| Ecoculture Village is in its beginning stages and needs funding and land.
The mission of Ecoculture Village ¹, a non-profit entity, is to increase the quality of life for, and to increase awareness of the actual and potential benefits inherent to, small rural communities.
¹ Villages are the smallest, full-featured, rural settlements; larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town; inherently offering religious and/or spiritual services (possibly a separate or subsidiary non-profit organization nearby or onsite) in addition to all other base necessities.
Ecoculture is our primary strategy and one of the ways we define it is: the demonstration, documentation, and dissemination of subsistence-level ² self-sufficiency and ecological sustainability ³ design principles, and of ethical intentional community practices.
² Subsistence-level, being understood as logically conceivable, here refers to all necessities inherent to whole being or real existence and is intuitively supportive of healthy individual and group human evolving.
³ Ecologically sustainable here refers to the provision that all human activities be, in the very least, compatible with the healthy functioning of the natural world, and at most be somehow enhancing to it; and providing for that, that all human activities can be continued indefinitely.
Another definition of ecoculture is: the harmonious union of the environmental dynamic (ecosystem) and the social dynamic (culture), which we believe is both the underlying determinant for and the end result of rational land use. In light of this understanding, Ecoculture Village is intended to be a research and design study facility primarily involved in both being an example of, and also shining light on examples of, living excellence.
Our ultimate vision embodies achieving, maintaining, and teaching ways toward the highest quality of life (health, happiness, and longevity) possible for anybody and everybody on Earth. We will achieve our vision by way of the implementation of cooperative living, organic polyculture, appropriate technologies, conservation of micro-habitats and other sacred spaces, and other Earth-friendly tactics. Although our focus is interdisciplinary research, design, experimentation, and educational outreach, in striving to promote and engage multiple sources of initiative, Ecoculture Village dutifully seeks to be viably interconnected with the ever-expanding networks of like-minded individuals and organizations local and abroad. | Contact: Troy Boylan
PO Box 4460
Arcata, California 95518 United States
Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses) |
Population Non-member Residents: (goal: approximately less than 10% (interns, guests. etc.)) | Government Decision Making: (Initially, decision making by consensus, but as we attract more people, by elected group/commitee representation.) | Labor and Money Financial Style: Partial income sharing (Members should have a means of independent finances to meet their individual needs, but we will have a community fund supported by farm surplus sales, educational/consultation services, donations, grants, etc.) Labor Contribution: Expected (There will be many opportunities for all members to contribute labor to Ecoculture Village embetterment.) Regular Fees: Yes (Fees/dues are foreseen, but the particulars have yet to be worked out.) | Land and Buildings Rural (Rural with an eye on acquiring land adjacent or very near to National Forest or other protected wildland.) Area: 11 acres (4.5 hectares) (We seek that Ecoculture Village's main site be a minimum of about 50 to 100 acres.) Land Owned By: Individual community member(s) (Individually owned homesites, and as non-profit entity asset, and planning to provide for wildlife conservation easements. The exact particulars need to be discussed.) Number of Residences: 0 (We are planning to have 10-20 houses plus other buildings, including some multi-family dwellings, a village hall, etc.) Cohousing: No Answer (It will be.) | Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: (goal = 100%) Share Community Meals: 2-5 times/week (As often as people like) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual Dietary Practice: Omnivorous Alcohol Use: (Is there such a thing as second hand alcohol?) Tobacco Use: Prohibited (Commercial tobacco industries are evil, so unless grown/obtained and used in some traditional/ceremonial/spiritual manner, ABSOLUTELY NOT!) | Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: No Answer (Uniquely and individually determined) Which Spiritual Traditions(s): Ecumenical (includes "all religions") Educational Style(s): Other (Up to the parents) | |
