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Re: Ecovillage workshop in Australia
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Ecovillage workshop in Australia
- From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:34:13 -0600
- Newsgroups: permaculture
- References: <LYRIS-75906-85482-2000.10.16-10.22.02--dtv#mwt.net@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Mikal Jakubal wrote:
> The workshops sound really interesting, especially the Introduction to
> Ecovillage Design and Development, but the location is a bit far away for
> me right now. Has the curriculum been put into any books or Web-accessible
> form? I'm particularly curious about the "13 key issues of social design."
> Eleven years ago I co-founded a community land trust/intentional community
> that had serious problems from the start.
can you say a bit more about this community, what was it called, where was it, how
many people, is it still functioning? etc.
> I left it about six years ago I
> came here,
where are you now & what kind of land base do you have?
> and I'm now thinking of making my place here into a sort of
> Pc-based mini village (say, 5-8 people with houses, gardens and craft shops
> for site-based cottage industries). But, the bad experiences at the first
> place, and very negative impressions of and experiences with other
> "communities" and collective projects have left me rather skeptical. I
> still have too many unanswered questions to open the door to all the
> potential problems of a group project. Doing this alone is difficult, but
> still easier than always having to fight five other people just to get
> anything done.
I have had an opposite experience. Indeed working with a group is extremely complex
& not always fulfilling in the way one would expect, but compared to what I can
accomplish on my own, the impact is far greater. It seems to me that the great
majority of our issues have been centered around living together & getting along &
when it comes to the permaculture projects here we have a great deal of flexibility
for everyone to come together to help during planting, harvesting, mulching times &
then room for each to pursue their own interests.
miekal
dreamtime village | zone 4 sw wisc
http://net22.com/dreamtime/index.shtml
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>
> Mikal
> "When I hear the word 'consensus' I want to run screaming."