Communities

Our Communities

AngieTupelo — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:04:00 -0600

This pages contain information on FEC Full Members, Communities-in-Dialog, Allied Communities, communities interested in joining the FEC, and individuals seeking to form an FEC community.

Full Member Communities

Full Members of the FEC are communities that are fully in alignment with with the
FEC's principles, and contribute significant labor and money to the FEC.

Acorn Community Founded: 1993 Location: rural Virginia Population: 16 adults, 3 children A community of work and play, and distributing rare heirloom seed varieties.	East Wind Founded: 1973 Location: rural Missouri Population: 65 adults, 11 children Doing things ourselves, individual freedom, stewarding our beautiful land.
Emma Goldman Finishing School Founded: 1996 Location: urban Seattle Population: 10 adults A social justice commune in the heart of Seattle.	Sandhill Farm Founded: 1974 Location: rural Missouri Pop: 6 adults, 1 child Organic homestead & child-friendly family of friends with current openings for new members.
Skyhouse Founded: 1997 Location: rural Missouri Population: 3 adults An income-sharing group within a larger ecovillage, dedicated to sustainability.	Twin Oaks Founded: 1967 Location: rural Virginia Population: 90 adults, 13 children A long-term, stable community based on rich culture and diverse economy.

Communities-in-Dialog

Communities-in-Dialog
share most or all of the Federation principles and consider full membership as an option for the future.

Meadowdance (2007 January 4)
2078 Vermont Rt. 15
Walden, VT 05873
802-563-3099; fax 802-563-2105
www.meadowdance.org
Contact: Ken kenhww@meadowdance.org
Jenn jenn@meadowdance.org
PEACH Melba: Amanda amanda@meadowdance.org

Allied Communities

Allied Communities
share many of the Federation's values but are not likely to consider full membership.

Ganas (2005 February 22)
139 Corson Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10301
718-720-5378; fax: 718-448-6842
info@ganas.org
www.ganas.org
Contact: Susan susan@ganas.org

Terra Nova (2005 March 05)
1404 Gary St.
Columbia, MO 65203
573-443-5253
573-874-6855 (2nd house)
clairenova@juno.com
Contacts: Claire, Hoyt
PEACH Melba: Evan

Walnut Street Co-op (2007 February 15)
1680 Walnut Street
Eugene, OR 97403
walnut@ic.org
www.walnutstreetco-op.org
Contact: Tree tree@ic.org

New Communities Forming

A-Way-Kin Ecovillage
forming 25 minutes outside of Gimli, Manitoba is hoping to start an
ecovillage with principles in line with the FEC. For more information,
click the link above to view their forum.

Individuals Seeking Community

Individuals and couples who are serious about forming an FEC community may request a listing on this website.

Happy 34th!

Laird — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:41:55 -0500

Yesterday, Sandhill celebrated it's 34th anniversary.

We had an all-day party, which included a gigantic potluck dinner, a Treasure Hunt for the young (or young at heart, and spry of foot), sweat lodge, barn dance, and may pole—all interlarded with lots of conversation and laughter. The rain almost held off until we were done. Some of the neighbors were caught by the late precipitation, and stayed the night, extending our party into this morning. It was a lovely time.

This year the revelers had a distinctively younger cast. In addition to Sandhill's under-40 additions of Apple, Thea & Jacob, Kevin & Ann, and freshly arrived intern Sarah, there have been four babies born at neighboring Dancing Rabbit and Red Earth Farm s (two each) since our party last year. The wheel is turning.

The way I understand it, the Greeks considered 34 to be the perfect age—the point where youth and vigor were just balanced by age and experience. So what's not to like about the cmty being 34? Who can resist the lure of claiming to be the "perfect age"? Who knows, maybe we'll have the perfect growing season. (Though for that to occur, it'll need to warm up and dry off licketty split, and I'm not holding my breath.)

After years of a lower population (down to five adults) we're now on the rise again. While it would be a stretch to call life here perfect, morale is high, the sun is shining on our faces, and the wind is at our back. And that's worth celebrating at any age.
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Willow Catches a fish

Paxus — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:21:00 -0600

i have a cool kid. Kids are an amazing crap shot, you dont know what kind you will get and you don't necessarily have that much control over how they come out (parents love to think that they do, but the other factors often overwhelm their efforts). i got lucky.

Willow has some wonderful primaries (people who regularly spend a couple hours a week with him, getting labor credits for this work in my communities elaborate work system). Yesterday, Trout took Willow to the pond with a fishing rod and some of our vegetarian sausage. They were going fishin'.

Our pond is tiny. Since it is principally for swimming, it was designed with upstream filters and catchment pools so it would not have fish in it. But life only being secondarily concerned with the will of man (sic), other things happened.

As Willow tells it, they put a small piece of soysage on to the hook, Trout did the casting and Willow pulled it in slowly. The did this a dozen times with no effect. Willow convinced Trout to pull the hook and afix a larger piece of soysage to the hook and within moments a fairly good size fished, probably a trout (no relations) was snagged. Willow pulled it in with great joy and mild trepidation.

When i arrived at dinner last night, they had already cooked and cleaned it and my son was in story telling heaven. He ran to me in the dining hall and demanded that i gues what had happened. Several people had already told me and my lack of surprise did not slow him down for a moment. He was up in my arms, animated and in full tale. His joy was infectious.

i ate a small piece of his first catch so i could be part of the history. Tasty.

i was fearful becoming a parent. Tho Hawina and i choose it very intentionally and added Sky as a co-parent after careful deliberation, i was unsure if it would work well in my manic life. In retrospect, it is perhaps the smartest thing i have ever done.

i dont advocate parenting for babylonians, but here on the commune, it has been an amazing experience. i am learning about intimacy by working with these small hands and listening to the gentle snoring of this cool kid. My kid, Willow.

Twin Oaks Community

Dancing Rabbit TV is here!

amy — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:29:09 -0500

The Dancing Rabbit video blog (or Dancing Rabbit TV) is now ready, and the first video is up:

http://drtv.dancingrabbit.org/

Please be sure to pass the link on!

Hope you all enjoy and keep your eye out for future episodes.

Many thanks to Brian for his hard work on creating DRTV!

Skyhouse