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Forming Formed: 2007
Blackall Range Eco-village
Montville, Queensland,
Australia
Sunshine Coast hinterland, Queensland,
Australia
Kondililla Falls
 We are individuals united to create conscious communities, guided by grace, that are havens liberating and nurturing the potential of all through social equity, integrity, courage, transformative growth, collaborative enterprises, celebration and care of the planet.
Our intention is to create a 4 bottom-line intentional community / eco-village on the Sunshine Coast hinterland on or near the Blackall Ranges to model sustainable community living.
The first bottom line is personal transformative growth and the recognition of the divine that exists in all of us and our planet. The community thus has a spiritual, though non-denominational, basis. Our intention is fundamentally outward focused, with the intent to interact and influence society in positive ways.
The second is social sustainability and connection. This incorporates facilitating people from different ages, backgrounds and economic circumstances, setting a minimum community size. It incorporates governance that is honouring to all, recoginising the need to be heard; and communication and resolution skills.
Economic sustainability incorporates desirable industry that supports our mission, as well as growing non-currency based internal economies, leading to an eventual grace economy.
Environmental sustainability incorporates our desire for food production on what will be a rural site, water gathering and treatment and dispersal, ecological building design and construction and refurbishments, and aiming for renewable energy.
We envisage holding workshops and retreats that further our own skills as well as preparing the wider community for increasingly sustainable practices.
 
Website: http://groups.google.com.au/group/blackall-range-ecovillage
Contact:
Karyn Maher
PO Box 220
Montville, Queensland 4560 Australia
Last Updated:5/7/2008
 
Visitors Accepted
Population
Adult Members:
(Not yet established - up to 100)
Child Members:
(Not yet established - up to 100)
Open to new adults:
Yes
Open to new children:
Yes
Open to which gender(s):
All genders welcome
Age Focus:
No Focus
Age Restrictions:
No
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
Yes
(Facilitator and project manager)
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
Labor and Money
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(Expect 32 hours / month)
Join Fee:
Yes
Land and Buildings
Rural
Land Owned By:
Community-controlled land trust
Cohousing:
Yes
(Some parts yes, some eco-village)
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
over 50%
Share Community Meals:
Nearly all dinners
(Yet to be finalised)
Dietary Practice:
Primarily vegetarian
Social Factors
Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members:
Yes
Restrictions on Romantic Relationships (between consenting adults):
No
Shared Spiritual Path:
No
(Spiritual basis, but many paths represented)
 
 
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