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Forming Formed: 2005
Brave New Mountain
Hoodsport, Washington,
United States
 It’s natural that creative folks who don’t fit the American lifestyle will desire belonging to a special community, and as expected most intentional communities listed here identify with special interests. However, there are also intelligent folks who desire to work for true solutions intentionally in a caring community but who do not strongly identify with these established labels of dietary, drug, smoke, alcohol, schooling, social, religious, sexual, and political stereotypes. Whether one eats sprouts, tofu or road kill is not important. It seems that many of these behaviors, addictions, rules, rights, superstitions – are counter-productive to free-thinking required to create solutions for a bright future.
A great problem faces the “civilized” world. Whether energy, food, water, housing, transportation, brain power, business - - most (over 80%) of America’s resources are obscenely wasted.
Though difficult for a lone person, it is possible that a community’s consumption can be reduced to a small fraction of average, while productive adventures (gardening, hiking, creation, research, learning, invention, travel, laughter, reading, writing, free time) can be dramatically increased.
This Mountain-based community is now forming, already has 20+ acres of pristine forest mountain and equipment, sawmill, free hydro-power, and ready for activity. We seek independent (non-labeled) folks and families who desire a wholesome, intelligent problem solving community.
We work to ADVANCE quality of community, neighborhoods, regions and the world through creative, practical, problem solving, rather than reinforce the old habits, fears, superstitions and backward thinking. Many folks are confused, timid, fearful of the future, some want to go back to the past. “Little house on the prairie” is quaint, but can world solutions for a great future come from uninformed viewpoint? Similarly, it seems unlikely that a heavily labeled special-interest community will have the time to actually invent a great future.
Finding the economic and technical answers to a practical “new world” future require something like a brave new mountain community. It takes intelligent people with some skills, discipline, quality attitude to build TRUE solutions. If you understand that true progress takes changes; that the future isn’t the past, please write
 
Contact:
Eric
Hoodsport, Washington United States

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Last Updated:5/1/2008
 
Population
Open to new adults:
Yes
Open to new children:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
Other
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
(Sharing of tools and knowledge rather than income)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(If a man does not work, let him not eat)
Join Fee:
Yes
(Buy or rent is about 20% of normal community price)
Regular Fees:
No
(The group does not need much money)
Land and Buildings
Rural
Area:
20 acres (8.1 hectares)
Land Owned By:
A subgroup of community members
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
21-50%
(planned, not current)
Share Community Meals:
1 time/week
(planned, not current)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
(Or we can restrict Durian - ever smell that stuff.)
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous
(What comes out of your mouth is more important than what goes in.)
Alcohol Use:
Seldom used
(Of course drugs and alcohol are discouraged as implied elsewhere)
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited
(don't ask, don't tell, but also don't stink up the place)
 
 
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