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Re-Forming Formed: 2007 Established: 1999

This page last updated:12/26/2011

Sharing Circle Community

Cincinnati, Ohio,

United States

[We've moved from Jim Drommond's Pilot House, to another house Jim has added to the intentional community model, at 3631 W. Eighth St. This location is aligned with the Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage].

Can you imagine what a sustainable society might look like? If so, let’s talk.

We have monthly vegetarian potluck dinners and round-table discussions on the first Sunday, 2--4pm.

Obviously, the present domination-style society is unsustainable, & is crumbling: The U.S. empire is collapsing; the predatory economy is sinking; resources are diminishing; the globe is warming; toxic waste mountains are growing; war is constant; population growth is out of control.

Time to change. Start building a sustainable society based on coperation.

Lots of people-friendly, earth-friendly, spiritually-open, sustainably-aimed communities are popping up.

Our vision is not cut in stone. We

simply bring some offerings to the table.

Vegetarianism is very healthy; takes less land to grow fruits & vegetables, than to raise animals for slaughter. Promotes caring, too.

Partnering w/ animals is enough; we house & feed them. They give us milk, eggs, wool, honey, wine, & friendship, or serve as draft animals. Empty pastures can become fruit & nut orchards, & forests, w/ mushroom understories (greatly increasing CO2 capture).

No-till farming, permaculture, heavy mulching [lasagna- or interbay-style], also reduce CO2 emissions.

Reviving the ancient native Amazonian bio-char practice [making charcoal and burying it in soil] vastly enriches soil, & sequesters CO2 for centuries.

Beautiful single- or multi-family adobe & earthbag bioshelters can be easily built, & may last for centuries. Insulated earth-sheltering adds passive annual solar heat gain.

We can use roll-on solar pv for lighting, & solar charged batteries for transport. Korten & others outline a sensible economic agenda. Peaceful conflict resolution is the grown-up way. And birth control lovingly shrinks population.

Kotke sees intentional communities or tribes as most sustainable. Fitts calls for a child-friendly, child-safe neighborhood, one with a "high popsicle index."

Visioning practices must be welcomed. Meditation & co-creative work w/ nature spirits promote human & inter-species harmony, as at Findhorn, Perelandra, Lily Hill. See also “The Noetic Universe” [Radin]; "The Practical Visionary" McLaughlin]; & "Joyful Evolution" [Davidson].

Status: Sharing Circle Community

Contact:

Mike Murphy
3631 West 8th St.
Cincinnati (Price Hill), Ohio 45205 United States
Phone: 513-828-8551

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Former/Other Names: Sharing Circle Community Farm; Sharing Circle 'Gypsy Garden-eers'

This page last updated:12/26/2011

Visitors Accepted

(Overnighters would stay at nearby Pilot House, since we are in a community property.)

Visitor Process: Call or write us.

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

Our community does not discriminate in regards to housing based on race/color, national origin, religion, sex/gender, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or being the victim of domestic abuse.

Because our housing is a single housing unit and requires the sharing of bathroom, kitchen and common space membership/residency may be restricted based on sex/gender in accordance with the law. Our community does not discriminate based on race/color, national origin, religion, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or domestic abuse.

Population Members(adults and children): 2 Non-member Residents: 0 Open to new members: Yes (But not immediately. Need to talk about this.)	Government Decision Making: By consensus (Discussion, proposal, meditation, consensus decision.) Identified Leader: No (Decisions are by consensus.) Leadership Core Group: Yes (Right now, three adult residents of the two community properties.)	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: No Answer (Probably..) Labor Contribution: Expected (We expect some sharing of community work.) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: Yes (When living space permits, we'll have to talk about all that.)
Land and Buildings Urban (Inside Cincinnati, Ohio.) Land Owned By: The community Number of Residences: 2 Cohousing: No (Equity sharing.)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 1-5% Share Community Meals: Nearly all meals (in each house.) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: We all share a common diet (Birdie & Mike are both vegetarian.) Dietary Practice: Primarily vegetarian (We are not quite vegans, as we think we can mutually beneficially) Alcohol Use: Used occasionally (Sometimes.) Tobacco Use: Seldom used (No smoking indoors. We two don't smoke at all.)	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: Yes (We meditate, and do attunements, and often read. from something we like, such as Neale Walsch.) Which Spiritual Traditions(s): Other (We read Neale Walsch, Penny Kelly, Tanis Helliwell, Paul Von Ward, Robert Shapiro. Robert Monroe.) Educational Style(s): Home schooling (At present, we have no school-age children.)

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