturing balance between zen training and one\xE2\x80\x99s obligations outside of residency to family, school, and work. In addition to the daily schedule, residents have access to teachers and are able to receive face-to-face formal teachings, and enjoy frequent informal contacts with them. In addition, the $600/month charge includes room, vegetarian meals, utilities, internet access, laundry facilities, and parking. We honor diversity." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Ann Arbor name: Zen Buddhist Temple - Ann Arbor - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23167 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 43c3c7e5-a4cf-4978-b872-0898341b368d id: 22731 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New Hampshire mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 43.14133 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -70.92294 group: description: |-Mission: Our vision is to create an ecologically sound, self-reliant community, combining the latest technological advances in bio-culture and energy efficiency.
From www.ic.org/directory/sunburst-2/:
Sunburst is a community whose ideology revolves around combining alternative-technology education with holistic living. We are an interconnected network of allied small groups of people living communally in New Hampshire, USA. We provide our essential needs for food, shelter, energy, healing, companionship and self-actualization by sustainable growing practices, by harvesting renewable energy for heat, electricity and mechanical work, by caring for animals, wild and domestic and by sharing life with each other. We commune with each other with shared meals, dances, optional spirit practices as well as regular meetings and shared work on the grounds. We generate value for ourselves, for each other and for our neighbors by selling extra food and plant medicine, education, forest products, alternative energy technology , natural healing and other business ventures. Our land {Each site} holds a group of private, personal homes, emphasizing small, energy efficient and simple buildings made from local materials, with centralized community space for dinners, music, dancing, lectures and movies. Natural healing is accomplished through the innate healing abilities of our bodies, assisted by practitioners of chiropractic, massage, meridian therapy, herbalism, reiki, counseling and yoga. For our purification, our community has facilities for bathing, swimming, hot water soaks, sauna and sweat lodges. Food production is from foraging, gardening, greenhouse hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaculuture, farming, permaculture and agroforestry. We intend our community to be an exemplary model of responsible living on planet earth, teaching others our culture, on site and on www. Visitors are encouraged to come and learn, for a few hours, a few days or a few weeks, with several options for exchange of value. Some of the interests and skills of current community members are solar and wind power, compost heating, filtered rainwater, natural-style parenting, greenhouse farming, homeschooling, music, and worker-owned cooperative businesses. The community plans to be self-supporting, providing jobs through intense aquaculture, hydroponics, beekeeping, internet business, recumbent-bicycle making, soap making and perfumes. Sunburst is a home for those who share high ideals and who know that tomorrow is built today. We are presently in the formative stages: We now own 140 acres (50 acres of farmland, 48 acres on a lake Lake Wentworth and 42 acres where we are building our home ), located close to each other . (We are joining another community with 42 acres on which to build our buildings and residential housing). We want our members to reside in "tiny homes" , members can bring their own or reside in ours. We are building the relationships and the organizational foundations of a community. We are planning on building a cluster of energy-efficient domes and developing a conference and education center which will demonstrate conservation of energy resources and sustainable agriculture. This coming spring (17) we are purchasing and constructing two large greenhouses, to house our tomato and vegetable crops. Also will be building/buying two "storage containers" where we will building a barn out of them. We welcome people who have "tiny homes and/or small homes on trailers" to join us at our community now. We are in the process of purchasing a community building where we will have meetings and group dinners. The community house will include a pro-type aquaculture system utilizing fish and vegetables. Also we plan to install a underground thermal storage tank for our compost heating system combined with our solar hot water and rocket stove's. This spring we will be putting up another greenhouse for our hydroponic gardens. In addition we will be building a "living pond" and constructing two sheds to house our rabbits and chickens. Like-minded persons who are ready to develop and explore themselves in a setting of openness and trust are invited to inquire about Sunburst, either as prospective members or as investors in a socially responsible alternative environment access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Durham name: Sunburst2 - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23174 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Ecuador oid: c1a4a47a-107c-4e3a-b9a4-60e0c3061b96 id: 22738 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Loja mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -4.3626331 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -79.1746054 group: description: |-Mission: Establish the Gospel Jesus Christ proclaimed while being as the living Creator of ALL on earth and live in righteousness side by side, man and His creation
From www.ic.org/directory/finca-sukkot/:
We bought this place in accordance to our vision to live a self-substainable plain life in a peaceful and clean environment. Our belief is a very simple one. We try to follow the teaching of Jesus Christ. He tells us about the righteousness in His Kingdom, which is not of this world (system) and this is what we desire. In all that we are doing, in all how we are acting, we try to stay righteous. May it be the work on the land or with the animals, righteousness is our benchmark. We are a simple family, live a plain but comfortable life. In order to maintain our expenses like fuel, taxes and so on, we sell part of our crops or products to others, who value pure food. Farming can be simple, if one considers all aspects of life. However, simple does not mean easy living. In fact, working the soil is hard work, but still it's part of life. We believe this part of the earth was created in perfection and destroyed only within a few decades due to inconsiderate farming methods. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Yangana name: Finca de los Hermanos (Jardin del Eden) - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23182 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "46440" physical_country: Mexico oid: ebaff37f-22f3-46b5-b4ff-501c85cbfad4 id: 22746 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Jalisco mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: "0campo #2" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 21.061614 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -104.049884 group: description: "Mission: We are a community that advances the integral development of the families of Hostotipaquillo, Jal, who are in vulnerable situations, by accompanying them in processes to improve their conditions of life by means of their active participation.
From www.ic.org/directory/casa-colibri-catholic-worker-a-c/:
Casa Colibri is part of the Catholic Worker movement started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. If you are unfamiliar with it, check out the national website to become familiar with the philosophy: \n\n\ www.catholicworker.org/communities/directory.html\n\n\ At Casa Colibri there are five areas that enrich the community experience:\n\n\ Children:\n\ Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have 40 kids, ranging from 4-17 years old. First there is an hour of class, and then we serve them a homemade meal. These days the work consists of preparing and cooking the food, teaching or playing with the kids, serving the food, and cleaning the house. \n\n\ Sustainability:\n\ Tuesdays and Thursdays consist of a variety of activities around the house, especially working in the garden where we have chickens, compost worms, medicinal herbs, and vegetables. Extra activities include the soap project in which the kids learn how to make soaps from herbs grown in our garden. \n\n\ Community Life:\n\ This is a big part of living at Casa Colibri. The house also has many other activities that we do within the community, such as group check-ins, meditations, and excursions to the pueblo and surrounding areas. Every Friday we have a \xE2\x80\x9Chappy hour\xE2\x80\x9D in which we do something fun as a community. \n\n\ Community development:\n\ We also work with the community of Hostotipaquillo by giving extra classes and workshops (depending on the number of volunteers and their skills) involving the families of the children as well. We also work to create a culture of art and creativity in the house and with the greater community of Hostotipaquillo.\n\n\ Spirituality:\n\ This includes a monthly Mass, when friends and the families come to the house to gather, as well as weekly group meditations and discussions. The house is open to people of all spiritualities. \n\n\ The day starts with breakfast at 7:30 am, and on average we work about 6-7 hours, including the mid-day meal. The evening time, after 5:00 pm is personal time. Saturday and Sundays are free, with the exception of the monthly community Mass or special events.\n\n\ Previous experience working with children, farming, and/or living in community is a plus. However these skills are not required, as long as you are open to learning, experiencing new things, and being challenged. Knowledge of basic Spanish is required.\n\n\ The house asks that you make a minimum 6-month commitment.\n\n\ In exchange for working with an open and generous heart, one will receive room and board. Extra personal expenses should be covered by the community member.\n\ In addition to community members we also have national and international short term volunteers.\n\n\ If you have further questions don\xC2\xB4t hesitate to contact us." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Hostotipaquillo name: Casa Colibri Catholic Worker A.C. - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23185 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 7326b9a2-5bf4-4409-a59d-cac69cc4aff1 id: 22749 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.187133 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.885359 group: description: |-Mission: We come together as multidimensional, compassionate sisters and brothers preparing for the security of the next generation with attention to healthy education, nutrition through organic gardening, spiritual practices, and taking care of one other. The time is now.
From www.ic.org/directory/expressive-arts-alliance/:
In canyon, on a ranch or in a forested area near Malibu Artist Community: fine arts, music, healing Spiritual & Educational Retreat Center Gardens yomes animals children and families 5-7 Yomes on land and/or tree houses Sister community to find horn, damanhur and Sirius Preparation for change times Off grid, solar Seeking investors access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Westlake Village name: Expressive Arts Alliance - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23188 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 02139 physical_country: United States oid: 1e5b8f1a-645a-4af6-a226-37014f025b49 id: 22752 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Massachusetts mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 199 Auburn Street mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.364756 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.103259 group: description:Mission: The Zen center provides daily morning and evening practice, monthly retreats, dharma talks and other opportunities for Zen training and sangha life in an urban setting. Please check our Programs link for details and schedules.
From www.ic.org/directory/cambridge-zen-center-a-member-of-the-kwan-um-school-of-zen/:
The Cambridge Zen Center was founded in 1973 by some of the earliest students of Zen Master Seung Sahn, the first Korean Zen master to teach in the west. It was established as a residential Zen practicing community and is still thriving with more than 35 residents in training and more than 120 practicing members in the greater Boston area. As one of the largest Buddhist outreach organizations in Massachusetts, and the second largest residential Zen training center in the U.S., CZC has a convenient location near Central Square between Harvard and MIT. We serve a diverse ethnic community and are frequently visited by students, academics, professionals and people from all walks of life, religions, professions and lifestyles. Outreach to ongoing Zen groups at various universities include Harvard University and Boston University, as well as teaching at public schools and ecumenical events with other spiritual traditions. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cambridge name: Cambridge Zen Center, a member of the Kwan Um School of Zen - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23189 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "14062" physical_country: United States oid: b8ff87d9-325b-4b88-a3aa-182aa7cac847 id: 22753 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 9225 pope hill rd. mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.402734 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -79.136555 group: description:Mission: family. to live by faith, in prayer and the reading of Elohiyms written word, the bible. enjoying fellowship. the ability to live apart from many unedifying inputs, instead living for Love. this includes doing things for rewards not monetary. it is resulting in much joy and victory over the normal crushing and demanding devil, so we humbly give thanks and glory to Yeshua our Lord, savior,creator,
From www.ic.org/directory/house-of-yacob/:
family. brothers and sisters in Yeshua/ Jesus Christ. farm living in hill country, cattle, sheep, to see pictures at this time go to facebook; Robert barnes, Forestville, ny. also please feel free to call us at 716 467 4175. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: forestville name: House of Yacob - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23192 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Canada oid: da06336e-096b-4e6b-bc56-f25baa0894aa id: 22756 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Quebec mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 00 rang St julie mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 45.739477 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -75.075403 group: description: |-Mission: Combining Eden and Acts for His glory
From www.ic.org/directory/la-bergerie/:
Looking to focus on spiritual growth through Jesus. Sharing our experiences of the Creator with each other. Finding and using our spiritual gifts in ways not often taught. Putting that all to use in a community focused on off-grid self-sustaining life in the mountains growing highly nutritious food and sharing the good news and the excess with are neighbours all around. French and English fluent. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: St Andre-Avellin name: La Bergerie - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23196 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: d9a8e6b8-bad6-4d83-af41-ca0432fb111a id: 22760 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Hawaii mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 20.24232 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -155.83323 group: description: |-Mission: (01) Sober = Accountable, Responsible, Transparent, (02) Organic = Honoring BioLogy, EcoLogy, (03) BaLancing = Basically Practicing EgaLitarian Principles, (04) Equity = ALL Innocent Living Beings Have EquaL Worth, EquaL Opportunities, (05) ReLationships = Main Emphasis is on QuaLity Of HeaLthy Happy ReLationships, not on quantity,,, Requiring WiLLing Participants To Investigate, VaLidate What Is True and what is not,,, what is Honoring Others and what is not, , ,
From www.ic.org/directory/organic-tribe-foundation-2/:
Sober, Organic, BaLancing, EquitabLe, ResponsibLe, access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Honolulu name: Organic Tribe Foundation - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23197 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 00280 physical_country: Canada oid: 6911e69a-2bd3-494a-a391-15774fac4bfb id: 22761 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: British Columbia, Canada mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 7770 Jaffray Baynes Lake Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 49.34548 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -115.28808 group: description: "Mission: Specifically, I.D.E.A.L. seeks to:\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Communicate a vision of humanity as one family,\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Foster moral, social and aesthetic values through educational programs, art, leisure and travel,\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Establish local, regional, national and international prenatal and perinatal educational programs, birth centers and youth centers,\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Initiate local, regional, national and international seminars, artistic, musical and cross-cultural activities,\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Develop a way of life that embraces the laws of nature and respects the earth as a living organism.
From www.ic.org/directory/ideal-society-institute-for-the-development-in-education-arts-and-leisure/:
I.D.E.A.L., the Institute for the Development of Education, Arts and Leisure is a not-for-profit Society under the provincial law of British Columbia, Canada.\n\n\ The I.D.E.A.L. community includes parents, teachers, artists, and other professionals who have been developing a new educational system for the past 25 years. The past 10 years have been dedicated to the practical application of this system.\n\n\ In May 2004, thanks to the social, humanitarian, ecological and cultural nature of the new educational system, I.D.E.A.L. was designated a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.\n\n\ In July 2005, I.D.E.A.L. was designated a Non-Governmental Organization associated with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations.\n\n\ The Institute envisions the creation of a self-sustainable Community where I.D.E.A.L.\xE2\x80\x99s new educational system can be implemented." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Jaffray name: IDEAL SOCIETY, Institute for the Development in Education, Arts and Leisure - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23201 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "27620" physical_country: Spain oid: 64f3df62-a80b-4db5-b2d2-90dd46bcd873 id: 22765 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Lugo mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Lugar O Couso mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.718768 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -7.306139 group: description: "Mission: Hacer de un mundo bueno, un mundo mejor
From www.ic.org/directory/proyecto-o-couso/:
Queremos crear una comunidad integral y abierta, de todos, donde se pongan en pr\xC3\xA1ctica los valores de la Nueva Cultura \xC3\x89tica. Llevamos tiempo trabajando sobre el apoyo mutuo y la cooperaci\xC3\xB3n y especialmente sobre los valores universales que ayudan a mejorar nuestro mundo. Todo ello bajo nuestro lema principal: \xE2\x80\x9Cdeja lo que puedas, coge lo que necesites\xE2\x80\x9D." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Samos name: Proyecto O Couso - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23206 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 8617afe3-6f21-4a53-806b-cc229a6908a2 id: 22770 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Colorado mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 38.859973 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -107.752349 group: description: "Mission: VISION & VALUES OF SHAARE SHAMAYIM FRUM FARM\n \n\ OUR VISION:\n \n\ To create and live in a rural farm community of Orthodox Jews, that, in spite of our varied backgrounds, fosters harmony with each other, the community at large; and to be good stewards of the land, as we actively live out our Torah values.\n \n\ OUR VALUES:\n \n\ Hashem & Torah first\n\ We strive to be Torah-true, living a life of Kiddush Hashem, to produce a tangible example of the beauty of Torah living.\n \n\ Stewardship & Responsibility\n\ We live gently on the Earth. We are thankful for Hashem's resources He has blessed us with, so we are conscious to take good care of them and use them efficiently. We take personal responsibility to be good stewards with all that we are blessed with. We will preserve the rural agricultural environment and appearance, maintaining open \xE2\x80\x9Cno build\xE2\x80\x9D spaces, and creating a permaculture that is eco-friendly to the rural natural habitat.\n \n\ Cooperation, Honesty & Integrity\n\ Through honesty, understanding, generosity, compassion and integrity, we live cooperatively with one another. When appropriate, we place the interests of the community ahead of our own self-interests, while also valuing our own self-worth.\n\ We recognize our interdependence with all life, and its source. To all that came before us, we offer our respect and remembrance. To all with whom we share this world, we seek mutual understanding and respect. To all who will come after us, we strive to leave a better world. Most of all, we strive to honor Hashem in all that we do.\n \n\ Commitment, Education & Participation\n\ Though we know that the path may be difficult at times, we are committed to our Vision for the long haul.\n\ We seek the exchange of knowledge, skills, and resources with each other and the larger community. We seek to pass this education on to our children, while providing them with a quality education, both secular and religious.\n\ Knowing that our community is fueled by the energy we give it, we all actively participate in community life and work. Each of us gives of his or her energy and skills according to the ability of each.\n \n\ Respect, Kindness & Support\n\ Our farm community supports friendship and an \xE2\x80\x9Cextended family\xE2\x80\x9D environment, thereby creating a sense of belonging for all. We support the growth of each other individually and the relationships amongst us. Each of us is willing to work on our own personal growth so that we can improve those relationships.\n\ We also respect personal privacy and each individual\xE2\x80\x99s choice as to their level of interconnectedness with other community members.\n\ We respect the freedom of each person to live as he/she chooses, so long as that does not interfere with others in the community or run contrary to our stated core Vision and Values.\n\ We value every member, including children, and treat them with kindness and respect.\n \n\ Safety & Balance\n\ In our community, we strive to create an environment of safety - emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually \xE2\x80\x93 where all feel welcomed, safe and at home.\n\ Each of us individually, as well as all of us as a community, takes responsibility for our actions, considering how our actions may affect others.\n\ We maintain balance in our community: between Shabbat and the everyday; between group and individual; between building for tomorrow and enjoyment of today; between working hard and having fun; etc., all while seeking to elevate the mundane to holier heights.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-frum-farm-shaare-shamayim/:
We are the \"Alternadox\" ;-) seeking to build an Othodox Jewish, but alternative-to-the-city, true, rural community, off-the-grid, with our own sources of power, water and kosher food supply.\n\ A planned community, an \xE2\x80\x9Ceco-village\xE2\x80\x9D, is to be built, with green state-of-the-art engineering, and including an organic aquaponic greenhouse, with unique, inventive characteristics. The community will exclusively use alternative power supplies (solar, wind), and will be a co-operative community.\n\ It will include on-site educational facilities, with active outreach toward assisting others in building their own similar projects.\n\ The community will be dedicated to kiruv, warmly welcoming Jews from all backgrounds, be they FFB, balei tshuva or convert; as well as being a safe place for women breaking free of situations of domestic violence. The community will be a place of peace, comfort, happiness and education, where a Jew is a Jew, treated with respect, as they learn to be community builders, and continue on to help others.\n\ We are not seeking to build a commune or a kibbutz, but our vision is more that of an old-fashioned farming community (yet with new-fashioned technology!), where each family has their own home and open space, but where community members help each other and participate as a co-op, for the benefit of all... a place where we can reap the benefits of a community, but have the freedom of the open country; and where we can truly live by the commandments with joy!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Hotchkiss name: The Frum Farm - Shaare Shamayim - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23207 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "91431" physical_country: United States oid: 288ccf1d-a2fa-4385-819e-1623ece3d420 id: 22771 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Colorado mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: P.O. Box 25 physical_address1: 34997 3500 Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 38.174301 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -108.42906 group: description: "Mission: Shiloh Springs EcoVillage seeks to exist as an offering of hope to the world and faith in our Creator that there are better ways to live and work with one another and the Earth than are now commonly practiced.
From www.ic.org/directory/shiloh-springs-ecovillage/:
Here at Shiloh Springs Ecovillage (Shiloh Springs), our primary goal is focused on quality of life, character development, and spiritual growth within the foundational principles of Messianic Judeo Christian faith with traditional Biblical ethics. We also have some beliefs in Mormonism, however we have no ties to any organized external churches. To that end, we stand apart as an anatomist community, and with that said, we are looking for a core group of initial founders to set the standard of common unity of faith in the Savior of the World, Yeshua, Ha Mashiach. \n\n\ We have many goals toward sustainability, on-site electrical power generation, renewable clean-burning fuels, power economy, and eventually power independence, more sustainable agriculture, more effective heating systems and technology, more earth-friendly recycling and waste disposal systems. These things take time, work, and collective minds and energy to bring to fruition. It takes people with sincere desire and strong work ethic to courageously try new things, refine old but proven practices, and to develop and implement new ideas. We believe it takes the synergy of a community of willing people who can think outside of the box and work in this living experiment in social evolution to help find better ways, hopefully becoming a part in a this new human renaissance. We also embrace the wisdom that there is some degree of security in knowing how to live and survive outside of far-removed infrastructures and unstable economies. This kind of sustainability is also the goal of Shiloh Springs EcoVillage. \n\n\ At Shiloh Springs we understand that personal and spiritual paths are very individual matters yet we are all part of one another\xE2\x80\x99s paths and experiences. People who gather here should believe that personal and spiritual growth and development are deeply important to every individual. For it is not enough to feed the body, we must also feed the mind and the soul. It is the goal of Shiloh Springs EcoVillage that we encourage each other in this growth. Only in this way can we ever come to understand how to live and work peacefully and effectively with one another, how to solve problems and resolve conflict, and how to become that change we wish to see happen in this world. Therefore we will meet together for practical purposes such as work projects, conflict resolution, and EcoVillage planning and business, for these things are necessary. But we also will encourage the planning of recreation, fellowship, charitable projects, celebrations, and social activities. After all, we are neighbors and brothers/sisters of the Messiah's Gospel. Love and trust come of both working and playing together.\n\n\ What we cannot offer at Shiloh Springs EcoVillage is a place to hide, from your brethren, yourself, or from the world. If you have criminal problems or a criminal record, social problems such as hostility, violence, addiction, or sexual predation or deviances from Biblical standards, these are not problems that can be resolved nor can they be condoned here. Shiloh Springs EcoVillage has a process for the consideration and admittance, as well as the removal or resignation of members and residents. When considering someone for membership, Shiloh Springs will require a completed written questionnaire we provide and a criminal/sex offender background check for the sake of the security and peace of mind of the entire community. As one of our primary industries is the growth and preparation of food for sale at the local Farmers Markets, member must be able to obtain a Food Handlers License. Having an infectious and or contagious disease many disqualify you from being able to join or live in the community. \n\n\ In 2007, after years and years of searching and praying regarding buying land, be were directed to this place here in Colorado. We purchased 70 acres in the county of Montrose, at the edge of the unincorporated town of Redvale. The land at Shiloh Springs EcoVillage is located on the rim of the canyon of Naturita Creek, which crosses the edge of the property some 500 hundred feet below. We are currently in the middle of construction of the community irrigation system. The plans for a micro-hydro plant are currently in development. We would like to build a common house for community gathering and to house facilities that would assist residents and be temporary housing for persons (such as student interns), with laundry and bathroom facilities. We also are looking to eventually integrate aquaponics into the greenhouses, and get a working permiculture-based system going regarding the gardens. This year we have introduction bee hives, vermi-culture (worm farming), and hops to the community. \n\n\ The land does hold a mortgage. It is not the intention of Shiloh Springs EcoVillage to give private ownership deeds to entering members or to break up the ownership of the land, but we do intend to place the land into a situation such as a trust, down the road when the mortgage has been satisfied. \n\n\ Shiloh Springs EcoVillage will offer short-term and, after a provisional period and member consideration, longer-term lot leases to residents. All members are required to work for the Farm Co-op, as a condition to retaining a lease to live within the community. Our desires are to have an ever-increasing emphasis on internal economy, through non-monetary forms of exchange such as barter, reduced or exchanged housing costs when possible, or paper-accounted trades between stewardships. Starting our own thrift store, herb shop, dry goods hardware, community cow and garden, and other home-craft enterprise is foundational to our success and will be highly encouraged. \n\n\ Our intention at Shiloh Springs EcoVillage is to move toward living off the grid, on renewable energy sources, producing fewer greenhouse gases, and living environmentally friendly in more unity with the land. We will seek to build using alternative techniques such as straw bale, hemp concrete bermed earth structures, attached south facing greenhouses, passive radiant heating systems, and passive cooling systems when possible. We encourage the development of additional types of cohousing and cooperatives within the community. We would also like to encourage implementing the use of vehicles owned jointly by the community itself, eventually ones electric powered, or ethanol and bio-diesel powered. We are dedicated to developing the ability of growing most of the foods we consume ourselves or to barter for them first, before outside food is purchased.\n\n\ We strive to be good stewards of our land, with much of our acreage reserved for limited agriculture, with vineyards and orchards, the pastures and common garden spot. In the river bottoms we will attempt to reintroduce native blackberry plants and medicinal herbs to help revitalize our region's bio-diversity, as well as add to our pasture land. Additionally, we have cut out lots of the dead juniper and winter-kill from our forest and would like to consider the planting of a food forest among the trees. We wish to restock the fish pond on the land as another sustainable community food source. \n\n\ Outreach and education is an integral part of our mission, rather than isolating ourselves completely from the mainstream society or others with similar beliefs, we promote Shiloh Springs EcoVillage as a viable alternative to the disconnected rat race that popular society has embraced. Shiloh Springs EcoVillage will have an Altruistic Society for community charitable and outreach projects such as a Gleening Society, local Food Bank projects, and participating in other similar activities. We encourage all members to volunteer their time as they can as these opportunities in brotherhood, service, and good will arise. We enjoy sharing all that G_d has so mercifully and amply blessed us with, with willing hands and hearts. \n\n\ If you are interested in Shiloh Springs, please email us and arrange to visit. We also have conditional memberships available for those who would like to come and live with us on a temporary basis, to see if this lifestyle is for them. And though we are not actively seeking new members to share our Community with, we are looking for those core members to actually establish our community with. We acknowledge that this path is not for everyone, our paths may take many twists and turns, and not everyone is destined to put in the effort needed to live this particular lifestyle, but for those drawn to such a lifestyle, please reach out and lets visit." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Redvale name: Shiloh Springs EcoVillage - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23208 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "55080" physical_country: United States oid: 1889e5b9-1dad-4bb4-96fe-5171060a9f2d id: 22772 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Minnesota mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 1680 373rd Avenue NE mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 45.6410468 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -93.2273102 group: description: "Mission: VISION - ARC envisions a transformed world in which all people embrace and cultivate the spiritual nature of life \xE2\x80\xA6 living in healthy, loving relationships with themselves, each other, and the earth.\n\n\ MISSION STATEMENT - A community holding sacred space, inviting people to experience the spiritual nature of life through action, reflection, and celebration.
From www.ic.org/directory/arc-retreat-community-an-ecumenical-center/:
ARC (action, reflection, celebration) is an inter-spiritual retreat center operated by a resident intentional community serving individuals and groups seeking time apart, rest and spiritual renewal.\xC2\xA0ARC is nestled on 90 acres of pristine wetlands and majestic white pine forest an hour north of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.\xC2\xA0\n\n\ ARC's intentional community members offer radical hospitality and hold the sacred space for guests to reflect, renew and heal. Nourish your mind, body and soul with community connections,\xC2\xA0homemade vegetarian meals and deep conversations with guests. We work hard and join together for the common purpose of serving guests and growing spiritually on our individual paths.\xC2\xA0\n\n\ ARC has a 40 year old log lodge where community members and guests stay in separate wings of the building. We also have a hermitage and a log cottage for guests. Community members are welcome to use the spaces when they are unoccupied.\xC2\xA0\n\n\ The four to nine persons living in intentional community commit to a practice of daily silent meditation, community relationships, personal growth work and managing all elements of the retreat center, as the primary way of living; all community members are volunteers, receive room and board, and a monthly stipend. Our food is cooked from scratch and primarily vegetarian." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Stanchfield name: ARC Retreat Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23212 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 61842a1c-12f7-4328-bc78-ec6d4b1918de id: 22776 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Georgia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 32.88914 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -82.466644 group: description: |-Mission: Separating for a society and system that is oppressive and built on pitting us against each other. Black vs white, Gay vs Straight, Muslim vs Christian, etc. We are a community coming together as humans to unite and build a better tomorrow.
From www.ic.org/directory/alkebulan-community/:
Welcome! Alkebulan Community is a group of African-centered families living and working in Middle Georgia. We are focused on black empowerment, ownership, and restoring our people to our rightful place in the world. We exist to show our people throughout this country and abroad, that we can create a thriving space for us and by us. We live on land that is owned by black people, we grow our own food, create our own enterprises, and live in harmony with each other. We are what the future of our people looks like, and we exist to be a model for communities all around the globe. We also welcome people of all racial backgrounds who are tired of living in a system that was designed to put one race above the other. Our mission is to live in harmony and to fight a common enemy together. We will not turn away someone because of the color of their skin. If we did that we would be no better than the people and system we want to separate from. It doesn't matter what your racial background is, if you feel the same way as us then you are welcome. We our an African-centered community and most of our events and education will be centered on teaching and reconnecting our people who have lost their identity due to centuries of slavery and oppression in this country. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Bartow name: Alkebulan Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23213 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "32962" physical_country: United States oid: 550af640-fb35-44f8-af7a-4c12edc19cda id: 22777 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Florida mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 121 Old Dixie Hwy S.W. mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 27.601018 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -80.385991 group: description: "Mission: To create a community that works for all, while protecting and prospering our planet, being a shining example for the world to teach/ duplicate this sustainable lifestyle.
From www.ic.org/directory/taraeden-ecovillage/:
Hello, everyone!! \n\ So happy to finally get a public posting of our dream community!\n\ First off, let me introduce myself, I AM Niki Lane, Director and Visionary behind this huge endeavor.\n\ Yes, I believe I have lost my mind while at the same time being more sane than i have ever been! LOL. In the words of MLK, I HAVE A DREAM! And I intend with everything i am to get this ball rolling; someway, somehow it WILL happen! We are in what I would call the zygote state; we are not even in the embryonic state yet! In fact, It is kinda like the morning after conception! \n\ So if you are looking for a place that is up and running, a \"turn key\" step into perfection kind of situation well this is not it, keep moving. This is dirty, messy and so ground floor as to be almost subterranean! \n We are seeking the most intrepid, energetic and gregarious type of individuals to come be founding pioneer FAMILY members. We need souls that desire to have an intricately involved commitment to a project, who have visions of a more perfect world and who desire with a fire in their bellies to be a strong contributing factor in the creation of something truly GREAT and wholly INSPIRING, with the tenacity to see it thru to the end! (Plus any and all who want to come for a bit and share in the excitement and add their energetic footprint to a worthy cause!)\n\ If you are like me you have seen the dismal state that our beautiful mother Gaia has found herself in because of mankind's greed, unawareness and shortsightedness, and you see that if WE as a species ever want to manage to survive on this AMAZING planet, you see that MAJOR CHANGES MUST occur,,, and SOON!\n\ Now also you must realise that IF we are to ever get the majority of humans on board with the eco-balanced, sustainable and soul-fulfilling lifestyle that will facilitate the continuing survival of our species then you know that we are going to HAVE to take the eco lifestyle to a higher, more sexy and ATTRACTIVE level. This means moving it to a place that the MAINSTREAM population can view it as a truly VIABLE, ACCEPTABLE and DESIRABLE way of life. \n\ We simply must move our sustainability from the hippy, wonky, and primitive poop-in-a-bucket far left to a more moderate , clean and orderly way of things.\n Think about it, how can we shift all the great things being done in this emerging field into a cohesive, technically advanced, unifying, cyclical, waste-free, planet-protecting, soul-soaringly fulfilling, self-balancing, UNSTOPPABLE revolution? Well, SOMEONE has got to PUT IT all TOGETHER into a VISION that gives life to that possibility!!\n\n\ So to that end we have a CONCEPTUAL VISION description that paints a picture of what we are ultimately aiming for. This is a living document that grows and changes as we do. AGAIN, this is THE VISION, written in the present tense as if it already exists and is intended to SPEAK it into BEING!\n (Please be aware that this IS NOT what we have at the moment, it is what we are seeking to grow into! )\n\ If after reading it you desire to grow WITH US, then PLEASE contact us for further exploration of your involvement!\n\n\ TARAEDEN ECOVILLAGE\n CONCEPTUAL VISION\n\n What We Intend To Create\n\n\ TARAEDEN is an intentional Eco Village of nearly 2000 acres of tropical paradise and lush beauty, located just outside of Vero Beach, FL. With 80 (+/-) fulltime and part time residents and an additional 100 (+/-) that are non-residential members. \n\ Who, together with local Businesses and Organizations are ALL working in HARMONY with nature and Mother Earth to provide a meaningful and fulfilled life in a close-knit and warm, family-like community. While providing and creating a wide array of handcrafted goods and services that \xE2\x80\x9CDo No Harm\xE2\x80\x9D to the earth or its inhabitants. Our focus is on building a world that works for everyone \xE2\x80\x94 Humans, animals and the planet!\n We are an off-grid, sustainable, mostly self-reliant, Permaculture, farming, natural building and Eco -Education community focused on building strong community and a robust internal economy.\n\ We are Home to the Nutrairian and Clean foods movement of the Treasure Coast, a member of Transition Towns of the USA and originator of the Eco-Vero initiative that turned a sleepy coastal town into a world renowned Eco example and Eco Tourist destination.\n\ Included are a Spiritual and Retreat Center, A Boy Scout and Native American experience with Camping, Hiking/ kayaking/Equestrian Tours of the adjoining Blue Cypress nature preserve and lakes, Where we also give Wild Edible tours and outdoor survival training.\n We feature a Green Weddings venue and guests accommodations in quaint Cob and earth-bag cottages, and host large and small Special events for private parties or nonprofit fundraisers, We have a Nutritional and Culinary educational center teaching Nutrarian, Raw, Clean and Vegan cooking.\n\ There is an in-town, Vero Beach Visitor center and Cooperative retail store with a live Aquaponic you-pick vegetable stand farmers market and a caf\xC3\xA9 featuring our crops, food stuffs and talented chefs in training. You can have a glass of our homemade Mead, Grog or Beer in the night club or stroll thru the Artist gallery and studios of our artisans creating works in blown Glass, Iron Forged items, Jewelry, Drawing/Painting, Basket/rug weaving, and Clay pottery to name just a few. All housed in the historic downtown Diesel Power plant building. Our alternative fuel Tour bus service out to the TaraEden property runs from here, 6 am to midnight daily.\n\ Our residents and members provide a full range of teaching workshops, retreats, and educational programs.\n From organic gardening & farming, to Aquaponic gardening & farming, permaculture design and certification, And a natural building school teaching Cob, Strawbale and Earth-bag construction techniques, The Spiritual center gives a full range of Evolvement and Self Realization classes and the ever so appreciated Retreats. Many of the businesses that operate from TaraEden's grounds are exceptionally good teachers of their crafts and we all benefit from the expertise they share through our Teaching programs.\n\n\ Here you will find a beneficial plants and wild edibles nursery, A mushroom farm, A world class Honey Apiary, numerous hand-crafted Artisan edibles including raw honey, grass-fed goat cheeses, aromatic breads, crackers, kale and root chips, sprouts, wheatgrass and juices, fermented foods and drinks, jams, jellies and preserves among others.\n There is an Artists co-op and a \xE2\x80\x9CReborn\xE2\x80\x9D shop that creates wonderful things from found, discarded and repurposed items, and our very own Multi-media production facility producing films, documentaries, photos, audio recordings and Music.\n There is a library and video archives with weekly movie nights, Early morning Yoga, Pilates, Meditation, Reiki, massage, movement and dance classes, Infrared sauna, game room with ping pong, pool, darts and Air hockey are located in the multi-purpose Founders hall.\n Our amazing innovative child-centered alternative school that uses the latest in advanced education and critical thinking is the pride of every parent. We are pioneering a generation of advanced souls to continue our goal of a sustainable and fair planet. \n\ The TaraEden grounds are permaculture with food-bearing, useful or medicinal plants, flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. And the cohabiting wildlife are plentiful and wondrous to observe, With majestic oak trees standing as Grandfathers of the land. There are decorative benches, arches, fountains and secluded meditation spots everywhere. \n\ Water is an ever-present element, and the \xE2\x80\x98ole swimming hole? Well it gets a LOT of use and, if you can find our \xE2\x80\x9CFairy circle\xE2\x80\x9D of mushroom chairs you can count yourself as officially blessed. \n\ A walkabout will remind you of why this place is named \xE2\x80\x9CTaraEden\xE2\x80\x9D, Tara= earth and Eden=paradise. \n\ Town center is referred to as the \xE2\x80\x9CHeart\xE2\x80\x9D of town and is literally a heart-shaped promenade with plenty of space for the weekly farmers markets, events and community gatherings. A place to go for an evening stroll; you can stop in for a frozen yogurt or cup of tea with friends. This is where the music happens, besides the scheduled talent who are invited to play here, you never know when an impromptu jam session, solo guitarist, flutist or breakout karaoke might erupt for your listening or participation pleasure.\n The certified Community Kitchen, Culinary school, Dining and lecture halls are all located here in the Heart of town, surrounded by an old-world-style market place with products and services that warm the heart and feed the soul because the vendors are all family. The Artists, performers, creative Writers, speakers and teachers congregate here to the delight of the entire community and our visitors from across the globe.\n\ The affordable housing consists of single family, co-housing, apartments, dorms and even some assisted living, with the larger lots and acreages featuring combo Agribusiness/homes. The natural building techniques and reused building materials utilized here makes mortgage-free living a real possibility for all. \n\ There is a place for YOU. The seven unique neighborhoods vary from a home-based business lane, to a kid-friendly family circle drive that surrounds our beloved Grandparents row, a senior-living complex and its RC boat pond and Butterfly gardens with the mentoring cabana where old and young gather to learn and share crafts, teach sewing, model building and crafting. And for those not yet ready for the rocking chair, the active adult enclave offers a kid-free street with plenty of socializing. There is even a Clothing-optional area for the Naturalist in you to live and play!\n\ We have an Artist Alley full of amazingly talented folks and the Hobbit hollow is a collection of tiny homes each with large characters that include rentals and builder models.\n\ Not to be forgotten, the \xE2\x80\x9CBack 40\xE2\x80\x9D is the heart of the food movement, being home to our wonderful farmers and livestock ranchers. Some of the things raised and grown here are, Grass-fed Cattle, Sheep, and Goats, free- range Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks and Game hens. Our pastures are crop/animal rotated and with our Poly cropping you will find Gardens full of every kind of food imaginable, too numerous to count! There are fields of beautiful, amazingly useful Bamboo, Hemp, and organic Cotton. We maintain community gardening and composting programs on site and within the nearby towns of Fellsmere and Vero Beach.\n\ TaraEden began with a Local Exchange Trading System known as \xE2\x80\x9CLetsus\xE2\x80\x9D that uses \xE2\x80\x9CLeaves\xE2\x80\x9D as virtual Crypto currency that Keeps our money local, while building community and promoting a healthy foods/Eco lifestyle. We are a Sharing economy, as such there is a Share house full of useful items to borrow and return, keeping consumerism down and avoiding a disposable mentality. The goal is to move toward more desirable Ubuntu movement. \n We encourage entrepreneurship, philanthropy and cooperatives. There are inventors, Bio technologists and researchers here, working to expand the capacity to live in harmony with the planet. We feature an in-house Makerspace where small startups can join and share in the small green manufacturing facility and a small business Incubator venture that facilitates economic development in fields that benefit the whole community.\n TaraEden is dedicated to demonstrating that we CAN live a vibrant healthy and fulfilled life without harm and to teach and spread that awareness far and wide! \n This is a place where civic leaders, urban planners and community builders can come to learn how to recreate the Ecological systems we are perfecting. Like our symbiotic and cyclical Bio gas/ Alcohol fuel production and waste management systems utilizing Fodder Beets and Cat tails for the onsite treatment facility that provides clean renewable energy. Plus our solar, wind, Mini Hydro and geothermal power sourcings are leading the way to not only impact-free utilities but to actual carbon-negative results. \n\ Tara Eden is a huge believer in the Human Potential; as such we provide our local community and outreach programs many cooperative efforts to assist people in need and teach them how to be more self-supporting. Thereby allowing them to realize their full potential, and where that can take us as a species. \n\ Our education center regularly hosts TED-like quality speakers and lectures on a plethora of topics such as Science, Nature , emerging technologies, Ecology, Life sciences, mind-body realizations, human interactions and world views, just to name a few. \n\ We have scores of community events, celebrations and host several popular festivals including our main fundraiser, The TaraEden goddess ball. Where teams of designers and wannabe designers try their hand at creating a whimsical real live characters dressed head to foot in regalia made entirely of plant matter and recyclable or reusable items, destined for the landfill. Then a panel of guest judges award prizes and a silent auction is held. Guests are encouraged to express themselves through similar costuming, the food is legendary, the Eco D\xC3\xA9cor divine. It truly is the highlight of the year! \n\ At TaraEden, we each do our part and with the many hands helping, we accomplish so much! The whole communities is involved and has a part in the day-to-day functioning by way of Modified Consensus governance, which bases all decisions from LOVE not fear. We teach cooperative effort, self-governance, non-violent communication and creative solutions. You will serve on committees and sit on councils, Voice your ideas and desires, vote on programs and adoptions of systems or agendas. You may choose to float in and out of the various areas of operation or as interns in one of the businesses or stay in a favored position within the community. What is certain is that you WILL become the greatest version of the grandest vision you have ever had about yourself!\n Your membership is so much more than a place to live and work, it is a way of life that sustains and fulfills beyond your wildest dreams. Here you will find that connectedness and peaceful co-existence that so many are lacking in today\xE2\x80\x99s society, we help and encourage, teach and share, we grow and prosper TOGETHER as a human family. We are a FAMILY that CARES for each other and the World as a whole. Nothing would make us happier than to see your smiling face in our community, please come see for yourself soon!\n\ We believe WE must improve as humans, as a community, as a town, and as Nation. So that ultimately, the WORLD will live as ONE, in harmony and cooperatively WITH the planet, and even eventually,,,,,, the UNIVERSE! Well,, we can dream can\xE2\x80\x99t we?" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Vero Beach name: TaraEden EcoVillage - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23215 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: 05842 physical_country: United States oid: 63f6b4f0-4c66-4b28-945e-e6b6f5c6a784 id: 22779 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Vermont mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Stannard mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.5489422 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -72.2648257 group: description: "Mission: For people who are disillusioned with the world, have set themselves on a path to wellness, and are looking for meaningful work, a simple home-based lifestyle, and daily support from a small, conscious community to become more present.
From www.ic.org/directory/sky-meadow-retreat/:
Seeking Co-managers for Holistic Eco-Retreat Center, Organic Farm, and Conscious Community in Vermont \n\ Sky Meadow Retreat, a unique sole-proprietor business in Vermont\xE2\x80\x99s Northeast Kingdom, is looking for several qualified people to manage the retreat and/or organic farm. You must have experience growing large gardens and permaculture crops for year-round self-sufficiency in a cold climate and/or managing a holistic residential retreat center focused on wellness and personal growth, including digital marketing and outreach. \n\ The retreat hosts small groups of 10-16 people for retreats of 2 days to 2 weeks, as well as individual and couple's solos focused on personal growth, wellness, and spirituality. It is located on 120 acres secluded at the end of a road in the small town of Stannard, Vermont on a 150 year old homestead, and has been operating since 1999. The primary building is a large newly renovated barn, and the land surrounding it has been gently landscaped to include swimming ponds, open fields, wooded trails, and a hilltop with expansive views of the Green Mountains. \n\ In addition to the retreat, Sky Meadow is a working organic homestead growing much of the food for residents and guests, cutting wood for heat and building materials, and maintaining the buildings and land with primary concern for the integrity of nature and health of the environment. We are a truly holistic retreat center in that we source many of our needs from this land using our own labor, keeping us connected to the earth and part of our environment. We believe that connecting with the land in this way is an integral part of healing for ourselves and others.\n\ The retreat is currently managed by a single founder/owner/resident with the help of interns who stay anywhere from several months to several years. We are looking for skilled and experienced people with long-term interest in forming a conscious community supportive of each other\xE2\x80\x99s personal and spiritual growth. It is an ideal situation for someone who is looking for a home-based lifestyle integrated with nature, and a conscious residential community in a beautiful quiet setting. \n\ You should have some experience with small business, retreat centers, hosting guests and managing interns, as well as rural community living and organic homesteading. Above all you should be dedicated to your own personal growth and awakening, seeking intensive support in the form of intentional community, and passionate about serving the spiritual advancement of humanity. You will be working closely in collaboration with the founder to understand the current vision and systems and how they all work together. \n\ Compensation for managers includes housing in a beautiful, fully equipped and self-contained private apartment or cabin, access to staple vegetarian foods including all produce grown on the homestead, all utilities including hi-speed internet and phone, and a starting salary of $500/month, or your share of the net proceeds at the end of the year, whichever is greater. In coordination with the daily work required to maintain the retreat and farm, managers will be able to utilize the retreat facilities to lead group retreats and/or offer healing services such as massage or counseling.\n\ This is a lifestyle fully supportive of your personal and spiritual development where there is space, time, and encouragement for self-nurturing and the intention is to use every interaction as an opportunity to become more present and conscious. You will be living and working as part of a small conscious community in a stunning natural setting that offers tranquility and seclusion plus meaningful connections with people and nature. The work is varied, challenging, and fulfilling as it contributes to the well-being of humanity and all of life. \n\ The Details\n\ Becoming a manager of Sky Meadow Retreat is a full-time occupation requiring you to live and work here. We expect you to make this your primary life focus and fully dedicate yourself to this home-based, homesteading lifestyle. If you have needs which require you to go out or be away more than several times a week, this is not for you. \n\ Being here is a commitment to a different kind of lifestyle, one that is more whole and integrated, where you work where you live and provide for your own needs as much as possible from the land around you. To maintain the stillness and integrity of this sanctuary, we ask that you limit your car trips in and out, reduce your internet and phone use, be mindful of your resource use and trash generated, and simplify your life. If you have debts or financial obligations beyond taking care of your personal day to day needs, this situation will likely not work for you. \n\ This works best for people who's needs are simple, who enjoy being quiet in nature, are looking for a small intimate community of friends on a similar spiritual path, and want to settle in to a long term sustainable living situation that uses less resources and requires less money. You will most likely have to change your habits of consumption and simplify your life, exchanging meaningful work and the support of an intimate community for all the variety of entertainment, comforts, and stimulation that many of us have grown accustomed to in our society. \n\ Here we achieve security by developing presence and learning to let go of the myriad fears generated by an untamed mind. You will be encouraged to find stability within yourself, in your relationship with your inner source, instead of the accumulation or over-use of resources. Here our entertainment and nourishment comes from working and being with each other in present time, being in nature, and hosting guests who come for healing. \n\ We structure our weeks with 5 working/community days and two personal/free days, allowing flexibility for circumstances such as longer retreats or homesteading/gardening tasks that require attention outside of these hours. It is important that all residents and interns structure non-working down time here for personal well-being and maintenance of a relaxed and productive lifestyle. At the same time, as a manager of a business, you should expect to put in extra hours as needed.\n\ The homestead has its own yearly rhythm of work which is most intensified from April \xE2\x80\x93 November when we don't have snow on the ground. The retreat is shut down December \xE2\x80\x93 March, and our busy season tends to be May \xE2\x80\x93 October. The winter months offer more relaxed days focused on indoor projects such as building maintenance and office work, including marketing and retreat planning. This is also a time when long-term residents and managers can arrange longer time away for travel or teaching.\n\ The process of becoming a manager begins with a Conscious Living Internship for at least a month. This initial phase is intended to allow you time to become familiar with Sky Meadow, the way things work now, and the skills which form the foundation for the community, including Insight Meditation and Conscious Communication. No money is exchanged during this period: you do not pay us to be here, and we do not pay you for your help. This is an initial trial period, which may last several months, in order to discover if we are compatible and can work and live together with each of us getting our needs met.\n\ There is a high degree of structure here compared to some other communities or centers. On working days, we meditate together in silence from 7:00 \xE2\x80\x93 7:30, check-in at 9:00 to set up the day, eat lunch together at noon, and have focused work periods from 9-12 and 2-5. There is an optional evening mediation from 5-5:30 and we are on our own for breakfasts and dinners. On personal days you are free to structure your time as you choose. \n\ Interns commit to work at least 30 hours/week for the retreat and homestead, doing a variety of tasks, many of which require physical labor outdoors. The work is always varied and can be challenging in ways that build your strength without depleting or injuring yourself. The rest of your time here can be devoted to your personal business such as teaching or healing work, or your personal growth and spiritual nourishment. We meet as a community one evening a week for a longer personal and confidential check-in, taking care of day to day business, and long-term planning, including scheduling time away or use of the facilities for your own retreat or healing work. \n\ As a community devoted to personal growth and consciousness we meet at another time each week to focus on Meditation and Conscious Communication. This is an opportunity to get feedback and direction for your practice of meditation and learn and practice the skills of Conscious Communication. We have found that both of these are essential for a healthy and vibrant conscious community, and focusing on them together once a week keeps them fresh and alive, enabling us to better utilize them in daily life.\n\ We ask that you take the time to learn these skills and practice them at Sky Meadow, in addition to any other personal practices you already have. This allows us to share a foundation of tools that enable presence and interrupt the habit of thought that tends to consume and distract us. \n\ To be a candidate for manager you must already have some proficiency in interpersonal communication, silent sitting meditation, self-awareness, and ability to surrender personal preferences and ideologies. You must be self-motivated, able to assume full responsibility for several \xE2\x80\x9Cdepartments\xE2\x80\x9D or areas of work at Sky Meadow, be accountable, self-disciplined, efficient, and able to see the big picture while also tending to small details. You will need to be comfortable working in close collaboration and under the supervision of Miles, the retreat founder, to understand the systems and procedures developed here for the past 30 years, before making changes.\n\ You must be able to focus, be present, and learn new skills quickly and efficiently. You will put in a minimum of 40 hours of work per week, and often more, doing what needs to be done while at the same time taking care of your basic needs. You will be eligible for a share of the income from Sky Meadow and may negotiate a monthly stipend until that income is available. You will also be eligible for one of the larger living spaces such as the Pond House cabin more suited for long-term residency. Managers with long term interests and potential will also have the opportunity to become partners in the retreat center business.\n\ You can learn more about Sky Meadow Retreat and the founder, Miles, at www.skymeadowretreat.com" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Greensboro Bend name: Sky Meadow Retreat - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23220 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: AB12 5YL physical_country: United Kingdom oid: ffd99045-2672-42cd-ab9f-6007e74113b2 id: 22784 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: SCOTLAND mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: BANCHORY-DEVENICK mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 57.115024 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -2.14111 group: description:Mission: as above
From www.ic.org/directory/beannachar-camphill-community-aberdeen/:
An integrated therapeutic community living and working with young adults with learning disabilities access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: ABERDEEN name: BEANNACHAR CAMPHILL COMMUNITY-Aberdeen - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23222 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: V9L 6S9 physical_country: Canada oid: 2ca35730-20d6-4cb8-8bc9-37c7dff10158 id: 22786 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: British Columbia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 4766 Waters Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 48.743653 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.766818 group: description: "Mission: It is our endeavour to create an environment in which those who are in need of special care, and those who provide it, can relate to each other as companions, rather than as professionals and clients. Thus we make room for creativity and personal fulfilment in the context of each individual\xE2\x80\x99s privacy and spiritual freedom. In the way we live together, in the way we care for the land and in the things we make, we intend to uphold the ideals of Camphill, in which each contributes what he or she is able to, and receives in turn what he or she needs.
From www.ic.org/directory/glenora-farm/:
Glenora Farm is owned and operated by the Ita Wegman Association of British Columbia for Curative Education and Social Therapy, a non-profit organization and a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency. We are one of two Camphill communities in Western Canada and a member of the Camphill Association of North America." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Duncan name: Glenora Farm - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23224 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: L0M 1B1 physical_country: Canada oid: 816da81e-0bd1-4a55-90d8-e0d3804ac369 id: 22788 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Ontario mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 7841 4th Line mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.290218 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -79.854911 group: description: "Mission: Camphill\xE2\x80\x99s mission is to enrich society by creating meaningful opportunities to live, learn, and work together.
From www.ic.org/directory/camphill-communities-ontario/:
We are a not-for-profit organization that provides support services to adults and seniors in Simcoe County who have an intellectual disability. We support people in directing their own lives and in promoting partnerships, opportunities, well-being, freedom and contributions in their community." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Angus name: Camphill Communities Ontario - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23225 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "03047" physical_country: United States oid: 0696da99-446c-45e3-86e3-4f654233fb5e id: 22789 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New Hampshire mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 32 Whitney Drive mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.905336 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.854298 group: description: "Mission: Plowshare Farm is an attempt to be responsive to the social, human, spiritual and ecological challenges of our times by working toward creating an environment where every person and every aspect of the natural world can be learned from and valued.
From www.ic.org/directory/plowshare-farm/:
Plowshare Farm is a community whose primary task is to serve those in need of special care. Harmonious to this task come a wide variety of activities which support Plowshare Farm\xE2\x80\x99s striving to be a vessel for the balanced and healthy unfolding of the human being. How this manifests and the exact nature of our daily tasks are more challenging to describe.\n\n\ Like a well-functioning farm (one of the things we strive to be) at Plowshare Farm there are many complexities of relationships and inter-weavings. We are a group of people \xE2\x80\x93 coworkers and their families, residents, apprentices, and volunteers who live together in what we call lifesharing homes. We are a biodynamic farm. We are bakery, woodwork and candle-making workshops. We are a vocational training center for people with special needs who join us during the day time. We are a \xE2\x80\x98safe port\xE2\x80\x99 for those who, within their lives\xE2\x80\x99 journeys, need some time in a haven for repair. We are fertile ground for other initiatives to meet, germinate and grow. We are a place where the line between caregiver and care receiver is blurred through the understanding that we each have something to learn from the other and that caring for someone or something else is often a very fine path for self-development.\n\n\ At the heart of these layers is a conscious reaching toward the unfolding of what is truly human in us. Questions such as: \"What am I, in my deepest Self, striving toward?\xE2\x80\x9D or \"What is my nobler Self and how might I become it?\" are questions which all of us, coworkers, residents, apprentices and volunteers, have an opportunity to explore within the structure of our daily lives. As a community we carry the questions: How can we reach toward a relationship with our natural resources that is sustainable? How can we participate in bringing about social renewal? How can we stand as a beacon for conscious, interdependent living?" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Greenfield name: Plowshare Farm - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23230 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 4fbc13dc-abc6-40b3-9827-dfcce1a93b8e id: 22794 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Texas mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 32.576489 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -99.665323 group: description: "Mission: God has called us together to be a family, an ecosystem of grace, not simply for the sake of ourselves but to be a blessing for the world. The following statements represent the specific ways that we are called to bless the world together as a family.\n\ Our Vision (The great need in the world to which we are called):\n\ To live in and for God\xE2\x80\x99s joy as a vibrant family of Jesus so that such communities are cultivated in close reach of everyone.\n\ Our Mission (How our community can meet the need described in our Vision):\n\ To discover and embody what it means to be a vibrant family of Jesus \xE2\x80\x93 an ecosystem of God\xE2\x80\x99s gifts \xE2\x80\x93 and to train others to share this way of life.\n\ Our Aim (What we are doing, near term, to fulfill our Mission):\n\ To take the steps necessary to purchase, build, and begin full-time operation of the Eden Center by January 2017.
From www.ic.org/directory/eden-community/:
The Eden Community is a Christian intentional community located in Abilene, TX. We are in the process of building an cohousing ecovillage, permaculture farm, and retreat/training facility called the Eden Center in the mesas of the Callahan Divide about 20 miles Southeast of town. Currently our community consists of three families, totaling six adults and four children, and we are actively pursuing new members who fit with our values, mission, and way of life." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Abilene name: Eden Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23236 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "94704" physical_country: United States oid: 8c420189-ae64-4b0a-9bc9-70769777da65 id: 22800 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 2018 Allston Way mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.868958 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.269528 group: description: "Mission: Our Focus\n\n Integrating spiritual growth with work that gets results\n Putting our study and practice into action\n Serving the Dharma and supporting Buddhist practitioners\n Working for the benefit of all beings\n\n\ This way of studying and practicing the Dharma is a challenging and rewarding adventure. We have accomplished huge amounts for such a small community. We continue to learn new skills and deepen our understanding of the teachings, and we see every day as an opportunity for growth and accomplishment.\n\n\ Day by day, we are building a model for how a Buddhist community can flourish in the West.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-nyingma-mandala-training-program/:
Tarthang Tulku came to this country because he saw America as a land of opportunity, where he could work to preserve and transmit the teachings that his teachers had passed on to him. He emphasized getting tangible results, with a special focus on preserving sacred texts and creating communities built around Buddhist principles.\n\n\ Today, his older students are working to pass that vision on to others. Our aim is to create an enduring legacy and a home for the Dharma in the West.\n\n\ The Mandala Training Program is for individuals inspired by that vision and ready to give their energy to making it happen. When you make that commitment, a dynamic path to inner growth and transformation opens before you.\n\n\ The Mandala Training Program is a 6-month, residential work-study program that introduces students to our approach to the study and practice of Buddhism and participate in the community\xE2\x80\x99s way of life. Students live and work in our downtown Berkeley Nyingma residential community. We dedicate our efforts full-time toward serving the Dharma and deepening our own understanding." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Berkeley name: The Nyingma Mandala Training Program - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23247 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Brazil oid: 1efeccb8-ae70-4488-843d-87133060cc8b id: 22811 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: "S\xC3\xA2o Paulo" mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -23.0743544 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -44.9561012 group: description: |-Mission: Surgeon General Warning: Our only interest is the spiritual awakening of Man Kind. If you have radical ideas about eco-anything, bio-anything, you will be disappointed.
From www.ic.org/directory/source-temple/:
SOURCE TEMPLE SANCTUARY Source Temple is not a location so much as it is a vehicle of transition; a haven of safety wherein which the inevitable evolutionary transformation of mankind (from fear to love based relationship) occurs in a supportive and accelerating environment. SERVICE You help us with the daily maintenance of the place: cleaning, cooking, gardening, painting, construction (carpentry, building, plumbing, electrical skills) ... ACCOMMODATION The Guest House is a shared space with a kitchen, lounge area and 7 bedrooms around it. The bathrooms and laundry area are nearby; there is internet access. APPLICATIONS Please note that we don't book more than 2 months ahead. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cunha name: Source Temple - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23250 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "38250" physical_country: Spain oid: 4ad7aa81-6d02-4e96-b241-807cc9a0d200 id: 22814 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Tenerife mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Carretera General mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 28.551317 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -16.347629 group: description: |-Mission: Create an eco-learning center where 1 to 4 families can live and offer a space where alternative lifestyles can be shared and learned. We aim to have permaculture gardens, bioconstructions buildings. clean energies, yoga, meditation time.... have a look at our video on our crowdfunding page for more information: www.gofundme.com/serenelight
From www.ic.org/directory/serene-light-gardens/:
We are just a couple (yasmich.jimdo.com) that is engaged right now with this specific land although we have a whole network of interested persons who might join at some point. We still actively looking for co-creators, co-owners or focused and responsible volunteers. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Bajamar name: Serene Light Gardens - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23252 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Italy oid: df106a03-9af0-45f2-99c9-6c2fce3bb895 id: 22816 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Potenza mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Mattina mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.565467 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 15.496286 group: description: |-Mission: A non-hierarchic no-profit horizontal group that aims to eat and act in a self-sustaining, clean Karma environment. A Pizza Ashram that offers shelter, food and restoration to pilgrims, mystics, witches, wanderers and wizards. A community school to learn and teach together with our children ... as well as a kindergarden (on a long term, also for kids outside of the community) for the more little ones, to share our responsibily and let the children grow up together. A Retreat Possibility where you will gain support to live a heremitic life in the Merlin's Caves. An Arcane University where you can exchange and learn: magic paths, mystical knowledge, spiritual experiences and practical skills. A healing center to give and receive cure.
From www.ic.org/directory/moonshine-tribe/:
Be welcome at the Moonshine house! A place to grow vegetables and awareness, through the practice of LOVE, WISDOM and CREATIVITY. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Caggiano name: Moonshine Tribe - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23258 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "28739" physical_country: United States oid: c3a1f256-a9ef-4eab-9cad-f9fdc7a9721d id: 22822 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: North Carolina mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 159 Osceola Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.299314 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -82.474172 group: description:Mission: Preserving the Buddha's legacy, making it accessible to everyone. This is the vision of Heartwood.
From www.ic.org/directory/heartwood-refuge/:
We have cultivated a decade-long relationship through our local meditation center and its social action projects, fostering a basis for deep friendship. Some of us live together in community on the grounds, to support intention, commitment and the dedicated practice of living simply and serving others. Nationally, we offer teachings regarding meditation, dharma, wellness and personal development. This helps us transmit the full legacy of the Buddhadharma. Our own Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order monastics and dharmacharyas (teachers) who live elsewhere offer their intermittent presence, prayer, and skills. And volunteers bearing witness, who support our global engagement with people who have been marginalized and oppressed, are showing up and responding with compassionate and empowering action. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Hendersonville name: Heartwood Refuge - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23260 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "521101" physical_country: India oid: 5d2e4ba6-64ad-4112-952b-1c92ebc73ea7 id: 22824 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Andhra Pradesh mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Gannavaram physical_address1: "P.B #6" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 16.5094 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 80.82117 group: description: |-Mission: Living as the days of book of Acts
From www.ic.org/directory/one-accord/:
We are a small spiritual community living together as two families. We respect each other work for our livelihood, we welcome others to our community, we work in a farm, school and orphanage. Sunday we get together for worship. We welcome new members; all must work, worship Jesus and be obedient to the will of God and godly leadership. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Andhra Pradesh name: One Accord - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23263 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "98541" physical_country: United States oid: ae5a7806-ed92-4e79-9d3c-9f0b284a4328 id: 22827 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Washington mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 297 Newman Creed Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 47.027491 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.448349 group: description:Mission: Like-minded individuals trying to create our own Youtokia. (:
From www.ic.org/directory/youtokia-ilc/:
We are an intentional living community 3 miles off highway 101. At the moment, working completely off the grid and making the best of what we do have. We want to move into the future with as few carbon footprints as possible. Being in a tight community most things are shared to diminish waste. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Elma name: YouTokia ILC - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23264 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "32134" physical_country: United States oid: a7ac1d86-e189-4377-aeda-7155e7556972 id: 22828 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Florida mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 23855 NE County Rd 314 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.09024 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -95.712891 group: description: "Mission: The Amrit Yoga Institute is nestled in the Ocala National Forest on Lake Kerr, an ideal site for the inward journey of spirituality and conscious awareness.\n\n\ The Amrit Method incorporates Patanjali\xE2\x80\x99s 8 limbs of yoga in all aspects of life. You will learn how to practically apply the formal practice of asana, pranayama and meditation in your work life and personal life thereby transforming unconscious ego reactions into skillful conscious responses.
From www.ic.org/directory/amrit-yoga-institute/:
The Amrit Yoga Institute is nestled in the Ocala National Forest on Lake Kerr, an ideal site for the inward journey of spirituality and conscious awareness.\n\n\ Seva is a yoga practice that literally means selfless service. Through the various seva programs, The Amrit Yoga Institute offers training in the authentic spiritual teachings of yoga through the Integrative Amrit Methods developed by Gurudev. This is a rare opportunity to study directly from a world-renowned yoga master who is known as a pioneer in bringing the spiritual teachings of yoga from India to the West.\n\n\ You will learn to return to the present moment where you are integrated and undivided, and what you say, do and feel are in alignment. Washing pots, answering phones, making videos, chopping vegetables and vacuuming rugs will take on new form. In the spirit of selfless service, every sheet folded can be a vehicle of transformation; every pot washed provides an opportunity to move closer to the Source of love by letting go of habituated conditions and judgments.\n\n\ In addition to your studies with Gurudev, his disciples, and senior teachers, you will live among a community of thirty to forty staff and volunteers. Through the practice of seva, or selfless service, you will have the opportunity to apply your training and practice to work and interpersonal relationships.\n\n\ Not only will you learn to apply a spiritual lifestyle in all that you do, you will learn a variety of practical skill sets as you rotate through our various departments of operation." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Fort McCoy name: Amrit Yoga Institute - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23268 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 72ec47aa-dd19-434e-ba19-25662f9fd40c id: 22832 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Massachusetts mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.446396 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.459405 group: description: |-Mission: "Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality."
From www.ic.org/directory/followers-of-the-way/:
Followers of the Way is an outpost of the Kingdom of God in the Greater Boston area. We are a diverse, passionate, invested group of disciples seeking to follow the King Jesus in an urban setting. Our lives center around the constant proclamation of God's deliverance and regeneration of His people; this plays out in our meeting together, our sharing of goods, our working together, and our outreach to our neighbors. We have a sister church in Kampala, Uganda, which is engaged in similar work. God is calling serious disciples from around the world to greater trust and greater fidelity to his Kingdom; we are privileged to be on the forefront of this movement. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Medford name: Followers of the Way - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23271 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "92262" physical_country: United States oid: 63429a7b-0e12-4baa-975a-fa017f31ca02 id: 22835 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Suite 01 physical_address1: 555 North Commercial Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 33.830912 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -116.516302 group: description:Mission: We are a musical community in the Catholic tradition offering all sacraments to everyone.
From www.ic.org/directory/saint-cecilia-catholic-communnity/:
Saint Cecilia Catholic Community is a musical community in the Catholic tradition offering all sacraments to everyone. We are the church home for all who've been kicked out, excommunicated, disfellowshipped, deposed, or otherwise rejected by other churches. We offer a sung liturgy every Sunday, welcoming all singers, instrumentalists, composers and those who just like to listen. We minister to those whom other churches cannot or will not minister for whatever reason. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Palm Springs name: Saint Cecilia Catholic Communnity - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23275 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: dbe48735-f850-45d2-8415-b8dd229f6f34 id: 22839 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Missouri mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.198621 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -90.368652 group: description: "Mission: If you are tired of the rat race,\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 with all the never-ending bills\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 crime-infested neighborhoods\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 GMO-poisoned foods\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 lack of community support\n\n Our mission is to guide you through to research and obtain the most logical, sustainable lifestyle that can be accomplished by an average community that works together. Our power as a community empowers us to accomplish more! The 1st step on the Wanderer\xE2\x80\x99s path is to get to our online network that will help you get grouped together with others in your chosen location to purchase your shares. The earlier you get in the more seniority.\n\n\ IF YOUR FAMILY ......\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 wants to help save the world\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 get a free off-grid super home to your family\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 own your own business in an Eco Village\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Develop Self-Sufficiency Skills\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Divide and Conquer various Projects\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Privacy, but with trusted friends nearby\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Like-Minded Neighbors\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Thrive in Good Times & Bad\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Secure Prepper Retreat Nearby\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Far Easier to Take Vacations\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 People are Social Creatures\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2Permaculture\xE2\x80\xA2Aquaponics\xE2\x80\xA2Self Reliant\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 MUCH Cheaper than doing it alone!\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Secluded/Hidden\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Accessible yet VERY Secure\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Great soil for growing food\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Decent year-round climate\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Usable Acreage\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Purpose-built, but still nice\n\n\ Our Homestead Planned Features 85 percent free super community-built homes that are almost completely.....\n\n\ hurricane proof, bulletproof, tornado proof, and will last forever with no utility bills!\n\n\ Other Features\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Indoor greenhouse the cleans your air and grey waste-water while providing year round GMO-free food!\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Securable Perimeter\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 24x7x365 Security with Quiet peaceful gated community living\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Strategic Entrance Path / Choke Points\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 Listening Posts / Observation Posts (LP/OPs)\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 First Come First Serve on Acreage Selection\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2Get in on the ground floor to learn from each other and train yourself to be better prepared!\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2NO SINGING KUM-BYE-YAAAAA BS!\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2Existing Members Vote in New Members\n\n\ \xE2\x80\xA21/4 acre per share- 4 share limit 1 acre per house\xE2\x80\xA2All Documents/Easements/etc done 100% Legit\n\n\ In today's world, to have neighbors that are Like-Minded - Priceless! Don't be lone wolf homesteaders that are Easy Prey for Serious Threats! WE Preppers are people too. Relax. Live. Enjoy! VERY Family-friendly! We are all determined to work together to make our dreams happen.\n\n\ If you possess the skills and manners that our community desires, then you will be given an invitation to apply for a membership in our group of families that are traveling convoy style cross-country to our acreage of Appalachian mountain land.\n\n\ So here are a list of some of our desired traits for our members:\n\ Website technicians\n\ Web content writers\n\ Fundraising Experts\n\ Rock Musicians (a whole band would be nice)\n\ Hippies\n\ Techies\n\ Agriculturalist\n\ Earthship Pirates\n\ Artists\n\ MLM marketers\n\ Organizers\n\ Engineers\n\ MacGyver's & Bill Nye's\n\ Camera crew and producer\n\ Scientists and researchers\n\ Brain-stormers\n\ Mythbusters\n\n\ We are tired of the crime, the sliding family, community, educational and nutritional values, the rat race, endless bills for disposable homes that are only hurting planet and are ready to do something about it! Our dream is to pioneer a true Eco-village from scratch utilizing our simple, very effective plan. Just help others with their dreams.\n\n\ It costs $200 to apply. If approved, up to 4 shares of membership will made available to you and your family. Each share comes with 1/4 acre of land and 1400 sq foot of shop and off-grid home for your family to enjoy in our private village. Your family will also get its own business, and free shopping for all of our village's goods plus numerous other benefits.\n\n\ If interested please apply here and put CONVOY in spot for sponsor!\n\n\ HERE'S YOUR CHANCE\n\ LIQUIDATE YOUR STUFF!\n\ FIND A CAMPER!\n\ JOIN YOUR CLOSEST CONVOY!
From www.ic.org/directory/wanderers-end-sanctuary/:
We are a group of like-minded individuals concerned about the earth\xE2\x80\x99s destruction, the government's GMO foods, and how to survive both. We are a nonprofit research group with interests in sustainable community living. We research natural lifestyles, not to exclude internet or technology, but to make a life where you can be guilt-free of hurting the future for our children. Current projects are power from magnets for our homes and pyrolisis to fuel our vehicles.\n\n\ The Tactical & Practical Community\n\ Our communities are tactical because in the event of an emergency, you have a built-in survival group in place. Everyone will be skilled, geared, and ready to work together. Our community is very practical because there are numerous financial and cooperative benefits of homesteading near each other.\n\n\ Join us! To become a shareholder, we only ask for a small monthly membership payment to be provided with an off-the-grid eco home, that is even mostly Bullet proof, shares in our grown GMO FREE produce, meats and other goods, 24/7, 365 security, fellowship and more!\n\ You can pick your lot, then plan your house and we help build it utilizing our community construction process! We\xE2\x80\x99re building a community with livestock, orchards, and gardens, community barn/tractor/etc.\n\n\ We are now recruiting\n\ families, to help to create & Run\n\ a community-built,\n\ sustainable Eco Village.\n\n\ A New kind of Eco Village\n\ that\xE2\x80\x99s reaching for the 22nd century\n\n\ By utilizing research of logical\n\ methods for sustainable living,\n\ we are establishing a healthier\n\ relationship for living with the\n\ earth & our communities.\n\n\ Our plan just needs people\xE2\x80\xA6\n\ A community that paves a new road to the American dream for those otherwise left behind.\n\ Or just for people that want more.\n\ This plan will change your life!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Clubb name: Wanderers End Sanctuary -TN - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23276 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 2a415391-9d28-4838-a5c9-9a318268ccea id: 22840 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 38.562107 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.189714 group: description: "Mission: The mission of the Odiyan Retreat Center is twofold: 1) To assist in the protection, preservation and flourishing of all Buddhist cultures in Asia; and 2) To model as a living experiment the integration of Buddhist principles and Western thought through a live/work lifestyle dedicated to the benefit of our planet and all humanity.\n\n\ The focus is on using work as an effective spiritual exercise, a practice in mindfulness and the means of perfecting six spiritual qualities, from generosity to discipline and patience, foundation of vigor, concentration, and wisdom. This basic training is called Skillful Means and is based on a book of the same name written by Odiyan founder Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche. Rinpoche introduced Skillful Means as a way to help readers find greater satisfaction in work and life.\n\n\ Classes and study opportunities available for all residents in Tibetan yoga, Skilfull Means, classical Tibetan language and other aspects of spiritual community life. \n\n\ Resident volunteers who stay on beyond six months also have optional opportunities for engaging in community activities such as daily early morning meditation and other practices of the Buddhist tradition. \n\n\ Skillful Means points out how the discipline of work develops awareness, strengthens concentration, and stimulates energy.
From www.ic.org/directory/odiyan-retreat-center/:
Odiyan is an all-volunteer non-profit Retreat Center dedicated to meaningful work, wholesome living and the inner development of mind and spirit.\n\n\ The Odiyan way of life integrates creative and challenging work with a path of self-exploration that opens up your inner potential. Odiyan\xE2\x80\x99s dual mission is preserving the Buddhist cultures of Asia and modeling a living experiment integrating Buddhist principles and Western thought for the benefit of our planet and all of humanity.\n\n\ Odiyan was founded in 1975 by Tibetan Buddhist Lama Tarthang Tulku. For over 40 years, volunteers from all over the world have been coming to Odiyan for six months or more to develop their own potential and contribute to the unique and holistic vision of enlightened knowledge for the benefit of all.\n\n\ Odiyan Retreat Center sits on 1,000 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean in northern California about 100 miles north of San Francisco. About 150 acres are managed landscape including seven orchards, four vegetable gardens, ornamental gardens surrounding the Temples, ponds, forests and open land.\n\n\ As a resident at Odiyan, you will learn new skills, engage your mind and replenish your spirit in a wholesome, beautiful environment where accomplishment and learning about yourself go hand-in-hand. \n\n\ Living and working at Odiyan includes classes about Buddhism, a wide variety of work and sacred arts, vegetarian meals and a living allowance ($150 per month).\n\n\ The minimum commitment to volunteer is six months." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cazadero name: Odiyan Retreat Center - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23278 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: ef508af2-66b3-4a58-aa90-45a2e93cec69 id: 22842 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Rhode Island mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.886635 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -71.382217 group: description:Mission: To live our lives free from the physical, mental, and spiritual limitations set within mainstream ideals. To become part of something greater than ourselves, and enjoy all the benefits that come with these new freedoms.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-hive-mind/:
The Hive Mind will be community based on my unconventional belief system. We will see ourselves as a singular entity separate from, yet encapsulated within society unfairly. We will live functionally using the organizational structure of our member-designed rituals and laws. We are not Capitalists, not Communists, not Socialists ... we are an independent form of Separatism. I coined the term "Pagan Separatism," because the word Pagan really just means unconventional religion. As founder I am a Guru of the this undertaking. Our home will be the Hive and "we" are the Mind. I ask for a strong commitment to the teachings and the lifestyle. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Smithfield, Cumberland, North Central RI name: The Hive Mind - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23282 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 6a24d032-d642-494a-b8cf-876a8946b52f id: 22846 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: West Virginia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 39.456903 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -77.972754 group: description:Mission: To live a life in surrender to the only one who saves amen Jesus the Christ = Yahshua
From www.ic.org/directory/jesus-followers-martinsburg-wv/:
I am a 62-yr-old follower of Jesus who lives in a small town along interstate 81 in martinsburg, wv, I grow many of my own vegetables and have a small greenhouse 14X19 and donate to others in need with my extra. I do have WIFI to connect with other Jesus followers around the world. I have a 3-bedroom 2-bath home i am buying and it is on a 1/4 acre and i seek other Followers of Jesus who are preferably over 55 yrs old. They should only be seeking a relationship with Jesus and not any marriage or sinning relationships. I am a celibate eunuch and do not allow people living in active sin in my home. If this is something you are interested in then here i am. I am open to both genders but definitely no relationships or .. i am a physical eunuch Matthew 19:12 access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: martinsburg name: seeking elderly + seniors - Yahshua - Jesus followers for Martinsburg WV - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23286 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 539c4585-2a12-4787-a79e-7ed4e2227696 id: 22850 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: North Carolina mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.602711 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -82.567281 group: description: |-Mission: We provide networking, resources and education for those interested in community formation as well as those involved in existing or forming communities.
From www.ic.org/directory/creating-intentional-community/:
Creating Intentional Community is a networking and resource organization for the greater Asheville, NC, region. We assist those interested in community formation as well as those involved in existing or forming communities. We are using Meetup and Facebook as our primary networking tools at this time. Our purpose is to help communities find their people and people to find their communities. It is our hope to bring inspiration, education, and resources for nurturing a conscious and collaborative culture in our living and working environments. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Asheville name: Creating Intentional Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23294 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: e0269286-1ab8-4b3e-aabb-ef2ad1f5dd73 id: 22858 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Florida mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 30.333533 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -87.137468 group: description: |-Mission: Great place for students of the Ageless Wisdom teachings who have found or are discovering,cultivating & radiating inner peace, unconditional love for everyone & self-discipline. Proposed Household Standards/characteristics (not in any particular order) to consider: 1) Very Clean & Considerate: ie: never leave a mess in any common area, mindful of every action. 2) Vegan, veggie or some fish consumption only (no dead animal flesh). 3) No alcohol,drugs, tobacco, or animals (dogs/cats, etc). Some experimentation is ok. but not a place for people struggling with addiction issues. 4) Very Serious about totally eradicating (or have eradicated) gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy & pride. 5) Frugal energy usage - would rather wear more clothes when it's cold out than turn up the heat, and wear shorts & go around barefooted (eventually when we have free/clean energy, that will be great, but nyet!). Would rather dry your clothes in the sun, on a clothesline, than put them in the dryer. 6) Very aware of energy and of the importance of high quality standards in one's living space. 7) Looking for a place for 6 months or more (super flexible lease). ================================= Obviously, not for everyone. Solitude is better than being with ill-fitting companions. Goal is mutually beneficial, complementary relationships. Flexible: aim towards consensus in the case of any conflicts....
From www.ic.org/directory/govindas-west-pensacola-sanctuary/:
Three Furnished Rooms in nice old 3/3 house Ideally Students of the Ageless Wisdom Teachings. Huge lot with giant oak trees & privacy fencing all around - cut into 3 lots - each with privacy fencing between, 85% of the back of the property is shaded by trees including a couple of huge oaks. Three fire pits, two outdoor showers Lots of greenery secluded/private space inside & out. Three divided lots with privacy fencing includes a camp site with outdoor kitchen, ~12 x 10 metal roof structure to shelter tent. Clean ~50 year old, ~24 foot travel trailer Will be converting the garage into an efficiency apartment expected to finished Jan 2019 access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Pensacola name: Ganesha's - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23297 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: China oid: 9bc43b47-b763-4145-a76a-8888232da612 id: 22861 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Fujian mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Follow the street to the far left pretty much staight down to the beach mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 24.668404 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 118.695529 group: description: |-Mission: Our next step in community building will take place in the Fujian Province where we will be opening up MASTER TREE KINDERGARTEN. In, through & around the Kindergarten we plan to foster/engage a community, age-spanning from young children to aged-adults, interested in changing paradigms towards regenerative lifestyles, spiritually, culturally and ecologically, all the while developing voices strong in roots and eloquent in delivery. Language is a vital part of our model and community. We welcome polyglots especially with inclinations toward native and indigenous tongues & dialects Our set date for opening is Sep 15th, 2017. As a starting point, we hope to have a multi-purpose space that can adequately host: 1. Culturally rich events such as: a) Story-Night Gatherings. b) Theatrical Presentations c) Musical Performances 2. Reading/Writing groups 3. Craft Workshops 4. Dream Nights Additionally, we hope the studio space is fit to practice: 4. Community Gardening 5. Livestock Farming 6. Shared art projects and exhibitions We are very much looking forward to others joining this collective, be it for an event, a weekend for a longer-term stay. Drop us a line if you are in or coming through the area. Carl, Glow, Summer, Alex, Wendy, Zoeey and Jazz. ORIGINATEVE SOUTH CHINA
From www.ic.org/directory/oe-fenghuang-collective/:
Originateve is a non-profit organization, based out of Denver, Colorado, USA, with a vision of initiating and supporting Regenerative Practices and Holistic Design. Worldwide, we are a web of lifetime learners interested in demonstrating quality apprenticeship, artistic living, and a mindful vision, all within a polyglot environment. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Wai Gao Cun name: OE Fenghuang Collective - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23303 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: China oid: 3aaa6a48-3818-44a6-890c-100d440cbaa9 id: 22867 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Mujiaqiao village, Lijiang City mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 26.8718026 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 100.2358502 group: description: "Mission: 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 system. Based on universal values, the earth will become a harmonious planet with diverse cultures blossoming everywhere.\n\n\ A. New Social System: Create an International Big Family\n\ B. Ecovillage life: Possess nothing but own everything\n\n\ The Ecovllage People will travel freely without border limitations and prefer living the ecovillage life as opposed to traditional lifestyles. There is only one global government, which is managed by saints and sages who no longer think of private profits and possessions.\n\n\ Meanwhile, people's consciousnesses will grow up, the best qualities of mankind, like sincerity, beauty, kindness, love, faith, diligence, and honesty will be stimulated through collective life, and the weeds in people\xE2\x80\x99s soul gardens, such as selfishness, greed, jealousy, complaining, and laziness will fade away. Everyone will have and enjoy a harmonious, civilized, happy, and free life.
From www.ic.org/directory/second-home/:
Second Home was established in 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. Yunnan is a region that offers the best weather and rich natural resources in China. We set up three branches and the community members rose from the original 20, up to 180, including 20 older members and 14 children.\n\n\ Second Home founder, Xue Feng, initiated this project in April 2009. Xue Feng is the spiritual guide of the Second Home, who wrote Chanyuan corpus and Xuefeng corpus since 2001, and have established a theory system on universe, life, LIFE, time and space, human beings, mind, consciousness and energy with over 8,000,000 words. This system combines the essence wisdom and teachings of Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Muhammed, and those of saints and sages from different cultures all over the world. It is a universal-values system beyond races, nationality, culture and religions.\n\n\ New Universal Values\n\ (It took 15 years to build the theoretical system, still in the process of updating and upgrading)\n\n\ In our community, we have a harmonious relationship between people and nature. Everyone enjoys a simple and happy life here, the instances of crimes and fights are zero. Arguments, quarrels, and conflicts are very rare.\n\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, including 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.\n\n\ So this values system and the common dream are the deep roots and energy source that motivates all members of the Second Home under all circumstances.\n\n\ The content includes the origin of the universe, the origin of LIFE and human beings, the crises human beings are faced with, the meaning and purpose of life, the nature of countries, political parties, religions, and marriage and family; the consciousness, spirit, thinking, structure, and energy of the non-material world, and the way of perfecting human nature, 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." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Mujiaqiao village, Lingjiang, Yunnan name: Second Home - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23316 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 33a24d3f-5cbf-4447-81e7-6620e6bdaa9f id: 22880 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Missouri mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: No Street Address Yet mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 38.542022 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -92.284008 group: description: |-Mission: To develop a good community based on Christian values. To try to live by the book and be generous to all
From www.ic.org/directory/oak-springs-pond-argricultural-society-and-co-op/:
New Village Forming / Intentional Community Outpost Alpha - Trading Community Sustainability, Retreat and Training Center 300+ Acres 75+ Families + Community Camp Ground Own a 3+ Acre lot for $1000 plus payments -or- LABOR Neighbors helping neighbors in a community formed around core Christian values. Local "Time Based" Currency & Barter. 1000 Fruit & Berry Seedlings per lot. We want edible organic natural foods all through our village. Free range Chickens / Eggs, Goats, Wild Bee Boxes. No Building Codes or Zoning Ordinances! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: South East Central MO Ozarks name: Outpost Alpha Trading Community $1k + Labor 3 acres - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23318 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 61b6fffc-7593-40b2-a888-8b5364b99c5f id: 22882 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.889525 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.29828 group: description: |-Mission: Berkeley Moshav is a vibrant cohousing community that supports and encourages Jewish life.
From www.ic.org/directory/berkeley-moshav/:
Berkeley Moshav is a vibrant cohousing community that supports and encourages Jewish life. Our community nurtures residents' lives through daily social interaction, shared community responsibilities, spiritual expression, and a balance of communal and private living, in a physical environment of quality homes and extensive common facilities. The members of Berkeley Moshav are deeply inspired by Jewish values and openly express these values in the physical, social, and spiritual dimensions of our intentional community. We are an inclusive community that respects and values diversity in age, family composition, economic circumstance, and Jewish observance. We intend to create a community of households that are both committed to Jewish life and diverse in Jewish observance. We recognize that this will require compromise and accept that we will all have to go a little beyond our comfort zones in order to create a truly inclusive and Jewishly diverse environment where those who practice and express Judaism differently can make community together. We welcome equally Jews from all backgrounds as well as non-Jews who wish to live in such a space. (Examples of the latter would include non-Jewish spouses/partners and participants in Jewish life who are neither formally Jewish nor self-identified as Jewish.) We will be a community that honors, respects, appreciates, and values differences in Jewish observance and expression. Jewish practice within each household is entirely at the discretion of that household. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Albany name: Berkeley Moshav - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23322 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: M4M 2E9 physical_country: Canada oid: 3aad55fd-c6d9-4a0b-aa07-cbe69c06079e id: 22886 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Ontario mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 155 Broadview Avenue mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 43.660442 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -79.350231 group: description: "Mission: The world has lost its sense of the beauty. It has forgotten the beauty and joy of love-- St John's Rule\n\n\ You have beguiled me with desire, O Christ, and with love divine transformed me-- Orthodox Liturgy\n\n\ We are a small, Orthodox Christian, community located at 155 Broadview Ave (East Toronto). We are seeking to build a communal life that is structured around the reality of God\xE2\x80\x99s love in the midst of the city. Our life together is marked by the rhythms of prayer, study, liturgy, community life, and a variety of work motivated by a deep respect and love for the poor (our masters, as the early church reminds us). Some of our projects involve running a bakery, thrift store, visitor house, and creating spaces where people can exist without charge and come to discover their own value and mystery. Most recently, we are looking to find ways to be present for folks who are living in very difficult high rises in neighboring Scarborough. We are renting out apartments and attempting to participate more fully in the lives of these neighbors and looking for ways we can offer Xt (love, joy, beauty) into these spaces. All of this work is informed by an overarching attempt to live more deeply and boldly into the intoxicating vision of The Gospel and the Byzantine Liturgy. Though we are committed to the deep value of our tradition, our community includes people from a wide variety of traditions. We have a beautiful mission that is divided into two rooms. One is a place of outreach where dinners are served. Our life has been deeply influenced by the writings of Jean Vanier, Dorothy Day, and the spirituality of the Little Brothers of Jesus. Applicants need not be orthodox but they would need to be interested in learning about this faith and participating in our liturgical and prayer life. Room and board can be provided. Interested folks should contact Gary at goneil327@gmail.com
From www.ic.org/directory/st-john-the-compassionate-mission/:
We are small group of young adults (mostly in our late 20s and early 30s). The community was founded by a charismatic former Little Brother of Jesus who continues to live on top of the bakery. He is assisted in running the community by another young priest and an older deacon. We are trying to build a substantial lay wing to this community." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Toronto name: St John the Compassionate Mission - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23323 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "21093" physical_country: United States oid: 0cee4d27-aa50-412e-bf15-e57264b9edcb id: 22887 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Maryland mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 2B Oakway Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 39.439203 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -76.625065 group: description: "Mission: This group is forming. We wish to be a diverse community of all ages living sustainably with care, consideration and love for all creatures who have evolved on this earth. Next meetup, our 2nd. We wish to establish goals. October 22, 7pm. 2B Oakway Rd, Timonium, Md.
From www.ic.org/directory/universalus-intentional-community/:
This community wishes to establish a community of secular dharma practitioners. Living in harmony and care with individuals of common core values. \n\ Here is the thesis:\n\ Intentional Community \n\ Theses of dharma \n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 We are committed to the practice of the dharma.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 The practice of the dharma consists of four tasks: to embrace suffering, let go of reactivity, behold the ceasing of reactivity and to cultivate an integrated way of life.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 All persons, irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or religion can practice these four tasks. Each person, in each moment, has the potential to be more awake, responsive, and free.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 The practice of the dharma is more concerned with how one speaks, acts and works in public than how one performs spiritual exercises in private.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 The community honors the dharma teachings that have been passed down through different traditions while seeking to enact them creatively in ways appropriate to the flourishing of the community at large.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 The community of practitioners is formed of autonomous persons who mutually support each other in the cultivation of their paths. In this community of like-minded individuals, members respect the equality of all members while honoring the specific knowledge and expertise each person brings.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 The community and its members are committed to an ethics of care, founded on empathy, compassion, and love for all creatures who have evolved on this earth.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 The community and its practitioners seek to understand and diminish the roots of violence that are present in themselves and in the society and institutions at large.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2 The community of dharma practitioners aspires to nurture a culture of awakening that finds inspiration in Buddhist and non-Buddhist, religious and secular sources alike.\n\ S.B.; After Buddhism\n\n\ Just as a farmer irrigates his field, Just as a fletcher fashions an arrow, Just as a carpenter shapes a piece of wood, So the sage tames the self.\n\ Care is the path to the deathless; Carelessness the path to death. The caring do not die; The uncaring are as if already dead.\n\ The sage moves through a village, Just as the bee gathers pollen, And flies off without harming, The flower, its color, or its fragrance. From the Dhammapada\n\n\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x83\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x83" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Timonium name: Universalus Intentional Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23325 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Netherlands oid: 99dfa8b7-180f-422b-966e-f92a46d80791 id: 22889 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Apeldoorn mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: 1 hour from Amsterdam physical_address1: In the Dutch Forests mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 52.30512 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 5.852049 group: description: "Mission: Hi! Do you love psytrance? Are you bisexual?\n\ if you said yes to both questions, then here is a piece of pie for you <3\n\n\ Why psytrance, you might ask, and why bisexual only, you might also ask, you sillypie with oh so many questions.\n\n\ I feel psychedelic trance provides the glue that will hold the community together. Psy trance has its own energy code we all know about and love. We can organize parties and why not our very own festival :D\n\ We know if we all love psy-trance, then we probably have much in common, apart from our sexuality. \n\n\ Then why bisexual only? Because... because!\n\ Yep, thorough answer to your questions.\n\n\ Let's grow together! and shine like buttercups <3\n\n\ spirituality/shamanism allowed and encouraged. \n\n\ :)
From www.ic.org/directory/psytrance-bisexual-community/:
Ok I will use this to talk about logistics.\n\n\ I chose Dutch forests, because:\n\ They are in the midsts of beautiful nature, but also close to Amsterdam city.\n\ Not sure if we will live in the actual forest, but at least nearby so we can have awesome walks there and pretend we are hobbits and elves.\n\n\ We are a short flight away to most European cities like London, Berlin, etc, where the trance scenes are awesome. \n\ We are in Europe = Psytrance festival season in the summer wohoooooooooo :E\n\n\ Now, this community is \"Open Source\" so, anyone can suggest other alternatives, like, renting instead of buying, living nearer Amsterdam instead of in Veluwe, living in a big house versus living in small private houses, etc.\n\n\ what else? yes, bring a pillow for pillow fights" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Veluwe name: Psytrance Bisexual community :) - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23329 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 91995766-8672-4bb9-8c7a-02c7b7192032 id: 22893 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Virginia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.274175 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -79.95786 group: description: "Mission: Indeed we share expenses and space to ease the economic burden of living. But more importantly, we believe that by living together we will see one another as we really are, which will (we hope) lead us individually and corporately to repentance, forgiveness, grace, and growth as we seek Jesus together.\n\n\ We are completely on the grid as we are limited by the surrounding infrastructure and fiscally. We do have a wood-burning fireplace and hope for a wood stove at some point.\n\n\ We don't grow much food on our property, though we grow a little more each year. Alternatively, we seek to support local farmers through CSA's (for produce) and herd share (for raw dairy). One of us runs a natural foods co-op and we get a lot of our food from there too.
From www.ic.org/directory/willow-house-christian-intentional-community/:
We're just a group of normal 20- and 30-somethings living completely on the grid in urban Roanoke, Virginia. We have four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a cute little dog, and a lot of love. We might have an extra room for you.\n\n\ It costs a little bit of money. Unfortunately, we do have bills!\n\n\ We're college-educated, grow / eat as organically / locally / ethically as we can, read a lot, cook a lot, enjoy good beer and bourbon (if it isn't a stumbling block for someone), and like to talk about things that are meaningful. Most of all, we love, love, love Jesus. That's what this is really about. Fellowship. Iron sharpening iron. Exhortation. Living as biblically as we know how. We go to All Nations Church. We don't care where you go as long as it's biblical and you're committed. That's how this can work.\n\n\ We have interfaith friends and love people who believe differently than us, but our home is not interfaith; that is not the purpose right now. Consider us your friendly urban Roanoke monastery that affirms secular jobs and marital hanky-panky -- or just a kind of faith-based intentional community.\n\n\ Se habla espa\xC3\xB1ol!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Roanoke name: Willow House Christian Intentional Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23330 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 347222e1-1cc5-487a-8bd2-fc3313afa9b6 id: 22894 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Hawaii mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 19.390023 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -155.152268 group: description: "Mission: Our mission is to help facilitate positive social change through realization of one\xE2\x80\x99s true nature and harmonious living. Our main goal is to educate people how to live mindfully in the Now and with purpose, but also understand at their core that the nature of the Universe is playful and not serious. If you\xE2\x80\x99re dwelling about the future or past, you\xE2\x80\x99re missing what is happening in the current moment, which is all there really is; an \xE2\x80\x9CEternal Now\xE2\x80\x9D.
From www.ic.org/directory/tao-te-community/:
Ommhome is a tiny nonprofit retreat center and intentional community on the big island of Hawaii dedicated to helping people find a natural and harmonious way of transcending their anxiety and depression, including bipolar disorder, and live a life full of vitality and love. Mindfulness is the key, specifically meditation, yoga, internal arts, diet, communal living and being connected with nature. Our vision is off an off-grid permaculture eco-village with rustic minimalistic structures in the Puna region.\n\n\ Our belief is that most mental health issues are a result of living in disharmony and that \xE2\x80\x9Chighly sensitive persons\xE2\x80\x9D, usually creative individuals, are far more likely to be pushed over the edge by their enivornment.\n\n\ The Ommhome mission is to help facilitate positive social change through realization of one\xE2\x80\x99s true nature and harmonious living. Our main goal is to educate people how to live mindfully in the Now and with purpose, but also understand at their core that the nature of the Universe is playful and not serious. If you\xE2\x80\x99re dwelling about the future or past, you\xE2\x80\x99re missing what is happening in the current moment, which is all there really is; an \xE2\x80\x9CEternal Now\xE2\x80\x9D.\n\n\ We are completely donation based, like Vipassana, because we believe in giving without expecting something in return (even Karma), but we do have suggested minimum donation amounts and work hours in order to make sure that we can stay in operation.\n\n\ Ommhome is meant to be a 501c3 educational nonprofit organization completely funded on the goodwill and generosity of others, and serve as a demonstration of how passionate people can create other organizations like this.\n\n\ At this stage we are looking for the intrepid individuals who are passionate about this cause and want to put in the hard work to make this center a reality. The community aspect is secondary to the retreat center part, with the idea that the community will grow organically over time." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Pahoa name: Ommhome - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23331 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 6bac3c21-3d4d-4a71-869b-e388a35003c6 id: 22895 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Michigan mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.266638 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -83.849042 group: description: "Mission: Experiment in Quaker community under the care of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting, committed to diversity and inclusivity
From www.ic.org/directory/quaker-house-residential-community-qhrc/:
QHRC is a small intentional living community. We share and care for a beautiful six-bedroom, turn-of-the-twentieth-century house in Ann Arbor, close to the University of Michigan's central campus. \n\n\ We strive to embody our strong commitments to: multi-cultural/ intergenerational/ racial/ ethnic/ LGBT inclusivity; delicious, healthy meals; simple, economical, and environmentally friendly living; mature, stable, supportive relationships; and open, forthright, and honest communication.\n\n\ Quaker membership is not required though we respect and uphold the spiritual leadings of the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting (peace, nonviolence, social justice, and respect for all).\n\n\ Regular evening meals are a central activity of the QHRC. Each housemate cooks for the others a few times a month, and participates in weekly and monthly chores as well as regular house meetings; this participation totals approximately ten hours per week. A monthly financial contribution is required. There is a formal application process.\n\n\ The first floor of Quaker House is frequently used for community events. The second and third floors are exclusively used by residents. The house is smoke free. Pets are not allowed. At least a one-year commitment preferred. \n\n\ Quaker House has had a varied history. From 1955, when Friends purchased it, until 1962, it served as the meetinghouse. For many years it housed an international student cooperative. In 1983, the Meeting discerned that \xE2\x80\x9CThe purpose of Quaker House is to enrich the life of the Meeting and to carry forward the testimonies, values, and concerns of Friends through outreach to the wider community.\xE2\x80\x9D Between 1984 and 1991 Quaker House was home for a refugee family from El Salvador and for a small community of Quakers from the Meeting. Since 1991, Quaker House has been home to the Quaker House Residential Community (QHRC), a cooperative living community under the care of the Meeting. \n\n\ This community was originally envisioned by the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting as \"a small group of people living in Quaker House and exploring what Quaker community means. We feel that Quaker principles such as seeking the Light, speaking to that of God in every person, living simply, and making decisions by consensus are wonderful underpinnings for creating such a community. The group\xE2\x80\x99s exploration may lead it into spiritual sharing and deepening; new ways of working, struggling, and celebrating with each other; and/or providing each other with support and challenge to reach out to the larger community.\"" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Ann Arbor name: Quaker House Residential Community (QHRC) - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23333 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 477370cc-3373-472f-b3a1-5219ebb85c2e id: 22897 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Louisiana mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 29.949674 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -90.205801 group: description:Mission: Our mission it to nurture and support each other in personal and spiritual growth so that action for social justice is done from a contemplative space.
From www.ic.org/directory/cottage-of-contemplative-living/:
The cottage of contemplative living is an intentional house community in New Orleans, Louisiana, dedicated to contemplative practices of meditation and prayer, both private and communal, spiritual growth, sustainable living, and works of social justice. Each member shares in house chores, working the garden about three hours a week, and communal prayer or meditation at least twice a week. Each member is self-supporting with outside compensated work and contributes toward the household expenses of shared living spaces, private bedroom, garden expenses, utility bills, and other household expenses. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: New Orleans name: Cottage of Contemplative Living - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23336 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 489d9fae-8e88-4620-a4c3-f772711c31bb id: 22900 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Louisiana mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 30.24171 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -91.991044 group: description: "Mission: We are an intentional community built around multi-generational households committed to sustainable living and shared resources.
From www.ic.org/directory/eashira-village/:
There was a time when multiple generations of families lived together in the same household or the same community for both ease and economy. Over the past few generations this concept has been lost in American culture, and many feel we are worse off for it. Each generation is pushed out of the home they were raised in, to build their life from scratch, shouldering tremendous financial burdens just to replace the family home they left. Children are disconnected from their grandparents and other relations. Parents are often left to carry the load of caring for and raising their family, on their own. \n\ We understand the need for privacy and independence as generations mature, and our village can provide this without being so disconnected from other generations. Our homes and land are designed and arranged for both private spaces and shared spaces within a household. We even extend the multigenerational concept so that a household contains multiple generations of multiple families. This further enriches the lives of everyone in the community and it allows us to share resources, skills, and experiences.\n\ Our buildings are designed with \xE2\x80\x9Caging in place\xE2\x80\x9D features to accommodate families in all stages of life. This includes features such as wide doors, ground floor accommodations for mobility impaired family members, grab rails, easy to operate handles, minimal obstructions, and non-slip surfaces. Households have a variety of spaces for everyone from single adults, couples, or larger families, to accommodate everyone as their needs change. \n\ Having multiple generations of multiple families living in the same community, or even the same household has many advantages:\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tFamily members experience the high level of emotional bonding and closeness across generations.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tOlder generations provide important role models in the socialization of children. Younger generations learn how to care for their elders.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tSpending time with children can bring purpose and meaning to the lives of older generations. For example, the physical demands of keeping up with kids and helping with homework make them feel younger, more useful, and active.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tGrandparents help grandchildren survive changes in their parent\xE2\x80\x99s domestic structure by giving grandchildren undivided attention and helping when single parents are overwhelmed. \n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tMultigenerational families have financial benefits for everyone involved. If grandparents are in good health and willing, they can help care for young children. Adult children living in the multifamily household can save money while going to school, finding a job or saving money to buy their own shares in the village company.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tFamily members provide constant companionship, as well as help reduce financial strain and stress.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tVillage members look after, help and support each other.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tBringing village members together can be a joyful time to treasure and share.\n\ \xE2\x80\xA2\tWhile you have the ability for solitary time to yourself, you are never so isolated as to feel lonely or on your own." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lafayette name: Eashira Village - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23338 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "70130" physical_country: United States oid: bd47a57a-ef46-4e7c-a5c8-d8c39e68c8d5 id: 22902 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Louisiana mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 1910 Constance Street mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 29.930695 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -90.073415 group: description: "Mission: The Catholic Worker does not have a Mission statement per se. If it did it might be from Matthew 25:35-36. Sometimes known as the corporal works of mercy:\n Feed the hungry,\n Give drink to the thirsty,\n Clothe the naked,\n Care for the ill,\n Visit the imprisoned,\n Welcome the stranger.\n\n\ At St. Thomas House, \"welcoming the stranger\" means we invite houseless families into our home and all that taking care of a home and the people within it entails: paying for rent, utilities, food, cooking that food, doing lots of dishes and laundry.\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x8BIf you value this as well, please help us. We would love to hear from you.
From www.ic.org/directory/new-oleans-catholic-worker/:
More on what we do . . .\n\n\ What we do at the Catholic Worker can be analogous to a 3-legged stool\xE2\x80\x94the 3 legs being Spirituality, Resistance and Community with each leg having not only action but values and beliefs as well. So what does all that mean?\n\n\ For Spirituality, \xE2\x80\x8Bwe study the Bible, we pray.\n\n\ For Community, we house houseless families; we also, serve a meal Tuesday at 6:00 pm for anyone who wants to come. \n\n\ For Resistance, we practice non-violence in resisting the dominant culture of the empire. We have a peace vigil Sundays at 2:00 pm and support other local peace and justice groups." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: New Orleans name: New Oleans Catholic Worker - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23340 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: ed40e7ee-f4fc-4cf6-be22-d1d2039892a8 id: 22904 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oklahoma mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.491608 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -97.562817 group: description: |-Mission: We focus on fellowship, spiritual progress, and community to better ourselves and our world.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-green-hearth/:
Our group puts hospitality, warmth, and spirituality at the center of our community. All are welcome regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, or religion. We are looking to share the rent on an apartment or small house in Norman, depending on how many new members we have. Among our members are Buddhists, Pagans, Christians, and Hindus (and we are open to others!) and we share our spiritual paths with each other. Contact us for more information! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Chickasha name: The Green Hearth - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23345 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 2523b540-572a-43f1-8a2a-0728846cc330 id: 22909 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Ohio mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 39.166759 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -84.53822 group: description: |-Mission: A water-based, sustainable effort, with a view to a better quality of life. (tentative statement)
From www.ic.org/directory/a-watership-down/:
It was something to think about after occupy... We needed something, anything, so we consensed...then we travelled...then we worked...then we suffered...then we died...because it wasn't actually sustainable...it wasn't even livable...and ultimately it wasn't survivable. This option removes the encumbrance of land ownership, which arguably is impossible--or at the least incredibly injust--in these united states... You can be a nomad anywhere. You can help others anywhere. Primarily sailboats. Secondarily water-based living. Tertiary nomadic lifestyle. (tentative description) access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cincinnati name: A Watership Down - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23347 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: db552563-86e4-4bac-8c1c-4e924d0a10bf id: 22911 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Georgia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 33.844371 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -84.47405 group: description: "Mission: Working together for the highest good of all.
From www.ic.org/directory/fertile-ground-intentional-village/:
We are building an abundant Intentional Village in the heart of Atlanta. At the center is collaborative shared space, dorm/hostel style. We are quickly acquiring new spaces in order to offer infinite indoor and outdoor living spaces. We are building collaborative relationships in our surrounding community that offer infinite fulfillment for all. We are experiencing ways of being in the world that work for everyone. We are focused on healing, spiritual practice, and being intentional in all aspects of life. We have intentions of offering healing retreats as well as regular collective healing practices for all in the community. We are a block away from an urban farm and market, across the street from a beautiful park, two blocks away from an amazing artistic intentional community, a block away from Atlanta\xE2\x80\x99s beltline (a paved multi-purpose trail that traverses the city and has infinite community building properties), and walkable to an eco-friendly library. The connective and healing potential of our village is infinite. People are contributing in infinite ways, contributing the joy and the gifts that they are. For those contributing financially, it is currently infinitely affordable at 300.00/month. All things are possible. Reach out to us as you feel warmly drawn and explore the beautiful possibilities for collaboration! Thank you!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Atlanta name: Fertile Ground Intentional Village - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23348 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "65648" physical_country: United States oid: b9a0c57e-fdc0-4d98-b2a3-3a10e924a30b id: 22912 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Missouri mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 837 N. Ranch Rd. mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.3867357 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -93.0621106 group: description: |-Mission: We strive to live simply and in harmony with the Earth while pursuing our spiritual goals.
From www.ic.org/directory/nasalam/:
We are an eclectic tantric/spiritual community. We study Eastern Philosophy, Shamanism, and the Western Esoteric Tradition. We live fairly close to nature and garden to grow as much of our food as possible. We are open to new members for the first time in several years. We suggest men write for our .pdf file to learn more about us. Namaste' access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Fair Grove name: Nasalam - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23351 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Mexico oid: 5bcb1c1c-b8ca-4f46-9e5b-87a5ab8259b5 id: 22915 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oaxaca mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Sierra de Oaxaca mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 16.169465 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -96.500962 group: description: "Mission: Establish a sustainable \"home\" space for those seeking refuge and retreat from the centralized systems of our Planet, where we can re-learn the forgotten self-healing tools within permaculture views, as well as taking responsability for our personal healing, and create new ways of Living peacefully with our environment.\n\n\ Values\n\ * Sustainability (Emotional, Environmental, Fianancial, Energetic)\n\ * EnJOYment (Find Joy in what we do)\n\ * Nature (Returning back to Nature itself, and Natural ways of Living closer to Nature each time)\n\ * Wisdom from Anscestral Cultures (Rituals, Ceremonies, healing tools, natural medicines, attitudes and lifestyles)\n\ * Education / Ethics / integrity\n\ * Diversity and Intercultural Exchange
From www.ic.org/directory/natale/:
After 14 years of patience and persistence, I am closer to being successful in my life vision project. \n\ Thank you to two of my dearest friends that I am blessed to walk this planet with, I have received a donation of enough money to now go and buy two hectares in the Sierra of Oaxaca, where I always imagined the project to take place. I have done my preliminary work and training over the years and have enough knowledge on the matter and all the right contacts to make it happen as soon as I know which part of the Earth needs me to be her guardian. \n\ This year is destined for answering to the land\xE2\x80\x99s call and purchasing the right to be on it, develop it with Permaculture design principle and live there peacefully, receiving people in the years to come who are seeking to learn about Natural Building, Community living and who are also looking for a place to retreat to and do personal work.\n\ I am building up a web page with a blog to inform people interested in this project\xE2\x80\x99s development, as well as a donation system, for receiving any additional help people want to provide along the way.\n\ I am currently starting to write a more detailed description on the different phases of the project so to give a clearer idea of the short-, medium- and long-term vision of how I see it in the NOW." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: San Mateo Rio Hondo name: Natale - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23365 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "49508" physical_country: United States oid: 10cfcb1a-5dfd-4b4e-bb6c-3be42354f723 id: 22929 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Michigan mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: BLDG E STE 107 physical_address1: 950 28th St SE mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.9125823 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -85.642766 group: description: |-Mission: Educate individuals of Spiritual freedom, facilitate small community formation, and directly aid anyone seeking to live from their heart.
From www.ic.org/directory/grace-changes-everything-ministries/:
Job Summary This is a brand new position within Grace Changes Everything Ministries. We have designed a new home-based community model that seeks a community leader to facilitate, develop, and grow its member base. Growth will be measured comprehensively but not least of which, spiritually and financially . We are not a religion. We are not a church. We are not any sort of organization that aspires to a new set of rules in order to achieve genuine spiritual growth. Titles (pastor), degrees (seminary), and book knowledge (biblical literature) have never genuinely taken the place of relationships, community, and encouragement. We do believe in God and we believe that He/She is divinely and actively working and communicating. Has this ever been done before? Some progressive spiritual leaders around the world have created a truer sense of community within their existing religious infrastructure ( Relevant: Faith, Culture, & Intentional Living , Jan-Feb 2018, pps. 068-070). Francis Chan in 2013 notably developed, "We Are Church" out of San Francisco, CA, a home-based affinity group of a church-planting network. However, there is no network currently developing that has stepped away from the church culture without leaving faith, and focused entirely on the spiritual, emotional, psychological, and economical well-being of a small group of 12-15 individuals. There is no non-profit corporation that seeks to develop a network of such communities for the inherent good of its member communities... until now: Grace Life Communities Association . What qualifies me to be a community leader? Your life experience, your work experience, and mostly your desire to learn the skill sets needed to start, facilitate, and grow a small, home-based, affinity community within our network. Grace Changes Everything Ministries equips all new prospective community leaders with relevant and comprehensive training. The founder also participates with every new community by way of a 4-6 week teaching experience with his book, "Blinded by Normalcy: What is Life Anyways?" Is this a job? How do I make money? This is most definitely a job. You are training to start, facilitate, and develop a small community as part of our network of affinity-based communities. You will ultimately be accountable for the growth of your community in terms of realizing your member's individual goals/dreams. You will be paid based both on the measured growth of your community's portfolio of local fundraising, income generated through individual member's economic activity, and corporate funding projects from Grace Changes Everything Ministries that you participate in securing. How do I get started or learn more information? Simply apply through this site. We will schedule a time to meet personally. This opportunity is currently available in Michigan, however expansion efforts are under way for growth regionally and nationally. Job Type: Part-time access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Grand Rapids name: Grace Changes Everything Ministries - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23366 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Mexico oid: 0be8c6f8-96ec-4ebc-8cf7-6a77d9c35118 id: 22930 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Puebla - Mexico City mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Community 1 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 19.4101783 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -99.0826827 group: description:Mission: Business/Permaculture communities that treasure the least of these and unification of those who are one in the kingdom
From www.ic.org/directory/the-village-rural-comunidad-electricity-urban/:
We have a rural Christian intentional community in the mountains of Puebla. We are starting an urban Christian intentional community in Mexico City. We build industrious communities that care for the poor. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Puebla & Mexico City name: The Village - Rural + Comunidad Electricity - Urban - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23367 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 32dc47c8-2930-44d8-b827-e5184c18af44 id: 22931 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Texas mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Not Given mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 29.8849441 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -97.6699996 group: description: |-Mission: Love, peace, kindness, communication.
From www.ic.org/directory/ahimsa-cohousing/:
Hello, Sat Nam, Namaste! We are a family of 4 starting a small community for healers, energy workers, yoga teachers, and organic permaculturists. Our background is in Kundalini yoga, Tantra, women's empowerment, and conscious relationships. We'd love to find like-minded people to live with in our community (separate housing on the same property) that we are also using as a retreat center and AirBNB. We'd also like to grow most of our produce. Our experiences living in a 60-home co-housing village taught us a lot about what we want. We are looking for like-minded people who are homeowners or who have the funds to be homeowners and would like to join us in making our vision a reality. Things that are important to us: --The community will be based on love, peace, and communication. --Spiritual and yoga-focused --Shared meals several times a week --Pet friendly (horses welcome, too!) --like-minded neighbors, especially energy-workers, yogis, midwives, herbalists, and healers --eco-friendly homes on one piece of land so that our kids can play together and go from house to house but each family will have their own space. --organic community garden --natural parenting --Limited screen time for children --Sustainable as much as possible...fruit trees, gardens, etc. --No animals raised for meat on the property (meat eaters are welcome, just no killing on the land) --Eco-friendly in as many ways as possible --Children will be homeschooled, unschooled, or private schooled Our community will include a Montessori school teacher or someone else who is a good candidate to teach our children to think for themselves and to be curious and explore the world around them, as well as teaching them responsibility and self-care, body-positivity, etc. UPDATE as of March 2018: We have land and it's grand!!! We have a hoophouse, greenhouse, fruit trees, pecan trees, raised beds, and outdoor sheds. Our family is living on the land in a pre-loved house. We have horses, dairy goats, chickens, and ducks. We are currently seeking one individual or family to join us. Must have organic gardening and/or permaculture skills. We will add more families in the coming years. We are open to RV, yurts, tiny houses, medium sized houses...whatever will fit together into our community. We hope to have a yurt for a classroom and workshop space some day soon! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lockhart name: Serenity Yoga Farm - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23379 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: a1637d66-8887-43af-b64d-4850dbb04db0 id: 22943 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Tennessee mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.169255 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -89.990415 group: description: |-Mission: Our ministry will be one of hospitality, service, and being a loving presence to the pilgrims who journey to visit the Monastery.
From www.ic.org/directory/companions-of-christ-monastery/:
The Companions of Christ Monastery is an Old Catholic monastic community of celibate brothers, celibate sisters, couples, and single persons called together as a monastic spiritual family into deep relationships with and in Jesus Christ. Although we we are liturgically and theologically an Old Catholic Monastery we are intentional in our commitment to be ecumenical and welcome all Christians within the community. Our monastery is unique in that it will be integrated in many ways. We will integrate both male and female, celibate and non-celibate, family and single. We will also integrate the various monastic traditions like Franciscan, Benedictine, Trappist, and many others. We will balance contemplative and charismatic, stable (i.e., living in one place) and itinerant (i.e., traveling); solitary and communal; and eremitical and active ministry. The monastic members will work by farming/gardening, office work, cooking, cleaning, and maintenance of the grounds and buildings. Part of our life will deal with the manual tasks of making the Monastery as self-sufficient as possible to decrease our costs. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Memphis name: Companions of Christ Monastery - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23381 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: b004e411-9108-4c6c-8073-850dd18540fe id: 22945 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Louisiana mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Laussat Street mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 29.9839576 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -90.040179 group: description: |-Mission: To love as we were commanded by the Savior Jesus Christ.
From www.ic.org/directory/elation/:
Love one another. As I have loved you, so love one another. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: New Orleans name: Elation - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23382 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 2cd25350-3723-451e-8444-948b940b4993 id: 22946 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oregon mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.954501 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.748442 group: description:Mission: Christian community of lay Monastic devoted to loving God.
From www.ic.org/directory/new-monastic-society-of-silverton/:
We want to live out the Celtic Cross rule of life. We also practice Lectio Devina and pray the Liturgy of the Hours together. We are Ecumenical in nature and open to all of God's children. We are not a cult. We all belong to our own churches but want to live out this simple and God fearing life. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Silverton name: New Monastic Society of Silverton - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23393 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 815b7c0a-5b5f-46b7-a379-95ae54e3f274 id: 22957 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Washington mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 48.3639915 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.4704402 group: description: "Mission: To connect with a higher power, each other, nature, and ourselves.
From www.ic.org/directory/new-northwest-school/:
Starting an open-minded community of kind and loving people. Whether it will be a commune or more independent is something we should all decide together, as well as other rules. It will be a spiritual community, but all faiths (or absence of) are welcome. We will try to live sustainably and off grid. Health will be of importance here. That being said the following habits are permitted: alcohol, tobacco, cannabis. It will be a community where there are more guidelines than rules. We will participate in activism. We also plan to be a hub for music, art, and poetry where people can learn and teach others also." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Fish Town name: New Northwest School - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23396 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "18400" physical_country: Spain oid: 4ebd0d4e-eeac-454d-bd7e-f476c26d6586 id: 22960 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Granada mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Cortijo Mariposa mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 36.9017931 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -3.4232213 group: description: "Mission: Our objective is the creation of a sustainable lifestyle in a community environment. Our key principles are to live as close as possible to Nature, and be as sustainable and healthy as possible, to support healing & awakening on every level. \xE2\x99\xA5mostly raw & organic, strictly vegetarian, gluten-free and no processed/fried/baked foods \xE2\x99\xA5 no pollutants / toxins on the land or in our bodies, organic permaculture \xE2\x98\x85 drug, alcohol, marijuana and tobacco-free and we discourage all other forms of addictive behaviour \xE2\x99\xA5 off-grid, solar electricity with conscious and limited use of Internet and electronic devices \xE2\x99\xA5 the use of sacred plant medicine in ceremonial context \xE2\x99\xAB sacred music sessions ~ singing heart songs \xE2\x99\xA5 alternative education \xE2\x98\xAF a self-sufficient economy from own produce, workshops, events and festivals \xE2\x88\x9Enomadic & sacred architecture (yurts, domes)
From www.ic.org/directory/amoraleza/:
Amoraleza is a community project whose goal is to live in symbiosis with Nature as well as a retreat center, dedicated to plant medicine work, with the intention of providing a safe and sacred space to experience an expansion of the heart and the consciousness. We are a family of 6, living on 4 hectare (40,000 m\xC2\xB2 or 9.88 acres) of land, nestled on the south side of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in Andalusia, southern Spain, bordering the National Park. We have our own spring and more than 100 olive trees and a variety of young fruit trees planted in recent years. We are a non-profit association dedicated to health and spirituality and are creating sustainability by offering our place as a place for retreat and reconnection with Nature. Our goal is the establishment of a sustainable community of long-term residents, including families, active in permaculture, self-management of health through high-raw vegetarian nutrition and natural healing and sustainable and low-impact living." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Orgiva name: Amoraleza - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23398 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "95450" physical_country: United States oid: 9fdd8334-6e30-4fb6-94dd-3e132f1a2432 id: 22962 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 9960 HWY 1 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 38.4336514 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.1005502 group: description: "Mission: Our mission is to facilitate transcendent experience and a meaningful way of life, which we call the 5th way. \n\n\ Russian House #1 is being built around human development and enlightenment goals. We value freedom and friendship and ready for experiments.
From www.ic.org/directory/russian-house-1/:
Russian House #1 is a community intended for a consciousness exploration and personal growth. It is a free cultural space and an experimental cultural platform. \n\ As a community we create:\n\n\ - a frontier restaurant with home-like concept of food-sharing, human communication, participation and sharing;\n\ - a space for cultural exchange (open mics, exhibition, special food days, movies, celebrations);\n\ - experiment in new economics;\n\ - an environment for personal and collective consciousness studies (riddles and puzzles for the public, breathworks, different meditations, mind-development and self-reflection cultivation practices, mindfulness as a path, Game Mastery as priority approach to life-problem solving)\n\n\ We want to find a way of making things with harmony instead of profit, \n\ with creativity instead of consumption,\n\ and with friendship instead of client-customer relationship and social rules.\n\n\n\ We are intended to become a Post-non-classical science Center, according to classification of Russian philosopher V. Stepin.\n\ Post-non-classical science is something where the researcher includes himself or herself in the research system and obtains knowledge which is not separated from the researcher. The researcher experiences integration of himself or herself into the World. To comprehend on contrary with a classical science, in this case, means to integrate oneself with everything. \n\n\ Russian House #1 is located right on the Russian River. People see it as a mysterious place, where the river meets the ocean and miracles happen here often.\n\n\ Our main focus is the self-exploration and human development.\n\ In order to cultivate it we do:\n\ -\tExperience weeks (weeks of living and experiencing our community life)\n\ -\tRussian Games\n\ -\tBreathworks (Rebirthing, Holotropic breathwork, Da-breathing, etc.)\n\ -\tIntellectual clubs (salon) each Sunday\n\ -\tSpecial events and talks\n\n\ Our methods can be united with the name of \xE2\x80\x9Cbreakthrough psychology\xE2\x80\x9D.\n\n\ We welcome everybody for our programs." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Jenner name: "Russian house #1" - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23405 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "02460" physical_country: Australia oid: 43769bb8-5e05-4d74-b8d2-5510fe94fc99 id: 22969 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: NSW mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 73 Martin Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -29.8627041 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 152.7136918 group: description: |-Mission: The mission is to create this community as a prototype for the Utopian world of peace, environmental sustainability, love and equality that we wish this world to become through vegan and then rawfoods combined with yoga. See website for more.
From www.ic.org/directory/uoca/:
This is a beautiful boutique yoga health retreat based on the spiritual teachings of the Unification Organisation of Collective Ascension. There is a large two storey eco-sustainable solar house on 160 acres of secluded forest in Nymboida Australia. Two more huts can be developed and a shed. Up to six people can stay in the house. More in the sheds or camping. More huts and a temple are planned. Those suitable will be assisted to build their own accommodation if they wish to live here. Members must go through a visitor resident period of at least 3 months. They must follow the diet, vegan, and yoga and meditation practised here and do 4-6 hours work per day. Perfect for yoga and meditation. In Summer it is naturist. All are welcome regardless of race, gender, sexuality, creed, culture, age, disability. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Nymboida name: UOCA - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23408 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Costa Rica oid: 7be8c02c-dac4-49d3-bbaf-1a3b2e1e851e id: 22972 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Guanacaste Province mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 101 Mindspring Blvd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 10.5052242 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -84.8724284 group: description: |-Mission: A Sustainable existence with our Planet thru the gift of environmental diversity. A focus locally but to think globally.
From www.ic.org/directory/persona-nueva/:
We are a group of individuals focused on building a sustainable way of living in Harmony with all life forms and developing a way of life that heals, nourishes and teaches. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lake Arenal name: Persona Nueva - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23412 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Belize oid: 99f0ce1c-6433-4dd6-a3df-e6aae1cfa0d4 id: 22976 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Cayo mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 17.0920312 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -88.6108642 group: description: "Mission: Building a world based on love, sharing, and compassion for all expressions of life. We do not kill any living creature and teach others the act of non-violence (ahimsa). We strive to minimize or cause no harm.
From www.ic.org/directory/peaceful-village-and-intentional-community/:
Peaceful Village is an intentional vegan community and blueprint for creating a peaceful world. Concept started in 2014. We had a temporary land in Belize in 2017 and will reassemble in the near future. Our aim is to create a peaceful vegan community and world and create blueprint for people to create their own communities. If you would like to help with this project in any way please get in touch with us at peacefulvillage@protonmail.com\n\n\ Mission\n\ At the Peaceful Village, our aim is to create an eco-sustainable community, another way of living, a just and peaceful world through vegan education.\n\n\ Michael Lanfield\n\ Certified World Peace Diet Facilitator, vegan advocate, and author of five books, including two Amazon best-sellers; The Interconnectedness of Life and The Journey, Michael has garnished 15,000 YouTube subscribers, and 5 million video views and millions more through Facebook, Google+, Instagram, and others. He has written the forward to Mango Wodzak\xE2\x80\x99s newest book The Eden Fruitarian Guidebook.\n\n\ The basic values for this community include:\n \n\ 1. No being is viewed as property, to be used or harmed in any way, whenever possible. We at the Peaceful Village at Finca Del Soul cherish all life, therefore everyone is vegan while living on or visiting the land. We follow the principle of \xE2\x80\x9Cahimsa\xE2\x80\x9D or harmlessness where we refrain from injuring any living creature and cause the least harm whenever possible. This includes refraining from the consumption of animal foods and products that contain animal ingredients, as well as, animals used in entertainment, for testing, clothing, or other uses, as much as possible and practicable. We value all animal\xE2\x80\x99s freedom; therefore, we do not participate in the keeping of companion animals \xE2\x80\x9Cpets\xE2\x80\x9D at the Peaceful Village, but rather live harmoniously with naturally free roaming animals in nature.\n \n\ 2. We value every human animal equally and reject all forms of discrimination. We treat everyone as we want to be treated, with kindness, love, and respect.\n \n\ 3. Not to take what is not given, but to respect the property of others. At the Peaceful Village, we refrain from taking the property, life, time, or life-energy or others if not given freely directly to us.\n \n\ 4. Not to engage in sexual misconduct. This refers to any action of body, speech or mind that sees another as an object for our own self-gratification or against another's free will.\n \n\ 5. Not to lie but to speak the truth. We avoid telling falsehoods or exaggerations, internally or externally, through any deceitful action, word or thought, with the intent to harm others.\n \n\ 6. Not to consume alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and cigars. We at the Peaceful Village believe in order to be at peace and harmony, we need not consume any substances that negatively affect the heart or mind.\n \n\ 7. We respect nature and avoid using harmful chemicals, minimizing our ecological footprint as much as possible. Therefore, we implement veganic permaculture practices in harmony with the Earth." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Santa Marta name: Peaceful Village - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23422 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 31fc3ed8-ac22-4999-bfca-6156b056e8ce id: 22986 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Minnesota mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.977753 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -93.2650108 group: description: "Mission: We are a intentional Christian community living alongside the Visitation Sisters in North Minneapolis. We are committed to the gospel principles of prayer, community, recreation, silence, contemplative presence, conversion, and hospitality.
From www.ic.org/directory/visitation-residents-community/:
In response to a readiness that we perceive in our hearts and in our lived life, the Sisters of the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis are seeking to found a Visitation community of the laity alongside the Visitation vowed religious community. Both of these communities are called to minister mutually within the universal church of all believers while living mutually in prayer and community with those less advantaged, embracing and sharing God\xE2\x80\x99s abundance and living Jesus with the joy of being loved by God.\n\n\ In the spirit of Francis DeSales and Jane DeChantal the Sisters of the Minneapolis Visitation have been oriented toward collaboration with lay groups since the founding of their monastery. Many different endeavors over the years have included: Visitation Neighbors, Visitation Companions, Circle of Leaders, development of leaders in the neighborhood, St. Jane House, Visitation Intern Program, Monastic Immersion Experience and Following the Spirit Discernment Series." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Minneapolis name: Visitation Residents Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23424 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "00674" physical_country: United States oid: a37b6081-cd01-468d-a5b0-20c7cf4cdc25 id: 22988 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Puerto Rico mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: RR 2 Box 6801 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 18.4276676 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -66.4777444 group: description: "Mission: We are a religious community that follows the footsteps of Francis of Assisi serving the poor of God's holy people. A sign of brotherhood to the world. We have a retreat center and soup kitchen. Each and everyone of the brothers is encouraged to explore their talents serving the poor. We have available formation program for Lay Franciscans and committed Christians.
From www.ic.org/directory/hermanos-framciscanos-de-la-providencia/:
Franciscan Religious Community - sharing the good news of the Gospel and helping the poorest of the poor. Wherever there is a need to share the message of God's love, you will find the Franciscans. We work in education, parishes and social justice throughout the Caribbean, United States, Africa, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Per\xC3\xBA and Spain." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Manati name: Hermanos Framciscanos de la Providencia - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23430 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "94601" physical_country: United States oid: a0ff1233-0222-4c73-8db5-45dfb7219d8c id: 22994 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 36th Avenue mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.7773313 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.2209532 group: description: "Mission: To decolonize our minds, hearts and behaviors of hyper-individualism, separation and competition, realizing that we really do belong to one another, that we're all part of the web of life and that humans need to re-inhabit the earth in ways that are not destructive.
From www.ic.org/directory/work-that-reconnects-ecovillage/:
The Work That Reconnects Ecovillage is a forming urban community located in the Fruitvale District of Oakland, California. Our 'mother ship' is Canticle Farm, which is comprised of six adjacent houses with fences removed between 36th and Harrington Avenues. Inspired by the life of Francis of Assisi and the Work That Reconnects as taught by Joanna Macy, Canticle Farm provides a platform for the Great Turning \xE2\x80\x93 the planetary shift from an industrial-growth society to a life-sustaining society \xE2\x80\x93 one heart, one home, and one block at a time. The Farm manifests a commitment to living and working towards more sustainable alternatives through spiritual practice, integral nonviolence, gift economy, restorative practices, urban permaculture, education and other work necessary for regenerating community in the 21st Century.\n\ The neighborhood is largely Latino. Amor Art Farm and Manantial de Luz (formerly Casa de Paz) are just up the street. Our intention is that as we grow in number, we will house folks through renting/buying houses in the neighborhood." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Oakland name: Work That Reconnects Ecovillage - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23434 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 6451553d-6865-4d44-b94e-fcab590a7942 id: 22998 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.978066 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -119.5537 group: description: "Mission: 1. Enable the individual to follow their true will in harmony in an alternative commune that provide them with social and financial support to help them reach this.\n\n\ True Will is defined as\xC2\xA0the essential identity, passions, and motivations of an individual once they are stripped of cultural and social conditioning, mind-control, and the modern mindset and necessity to focus on materiality and survival at the cost of everything else.\n\ In exchange for contribution to the development of the Order, individuals will be granted access to some of our resources\xC2\xA0to use to achieve their higher goals.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B2. Function as a sanctuary away from the unsavory aspects of the modern world, while maintaining connection with the more positive aspects so that the fruits of technological and scientific development can be harvested and that we continue to progress forward in all forms of evolution, rather than retreat into previous ways of being.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ Among other pragmatic aspects of life, we aim at settling\xC2\xA0all of our willing\xC2\xA0members together in the same location so they may actualize themselves through\xC2\xA0social interaction,\xC2\xA0art, \xC2\xA0intellectual work\xC2\xA0and other collective endeavors.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\xE2\x80\x8B\n\ 3. Work to protect and preserve the natural conditions of existence of all living creatures on earth, and to ensure the preservation of the ecosystem for future generations. Contribute to the development\xC2\xA0of alternative technologies to improve our\xC2\xA0quality of life, and our\xC2\xA0knowledge of nature as part of the\xC2\xA0greater whole.\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B4. Evolve as a center for the sacred where the transcendental center of every individual is activated so that all individuals experience the \"life that cuts through life\".\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ Many understand the basic modalities of interacting with the world and oneself as\xC2\xA0feminine and masculine. In\xC2\xA0other words,\xC2\xA0they consist of love and will: receptivity to higher realities, and\xC2\xA0knowledge and skill to mold them.\xC2\xA0\n\n\ Magic\xC2\xA0practice and the perception of the\xC2\xA0\"sacred\"\xC2\xA0consist\xC2\xA0of the means, structures, and traditions\xC2\xA0of apprehending and interacting with a broader range of realities than are generally glimpsed by the uninitiated public. Through it, we can envision Source (the Divine)\xC2\xA0in its plane of existence,\xC2\xA0interact with higher dimensional beings in the ethereal plane, and produce thought-forms on the astral plane that will chisel the world around us to reflect our True Will.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\xE2\x80\x8B\xE2\x80\x8B\n\ 5. Advocate for the rights of the seer, mystic, psychic. Educate the public about the esoteric and its proper place in social life.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\xE2\x80\x8B\n\ 6. Create an interdisciplinary center of research for culture. An intellectual salon where important and heretical thinkers are studied with the purpose of achieving greater understanding and capacity for affecting change. A place for the consumption and creation of arts and philosophy that transcend time.\n\n\ In light of the fragmentation of disciplines in modern academia, we represent an alternative to dissociated hyper-specialization in\xC2\xA0research. The subjective world, the world of spirit, has been neglected in pursuit of science and technology.\xC2\xA0The purpose\xC2\xA0of this center is to merge science, in all its advanced forms,\xC2\xA0and\xC2\xA0spirituality, by\xC2\xA0rigorous research to unravel\xC2\xA0disciplines that have barely been explored, including Integral Theory, psychoanalysis, and esoteric studies. We want to investigate myths and miracles to see what truly is possible, and to stretch the human to its full\xC2\xA0potential.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ The methodology and goal of this center are\xC2\xA0to merge science and spirituality.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\xE2\x80\x8B\xE2\x80\x8B\n\ 7. Enact meta-political and trans-historical social change to bring metaphysical revolution based around philosophical principles and a higher form of spiritual action.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B8. Restore spiritual sovereignty and ancient knowledge. Study and practice a variety of esoteric, shamanic and occult disciplines in great depth, with a combination of individual and group workings.\n\n\ We combine\xC2\xA0witchcraft, shamanism, ceremonial magic, theurgy, neoplatonism, kaballism, Tantra, and other sometimes lost traditions with the goal of helping humanity transcend its limited condition and\xC2\xA0awareness,\xC2\xA0and broadening its connection to higher\xC2\xA0densities.\xC2\xA0\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\xE2\x80\x8B9. Bring people together who've attained transpersonal levels of awareness. Help as many individuals achieve enlightenment/awakening as are ready.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ The first truly\xC2\xA0transpersonal stage of awareness is stage 7 in Ken Wilber's terms, where limiting postmodern values such as pluralism, egalitarianism and hyper-individualism are replaced by a structure that favors a more nuanced understanding of self and development of hierarchy. To our knowledge, all existing public spiritual\xC2\xA0communities in the US\xC2\xA0are centered around the sixth stage of development or below.\xE2\x80\x8B
From www.ic.org/directory/order-of-tiamat/:
The Order of Tiamat defines itself as a multidisciplinary spiritual community.\n \n\ We are a growing group of eclectic individuals passionate about spirituality, real politics and exopolitics, holistic science and ancient knowledge, actively involved in both substantial and non-conventional change. We are in the process of creating a residential community which will serve as an alternative to the modern Western world: a crucible disconnected from the burdensome perspective that present-day civilization is heading for collapse and desperately trying to feed us with its own illusions and decadence --individual, social, economic, moral and environmental.\n \n\ Countless alternative social projects like the Order of Tiamat are being spontaneously created and independent communities are emerging right now in many countries. However, our core values and ideals often deeply differ from the mainstream ones one can witness mostly everywhere nowadays.\n \n\ Some of us are artists and thinkers, some seers, some scientists, visionaries or revolutionary activists, some\n\ world travelers. We are looking for genuine, resolute, engaged souls who are willing to commit to a long-term collective project that demands mainly responsibility, insight, strength, relational skills and a fine taste in avant-garde production.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ We are convinced that individual and isolated acts cannot change the upcoming global crisis the false elite of mankind is working for, and that the main responsibility of those who seek, like us, to embody and preserve what can be saved of earthly humanity's freedom, dignity, knowledge, tradition, and wisdom is to collectively prepare our transition from this age to the next.\n\ \xE2\x80\x8B\n\ Today, whenever you examine the different spiritual forces and beings trying to bring their contribution to the enlightenment of mankind, a constant and almost stunning reality appears: nearly all of them are profoundly isolated. If, for instance, you investigate the presence of shamans online and around you, most who are truly knowledgeable and devoted to the spiritual path for its own sake are separated from others pursuing the same goals. Although our enemies are partially responsible for this situation, it is also our own complacency, weakness and lack of faith that distance us from our responsibilities and power in this world.\n \n\ This split results in every single person committed toward enlightenment having to exert an incredible amount of energy for minimal gain; if more unity were achieved, tremendous results could be accomplished almost effortlessly. Society as a whole works collectively with many roles delegated to execute a single purpose; yet those who wish to change the status quo tend to break off from others and to disregard the importance of collective action. humans have many different personality types, talents, and aptitudes, which serves to remind us that even if individuation is a mandatory yet often neglected aspect of spiritual growth, our final cause involves creatively merging with others to be more fulfilled, and successful. \n \n\ This perspective in mind, one of the central objectives of the Order of Tiamat is to move human cognition to a higher level of non-ego based self-realization fed, stimulated and encouraged in and by the pursuit of wisdom, justice, compassion, truth and constant enlightenment. On a collective scale, we aim to accomplish this end through subversive inspired art, authentic activism, revolutionary spirituality, and transpersonal expressions of awareness.\n \n\ Our influences, interests, sensibilities and sources of inspiration include both modern culture and ancient civilizations, Traditional forms of spirituality (neoplatonism, shamanism, traditional witchcraft), esoteric thinkers (such as Nietzsche, Evola, Lao Tzu, Plato, Steiner) and the ideals of the Ubermensch, Guardian and Warrior.\n \n\ At this stage, it is still too early to precisely determine where we will establish ourselves, and all viable options - including outside the US - are being carefully considered. This being said, we are currently thinking of spanning a major city and its nearby rural location in either Washington State, Idaho or Montana." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Seattle name: Order of Tiamat - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23439 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Portugal oid: 915af4d0-1496-4113-9af1-65e32af5c3b3 id: 23003 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Coimbra mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 40.218499 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -8.0537909 group: description: |-Mission: A community of lay Buddhist practitioners who are looking to deepen their practice together. While meanwhile living together with nature.
From www.ic.org/directory/nissarana/:
We, in the Western world, live in a way, at least most of us, that is not conducive to practice. We are bombarded with imagery, with false ideals and persuasive marketing. Especially for us beginners it is difficult to remain mindful for a day, let alone remain mindful for a few hours. Times have changed, for better or for worse, but I think it is quite obvious, that we need to reassess our living conditions if we want to deepen our practice. This has triggered me into thinking about different ways to live, ways which are more conducive for practice. Ways which actually enhance practice. And that is were Nissarana comes in. TOGETHER ALONE In my mind Nissarana is community of likeminded people who are willing to practice together, but also at times alone in noble silence. Nissarana will be a community at heart, in which to share and learn, but where there is also space to take time for yourself, to go out for a personal retreat, if that is necessary. In this modern society there are less and less ways to live, especially if this is 'Religiously' inclined. Of course, nowadays it is still possible for a Buddhist practitioner to go into 'homelessness' by joining a Monastery. Though there seems nothing 'in between', like a community for lay practitioners. Who are at the start of their spiritual careers, who would like to follow their own path. Nissarana should not be like a monastery, in the sense that there are strict guidelines. There is practice, but practitioners are solemnly responsible for their own development and in a style in which they would like to practice. DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRACTICE Residents form a Sangha, but everybody works individually on their own practices. There is freedom to pursue your own path within the Buddhist framework. There is a common practice, like meditation, discussion and study, but this is really ones own responsibility. The community and the philosophy is based on that which all Buddhist practitioners have in common, Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, Five Precepts etc. One should also be open for different kinds of practice, have respect for different Buddhist approaches, early or late Buddhism. Different Buddhist approaches have developed by interaction with different cultures, one way of practice might work for one person, but might not work for the other. In Nissarana we will look together for the approach that will fit us best. REMOTE BUT NOT SECLUDED An important aspect of Nissarana is an open and compassionate attitude towards other communities at large. If we can start and build this community we are privileged. Therefore we should give back. In whichever way this will be I am not yet sure, this should be discussed together with the future community. But I think the possibility of a personal retreat should be open for everyone. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Arganil name: Nissarana - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23445 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 81ccdbb5-6659-413a-83cd-f4744fe6c2dd id: 23009 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Arizona mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.652235 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -109.679276 group: description: "Mission: A community to bring like minded souls to live together harmoniously with the land in a sustainable manner using eco-friendly earthen building techniques, permaculture, alternative energy sources to eventually be fully off the grid. I envision Sedona Oasis and the surrounding landscape to be a seamless integration of living spaces, event spaces, and nature itself. I see it as an educational forum so others can learn from our collective vision. A place for visitors to enjoy farm to table meals, raw chocolate making, the wines of the area, yoga, meditation, ecstatic dance, and simply connecting with their highest and best.
From www.ic.org/directory/sedona-oasis-2/:
After being in Sedona for 16 years and owning my own tour company for the last 13 years, I know that Northern Arizona is my home. For this land is purely magical, enchanted in fact. The way the rocks glow at sunset, the people that make up this vibrant community, the sacred waters the flow through Sedona. This town and area have everything that makes my heart sing with joy and gratitude.\n\n\ For several years I have had a dream. My dream? I wish to start a collective of like-minded souls. Let\xE2\x80\x99s bring our conscious intentions, love, grace, passion, together! For alone I\xE2\x80\x99m just a single man, but with other like-minded souls, we can create something really special. In my vision, it\xE2\x80\x99s called \xE2\x80\x9CSedona Oasis\xE2\x80\x9D. It\xE2\x80\x99s a community for the people to live together in harmony. A place where we can grow our own organic food together. Where there is such an abundance of food for not only ourselves, but also a surplus that we can supply the Sedona Foodbank, and offer local restaurants and wineries an organic food sources.\n\n\ A place where we can build earthen structures to inhabit, living simply, using the materials from Mother Earth whether it be cob, strawbale, hempcrete, adobe, rammed earth, sand bags. A place where we can practice yoga, meditation, community cuddles, and any other forms of self improvement arts freely. A place where we can come together to dance our heart\xE2\x80\x99s dance, sing our soul\xE2\x80\x99s song, simply be. I see gardens and pyramid shaped greenhouses. I see an orchard of grape vines. Yes, I would like to follow in the footsteps of my great grandfather and make wine and also sell grapes to neighboring vineyards. I see an abundance of fruit trees. I see animals: dogs: cats: chickens, goats, ducks, perhaps even a horse. I see a heart-shaped pond on the property with a gentle red rock waterfall flowing through the property. Tucked in-between the trees are pathways to communicate with nature and yourself. I see hammocks, swings, yurts, and hobbit holes throughout the property.\n\n\ I see a small youth hostel where budget-minded travelers can stay for under $20 a night. I see a small bed and breakfast where other travelers can stay and get to enjoy organic meals made on premises. I see a magnificent kitchen and community area where we can gather. I see an incredible commercial chocolate making the kitchen, where we can host chocolate making gatherings and workshops. I see an opportunity to form a co-op to bring an abundance of superfoods to not only the community but to the public. I have a vision. I have a dream. This vision is so close to coming to fruition: The land is there. 5.6 acres just minutes from west Sedona. there\xE2\x80\x99s a well already present. The property borders national forest and is in an ideal location with views of the red rocks and Oak Creek." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cornville name: Sedona-Oasis - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23461 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Fiji oid: 3bf9ed36-39ac-4a81-937c-791c876cb006 id: 23025 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: South Pacific mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -17.713371 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 178.065032 group: description: |-Mission: Self - sufficient, awakened, natural living peace community.
From www.ic.org/directory/utopia-project/:
Utopia Project seeks to unite all those wishing to step out of the matrix and into an authentic, awakened and blissful existence. We are looking for founder members that can contribute financial investment and practical skills to help to find and purchase land/property (shortlist of locations is private - please email) on which to start Utopia Project, the inhabitants of which will be a new tribe of people. Families with children are most welcome to join us in this plan, as we aim to make Utopia a safe and nurturing place for children to learn and to grow. We will strive for self - sufficiency and employ sustainable, organic methods in the cultivation of nourishing, plentiful plant - based sustenance. We are also thinking of setting up a wellness retreat here to support the local economy and provide some income. Be a part of making this vision a reality. Please see details before contacting us. Love & Light x access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: South Pacific name: Utopia Project - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23465 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: ac3671db-7f66-45a6-abf5-75fd9c04c7c8 id: 23029 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Arkansas mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 33.608922 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -91.207356 group: description: |-Mission: Working together to produce clean, local food. Sharing our skills and experiences, learning from one another, respecting and appreciating our differences, finding our gifts and talents and using them to help the community. (In a nutshell)
From www.ic.org/directory/the-old-home-place-apiary/:
I've been wanting to do something like this for years..not that I don't enjoy healthy solitude and silent time..on the contrary. And I have amazing friends from all walks of life and fortunate to have family, close. However, living in the country and trying to homestead a little here and there and seeing so many amazing projects in prepping, survival, bushcraft, beekeeping, gardening, etc. I've come to the conclusion I need a villiage. Most are settled in their homes and lives and have no need to travel or seek housing. They are already living their dream or seriously pursuing it. But if you're like me, you're still figuring it out. Last year, my best friend and I started this journey. He was just going to build me a little chicken coop which turned into a chicken house, then two. Together, we acquired guineas, a rooster, chickens, and bees. He loved being the maintenance man, every repair he could make, he did. We worked side by side steadily from March 2016 until October 2016 when he fell ill. March 2017 he was diagnosed with cancer. Though his heart is still in it, he simply cannot continue working, though he probably won't stop. He has this great airliner camper. He's going to hang out here and boss me around lol. I have focused on the bees. It's the best hobby I could have. It's good for the soul, along with gardening and any outside work. I spend a lot of my time reading and learning what I can about bee biology and the art of beekeeping. This is my 2nd year and I have been so fortunate. I hope to expand my bee yard even more, next spring. I've made several splits, sold some, gifted some, kept some. It looks like I will be going into the winter with 7 hives. I harvested more honey than I expected and even rendered my first beeswax from all the wax cappings. We accomplished so much and had plans for so much more, here on the hill. It's nice and quiet here. Except for the guineas and a rooster. There's a creek that runs through the property, a lot of wooded areas, valleys, hills. I've got one of the best views of the sunrise and sunset. Seven miles from town, however, you're within an hour drive from Tulsa, Fayetteville, Bentonville, and Eureka Springs. Many artist and musicians live in the area. I love my hometown and this is my grandfather's land. He was an ole timer who loved the simple country life. It takes years to accomplish all that he did. But together, we had a modest garden, fresh eggs, and what I thought would be the start of a little homestead. There are a lot of wooded areas here on the hill and I love the art of bushcrafting. Not that I'm good at it, but I want to learn many survival skills, along with that. I would love to see someone or group skilled in bushcrafting come and build primitive camping spots, teaching the art. I'm also looking for individuals who love music and art, love to garden, skilled in herbal medicine, experienced in animal husbandry, butchering,carpentry, homemaking, organizing/starting up small communities, retired beekeepers, active beekeepers, creative and kind people who would enjoy working with others to achieve common goals; safe, clean, peaceful and recreational place to live, clean local food to eat, like-minded people to share in the work and the fruits of our labor. I think there are a lot of people like me that have come to the realization, "It takes a village." I am willing to open my home and share my land with those who are willing to share my vision. If this sounds like something you're interested in, this may be the "village" you're looking for. Perhaps you're not experienced or super skilled in these particular areas but you are an amazing person and have something to offer and want to be a part of this kind of community, your gift will make room for you. One of my closest friends and her 2 are coming at the end of September. She is going to school for parks and recreation management (or something like that) and this girl can do amazing things with wood. She's super motivated, organized, and hard-working. I don't know what this "community" will look like in 6 mos - a year but I'm optimistic about the possibilities. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Siloam Springs name: The Old Home Place Apiary - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23470 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "05734" physical_country: Bulgaria oid: 99ac944c-073f-432d-8fda-e79dc2566829 id: 23034 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Ob Lovech mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Mirovets mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 42.9846834 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 24.129818 group: description: |-Mission: To live in harmony with all life forms including Gaia and promote the same.
From www.ic.org/directory/awakening-community/:
Here at Awakening Community no life form is intentionally harmed for we are all one. My expereieces have taught me that we need to honour our unique planet Earth - Gaia for she is far more than we know . For we are unaware of her true nature and purpose which is in alignment with our evolution and purpose in being 'on earth'. This is why I started Awakening Community in 2014 and now am opening it to new members. There is so much abundance here - mature walnut, hazel, apple,quince and plum trees all producing. I have recently planted cherry almond peach and apricot and a kiwi and grape vine. Awakening community is blessed with abundance in the wild - cherry plums,crab apples,cornilean cherry called dryan here in Bulgaria,rosehips, hawthorn berries,. There are also many herbs growing here in the mountains various thymes mints, oregano,lemon balm,chickory,dandylion. My book Awakening - The Inevitable Door , to be published early next year discusses and explores the interconnection of ourselves, Gaia and all life. and shares my experiences , much more.. My second book Awakening to Gaia reveals our ancient ability to live a life in co operation and co creation with the spiritual essence of Gaia. This journey of awakening to our latent dormant abilities is one of remembering and relearning .and weather we are aware or not we have a role and place to for fill in partnership with Gaia . access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Malak Izvor name: Awakening To Gaia - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23473 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Bolivia oid: 01d04b1d-ce91-428b-b95f-c0c0da98dd8b id: 23037 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: la paz mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: san pedro de la loma, coroico, nor yungas mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -16.1941783 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -67.7288125 group: description: |-Mission: Simple living, High thinking.
From www.ic.org/directory/uchumachi-govardhan-eco-yoga-village/:
Our ideal is to share with people of all ages and ideologies this full, harmonious way of life with a projection towards sustainable life and high spiritual and moral values. With this we share a practical and successful alternative life (permaculture) to that of the current consumer system. We are also part of an International Network of Eco Villages, with which we work for the same ideal. We have Yoga and Meditation Centres, Vegetarian Restaurants permaculture schools and Ecological Parks in more than 25 countries of the world, including two centres in the holiest places of India. Our international volunteer program is special for those who want to take part in sustainable activities such as permaculture, organic agriculture, afforestation, eco constructions, eco tourism yoga retreats, art conscious, etc. And at the same time experience the contact with nature in an Andean environment, combined with the harmony provided by the practice of Bhakti Yoga. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: coroico name: Uchumachi Govardhan Eco Yoga Village - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23478 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 0ead15ec-22b8-4881-b6bb-2097a6e07205 id: 23042 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: North Carolina mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 11 Main Street mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.924973 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -82.0060632 group: description: |-Mission: A New Earth Village.
From www.ic.org/directory/new-earth-village/:
Our New Earth Village Imagine several hundred people coming together to co-create a New Earth Community. A new model for cooperative community living. Together we invest. All real estate and businesses are owned in common.. We own and manage all property, together. We govern as one heart. Everyone is family. Everyone is needed. We have real purpose. We care, share, we contribute. Always. We exchange our professions, tools, skills, talents, products and services. Freely. All daily work, our contributions, hold the same value as any other. Money is rarely exchanged and only when necessary. Together we establish our abundant New Earth FREE Economy. Now Imagine living in the heart of the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains.. Close to nature and magical outdoor adventures. Our New Earth Village offers unique buildings, inspiring home spaces, local housing and low EMF environments. Pure food, fresh water, art, music, real friendships, purposeful living and a thriving New Earth Village economy. Our Community of 500-700 people is flourishing. Inspiring and strong!. We hold a social contact and we hold it dear: We are Visionaries, We are Spiritual Pioneers. We govern from One Heart. We are a fresh, curious, healthy, industrious, respectful, loving, diverse community. Everyone offers their very best. We show up, daily, fully, in community, together. Our New Earth Village employs new cutting edge sustainable tools and technologies. We are great stewards of mother earth. Our abundant village is also a New Earth Education Center. Join us. Together We Co-Create Heaven on Earth. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Bakersville name: New Earth Village - forming need founders. - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23479 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "10977" physical_country: United States oid: e692bb87-9204-4b8c-a1de-8b4502b55d69 id: 23043 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New York mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 241 Hungry Hollow Rd mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.0855799 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -74.064636 group: description:Mission: The Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Community exists to provide a healthy way of life for everyone living here. We provide housing for our coworkers and support them financially depending on their needs. We want to provide everyone with opportunities to be engaged in all the activities of life long learning and to enjoy in the company of others all the cultural events taking place in the course of the year. We believe that a rhythm of work and artistic activity lead to continuing health and awareness of the meaning of life on earth.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-rudolf-steiner-fellowship-community/:
Founded in 1066 by an anthroposophical doctor and his wife for the purpose of providin an intergenerational therapeutic work-based community centered around the care of the elderly. Our children attend the neighborhood Waldorf School. We have a farm where we raise organic produce, our cows supply milk & yogurt, our workshops help with raising funds. Coworkers are usually either primarily interested in care giving, farming/gardening, or in supportive activities such as cooking, cleaning, maintenance, landscaping, vehicle maintenance, etc. We are very busy and have special laws allowing the elderly to participate at all levels. We welcome volunteers. We offer a farm internship. Families are of course welcome. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Chestnut Ridge name: The Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23480 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: bf313a36-2344-4b52-bd1a-574be8a579c5 id: 23044 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Georgia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 32.783332 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -83.823023 group: description:Mission: The purpose for this nation is to be a Christian nation founded on Christian beliefs. We are not discriminating against other religions but we know that there are no actual sovereign nations that are for Christians unlike other nations that are based on Islamic beliefs and ideology. So we plan to have a Christian based nation where Christians from all over the world can come and be protected and not be persecuted based off of their beliefs like they are in some parts of the Middle East.
From www.ic.org/directory/star-kingdom/:
The Star Kingdom is a community that is trying to establish a new nation on the South Pacific islands known as the Kermadec Islands. The form of government is going to be a Parliamentary Monarchy with the founder Austin Rowe as the Monarch and once we get to the islands and establish our homesteads then we will vote on a Parliament. The first settlements will most likely start on the main island which is Raoul Island. Each household will be given several acres of land to build their homes, grow their crops, livestock, and anything else they want to do with their land. The Kermadec Islands are currently under the jurisdiction of New Zealand but the idea is to move to the islands and build our settlements and as long as we don't start any trouble with New Zealand then we should theoretically be okay and eventually claim independence through peaceful means. The islands are situated hundreds of miles away from New Zealand so I doubt they will even notice us there until after we establish ourselves on the island. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lizella name: Star Kingdom - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23481 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "81050" physical_country: United States oid: 8f4a9256-4928-4ecf-951b-4c07ec9c4043 id: 23045 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Colorado mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 608 e 6 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.9823898 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -103.5355664 group: description: |-Mission: Reuse Renew Sustain Wanting to eliminate the perception of waste and reclaim ourselves through repurposing
From www.ic.org/directory/scraphouse-of-life/:
Wanting to share space with sharing people willing to put energy into the endeavor to create and maintain peace of mind and sustainability access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: La junta name: ScrapHouse of Life - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23482 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 81651b83-6c68-4232-8e36-06a406381be9 id: 23046 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Georgia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 32.783332 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -83.823023 group: description:Mission: Our focus is on living off of the land and practicing Christianity.
From www.ic.org/directory/star-tribal-community/:
Hi, I am creating a small Christian community on my piece of land where people can come and spend their weekend living off of the land. We will set up tents, have a garden that we will eat from throughout the weekend, we will have bond fires for the community to spend time together, etcetera. The idea is to eventually get a larger piece of land and build homes on it for our community members to live on a full time basis but for now we are doing more of a trial period at my current residence with tents and such just for all of the people to get to know each other and learn to live and work together for when we decide to move to a more permanent community. The more permanent community will eventually become totally self sufficient with solar panels, farms, a water well, a section of woods for hunting, livestock, and anything else we will need to live completely self sufficient. If you are interested in being apart of this community then please send me an email. Thank you. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lizella name: Star Tribal Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23483 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "87008" physical_country: United States oid: 9d2610f9-a283-4832-8f65-0605d4e5a222 id: 23047 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: New Mexico mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 242 Pinon Trail mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.135875 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -106.339878 group: description: "Mission: Self-sufficient and sustainable spiritual based communities at over 3,000 locations throughout the world.
From www.ic.org/directory/goloka-sanctuary-community/:
Each Goloka Sanctuary Community will be the home for about 300 individuals. There are a variety of residential units, school and university buildings and buildings for hydropondic gardens and dairy, all constructed of fire and earthquake resistant concrete. The buildings are all of the monolithic dome design, which is both energy efficient and the strongest structure known. \n\n\ Each residential unit is constructed of concrete with embedded fine mesh metal screen wire to form a Faraday Cage. Inside there is a Satyug Sanctuary Pyramid for each person or couple, and a Goloka Projector for perfect Vastu. There are units to accommodate from one person to entire families.\n\n\ Each Goloka Sanctuary Community is fully sustainable and self-sufficient - everything for a comfortable lifestyle is included in the community, including organic hydropondic gardens and an ahimsa dairy. Each community has a MahaVideha University Campus and a MahaVideha School, plus a Sri Vyuha Ashram.\n\n\ Every adult has some light duties to perform for the management, maintenance, and security of the community. The children enjoy the finest education in the MahaVideha School. Every adult is encouraged to attend courses at the MahaVideha University Campus and earn their Doctor of Divinity degree during their stay. Then enjoy life in the Bliss of Krishna Consciousness in the Sri Vyuha Ashram.\n\n\ Everyone in the community is enrolled in the Satyug Kaya Kalpa Program to create their Satyug Physiology for the coming Krishna Golden Age. Everyone has a Maha Yaj\xC3\xB1a Vitara so the individual and the entire community is Invincible.\n\n\ These Goloka Sanctuary Communities are our way of surviving the effects of the pralaya so we can thrive in the new Krishna Golden Age. Please read our book that describes this in detail: www.returningtogoloka.com.\n\n\ For more detail, please visit our website: www.golokaproject.org" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Cedar Crest name: Goloka Sanctuary Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23495 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: cea57f0f-da02-4fbd-8da3-3428d48dc1c4 id: 23059 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Oregon mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Unknown mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 43.9936055 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.0558727 group: description:Mission: An authentic pagan community with room for many pathways.
From www.ic.org/directory/everin-ecovillage/:
Everin Ecovillage is a pagan community who together strives to live a life of authenticity. Our homes are made from earthbags and we attempt to leave as little of a footprint as possible. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Oregon name: Everin Ecovillage - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23514 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: e4e65d5b-339d-4591-b14e-9c77ad88ec4a id: 23078 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 33.953755 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.639209 group: description: "Mission: Alt Terra Commons is an Awakened, Spiritual, Communal and Sustainable Intentional Community.\n\n\ A unique community of free, enlightened and loving people, soul groups, who intentionally live an Alternative Awakened Lifestyle. We have escaped the false, evil and self destructive social, economic, religious, political and materialistic based structures / ideologies that are offered up by Evil Global Elite. Other differences include: 1. Spiritual \xE2\x80\x93 we believe in the One True Creator God, the source of all that is, 2. Awakened \xE2\x80\x93 we have opened our eyes to the truth hidden behind the false public narrative, 3. Communal \xE2\x80\x93 we Live, Work, Play, Eat, Make Decision, and Share all things together, Plus 4. Sustainable \xE2\x80\x93 we responsibly manage the Earths resources for both the needs of today and into the future. And finally, we make Loving, Joyful, Compassionate and Peaceful living with one another our daily mantra. If you are ready for a Paradigm Change, are tired of the Rat Race, and want to live an Awakened, Spiritual, Communal and Sustainable life, then we welcome you here!\n\n\ Visit our Website for full details - https://altterracommons.wixsite.com/altterracommons
From www.ic.org/directory/alt-terra-commons/:
Alt Terra Commons is a Forming Community that wants You to come Join Us in fulfilling our Vision!\n\ If you have\xC2\xA0always wanted to Live At and/or Help Develop a new Intentional Community, now is your chance.\n\ We are seeking the following:\n\n\ 1. Benefactors with: A) Existing Property - Urban Home with gardens and/or Rural Land with Housing, who are willing to place said property into a Land Trust for our community, and/or B) Financial Support - so we can purchase a property, and/or C) Existing Intentional Community - that is willing to Incorporate our Vision into a land share format.\n\n\ 2. Members who are: Loving, Joyful, Peaceful and Compassionate, and that are into: Spirituality, Awakening, Communal Living and Sustainability. Other key attributes include those who love - people, family, healthy foods, staying fit, nature, gardening, farm animals, prepping, meditation, God, working hard, sharing, learning new things, minimalism and personal growth.\n\n\ 3. Volunteers to: help Preplan and Design all aspects of our Community. They say it takes a village, in our case we are building one. Therefore, if you have any suitable Community Experience or Life Skills, from engineering to market gardening, from the arts to conflict resolution and from administration to construction, we need your Free help. \n\n\ Visit our Website for full details - https://altterracommons.wixsite.com/altterracommons" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Chino name: ALT TERRA COMMONS - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23515 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Canada oid: 19ee7e7b-67ff-4e39-bf3e-f6105a7a5e2c id: 23079 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Nova Scotia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 43.8374576 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -66.117382 group: description:Mission: Meeting life's challenges through mutual help and cooperation in a community environment.
From www.ic.org/directory/livinglifetogetherchurch/:
Christians sharing acreage and resources so we can live more; affordably, healthier, and sustainably with the vision that we can help each other grow spiritually and give to the needy more generously. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Yarmouth name: livinglifetogetherchurch - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23518 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 58784e50-166a-48c2-aa8b-392a7add7656 id: 23082 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Tennessee mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.737569 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -87.473903 group: description:Mission: more info later
From www.ic.org/directory/kehillah-bnai-yhwh/:
more info later access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: chattanooga name: kehillah b'nai yhwh - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23519 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Canada oid: 710e712f-15e6-49ca-bd97-4fdbedf08147 id: 23083 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: british colombia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: "234" mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 49.1668729 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -123.9369945 group: description: |-Mission: Arc Doomsdays Heaven is the best way to survive physically and spiritualy the doomsdays ahead and it is the best way to live now. The last thing you want is to be surrounded by peoples who loose their good values in bad time. To prepare a safe heaven for doomsday together and be happy in the process and live a good life with all the ingredients for happiness. Our technological society have been at the crossroads for a while but at any moment, a global disaster or war to maintain/restore the global order could happen and the supply routes of food might be shut and the chaos in the city will be monstrous. Hopefully the world will cross that cross road peacefully but we are not yet in a safe zone as many dangers are growing and looming. Our goal is to be as far as possible so we can remain unaffected and grow our food or directly harvest it from nature.
From www.ic.org/directory/aeon-doomsdays-heaven/:
Arc Heaven Doomsdays is a good and fun way to survive in confort the doomsdays maybe ahead while staying positive and confident in our future. Screening ensure that only humble and respectful peoples with some basic good morals qualities can join. You can use this e9ma9il also to contact directly but you have to remove the numbers: d9o9o9m9s9d9a9y9s9@9t9u9t9a9n9o9t9a9.9c9o9m However you better sign up for an e9m9a9i9l first at as your e9m9a9il is maybe crappy. t9u9t9a9n9o9t9a.9c9o9m Arc Heaven Doomsdays is not only a safe refuge but a very happy place composed of peoples who have some awareness of how wicked and fragile our civilization is and the catastrophic risks that lies ahead. A good character with good morals is a minimum to join Arc Doomsdays Heaven and this means that you are not required to believe anything to join Arc Doomsdays Heaven but you are required to follow the leadership which main goal is to make decisions in the best interests of community and the best interests is what makes peoples more happy and how our community can be more prosperous. Arc Heaven Doomsdays It is also a good place for those who have a spiritual aspiration to become better a little bit in the way that Christians believe that they have to be good to go to heaven or the eastern faith about avoiding bad karma but our faith is more a loose collection of beliefs based on a variety of traditions (New Age , Yoga , Buddhism , etc.) and scientific discoveries. In anyways you will have plenty of time for silence, prayers and meditation if this is something you enjoy. Arc Heaven Doomsdays is about preparing to survive a disaster but at the same time peoples are encourage to enjoy their daily lives and have the peace of mind to know that together we are prepared for most eventualities. At Arc Heaven Doomsdays We are like a family and we take care of all the needs of the peoples in the community. Volontary work within our organization is encouraged (but not not mandatory) and we try to make it fun and rewarding with the various business we own. Some work require contact with the rest of the civilization and therefore we have city bases too for those of us who want to work in the city but around here we are never far of the mountain and the ocean so there is no problem to spend time in the cities. We do a lot of activities together such as camping , parties , hiking , electric bicycling, quad-ding , boating etc. Of course one fun activity is to prepare together for Doomsday. Like a regular ecovillage we strive to be off grid and use solar power and other devices to bring all the comforts of modern life but we like also our equipment and gears to be portable and lightweight and to have appropriate doomsdays vehicles to move in the case that we need to move. Part of the money we make is used to buy more equipment for our community. We have an almost endless free supply of recreational substance such as alcohol (wine and beer making) and (weed cheap and legal) but use of it is not encouraged but it can be available in small and occasional occasions. There is also ways for an individual to make alot of easy money but you should not join if your main motivation is to make money because money in the hands of the members might be found to be a source of corruption and money might be eliminated at the discretion of the administration who will then keep all the money and use it to share the resources among the members however making money is still possible now. We stated that we grow 25% of our food however this number could be 100% very easily harvested but it is convenient to buy bulk food for now and we try to have 100% organic food. We strive to be happy , eat organic food , being close to nature , far from pollution , independent , off grid. We currently have access to many private lands and we do regular trips to the city for work and or leisure. At the moment we have a few habitations ready . There is no fee to join but more comfort could be purchased. We have a policy about accepting and equal amount of single man and single women to create a balance and so you could be put on a waiting list until we can accept more peoples but if you have savings that you would like to share or invest then you will be able to bypass the waiting list of course but remember that there is no fee to join. Unfortunately the description here is only a pale description of how great Arc doomsdays heaven is but you can trust Arc doomsdays heaven to be greater but some of information must stay occulted for now like our ufo projects :) . After sufficient peoples have joined, we can then make public more plans. At the moment , we are still in the most exciting early stages and ready to take off as soon as a few peoples have joined. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: nanaimo name: Arc doomsdays heaven - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23520 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: V0B 1N0 physical_country: Canada oid: 93def328-f6c4-4a06-b67c-5891ce58a157 id: 23084 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: British Columbia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 3567 Cockell Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 49.498388 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -115.434207 group: description: "Mission: Clear Sky isn\xE2\x80\x99t just a place. \n\ It\xE2\x80\x99s the aspiration and the common purpose of a group of people. Simply put, we want to wake ourselves up and help others do the same.
From www.ic.org/directory/clear-sky-meditation-and-study-center/:
Since 2005, Clear Sky has been growing and offering retreats and training for people with a heart for spiritual exploration who want to awaken more quickly and fully.\n\ + Meditation retreats\n\ + Meditation cabins\n\ + 1-acre food forest\n\ + Training program\n\ + Hosting our founding teachers' retreats and teachings, both residential and online\n\n\ The name Clear Sky represents the mind of blissful, non-clinging awareness \xE2\x80\x93 the still, clear mind always present behind the ever-shifting clouds of everyday thoughts and emotions. This is the mind that pays attention to the right details and is alert, awake, conscious, and kind." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Bull River name: Clear Sky Meditation and Study Center - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23521 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "95960" physical_country: United States oid: be8a8267-fd7c-4886-a619-9bf4c91f6d2f id: 23085 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: Bear Springs Road, Nevada City, CA physical_address1: PO Box 387 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 39.3700973 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -121.1038655 group: description: "Mission: Our Mission\n\n\ To serve Humanity by creative group meditation, offering guiding spiritual principles to help individuals lead more soul centered lives. Group participation is an active process, which will be balanced with individual integration, and may include personal retreat space.\n\n\ We offer this center to become a potential outpost for the externalizing Hierarchical Ashrams. Contemporary teachings, which inspire and prepare for the great opportunities of the 21st century will be researched and taught.\n\n \n\n\ The Center\xE2\x80\x99s Values and Guiding Principles\n\n\ The WRC seeks to promote a newer form of spiritual living embodiment to assist in incarnating the human soul.\n\n\ We shall offer our facilities to visiting speakers and celebrate these new teachings of Conscious Soul embodiment.\n\n\ In time as we develop such a community and its attending school, we hope to link with those other schools worldwide who also offer the new teachings.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-wisdom-retreat-center/:
The Wisdom Retreat Center is a group attempt for the physical expression of the newer schools for training in psycho-spiritual evolution.\n\n\ We launch our Wisdom center with the hope to anchor new seeds of archetypal fire and assist in engineering a new renaissance of authentic spiritual living.\n\n\ Its curriculum will be highly synthetic, drawing on the Wisdom Teachings of many teachers including Alice Bailey, Lucille Cedercrans, Helena Roerich and various others." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: North San Juan name: The Wisdom Retreat Center - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23523 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Canada oid: c05e0cc5-9042-48b0-8344-2fab008cdd1b id: 23087 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: British Columbia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 50.87686 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -119.469938 group: description:Mission: We aim to live sustainably (consuming less, sharing items, growing food, living small) together (sharing a property with family units) while honoring Christ (involving community spiritual rhythms).
From www.ic.org/directory/white-lake-intentional-christian-community/:
Inspired by the community living and sustainable practices from our internship and work at A Rocha Canada, a Christian conservation organization, we purchased roughly three acres on land in White Lake, BC, Canada. This land is 25 minutes away from Salmon Arm affording easy access to amenities, but is unzoned so we are legally capable of building as many dwellings as needed for our community. What started as raw land in 2017 now has (almost!) three dwelling units in housed in two dwellings. We are currently living in the cabin on site as a family of four and hope that roughly in May 2018 either two family units (a couple, a family, friends living together as family, etc.) or one family unit and some interns will join us. We are in the process of looking for people to join us who ideally will want to form long-term community with us. We are very open to people being creative about how to form community on the property. We have built a showerhouse with a shower, toilet, laundry and fridge/freezer for those who may live onsite in tiny houses without those amenities or for people who may want to come and camp to participate in what's going on here! access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Sorrento name: White Lake Intentional Christian Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23524 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "95060" physical_country: United States oid: 35a0c970-4730-40c9-95ca-665f902aac5c id: 23088 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 115 D Corral st mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 36.9849098 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -122.0305928 group: description:Mission: We want you! Do you want us? We offer you even our entire lives and expect that you should love us as we love you, with our all.
From www.ic.org/directory/1a-jesus-disciple-lifers/:
Totally dedicated to living for Jesus perpetually, with following His instruction as The Bible teaches He said, is our living and dying aim in this life, with expectation that we treat each other as He said to, in total service, for it is The will of God. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Santa Cruz name: 1A Jesus Disciple Lifers - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23526 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "28655" physical_country: United States oid: bc1e9a00-04d6-4887-9c2c-93926fa86b2c id: 23090 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: North Carolina mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 4847 Ponderosa Rd. mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 35.676401 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -81.647238 group: description: "Mission: Jeremiah 6:16 - \"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.\"
From www.ic.org/directory/morganton-fellowship/:
Our names are Ryan and Siobhan Gagliardo. We are a Christian husband and wife with five young children in search of spiritual fellowship in Morganton, NC. If we had to define ourselves in denominational terms (which we are not fond of doing!) it would have to be Mennocostal Quaker, which breaks down to: \xE2\x80\x9CMenno\xE2\x80\x9D for Mennonite (Menno Simons and the Anabaptists), \xE2\x80\x9CCostal\xE2\x80\x9D for Pentecostal (Book of Acts), and Quaker (John Woolman). My wife and girls wear Mennonite dresses and my wife wears a headcovering. We both became Christians in our teenage years while attending an Assemblies of God church. We searched the Bible over the years and prayed to God for answers to life's greatest questions. It has been very hard for us to fit into most churches and to accept the many unbiblical and unnatural lifestyles and traditions that often prevail. \n\n\ We share family Bible readings, prayer, and singing together most evenings and Sunday mornings. We strive to raise our children to be quieter and well behaved, which has been an excruciating challenge, but well worth it thanks to God\xE2\x80\x99s help. \n\n\ In application of our faith, we are growing more and more interested in how to live in greater harmony with the natural world that God has given us. In the past we have raised chickens, ducks, and turkeys for meat and eggs. We just recently got back into keeping twenty chickens under a tractor coop that we move around the property. We have experience with keeping a few dairy goats and have learned a lot about the value of rotational pasture grazing for meat and milk. I (Ryan) have nearly finished a complete reading of Dr. Westin A. Price\xE2\x80\x99s, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. It has been a truly epic and life changing read for me that has resonated so deeply with the many reflections I have had about modern life over the years. \n\n\ My wife and I purchased a half acre of land in February 2017 with a small mobile home on it. It is mostly cleared land with plenty of space for gardening. Last year I took classes in the Asheville area about wild foods and medicine, which has touched upon many aspects of permaculture and sustainable living. We are heading toward foraging more for our food, which often includes fresh road killed deer and a variety of wild nuts and greens. There is also a lot of potential for fishing in local streams and lakes. With help, we could grow a lot more food on our property as well as on a field just walking distance down the road which we have permission to use. There is also a five acre bottomland plot just behind and adjoining our property which may soon become available to purchase. \n\n\ There is a house for sale with several acres just catty corner to our place with a large separate workshop/garage and partly finished upstairs living space. There should also be a one acre homestead for sale just two houses down from us with a three bedroom house, fruit trees, and an already cleared field where there had been a garden in the past. \n\n\ We don\xE2\x80\x99t currently have much additional room in our two bedroom house other than a futon in the school room. Otherwise, we could park a small camper just next to the house and run a 120V power cord out to it. We could offer backyard tent/yurt/or other? space surrounded by woods. It is a quiet neighborhood on a side road which does not get much traffic. We have neighbors, but enough woods in between that we can hardly see any of them from the backyard. \n\n\ We are currently off-grid for water and heat. We draw water by hand from a shallow well just behind the house. We haven\xE2\x80\x99t perfected doing laundry by hand, but just recently found a hand wringer that we are about to use. We are on the verge of transitioning into composting our human waste. We also have a woodstove that we use for heat and a good amount of cooking. Our goal is to also do more outdoor wood cooking in dutch ovens as well as a Green Egg grill/smoker. \n\n\ We are located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains just 15 min. north of South Mountain State Park in Morganton, NC. The famous city of Asheville is under an hour away, which we visit often enough. We love the outdoors and enjoy hiking, canoeing, camping, fishing, and foraging for wild foods. My wild food class introduced me to several new friends in and around Asheville. \n\n\ We crave genuine loving fellowship with other believers or seekers of truth that are open to dialogue about life and faith. A mutual commitment to life growth will be essential and openness to receive the input of others into the deepest and often most personal and touchy areas of our lives. We try to be as Spirit-led and sensitive as possible, but real communal life will show us our truest selves very quickly. Our commitment is to utilize that experience to grow and allow God to refine and mature us in every way necessary. \n\n\ I have dropped my normal factory (glassblowing) work hours to allow me to take care of home projects and eventually discover a more earth and family-oriented source of income. I have a few ideas that I am prayerfully exploring. \n\n\ Je parle aussi assez bien francais et donc les francophones sont les bienvenus! J'ai voyage dans plusiers regions de la France et aussi un peu en Cote d'Ivoire. Ce sont des pays et une langue qui me manque beaucoup. \n\n\ Hablo tambien bastante espanol. Yo vivi algunos meses en Costa Rica y viaje a Nicaragua, Cuba, Guatemala, y Puerto Rico. \n\n\ May the Lord richly bless and lead you as you consider sharing fellowship with us!" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Morganton name: Morganton Fellowship - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23533 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "54814" physical_country: United States oid: 2fd5905f-8ccf-42e5-8947-16305c07d35d id: 23097 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Wisconsin mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Valley Road mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 46.819738 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -90.862769 group: description: |-Mission: Sharing and Caring. Each one, Teach One. Not relying on systems of oppression. Being self reliant. Having FUN!, .....no for real though, life should be fun. Hard work can be FUN!
From www.ic.org/directory/unique-community-name-number-5/:
I purchased 40 acres in a rural valley, 4 miles from the shores of Lake Superior. I helped restart a coop house in Madison, WI. That inspired me to want to eventually live in an intentional community in the country side. No masters, no leaders, but sharing and caring. Creating different systems to slowly detach from the "dominat" culture systems most are raised to rely on. For now, Spring 2018, it is a mostly "raw" piece of land. Although it has been a farm off and on for 100 years. Amenities include, a 40ft by 60ft cinder block garage, some animal pens, a driveway, grid electricity, a working well, and 15+ acres of open land, with a slight slope. Several "old timers" in the area say it is a sweet parcel, and I agree. There is also a small creek that runs year round through the southern part of the land. The southern and western boundaries are public land. What the owned acres may lack in old big trees, are in the vast, surrounding public forest. Those trees, County owned, connect to State land, that in turn connect to National forest. Trees for days! Some currants, hazelnuts, and chestnuts were planted last year, 2017. There is also a thriving grape vine, a few black berry patches, and several apple trees sprinkled around. For now, I am making the payments, getting the garden area going, and growing. I would like to share it with like minded people. DIY and DIF. I love traditional, primitive skills. You know, one people did with their hands and minds before the computer space phone came about. Doing things with friends and loved ones I find to be better then hiring someone to do it for you. Push your comfort, and you can gain comfort. Permaculture possibilities are abound, due to the slight and sever slopes the land has. Potential potential potential. Organic standards are a pretty good idea. Following the Iroquois standard of 7 generations seems like a good idea too. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Bayfield name: Unique Community Name Number 5 - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23534 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: a201c3d5-6964-413d-908c-4a9d6098a5db id: 23098 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Connecticut mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 41.81871 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -72.47953 group: description: |-Mission: Operating from a strong spiritual, financial and social position, we'll work to influence our area for the Kingdom of Heaven. Missional & Franciscan, Protestant with strong Orthodox leanings, loving all who come within reach.
From www.ic.org/directory/oasis-monastic-community/:
Multi family building, owned by us, as green and clean as we can muster. Inside break-out space for all to access, including a hermitage: outdoor break-out space to come, to include gazebo's, detached prayer shed/hermitage. Garden dug and composting, going in spring of 18. Oasis: place of refuge, temporary place to land: discerning who that population is. Monastic: quiet, contemplative, simple, fellowship in labor, everyone's skills count, no one's out to pasture Community: working together as and for the good of the Community, outward into the neighborhood, access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Vernon name: Oasis Monastic Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23538 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Australia oid: 9f3a3078-cd50-457a-a145-85d00fd12302 id: 23102 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Western Australia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -32.2632658 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 115.8629069 group: description: |-Mission: We are heavily focused on environmental impact and self sufficiency. We strive as a community to develop and use sustainable technology and self contained systems for all applications. We have a strong focus on teamwork, consent and non-violent negotiations. We acknowledge and accept all genders and forms of gender expression and sexuality.
From www.ic.org/directory/solis-community/:
Solis Community is a young, forming community comprising of 3 adults in their 30s and 1 child, renting a 4 bedroom house on 6 acres on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia. Our goal is to rehabilitate the property which has been heavily farmed and turn it into a permaculture food forest to feed the community. We also have the opportunity to build tiny houses, yurts and tepees and park caravans and campers. We intend to set up external kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities but those facilities are already available in the house so clean up and planting are the current priorities. We also intend to fund solar power, water collection systems and a bore pump. There are 2 rooms still empty in the house and a number of suitable places to park or build a tiny home. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Wellard name: Solis Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23543 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Thailand oid: 457a12f5-6cd2-4e2f-9a83-043680a52851 id: 23107 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Krabi mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 8.0864561 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 98.9062539 group: description: "Mission: Our mission is to become fully autonomous and develop a regenerative way of living. We do that mainly through practicing permaculture, but include elements of rewilding and primitivist philosophy and spirituality.
From www.ic.org/directory/feun-foo-permaculture-rewilding-krabi/:
\xE2\x80\x98Feun Foo\xE2\x80\x99 (\xE0\xB8\x9F\xE0\xB8\xB7\xE0\xB9\x89\xE0\xB8\x99\xE0\xB8\x9F\xE0\xB8\xB9; pronounced fern foo) is Thai and means \xE2\x80\x98restore\xE2\x80\x99, \xE2\x80\x98rehabilitate\xE2\x80\x98 or \xE2\x80\x98revive\xE2\x80\x99, and that\xE2\x80\x99s how we see ourselves:\n\ We restore Nature to original beauty by converting a palm oil plantation into a food jungle. We revive an ancient, long forgotten way of life, so that it may lead us into a better, not only sustainable, but regenerative future.\n\ We provide one of many paths to live a happy and healthy life in harmony with Nature." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Tabprik/Mueang name: Feun Foo Permaculture & Rewilding Krabi - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23552 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: f1071309-6b37-4571-bef4-0d8312e33189 id: 23116 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: California mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 33.953755 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -117.639209 group: description: "Mission: Fulfilling the Will of God and Edifying His people Globally.
From www.ic.org/directory/the-community-of-christians/:
The Community of Christians\n\ -An Intentional Jesus Christ Centered Community\n\n \n\n\ A place to Grow, a place to Serve, a place to Disciple.\n\n \n\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CBehold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!\xE2\x80\x9D\n\ \xE2\x80\xAD\xE2\x80\xADPsalms\xE2\x80\xAC \xE2\x80\xAD133:1\xE2\x80\xAC \xE2\x80\xADKJV\n\n\n\n\ What is an Intentional Community?\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CA community designed and planned around a social ideal or collective values and interests, often involving shared resources and responsibilities. A group of people living together for specific purpose or reason.\xE2\x80\x9D \n\n\ A typical Neighborhood is a Community by default. People live in close proximity to each other but do not have a Shared Intention, they just happen to be there. Neighbors may never talk to each other. Neighbors may only see each other when they come in and out of the driveway in their car. It just so happens that neighbors live next to each other. The lack of Common Purpose for being there is something to be overcome. When there is Shared Purpose for why people live in a certain place, then the Community has a solid foundation. \n\n\ Where there is an agreed upon Common Purpose for why people are living in a place and they are in Collective Pursuit of the Mission, Intentional Community is found.\n\n \n\n\ In our present state of Christianity the majority of people meet for about 2 hours on a sunday coming from other cities/towns, states, and even sometimes countries to come together for a common purpose(worshiping and learning more about God). \n\n\ In the early church of Church of Christ, it was not so.\n\ Acts 2:37-47\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CNow when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?\n\n\ Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles\xE2\x80\x99 doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.\xE2\x80\x9D \n\n\ Acts 4:32-37\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CAnd the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at the apostles\xE2\x80\x99 feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles\xE2\x80\x99 feet.\xE2\x80\x9D\n\n\ The people of God are Stronger together and are capable of much more when operating in Unity.\n\n\ Walking As Christ is planning to unite with other Brothers and Sisters in Christ whom are fully devoted to the Lord and acquire a property that is nearly 200 acres in San Diego County California USA, in or around December 2018 establishing the Community of Christians. \n\n\ Core Values of The Community \n\ Local presence and Global Community \n\ As we pursue Growth in our walk with Jesus Christ, serving the Lord Daily, and Discipling others we will do so collectively from our Local Community as the Headquarters for the work that we do Globally. Physical location in Southern California with Brothers and Sisters in Christ abroad following Jesus Christ and serving the Lord with us.\n\n\n\ Embracing Diversity and Empowering Unity \n\ Followers of Jesus Christ from various backgrounds and denominations living and working together for the greater good of the Body of Christ. The Community of Christians is not to be governed by any denomination or religious institution. The Community will embrace and welcome followers of Jesus Christ from various backgrounds/denominations. \n\ Whether; Southern Baptist, Reformed, Pentecostal, Orthodox, Catholic, Non-Denominational, or any other Christian group that Preaches/Teaches Jesus Christ and Rebukes sin you are welcome here. This is a mission for all of the called of God around the world. The Mission of this Community is Fulfilling the Will of God and Edifying His people across the Globe.\n\n\ Christ Centered Missions The Community of Christians Intends to Work in Regularly \n\ \xE2\x80\x93Bringing the Word of God to those who desire to know\n\ We are currently doing this through the Walking As Christ ministry and plan to advance all that we do in bringing Truth of Jesus Christ and the Word of God to the Nations abroad and locally!\n\ \xE2\x80\x93Christian Homeschooling\n\ The children living full time in the community will be home schooled there.\n\ We plan to share the homeschooling techniques that we use in the Community with all those that desire to homeschool their children in a Christian way around the world.\n\ \xE2\x80\x93Housing Full Time Missionaries \n\ The Community of Christians will be a Refreshing Station for missionaries around the world.\n\ Missionaries laboring in the name of the Lord from various parts of the world will be able to stay at the Community of Christians for a temporary period in between their missions and be refreshed! \n\ \xE2\x80\x93Relieving the Afflicted\n\ We intend to have an organized and intenful approach to; feed the hungry, provide drink for the thirsty, welcome strangers, clothe those who lack, visit the sick and imprisoned with specific regard to the people of God.\n\ \xE2\x80\x93Clothing Sisters in Modesty \n\ Providing clothing to Sisters in Christ that desire to dress modestly. \n\ This mission called Incorruptible Heart will be launching soon.\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x93Uniting the People of God\n\ This mission is in its beginning stages today and will be focused on unity among the Body of Christ locally and Globally.\n\ \xE2\x80\x93Any other call of God that He guides the community to fulfill\n\n\ Typical Day\n\ Morning \xE2\x80\x93 Prayer/Worship/Word/Meditative start to morning (breakfast)\n\n\ Work(Christ centered Mission and/or attending community needs)\n\n\ Afternoon \xE2\x80\x93 Prayer (lunch with possible siesta)\n\n\ Work(Christ centered Mission and/or attending community needs)\n\n\ Evening \xE2\x80\x93 Prayer/Worship/Word (dinner)\n\n\ Sabbath(Seventh Day/Saturday) \xE2\x80\x93 Day of rest unless any Christ Centered Mission needs attending to (no servile work \xE2\x80\x93 as defined by the Word of God/Keep the day Holy). \n\ Saturday Morning Service \xE2\x80\x93 Weekly assembly of Brothers and Sisters in Christ to Worship God and learn of Him.\n\n\n\ *Brothers & Sisters may exercise liberty regarding schedules based on the Christ Centered/Kingdom Mission and the needs of the community at the time.\n\n\ **Responsibilities can be regularly rotated.\n\n\n\ It is not necessary to be a Full Time Permanent Resident of the community to participate in Community Activity, Worship, and/or Christ Centered Mission that the community is working on. All times the Word of God is shared in a formal setting in the community, the message should be recorded for the Body of Christ that are living outside of the community to listen around the world. \n\n\n\ What The Property is Currently Like and How We Intend to Use It\n\ Dining Hall\n\ -Place where majority of meals on property are cooked and enjoyed\n\ -Seating for around 200\n\ Theater\n\ -Church/Worship location\n\ -Only use for this place should be specific to learning the things of God and Worship. \n\ -Always open 7 days a week/24 hours a day\n\ -Capacity of over 200\n\ Meeting Room\n\ -School \n\ -Meeting room for community \n\ -Small business center\n\ Game Room\n\ -Place to relax, play indoor games, and enjoy snacks\n\ Office Building \n\ -Main meeting place for official community/ministry related things\n\ -Ministry offices \n\ 3 barns\n\ -Storage of landscaping equipment, and farming supplies\n\ -Sewing shop(Incorruptible Heart & community clothing)\n\ Store \n\ -Library and Showroom for ministry related endeavors \n\ Laundry \n\ -Available in multiple locations, small and large scale \n\ Infirmary \n\ -Storage of all medical supplies \n\ Activities Currently on Property\n\ Pool with diving boards and Waterslide\n\ Basketball\n\ Skatepark\n\ Rock climbing\n\ Archery\n\ Tennis\n\ Volleyball\n\ Octopit \n\n\ Sustainability \n\ The Community of Christians will use well water on the property for all community related activity. There are currently multiple wells providing more water than needed on the property. We intend to build a solar site on the property to provide enough energy to sustain the entire operation on renewable energy(the property in its current state is connected to the local power grid).\n\n\ We also intend to grow nearly all of our own Organic Foods using Permaculture Principles sustaining the land for many years to come. There is a large lot on the south end of the property that we intend to use for growing; vegetables, herbs, spices, possibly grains, and raise cattle on. We intend to have fruit trees and vines along the hillside of the property. We are hopeful that the Lord will Bless the land to have it producing the majority of our food within the first 10 years of being on the property.\n\n\ Organic Farm with Permaculture Principles Plan (Zone 9a)\n\ Crops on southend to southwest side of property \n\ Vegetables\n\n\ Brussel Sprout\n\ Kale\n\n\ Broccoli\n\n\ Spinach\n\n\ Green Onion\n\n\ Asparagus\n\n\ Ginger\n\n\ Red cabbage\n\n\ Collard Greens\n\n\ Kohlrabi\n\n\ Sweet potatoes\n\n\ Potatoes\n\n\ Tomatoes\n\n\ Peas\n\n\ Green Beans\n\n\ Fava Beans\n\n\ Red & Green Bell Peppers\n\n\ Swiss Chard\n\n\ Onion\n\n\ Beets\n\n\ Cauliflower\n\n\ Cucumbers\n\n\ Celery\n\n\ Carrots\n\n\ Okra\n\n\ Zucchini\n\n\ Lettuce\n\n\ Chinese Cabbage\n\n\ Herbs\n\ Ginger\n\n\ Garlic\n\n\ Ginseng\n\n\ Rosemary\n\n\ Sage\n\n\ Parsely\n\n\ Basil\n\n\ Mint(peppermint & spearmint)\n\n\ Oregano(Marjoram)\n\n\ Dill weed\n\n\ Thyme\n\n\ Cilantro(coriander)\n\n\ Lavender\n\n\ Tarragon\n\n\ Bay Leaf\n\n\ Fennel\n\n\ Chives\n\n\ Lemon Grass \n\n\ Spices\n\ Turmeric(curcumin)\n\n\ Cinamon\n\n\ Saffron\n\n\ Chile Peppers\n\n\ Cayenne/Paprika\n\n\ Clove\n\n\ Cumin\n\n\ Cardamom\n\n\ Fennel seeds\n\n\ Peppercorn(black pepper)\n\n\ Nutmeg\n\n\ Holy Basil\n\n\ Grains\n\ Corn\n\n\ Wheat, spelt, oats, rye\n\n\ Rice\n\n\ Live Animals on Southeast Section of Property\n\ Beef Cattle cow\n\n\ Meat Chickens\n\ Goat\n\ Dairy cow\n\ Dual purpose cow (ex. MRY (Meuse Rhine Yssel) (Milk and Meat)\n\ Egg and breeding Chickens \n\ Possible bee keeping\n\n\n\ Fruit Tree Groves Throughout Property\n\n\ Avocado\n\ Pomegranates\n\ Peach\n\ Nectarine\n\ Mango\n\ Apples\n\ Blueberry\n\ Banna\n\ Grapefruit\n\ Lime\n\ Lemon\n\ Orange \n\n\ Vines Along Hillside\n\ Table grapes\n\ Kiwi\n\n\ What is it like in San Diego County where the Community of Christians will be?\n\n\ The property sits at an elevation of about 3,000 feet in a mildly mountainous area. \n\ Southern California benefits from summer like temperatures nearly all year round.\n\ Below are the average High and Low temperatures by fahrenheit for the city where the property is by month:\n\ January \xE2\x80\x93 67\xCB\x9A/37\xCB\x9A\n\ February \xE2\x80\x93 66\xCB\x9A/38\xCB\x9A\n\ March \xE2\x80\x93 68\xCB\x9A/40\xCB\x9A\n\ April \xE2\x80\x93 72\xCB\x9A/43\xCB\x9A\n\ May \xE2\x80\x93 77\xCB\x9A/48\xCB\x9A\n\ June \xE2\x80\x93 83\xCB\x9A/51\xCB\x9A\n\ July \xE2\x80\x93 90\xCB\x9A/56\xCB\x9A\n\ August \xE2\x80\x93 91\xCB\x9A/58\xCB\x9A\n\ September \xE2\x80\x93 88\xCB\x9A/54\xCB\x9A\n\ October \xE2\x80\x93 81\xCB\x9A/48\xCB\x9A\n\ November \xE2\x80\x93 73\xCB\x9A/41\xCB\x9A\n\ December \xE2\x80\x93 66\xCB\x9A/36\xCB\x9A\n\n\n\ Housing for Full-Time Permanent Residents \n\ Options Available:\n\ Single (1 bedroom residence)\n\ Double (1-2 bedroom residence) \n\ Average Family (2-3 bedroom residence)\n\ Large Family (3-4 bedroom residence)\n\ *Accommodations based on need.\n\ **Housing for married persons/families are independent from housing for singles.\n\ There is available permanent housing for 10 more families(husband and wife with or without children) and 5 more singles(unmarried/widowed). \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\ Community Inception\n\ The property is currently owned by a Christian organization and is fully functioning today. The property can house around 300 people with its current structures and configuration. \n\ It is located in a rural part of San Diego County California USA on nearly 200 acres with abundant water sources.\n\n\ We are planning to acquire the property and start moving in as early as December 15, 2018. \n\ We are currently considering up to 10 Holy Spirit filled co-founding families and 5 Holy Spirit filled co-founding singles. If you feel the Lord is leading you to be apart of this Community of Followers of Jesus Christ in its early stages as a founder, please send us an email at WalkingAsChrist@gmail.com and we plan to get back to you within 24 hours.\n\n\ For a brief slide show, visit:\n\n\ http://www.walkingaschrist.com/communityofchristians/" access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Chino name: The Community of Christians - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23561 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: "150155" physical_country: Ecuador oid: b24bdf1b-1965-4dcb-829a-d6b5218e14df id: 23125 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Napo mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: via Serena mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: -0.9962972 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -77.8136035 group: description:Mission: ... in general and in many forms and ways -energy recovering, healing and frequency rising...
From www.ic.org/directory/lumicon-farm/:
Simple living in a deep sence. Reconection with the earth and with us....land, watter and jungle....various simple options and forms to live and learn, programs and activities for like minded people from around the world....rustic private cabins in glamping open style, a different way of tropical permaculture, many options and ways for ll the like minded people.Of the grid living on the river beach..... access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Tena name: Lumicon Farm - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23567 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: V0K 1T1 physical_country: Canada oid: 17ab5798-f5f8-4a15-8d52-7808481aef00 id: 23131 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: British Columbia mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 3719 Hwy 97 mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 51.8506641 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -121.5895832 group: description: "Mission: Our vision:\n\n\ This earth becomes one big family, where traditional families and countries no longer exist. There will be only one global government and all resources are shared worldwide. Everyone on earth will be able to move freely around the world and there will be no famine, wars or social unrest. The weather are always favorable; no one will pocket anything on the road and no one will need to lock their door at night. Everyone enjoys free, happy, joyous and blessed lives.\n\n\n\n\ Our Mission:\n\n\ To call on all individuals and groups with insight to transcend traditional family limitations and the consciousness infused by countries, so that they can become global citizens, form an international family, and eventually realize the one world collective ideal.
From www.ic.org/directory/lifechanyuan-international-family-society/:
The Lifechanyuan International Family Society was registered successfully in British Columbia, Canada as an incorporated NPO (non-profit organization) on November 20th, 2017. \n\n\ It is located on ten-acres of farmland in Lac La Hache. The property has one wooden house with an established Bed and Breakfast which includes six guest room suites, five bedrooms, four shared toilets, a large dining room, a full kitchen, and a meeting room. The house is facing Lac La Hache lake and Highway 97 passes by it . Water, electricity, gas, and internet are all readily available.\n\n\ This society will absorb people from different cultures, nations, races, countries and beliefs to form an international family. This international family will adopt the same life mode of the Second Home that Lifechanyuan had successfully created in China. The purpose of this international family is to create a new life model and sustainable future for the humanity.\n\n\ The crises that people face are becoming increasingly more serious.The main crisis is that the climate change is growing more and more seriously, which causes more and more climate refugees. If this issue cannot be solved effectively, seven billion people will start fighting with each other for survival. This will also make climate change and environment destruction and social instability becoming increasingly severe and eventually lead to humanity\xE2\x80\x99s enormous sufferings. Our objective of founding Lifechanyuan international family is to find a best way to lead humanity into a track of peaceful development before the catastrophic disasters happen. We will do this by assisting the United Nations, governments of all countries, relevant groups and global organizations.\n\n\ We plan to build the Lifechanyuan international family to a reasonable size of between thirty (30) and three hundred (300) people and will buy more land and build more homes as their need arises.If you are interested in joining us to help create this new life mode and are willing to abide by the third edition of 800 Values for New Era Human Being, you are welcome to contribute financial support or your wisdom to this international family. Let us work toward realizing our most beautiful ideal together.\n\n\ Welcome people with lofty ideals from all over the world to visit, interview and communicate with us. If you need accommodation and food, please call us in advance to appoint the date." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Lac La Hache name: Lifechanyuan International Family Society - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23574 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 42dae1a5-b0ad-47ef-a5fa-0efbea88f437 id: 23138 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Vermont mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.387289 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -72.953283 group: description: |-Mission: We are a community of individuals embodying our divine sovereign nature, honoring the sacredness& the creative intelligence within all living being. We care for our body, our planet ,all species that are alive and we do our part to be the example of walking in peace and creating a better healthier world. We stand with awareness and walk together as equals. We invite all who are called to remember, know, feel, be, create, share and thrive in our highest expression of joy and abundance. We ask that we all bring forth our uniqueness with our gifts, wisdom, experience to create this master peace reality. We provide space for healing and creative expression and we encourage experiences that support loving relationships, regenerative living, gift economics, health and well being.
From www.ic.org/directory/lotus-community/:
We are still in the process of creating the community. If you could do anything and monetary system was not involved What would you do? to take care of needs, wants? What excites you ?What turns you on ? What are you passionate about ? What motivates, inspires and empowers you ? What gifts, wisdom ,experience, skills would you love to share with the world? I am we are envisioning a world where we all thrive in abundance. I have spent the last 14 years connecting with others and started many groups all starting with conscious conversation on topics similar to these. I am now one of the new co-operating co-owner-member of Lotus Mountain Retreat located in Bolton Valley, Vermont . This project is one of a kind. Our intention and Vision here @ Lotus is to be a model for Ubuntu living . What does this mean ? For our vision to be shared many videos have been made to inform, empower and inspire others to remember, know, feel, be, create, share, thrive ! Here is a video @ https://youtu.be/kM6XjO-pD_Q We are co-creating a blueprint for a new social structure, a new system, a new reality, without the need for any violence, opposition, resistance, or conflict or the monetary system. All the socio-economic structures of our individual countries have failed us dramatically. It is time to collaborate together to create a better model so that all living beings live in harmony with all living beings. Every day we witness a continued assault on our people and the world around us, orchestrated by the global elite who have taken control, of every aspect of our existence. Every single one of us, rich or poor, is born into life-long slavery and bondage from which there is no escape under the current system. Most of us know that the system we are born into does not serve humanity, but very few of us know what to do to change it. We can no longer sit idly, watching the destruction of our people, our communities, our countries, and our human potential, by greedy corporations supported by governments with no remorse for their actions, or accountability to the people they are supposed to serve. We can no longer sit silently, hoping that someone will do something to stop this assault on our liberties and future prosperity. It has fallen on the shoulders of the common people, to unite and create a new way...a new system...a future filled with abundance and prosperity for ourselves and our children. We are creating a totally new system free from economic slavery... where we turn competition into collaboration... a new social structure where we all benefit from our collective efforts and individual talents... a new world where people are put before profits, and the resources & materials are used to enrich all our lives. We Would you like to meet with others who are interested in taking our life , our experience, our consensus reality to another level ? We look Forward to connecting with you ! Namaste, In lakech, ala kin. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Richmond, name: Lotus Community - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23575 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Moldova oid: 2b21be94-b5d7-4637-b37f-6548723420eb id: 23139 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Moldova, city Rezina, village Pripiceni mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 47.6868115 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: 28.7613289 group: description:Mission: Serve God continuously
From www.ic.org/directory/god-is-true-love/:
Hello to everyone interested in true love and wisdom that comes only from God. We are a spiritual community that follows the true translation of the bible. We don't have any religion, we just follow the right path that God wants for His creatures. We believe in predestination and universal salvation. We wait for the coming of God and His right judgment. Until that time we live a simple life in nature, doing what God intends for us to do, farming and eating what we are producing. We don't have insurance of any kind, because we believe that only God is our insurance in everything. We don't need any insurance from people. Our future is in the hands of God, like bible says. It's a sin and a big blasphemy to God to say that we believe in Him but we go to men and ask from them insurance for the future. In consequence we don't work for men because the insurance is obligatory. We work our land given to us by God. He is merciful with us and gives us rain and we have what to eat. In this country the insurance for house is not obligatory, and the taxes for land and house are still low. This area where we live is peaceful because God protects us. It is written that if we serve Him we will have everything we need in order to survive here and be happy. I suppose many have such a dream and we can say it is possible, but only with God. We expect to hear from brothers and sisters interested in this way of living. You are welcome. access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: town Rezina, village Pripiceni name: God is true love - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23586 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Canada oid: 57452fdb-971d-44aa-ab3f-a50d4c640d6c id: 23150 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Province mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: 3150 6e Rang mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 45.95 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -73.85 group: description: "Mission: - Provide a quiet space away from busy modern life to allow for spiritual unfoldment. \n\ - To develop a strong spiritual center for Saivism in eastern canada where it is possible tolive the most traditional monastic/ashram lifestyle possible. \n\ - To make the teachings of Saiva Siddhantha available to those it might benefit.
From www.ic.org/directory/siva-ashram/:
\xC5\x9Aiva Ashram is made up of a group of yoga enthusiasts living in the woods sharing daily spiritual practices and karma yoga / work in the accommodation business that sustains our community. \n\n\ Our site include a house with 3 rooms, two tiny houses fitting two people each and a trailer home. We share common areas of the house (kitchen, dining, living room and meditation room) outdoor jacuzzi.\n\n\ We focus on living a contemplative lifestyle with simple tasks and clearly defined time blocks to allow time for contemplation and meditation throughout the day. Our group's spiritual unfoldment is stimulated and guided by hindu philosophy, meditation, devotional practices, hatha yoga, scripture study, vedic chanting and mantra singing. \n\n\ Religious/philosophical lineage :\n\ \xC5\x9Aiva stands for Shiva, which refers to the God most would otherwise call \"the universe\", which to us is omnipresent love and transcendent reality. We follow and study Saiva Siddhantha which is a traditional mystical branch of hinduism from south india and northern Sri Lanka that sees \xC5\x9Aiva as the ultimate God. We believe all souls are divine, and we strive to see God in all and everything as well as within ourselves. We also believe that one of life's most important goal is the realization of the self God within us, self-realisation, the experience of parasiva and Saiva Siddhantha provides us with many tools, practices and lessons on this inner journey. We also believe in reincarnation, karma and dharma and study these topics in depth. Hinduism being very inclusive, we are open to people coming from any path as long as they are curious enough to experiment this philosophy with us for a while to see if it might fit them or not. \n\n\ We finance our lifestyle through the maintenance and development of an accommodation business we developped on our 34 acre wooden land. \n\ So far, we have installed 4 different cabins that we rent (tipi, 2 bubble to sleep under the stars and tree house). We are presently building a hobbit house and will soon build s site for a second bubble for clients to sleep under the stars in the fall." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Saint-Calixte name: "\xC5\x9Aiva Ashram" - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23620 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: Costa Rica oid: 35804cc5-32c4-406d-b7df-ab9391f5ecf6 id: 23184 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Talamanca mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: Carribean side close to BriBri & Puerto Viejo mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 9.6533055 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -82.758446 group: description: "Mission: We are a spiritual and sustainable community. We have been offering a volunteer program for 5 years during the winter season. Seeking to connect with like minded people or an established community seeking a location for a year round eco-village. \n\n\n\n\ This passage has been somewhat prophetic for us....\n\n\ \xE2\x80\x9CI undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house.(hired local workers and volunteers) I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. (Locals in Buena Vista raise cows, pigs and goats and chickens) I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem as well\xE2\x80\x94the delights of a man\xE2\x80\x99s heart.\xE2\x80\x9D (Ecclesiastes 2:4-8 New International Version)
From www.ic.org/directory/cristo-morpho/:
Being a part of Cristo Morpho Community is invigorating. It\xE2\x80\x99s a safe place to express your feelings. Every action, no matter how small, is important. A web of beautiful connections between people happens once you start to serve and live among our community with an open heart. When our community gathers together, we eat, pray, dance, and make glorious music. When together, we provide love and support for each other. We sit close enough to reach out and touch one another. We listen with open hearts as we share the intimate parts of our lives. When problems unfold or decisions must be made, we pray about it. We find a clear consensus among the community before any decision is carried out.\n\n\ We are currently categorized as a seasonal community. We gather primarily from November to May. We have several volunteers and visitors who are the foundation for the Cristo Morpho Community. Cristo Morpho is a Vermont based mutual-benefit non-profit, which means it was created to serve our members. The programs that Cristo Morpho offers are non-denominational. Within Cristo Morpho Community we accept you as you are, regardless of your beliefs, physical attributes or emotional state. Our position is to respect other religions, cultures, and traditions. Many of our visitors and volunteers have faith in Jesus. As a spiritual community, we actively participate in other spiritual pursuits such as yoga and fitness classes, indigenous traditions, non-violent communication, and share circles. We live as a sustainable community. We grow our own food, have gravity-fed water, compost, and recycle.\n\n\ History of purchase....\n\ In 2005, the funder purchased nearly 100 acres of land with a three-bedroom home in Buena Vista, which is on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. This land is designated as the future site for our sustainable spiritual community. We are the stewards of this beautiful, rainforest land with a 40-foot waterfall, and the famous translucent, blue morpho butterfly is frequently seen fluttering above the three brooks. In the morning, I wake up to the howler monkeys, and at dusk the parrots squawk and toucans soar from the treetops.\n\n\ Founder...\n\n\ Randolph C. Phelps is a native Vermonter and a resident of Costa Rica. He is the founder of the Vermont non-profit, Cristo Morpho, which established a sustainable, spiritual community located on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, called The Cristo Morpho Community. During winters, he directs the Cristo Morpho Volunteer Program. This is a Christ-based program that focuses on immersion into the community through individual service projects, and fostering spiritual growth. In 2006, he purchased nearly 100 acres in Costa Rica, which includes a forty-foot waterfall, in the canopy rainforest region of Buena Vista.\n\n\ For ten years he was a regular volunteer during summer months at various spiritual communities in upstate New York. He served in the wellness center at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck and assisted with mountain retreats at The Abode of the Message in New Lebanon. Randy is a certified yoga therapist, specializing in chronic conditions and restorative postures. He is an Integral yoga teacher and a regular volunteer at Satchidananda Ashram (Yogaville) in Buckingham, Virginia.\n\n\ I wrote two books which are on our website: Swan Song & the Cosmic Guru as an enjoyable way to invite people who resonate with my story, to become a part of our sustainable, spiritual community." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Buena Vista name: Cristo Morpho - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23628 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 5e01e819-c223-4204-88eb-a9f6361dc163 id: 23192 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Illinois mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 37.6557172 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -88.9988098 group: description: "Mission: To meet the diverse needs of sensitive beings is our mission. We are all still unfolding\xE2\x80\xA6 I would like to tell a story. A story of what might be, crafted by the ideas of children who believe nothing is impossible, their teachers, care givers, students, and those seeking they know not what. This story encompasses many whom have been drawn into the lives of an artistic, holistic caregiver who over analyzes everything, and an absolutely beautiful work of art we call Christophrax. Named by our Aspergian teen for describing ze whom is as varied as the moods of the sea, as the emotional, physical, spiritual tides of chronic pain, and living against all odds, sculpted by doctors, nurses, and a system which believes it is a caregiving system, but can not see it\xE2\x80\x99s own limitations can create.
From www.ic.org/directory/unfolding/:
A not-for-profit intentional community focused around those of us who are sensitive, disabled, from overseas, those who have chosen to live more holistically. We are forming a community in Southern Illinois based upon sustainability, environmental care, self care, homeschooling, animal rescue, children's book writing, video game creating; expressing a whole, holistic view of an artistic expression of life. How an attitude of gratitude expresses itself in resilience, simple joys, following the flow of children, the disabled, rehabilitating a patient with patience." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Southern Illinois name: unfolding - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23631 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 41f78f74-33e3-43c2-84c3-7a41ef4a674e id: 23195 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Vermont mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.270817 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -72.786431 group: description:Mission: We are a multigenerational, ecologically oriented initiative dedicated to Redefining Community, Regenerating Land and Revitalizing Culture through our transformational enrichment programs.
From www.ic.org/directory/living-tree-cohousing/:
The residential cohousing community is the heart of Living Tree Alliance. Our approved plan is for seven residences, a common house and workshop on three of our 91acres of land. The village design is compact, accessible and ecologically oriented, balancing the dynamics of community engagement with the needs for personal space. The building design and construction is aesthetically inspiring, ecologically responsible and crafted with the help of skilled local tradesfolk. Our residential culture is oriented towards the observance of Jewish traditions, rituals and cycles while maintaining a spiritually inclusive consciousness access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Moretown name: Living Tree Cohousing - responded_at: primary_location_id: 23632 mailing_address2: mailing_address1: physical_zip: physical_country: United States oid: 08ba7b61-0269-4b82-8d5a-ff061931544d id: 23196 dso_update: fresh democratic: source_grouping: fax: dso: Fellowship for Intentional Community physical_county: email: updated_at: created_at: response: email_response_token: phone: mode: import_notice_sent_at: dccid: website: physical_state: Michigan mailing_state: mailing_city: year_founded: physical_address2: physical_address1: mailing_county: mailing_country: latitude: 44.633562 grouping: mailing_zip: longitude: -85.782278 group: description: "Mission: To sustain a healing environment and cultivate learning through expirence and creativity.
My husband and I are homesteaders just getting started. The hope for our community is to be a place of learning and healing. \n There isn\xE2\x80\x99t a plan written in stone, because come what may, but here are a few things we would like to build and invite others to come help:\n\ An active rotating field of livestock and annual vegetables\n\ Buildings using clay slip and straw\n\ A large space for creative work and dance\n\ A permaculture forest garden\n\ Hospice for our elders\n\ Foster care for children\n\ Offer work trades for travelers\n\n We are on 10 acres, half forest and half field. \n\ We have all our permits for building our first dwelling, which we had an architect design for code. It\xE2\x80\x99s clay and timber framed and the build begins next year (2019).\n It\xE2\x80\x99s been such a mad scramble since we bought the land that we haven\xE2\x80\x99t been able to work it or put seed down, hopefully that can happen next year too.\n Please feel free to reach out if you\xE2\x80\x99d like to exchange labor or need a place to stay in the area." access_rule_id: 1 physical_city: Interlochen name: Briarwood Haven