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Best of this year in intentional community

montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners

The Farm: 50 years later

Game Boards FTW (for the win)

Farmhacks . org seems to be gone

Seeking vice-free off-grid community.

Creating Permaculture Communities, a conversation with Stephen Brooks from Ecoversity

Local Permaculture

Permaculture equivalent of New-Urbanism

Humility - A missing piece in today's society?

TimeBanks: using time like money in our communities

Looking for a Tribe (Zones 8-10)

Zoom meetings

Looking for a new way to live

A Vision for Sustainable Rural Renewal in the American Northeast

IN PRACTICE!!! My FIRST Consult is on the books!!

Opening for Shepardess

Lemons into Lemonade...IC visits and Farm Visits in '26

Seeking work exchange for knowledge

Homestead Base + Operator Opportunity — 20 acres in Bennett County, SD (Move-in May–Sept 2026)

My cost of living is only 200$/month and I live in paradise

RV or Tiny Home hookup spot north of Asheville, NC

community design philosophies for imperfect humans - permaculture thorns

Hosting long distance cyclists at your house

If you're a Berean, you'll appreciate this.

Man, 34, has homestead but is seeking permaculture community

25 acre wood lot in Maine looking for homesteaders.

Seeking Like‑Minded Families for an Intentional Community on 300+ acres in Alaska

Timeless Living: IC focused on true happiness

Let me know about your perm/IC communities!

Women-led communal homestead forming in Mid Michigan: seeking kindred spirits!

My Dog and I M46 are looking for our new Farm / Community

Hot Springs w/cabin rental on organic date farm in California desert.

Regenerative Farm at the Central Oregon Coast Seeking New Community Members

Rural Oregon Community seeking

Founding a community on 40 acres in Maine

Clallam Bay Community (WA) — Seeking Experienced Growers

43yo hispanic female

Opportunity for nomadic and/or tiny home dwellers who want to dig in- NorCal

Oregon coastal mountains - 5 acre matriarchal homestead

Southwest NB, Canada

Escape the Chaos. Root Yourself in Love.

Help us Develop 7 acre farm in Puerto Rico?

Partners for intentional Christian Homestead

Ozarks of Missouri developing land

New Permaculture Community Forming on 175 Acres in South-Central Tennessee

Veteran homesteader family looking for another family with kids

Anyone interested in on-grid living?

Eastern Pennsylvania meetup

In search of Colorado communities

Where are peeps interested in established Farm Community ?

Cooperative Community forming in the Mountains of Western NC

Seeking a single renter that wants to live off grid surrounded by food and nature

any USA communites setting up in preperations for the Poleshift disaster cycle?

INSPIRED: What one person can accomplish!!

Seeking a community to be part of

Finding ME Time - Nature & Music

Smart device and Wifi free Off-grid project

Looking for tinkerer/ mechanic in Southern Oregon

Established land base — seeking people for a long-horizon intentional community project in the Ozark

Top Forums

digital market

building

permaculture artisans

skip

growies

ungarbage

critters

homesteading

energy

monies

community

wilderness

regional

permies.com

projects

global resources

kitchen

education

art