intentional community

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Definition

An intentional community is a group of people who have chosen to live together in a shared space and to pursue common goals or values. Intentional communities can be formed for a variety of reasons, such as to promote sustainable living, to practice a particular religious or spiritual belief, or to create a supportive and inclusive social environment. These communities typically operate according to a set of shared principles and values, and members often make decisions collectively.

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Business Ideas

How to add value to others  (A.K.A make money)

  • Grow Fruits and Vegetables
  • Grow Hemp
  • Have Goats (sell goat milk and cheese)
  • Have Chickens (sell eggs)
  • Have Ponds (raise and sell fish)
  • Have an alternative health clinic
  • Airbnb rooms out and RV spaces to rent
  • Hempcrete house building business
  • Have Bees (sell honey)

 Have Workshops / Conferences / Trainings:

  • Health workshops
  • Sovereignty / law workshops
  • Spiritual Retreats
  • How to start and live in a voluntary community workshop
  • How to grow food / homestead workshops
  • How to build inexpensive structures (Hempcrete etc)

Example Values / Vision

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  • We are a community of voluntaryists (advocates of non-political, non-violent strategies to achieve a free society) living freely and peacefully while abiding by the non-aggression principle and natural law.

  • We choose to live together because we value love, connection, fun and the efficiencies that come with living in community.

  • We are committed to improving our minds, our bodies and our spiritual connection.

  • We value an examined life by pursuing the evolution of mind, body and spirit. We practice independent spirituality as we embrace the uniqueness of everyone’s journey.

  • We value natural health remedies, nutrition and natural food sources as well as our community’s self-reliance.

  • We see openness, honest communication, balance, harmony, critical thinking, logic & reason as cornerstones to a life and a community that work.

  • We encourage non-violent communication and radical honesty, and use internal mediation as a means to resolve conflict.

  • Our philosophy starts with the individual and branches out from there to the community as a whole.  We never value the collective over the individual.

  • We recognize that people have a need for community and a desire to contribute while benefiting themselves in a real win-win scenario.

  • We see all of this as essential to a balanced, fun, rewarding and fulfilling life.

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