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Forming Formed: 2010 Established: 2011

This page last updated:6/1/2011

You name it - Sustainable

Fulton, Illinois, Rural,

United States

(North of the Quad Cities Area)

This is a forming community based on sustainable housing and permaculture with a specific interest in earthships, self-sustainability, CSAs, the larger community involvement and showing the world that it can be done better, cheaper and more happily a different way. We're interested in shared and seperate dwellings. As of today, we have a healer, an engineer and a bunch of kids.

Please contact us for any information, to get interested/involved or to provide valuable insight into something you've already tried!

June 2011 Update:

Bought the land! 14+ Acres near Fulton, IL. 60 Year old berm house, delapidated out buildings, 2 huge greenhouses and 3 cats. We moved in and started planting trees. The CSA didn't happen this year, but as soon as we're settled in, we'll start up the greenhouses.

Contact:

Jerome and Krystal
Fulton, Illinois

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This page last updated:6/1/2011

Visitors Accepted

Visitor Process: Visitors are encouraged to email us. We check it regularly and will get back to you. The start of summer is busy, so we may be open to visits starting end of summer 2011. Alternately, we could set up some Skype time for a chat.

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.

Population Members(adults and children): 3 (So far!) Open to new members: Yes (Contact us if interested!)	Government Decision Making: By consensus (Not yet determined.) Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: No	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances (Want to buy your own acre? Rent to own? We're open to ideas! Barter!) Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: Yes Labor Contribution: (Not determined) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: No
Land and Buildings Rural (Within 5 miles from town, bordered by a minor highway.) Area: 14.7 acres (5.9 hectares) (Purchased. About 5 acres open for sale/lease.) Land Owned By: Community-controlled land trust (Community will purchase land from founders in the future.) Number of Residences: 1 (Existing berm house, but out buildings could be improved and Earthsips/alternative dwellings in progress.) Cohousing: Yes (Existing home will become common/boarding/visitor house with private residences located nearby.)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 6-20% (working on this...) Share Community Meals: 2-5 times/week Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual (We won't stop you, but we'll tell you what we think! No corn syrup!) Dietary Practice: Omnivorous (We're flexitarians/locavores with a slant for organics. Both adults previously tried vegetarian.) Alcohol Use: Seldom used (Becoming less of an item around.) Tobacco Use: Seldom used (Extremely rare, but we're open to trying things from time to time.)	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: Yes (Yoga, calm, nature) Which Spiritual Traditions(s): Unitarian Universalist :: Paganism/Earth Religions :: Buddhist :: Eclectic (integrates pieces from many religions) (Daoist) Educational Style(s): Public schooled :: Home schooling (Last year in and out of preschool. Not sure about upcoming school year plans.)

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Comment from lowergreenroom on 6/2/2011 (Reader Rating: 0)

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A CSA on the property is a great amenity. I have personally participated in and enjoyed the fruits of a CSA program and particularly appreciate the value in organic, healthy and local food production. Best of luck and weather to you in this endeavor!

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