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Forming Formed: 2011 Established: 2011

This page last updated:1/30/2012

Green Sage Tribe

Holland, Michigan,

United States

(Actual location not yet confirmed)

Hello!

We are a family of 5 looking to join OR start an eco-village! Currently we are living in the corporate world and are planning to exit it very, very soon. We have recently just paid off ALL our debts and are saving money to buy land.

We are wanting to live a sustainable life-style where we are connected to people and land and have a sense of place and purpose.

Our greatest modern day influences are:

Wendell Berry, Shane Claiborne, Rob Roy, the film Food Inc. and of coarse many others...

We are looking to build a community that supports one another and may not agree on everything but can work together to create a positive lifestyle that spreads out into the surrounding community, through our kids and grandkids. We plan to build our home from scratch with NO debt. We desire to grow the majority of our own food and for the rest of what we cannot make/grow on our own we plan to buy/barter locally. We can even share extra food we grow to those in need. We want to collaborate artistically in our village/local community and create sustainable ways to do everyday work and create our own entertainment.

Like: design a bicycle-powered clothes washing machine, build a Cordwood home from supplies from the local land. Take old guitars and guitar pedals and recycle them into new ones with new sounds. Have a community shared automobile for the occasional trip to town. Community tool shed/tinkering room to teach our kids the skills that have been lost. Teach our kids a life where they can actually be free. Free to follow their dreams in a way that's connected to the land.

To have fun and share this life we have with others, to live in harmony with nature, animals and other human beings.

If this is also what you are desiring and you have interest in getting to know us more, please email us at:

greensage73(at)gmail(dot)com

greensagemama(at)gmail(dot)com

We would love to talk to you. Thank you.

-peace

Website: http://www.greensagetribe.com

Contact:

Ian

Jess

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRNg5tPxQPM: We would love to build a house with this technique only a rectangular shape and a bit bigger.

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

This page last updated:1/30/2012

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): 5 (A couple with 3 kids) Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By consensus Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: No	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances (We want to share in whatever way we can) Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: Yes (Debt is discouraged) Labor Contribution: Expected (Let's work together :-))
Land and Buildings Other (Not sure yet...hopefully not too far from city life) Land Owned By: Individual community member(s) (Individual community member owns their own lot, then there will be a commons area owned by the community, I hope.) Number of Residences: 5 (4-5 families/individual households maybe) Cohousing: No (But not opposed to it)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: over 50% (Plan to) Share Community Meals: 2-5 times/week (But only as each one desires) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual (One of us is vegan and rest of us eat everything else but meat is on special occasion) Dietary Practice: Omnivorous Alcohol Use: Used occasionally Tobacco Use: Seldom used	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: Yes (Grace, Unconditional Love) Educational Style(s): Home schooling (Would love to colaborate in our ever-expanding education of all generations..but whatever each family desires)

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