If You Could - Would You? [Intentional Community]

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This post is a beginning of a serious commitment to possibility, and

serves no other purpose. It is simply a working, and ongoing " work

product " to shift into high gear the potential at creating an

" intentional community " , yet, because of the economy, housing issues

with many, job losses and/or concerns and numerous other factors, it

will serve " to craft " some workable answers.

While I, as well as others, have their ideas of what an intentional

community is, and what it would become, it's core values and ways of

doing business, existing in reality, the case may be that comes

" after-the-fact " .

Many have lost jobs, their homes, their belongings, their motivations.

Many are living in their cars, if they still have them, in tent cities,

piling up in homes of friends and families, etc... Still, many others

see this is a coming possibility more and more, yet afraid or unsure

just what to do about it.

While I would like to see some organizations go to work creating real

intentional community temporary tent cities in every location, pulling

in tent or other shelter consideration donations, setting up 24 hour

kitchens, with donated foods but also operating their own gardens,

making use of alternative ideas in how they are run

[non-govt/non-corporate failures], such as using wind turbines to power,

composting toilets, recycling, etc...and at the same time giving some

great ideas to those coming on how to become sustainable. Find or create

mom/pop businesses, etc... It is an operation best done by those in

greater positions.

However, based on the idea of creating an intentional community within

the central Alabama area, but with perhaps the beginnings of which are

more akin to the temporary solution mentioned, I am in search of the

right piece of land, with the more sustainable built in's the better.

This may be a purchase outright, a gift, or some long term lease.

There's plenty of possibilities but to comes down to reality... Whose

truly interested? Who truly can up and leave where they are now, move to

central Alabama, and even live in a tent or other like sheltering till

things can be made better, more comfortable? Who has any amount of funds

to put towards such a move, towards the shared expense, towards their

own expenses, and it work out much better than current possibilities?

I suggest everyone, regardless of your situations begin to get back to

the old days when families did move back in with each other and share.

That's how they made it, how they survived, how they built themselves

back up.

The point really is, if things are, or fixing to be, or soon could

become very real for you, would you want to end up at your cities next

tent city, or, in such a place, more " intentional " , more in tune with

some of your own feelings in becoming sustainable, keeping families

intact, sharing in much of the ideas you have, and the possibility it

can become the full intentional community envisioned, or crafted to

become at some point. Or maybe, a place much safer, and saner than some

of the alternatives if you do nothing about it now. Even if you move on

later.

I've included a link to some of the land possibilities I've run across

below. They range from a few acres to many, from a several tens of

thousands to close to a million...some have little but space to others

with stocked ponds, springs, barns, fields, etc...

None of the underlying cost or deals are that important when it comes to

those who were committed to possibilities. Hell, if you have a million

people and we all put in a buck each, well...you get the point.

If I already had the proper place, you know the door would be thrown

open wide...might have to bring a tent, set up and outdoor kitchen,

place your extras under some tarps...but, " you'd be home " . You might

find you a local job of any kind and pitch in on the food, etc... or

help with building a wind turbine for power, or working in a garden for

food, making all we need, picking up donations of all kinds to use,

share or sell [you'd be surprised what some give away around here.] The

point being, in one way or another, we'd make it work. Other details and

any problems would be worked out together...as we all it's not that

easy to live with or around others if your not use to it.

What I need from you? Not the " I'd like to do that someday " . I've said

that for so many years I've forgotten how long now. I'm looking for

" yes " , we'll come on a moments notice, their x number in our family,

we'll be bringing xxx, we can contribute x amount of money, ad/or x

amount of whatever will be useful. Even if you have nothing but your

shirt on your back and it's borrowed, say that..I'm not selling

memberships, or acres, or " a place " .

If I send out a notice and say hey, we found xyz property for lease, has

what we need, and 200 people interested this moment in coming, I need

five dollars from everyone right now to make it so, then it has to be

that direct, that pointed, and takes that commitment to make it happen.

Others who may come later would have a different set of options, we all

would.

This is not an invitation to the Garden Of Eden...it will not be the

answer to all your possible problems...and may even provide for some new

ones. But I can say this...It Is A Possibility that is real.

I can feed my family with my last two dollars, or possibly, I can pool

it with many others and we all eat. Just a thought.

Replies to email are ok, especially for more privacy in responses,

knightsintention@...

or reply to this post in the places I have put it.

I can only get the fire started, it's up to you to decide to bring some

wood, and if it becomes something of warmth, and life giving.

D~

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> This post is a beginning of a serious commitment to possibility, and

> serves no other purpose. It is simply a working, and ongoing " work

> product " to shift into high gear the potential at creating an

> " intentional community " , yet, because of the economy, housing issues

> with many, job losses and/or concerns and numerous other factors, it

> will serve " to craft " some workable answers.

>

> While I, as well as others, have their ideas of what an intentional

> community is, and what it would become, it's core values and ways of

> doing business, existing in reality, the case may be that comes

> " after-the-fact " .

>

> Many have lost jobs, their homes, their belongings, their motivations.

> Many are living in their cars, if they still have them, in tent cities,

> piling up in homes of friends and families, etc... Still, many others

> see this is a coming possibility more and more, yet afraid or unsure

> just what to do about it.

>

> While I would like to see some organizations go to work creating real

> intentional community temporary tent cities in every location, pulling

> in tent or other shelter consideration donations, setting up 24 hour

> kitchens, with donated foods but also operating their own gardens,

> making use of alternative ideas in how they are run

> [non-govt/non-corporate failures], such as using wind turbines to power,

> composting toilets, recycling, etc...and at the same time giving some

> great ideas to those coming on how to become sustainable. Find or create

> mom/pop businesses, etc... It is an operation best done by those in

> greater positions.

>

>

> However, based on the idea of creating an intentional community within

> the central Alabama area, but with perhaps the beginnings of which are

> more akin to the temporary solution mentioned, I am in search of the

> right piece of land, with the more sustainable built in's the better.

> This may be a purchase outright, a gift, or some long term lease.

> There's plenty of possibilities but to comes down to reality... Whose

> truly interested? Who truly can up and leave where they are now, move to

> central Alabama, and even live in a tent or other like sheltering till

> things can be made better, more comfortable? Who has any amount of funds

> to put towards such a move, towards the shared expense, towards their

> own expenses, and it work out much better than current possibilities?

>

> I suggest everyone, regardless of your situations begin to get back to

> the old days when families did move back in with each other and share.

> That's how they made it, how they survived, how they built themselves

> back up.

>

> The point really is, if things are, or fixing to be, or soon could

> become very real for you, would you want to end up at your cities next

> tent city, or, in such a place, more " intentional " , more in tune with

> some of your own feelings in becoming sustainable, keeping families

> intact, sharing in much of the ideas you have, and the possibility it

> can become the full intentional community envisioned, or crafted to

> become at some point. Or maybe, a place much safer, and saner than some

> of the alternatives if you do nothing about it now. Even if you move on

> later.

>

> I've included a link to some of the land possibilities I've run across

> below. They range from a few acres to many, from a several tens of

> thousands to close to a million...some have little but space to others

> with stocked ponds, springs, barns, fields, etc...

>

> None of the underlying cost or deals are that important when it comes to

> those who were committed to possibilities. Hell, if you have a million

> people and we all put in a buck each, well...you get the point.

>

> If I already had the proper place, you know the door would be thrown

> open wide...might have to bring a tent, set up and outdoor kitchen,

> place your extras under some tarps...but, " you'd be home " . You might

> find you a local job of any kind and pitch in on the food, etc... or

> help with building a wind turbine for power, or working in a garden for

> food, making all we need, picking up donations of all kinds to use,

> share or sell [you'd be surprised what some give away around here.] The

> point being, in one way or another, we'd make it work. Other details and

> any problems would be worked out together...as we all it's not that

> easy to live with or around others if your not use to it.

>

> What I need from you? Not the " I'd like to do that someday " . I've said

> that for so many years I've forgotten how long now. I'm looking for

> " yes " , we'll come on a moments notice, their x number in our family,

> we'll be bringing xxx, we can contribute x amount of money, ad/or x

> amount of whatever will be useful. Even if you have nothing but your

> shirt on your back and it's borrowed, say that..I'm not selling

> memberships, or acres, or " a place " .

>

> If I send out a notice and say hey, we found xyz property for lease, has

> what we need, and 200 people interested this moment in coming, I need

> five dollars from everyone right now to make it so, then it has to be

> that direct, that pointed, and takes that commitment to make it happen.

> Others who may come later would have a different set of options, we all

> would.

>

> This is not an invitation to the Garden Of Eden...it will not be the

> answer to all your possible problems...and may even provide for some new

> ones. But I can say this...It Is A Possibility that is real.

>

> I can feed my family with my last two dollars, or possibly, I can pool

> it with many others and we all eat. Just a thought.

>

> Replies to email are ok, especially for more privacy in responses,

> knightsintention@...

>

> or reply to this post in the places I have put it.

>

>

> I can only get the fire started, it's up to you to decide to bring some

> wood, and if it becomes something of warmth, and life giving.

>

>

> D~

>

>

>

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