Hi everyone!
I'm late to this, but just wondered if anything came out of it? Our main experience is that there are many people talking, but few people actually doing something about it - particularly when it comes to this type of Eco-Village...
We have been looking for more than 2 years for something very close to originally discussed. My partner and I don't want to live full-on co-op living communal, hugging and dancing all the time forced socially, or a fully nudist camp, or a religious village or a fully "free-love" village (Again, if people want to do those things in the privacy or their own homes and/or with other consenting adults - no judgement whatsoever, but we would prefer it not to be one of the core concepts, otherwise we would stick out like a sore thumb!) . However, we do envision that the land would have shared and private elements to include all types of people - those who want to be more communal and those who don't. Those who want to "buy-in" and pay a rent or retire there in peace and with a reduced impact of living and those who want to work for the community and support that way. Private incomes are private, but there should be a possibility and encouraged to form community incomes from different members in the community, or even community projects as a whole. (Again, with different levels of "approval") If it's your private land - do what you want, with who-ever you want, income from that is private. We also support bartering, shared schooling, pooled resources (voluntarily) and support of "retired" members - Basically we see a mix of socialism with elements of capitalism (but not profit for profits sake!) - It should be in order to sustain the minimal impact living. The problem is, doing this alone would be too "all at once" - just like when you say, OK, I'm going to get fit and healthy today and start with everything - 99% will "fail" - you can't do everything from scratch all by yourself. It needs a group of people to focus on specific things that make a better whole!
If anyone is doing this, interested in this, has any information, please get in touch as we would love to hear from you!
Jordan & Marian
