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- Soundings - Newsletter of the FEC
- Leaves of Twin Oaks is the newsletter of Twin Oaks Community which chronicles the joys, trials, absurdities, etc. of life in our commune. Each issues includes articles, photos, and newsy tidbits of the fascinating and ever-evolving culture of Twin Oaks.
$10 / 3 issues (typically one year), or request a free copy at:
Leaves Subscriptions
138 Twin Oaks Rd #FEC
Louisa, VA 23093
Email: mccune at twinoaks dot orgRead the Leaves online.
March Hare
Dancing Rabbit publishes a quarterly newsletter, the March Hare, where we share the day to day details of our community's life, as well as the knowledge we gain about sustainable living. It's a great way to keep up on what we are doing and to stay in touch with us.
The March Hare is available in electronic or paper format.
Electronic format: To subscribe send email to [email protected] from the account you want to be signed up as.
Paper format: The March Hare can be mailed to you or anyone you know who might be interested and we ask for a donation of $8-25 per year to cover costs (Paying the higher end of the scale helps us send newsletters to those who cannot afford them and allows us to put more time into spreading our news).
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Rutledge, MO 63563
Email: [email protected] - Is It Utopia Yet
An Insider's View of Twin Oaks Community In Its 26th Yearby Kat Kinkade
Author of A Walden Two Experiment: The First Five Years of Twin Oaks Community
In 1973, Kat Kinkade's highly acclaimed A Walden Two Experiment told the country how a unique attempt at shared living had struggled and riumphed in its first five years.
Now, with Is It Utopia Yet?, Kat brings us another lively, firsthand account of Twin Oaks' continued development as one of America's most prominent and successful cooperative communities.
The book includes detail about some of the conflicts that Twin Oaks has lived through and the people who were caught up in them. Kat speaks frankly and thoughtfully about the changes Twin Oaks has gone through and her own changing role in the community.
As a bonus, the 320 page book also contains over sixty cartoons about community living from the pen of Twin Oaks member Jonathan Roth.
What is it really like to live in a "Utopian" community? What happens to the high ideals of equality and social justice under the pressures of daily living with a continually-changing population of nearly a hundred people?
Creating a new society presents many challenges—making a living, inventing a government, sharing the labor, raising children collectively, and reaching agreement about such things as diet, standard of living, and commitment to caring for the environment
Facing these tasks as a group means taking a hard look at the original principles. Does full economic equality really work? How far can a group compromise its ideals for the sake of holding its members? How much social conformity is necessary for peaceful cooperative living? Just how simple should the simple life be? Kat tells how these fundamental issues have been worked on through 25 years of communal living at Twin Oaks.
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FEC Communities
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.
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Dirt and Dreams is the E-mail Newsletter of the FEC. Dirt and Dreams will bring to you news about our communities, articles about our values, and clips of our art and culture.
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Conference!
The Communities Conference is a networking and learning opportunity for anyone
interested or involved in co-operative or communal lifestyles.
Join us for a weekend of sharing and celebration!
Friday August 14 through
Sunday August 16, 2009
$85 (sliding scale) includes
meals and camping.
Twin Oaks Communities Conference
138 Twin Oaks Road, Louisa, VA 23093
540-894-5126
CommunitiesConference.org
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