Valley of the Moon Eco Demonstration Community

Forming Formed: 2006

Volcan, Chiriqui,

Panama

(Highlands of Panama near Costa Rica)

The Valley of the Moon Eco Demonstration Project in the eternal spring (65-85 F all year long) of the beautiful, bountiful Highlands of Panama near the Costa Rica Border has acquired the first of its properties. A 2 acre property with two houses (which will undergo expansion and renovation to become our headquarters, hotel, seminar, conference, BeyondOrganic restaurant and teaching spaces) will allow us to construct a natural medical/healing/wellness center, a yoga and movement center, a teaching kitchen and cafe, intensive gardening classrooms and a meditation area adjacent to the river that runs through our property.

Five minutes away we have acquired a working farm with 5 commercial green houses covering nearly 2.5 acres and a somewhat larger space of open fields.

We will be able to produce our own food, as well as clean, unadulterated food for the community.

There is a building on the farm which will be renovated to become our farm school dormitory, kitchen and class room area.

The farm currently produces up to 5000 ducks and chickens at one time.

We will reconfigure the farm to create a self sustaining, off the grid, zero emissions BeyondOrganic farm and farm school employing novel and safe technologies and teach them to farmers and non farmers so that the Natural Solutions Foundation's International Decade of Nutrition goal of reclaiming the production of food can move toward becoming a reality.

People wishing to participate in the discussion and possibly the project can join our Yahoo! forum at

tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSF-Panama/join. There is a weekly conference call for members of this forum.

Run by the Natural Solutions Foundation of Panama, an affiliate of the Natural Solutions Foundation, www.HealthFreedomUSA.org, and part of its International Decade of Nutrition, this off-the-grid, fully self sustaining community of 75 - 100 households will be built around the principles of zero emissions and integrated sustainability (a la Songhai Center, Benin, see www.Youtube.com/naturalsolutions, click on "Songhai videos".) and, indeed, we will be mentored in that respect by Father Godfrey Nzamujo, its founder. Through our strong alliance with the Panama Organic Growers (responsible for the Panamanian law against genetically modified foods) we will create a working farm and a farm school to return to farmers from around the world the capacity and technology necessary to farm effectively without chemicals to feed themselves and their communities.

The Valley of the Moon Project will serve as an ark in dark times which may lie ahead as civil rights are lost in the US and compulsory vaccination and other intrusions are proffered by governments. A State of the Healing Arts Center providing care for ourselves, medical tourists and the community will serve as a point of focus and an income stream. We'll create an arts center and create a community life through varied types of housing and equitable commitment to the community in the context of balancing Social Capital and Financial Capital.

A Panamanian corporation, the Natural Solutions Corporation, is authorized by several US IRA and 401 Custodians to accept funds for offshore investment. We welcome inquiries. Please contact Foundation Trustee Ralph Fucetola,JD, ralph.fucetola@usa.net, 973-300-4594.

Through the structure of a land trust with home sites secured by long terms leases renewable in perpetuity, we seek not only sustainability but longevity of commitment as well. We span the socioeconomic scale, the age scale and a diversity of talent which is astonishing. We will create a school for our children and others.

The Santa Clara community is looking for awake, aware and involved people who understand the importance of healthy food and a non-industrialized food supply for sustainability, treasure sound relationships and are looking for a place to put their diverse talents which is clean/safe/secure/challenging.

Healthy relationships, healthy food and jot are available.

Status: Land has been acquired, accepting members

Website: http://NaturalSolutionsFoundation.org

Contact:

Rima E. Laibow, MD
Volcan, Panama Panama
Phone: 011-507-68389898

Links:

NSF-Panama Forum: On the road to Santa Clara in eternal spring. Santa Clara - the land of the Sacred Light

NSF-Panama Forum: Organic coffee bush on our coffee plantation

International Telephone Info

Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)

Former/Other Names: Santa Clara Community

Last Updated:12/5/2009

Visitors Accepted

(Visitors to the land and our Forum are welcome but we do not yet have a functioning physical community)

Visitor Process: Contact Dr. Rima at the email address or phone number listed above (the number has one extra digit but is correct), join the NSF-Panama Forum, contact Ralph Fucetola at ralph.fucetola@usa.net or 973-300-4594, or all of the above. Let us know your plans.

Network Affiliations:

We are not currently affiliated with any communities or networks

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

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Population Members(adults and children): 2 Non-member Residents: 4 (Many people visit us to see if this community is right for them. So far, only the 2 founders live here) Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By consensus (Five Step Process) Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: Yes	Labor and Money Financial Style: Partial income sharing (Memembership confers a share of income. Members are free to earn or have other income.) Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: Yes (If the community is not required to pay that debt) Labor Contribution: Expected (This has not yet been finalized) Join Fee: Yes (Homesteads require a fee. People who wish to live in community housing are not expected to pay a fee, but they must make a comittment to the community) Regular Fees: No
Land and Buildings Small Town (Houses are in a quite area of Volcan, Panama. Farm is located 5 minutes away in rural area) Area: 8.5 acres (3.4 hectares) (2 parcels of land, one 2 acre (headquarters, adjacent to available land), one 6.5 acres (farm) also adjacent to available land) Land Owned By: Community-controlled land trust (Houses built on land trust land remain the property of the owner) Number of Residences: 75 (Still under discussion - more land will be acquired for houses) Cohousing: No (People are free to cohouse but it is not a formal policy of the community)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: over 50% (A zero emissions, sustainable farm providing all food will be at the core of the community since we will be running a farm school for farmers around the world and this will be our food source and their practicum) Share Community Meals: 1 time/week (To be decided) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual (There will be a full range of foods available. People are free to choose their preferred diet.) Dietary Practice: Omnivorous (Some people are vegan, some raw food eaters, some carnivores. All preferences will be honored. All food grown by us will be BeyondOrganic.) Alcohol Use: Used occasionally (I would prefer an alchohol free community but others differ. An alcohol in moderation in the privacy of your own environment will probably be our collective choice) Tobacco Use: Prohibited (This is a smoke free community)	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: No (Many people have a spiritual practice and path but this is not a core agreement of the community) Educational Style(s): Private school at the community (There are private and public school options available. We will probably develop our own school for our children and perhaps others.)

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Dear Friends of
I would like to introduce myself and begin communications with you all in the hope that I may visit in the early part of 2011.
I am currently a personal assistant to Mignon C. Smith in Washington, DC. I plan to leave this work in Sept. of 2010 and return to Los Angeles to be with my son, Zhuba, who is 12 years old and his mother, Lakshmi, acupuncturist and dancer. Lakshmi and I are best friends. Once I find a community, they may join me; although I am writing primarily for myself.
I have lived in an intentional community, The Pan American Pan African Foundation, for nine years. The community dissolved about twenty years ago. I am a massage therapist, novice acupuncturist, psychiatric technician, textile artist, surfer, play tenor saxophone, and mediate. I have been studying Spanish for two years. I believe in consensus and have studied for ten years non violent communication skills. I love life and I love my life. I do believe I have good spirits watching over me.
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