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Re-Forming Formed: 2004 Established: 2005
The Wild Human Initiative
Boone and Asheville areas, North Carolina,
United States
 We are a tribe of free-minded, wild- hearted individuals and families.
We are creating grassroots community networks online, and we are searching for land and a suitable homestead in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
We have at least two main purposes as a nonprofit organization: to build grassroots community and to provide charitable relief to the traveling poor.
We also seek to build bridges of skill and understanding between ancient and contemporary life ways (blending computer technologies with wilderness survival skills, for example).
We plan to offer experiential, social, and educational opportunities in the form of potlucks, parties, workshops, field trips, seminars, websites with informative newsletters, and more.
We are seeking people with the following interests to brainstorm and vision with us about forming community on the land within the following year: unschooling and radical home learning; vegetarianism and healthy gardening; natural construction, including tree houses, springhouses, rope bridges, rock walls, and more; and people with musical talents and equipment.
We are primarily Rainbow people, although our friends fit all descriptions. We have no rules or regulations, except that one takes good care of oneself, respects and treats everyone with love and compassion, and takes care of others and the Earth too.
We truly believe that we are all in this together, and we are all family, and we can make our dreams come true now, by working, living, and loving together.
 
Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildhumaninitiative
Contact:
Manitou Magwa
Blue Ridge Mountains
Asheville, North Carolina United States

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Links:
The Wild Human Initiative Yahoo Forum: cyberhome of our grassroots nonprofit organization
WildHumanInitiative Yahoo Discussion Forum: Open forum for anyone searching for family and tribe
Last Updated:6/9/2008
 
Visitors Accepted
 (please get in touch if you are interested, by email. we are searching for land right now.)
Visitor Process: Please go to our forums and check us out. Then communicate with us directly, either by email or by posting on the forums. Thank you so much. We really appreciate your interest. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WildHumanInitiative http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newworldarising
Affiliations: Rainbow Family Gatherings

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
No Answer Provided
Population
Members(adults and children):
30
Non-member Residents:
20
(our goal)
Open to new members:
Yes
(especially apprentices)
Government
Decision Making:
Other
(By council, with the focalizers making the final decisions)
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
(We are currently forming a Vision Council...and you are welcome to contact us about it.)
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
(Co-operative cottage industries will fund our endeavors. The rest of participants finances are individual income. See info on the EF Schumacher Society website.)
Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt:
Yes
(And we will attempt to help them work out their problems with paperwork, and communicate to find solutions.)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(Residents will experience a Community work/party one weekend a month to do landscaping, repairs, etc., then party! Other members will give one day of community service a month.)
Join Fee:
No
(No fee for joining at this time. The co-operative business will require the purchase of non-trading shares.)
Regular Fees:
No
(We help one another as help is needed and requested.)
Land and Buildings
Small Town
(We mix domesticity with wildness. Some of us are landed, with homes near and far, others are homeless and free. Our homestead will be in a rural area near a small town or a prosperous tourist town near a lake.)
Area:
0 acres (0.0 hectares)
(We are aiming to purchase 20 acres for our first homestead and primitive campground.)
Land Owned By:
Another form of Non-profit
(The benefactors who help with financing will hold the deed until we pay it off or buy it back. The nonprofit itself will be the landowner when it's paid off. It will be an asset of the grassroots nonprofit.)
Number of Residences:
0
(We plan to assess the carrying capacity of the land we acquire and build from there. We plan to stay focused on small dwellings, made with harmonious materials and modern technologies (solar electricity, micro-hydro, small wind turbines, geothermal flooring in some, etc. Small is beautiful....There will also be a central house with amenities to share communally.)
Cohousing:
No
(Not yet, but we are researching. We are grassroots rainbows seeking personal empowerment and cultural transformation.)
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
none
(Our goal is to grow the vegetables and some good fruit trees and bushes.)
Share Community Meals:
Nearly all dinners
(Dinner circle each day will be rainbow style (blow the conch shell, circle, hold hands, aum, cheer, release, get out your dishes and eat!)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
We all share a common diet
(Life has compelled us to become opportunivores and give thanks for what we can share. But no dumpster dived food is allowed, and as little red meat as possible, except for venison, would be good. Farm chickens, animals we raise ourselves, local hunters abundance, kickdowns from the local food pantry--all of these are ok, if necessary.)
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous
(This will depend on residents and other situations.)
Alcohol Use:
Seldom used
(Only at fundraising events and parties for the nonprofit. No private drunkenness allowed...)
Tobacco Use:
Used Occasionally
(Smoking should be enjoyed consciously, and done in a smoking room or outside area)
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
Yes
Which Spiritual Traditions(s):
Eclectic (integrates pieces from many religions)
(Way of the Peaceful Rainbow Warrior (or wild human!). Native American, Celtic, Buddhist, Pagan, and more are practiced by our friends.)
Educational Style(s):
Home schooling
(We practice creative homelearning and unschooling--no curriculum and no schedule, except as required by law. We learn by living in an enriched environment with a well rounded life.)
 
 
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