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Formed: 1999 Established: 2000
Wormhole house
Berkeley, California,
United States
 Established in year 2000, Wormhole house is an eight-bedroom household in a quiet neighborhood of Berkeley, California, near the Ashby BART station. It's a big house with plenty of bedroom and common space, but only a modest urban back garden.
The neighborhood is very diverse racially and by income, with families, students, and working people, young and old. The house has been fairly gender balanced. The building has been progressively improving over the years, with artistic decor and techy toys.
We have a meeting a month or so, which usually is fairly brief and painless. We make decisions by informal consensus or do-ocracy, whichever happens for a given situation at hand.
We enjoy yummy food, engaging conversation, fun toys, outdoor adventure, circus play, quirky art, frilly clothes, and are not afraid of bizarre sex or unconventional music. And bicycles. We like bicycles.
Oh, and there's a baby living here.
 
Contact:
Geetha T.
1704 Woolsey St
Berkeley, California 94703 United States
Phone: 510-898-1417
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Last Updated:4/1/2007
 
Visitors Accepted
 (Maybe. Make advance arrangements.)
Visitor Process: Go to the web page http://members.cruzio.com/~loqi/ where you'll find a human-readable email address. Send Loqi a note describing who you are and why you would like to visit us. Allow up to a week for reply.
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
No Answer Provided
Population
Members(adults and children):
9
Non-member Residents:
0
Open to new members:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
(Small scale, and informal consensus. Kinda.)
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
No
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(an hour or two per week of housekeeping.)
Join Fee:
No
Regular Fees:
Yes
(We pay rent to live here.)
Land and Buildings
Urban
Area:
0.3 acres (0.1 hectares)
(It's one big house on a small urban lot. Tiny back yard.)
Land Owned By:
A subgroup of community members
(Our goal is to establish an ownership structure, but for now we have four individual names on title.)
Number of Residences:
1
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
1-5%
(Striving toward permaculture.)
Share Community Meals:
Nearly all dinners
(We cook 3 times every five weeks, and eat together most days.)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
We all share a common diet
(We tend toward loose vegetarian gormet.)
Dietary Practice:
Primarily vegetarian
(We very occasional share some meat.)
Alcohol Use:
Used occasionally
(Beer and wine stocked. Even some liquor. Not too much.)
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
No
Which Spiritual Traditions(s):
Eclectic (integrates pieces from many religions)
:: Jewish
:: Paganism/Earth Religions
:: Buddhist
(Not a religiously defined community.)
Educational Style(s):
Home schooling
(The baby is still a baby. But we'll see if we have the energy to home school.)
 
 


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