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Forming Formed: 2008
Ahimsa Community
Ithaca, New York,
United States
looking at properties together
 An egalitarian vegan community inspired by Gandhi's invitation to be the change we wish to see in the world. We create spaces for activism and cooperative education, and strive for accessibility, sustainability, and solidarity with all species.
Ahimsa Community began as an attempt to form a vegan ecovillage centered around our commitments to sustainability, animal rights, and social justice. It has evolved to become a decentralized community of people using meetings and the web to share information, ideas, and resources. We run a discussion list and newsletter, and collaborate on community organizing and creative projects together.
Future projects could include:
* An ecovillage, housing coop, or other form of intentional community
* A retreat center or activist summer camp (for grown-up activists!)
* A waste veggie-oil processing collective
* A cooperative company creating sustainable vegan toys, games, or books
* A veganic permaculture CSA or you-pick farm
* A local events space
Join our discussion list to meet us and our supporters and friends. Anyone who's interested in veganism, sustainability, and intentional community is welcome to join! You'll meet folks from other intentional communities and sustainability projects, and you can even promote your own projects. The discussion list has people on it from all over the place who are interested in these issues, so it's a good place for us all to share ideas and find ways to collaborate.
 
Website: http://shirari.com/ahimsa/
Contact:
Ari Moore
Ithaca, New York 14850 United States

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Former/Other Names: Ahimsa Ecovillage
Last Updated:7/22/2009
 
Visitors Accepted
Visitor Process: Visit our site (http://shirari.com/ahimsa) and read more about us. Then join our mailing list and introduce yourself, and tell us when you're coming to the area and that you'd like to meet up with people. Meetups can then be arranged.
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
No Answer Provided
Population
Open to new members:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
No
(We're anti-hierarchy - so we're all leaders!)
Leadership Core Group:
No
Food, etc.
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
(Health and personal freedom is paramount; we don't play vegan police on each other.)
Dietary Practice:
Primarily vegan
(Those on our discussion list are all respectful of animal rights and of vegans, and most of us are vegan.)
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
No
Educational Style(s):
Other
Cohousing Details
Cohousing Status:
Forming
 
 
looking at properties together
potluck lunch during a meeting
another delicious potluck - lots of raw and vegan and gluten free goodness!
crafting our vision statement
another surprisingly easy consensus decision
an early presentation about the project, organized by ClubVeg
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