Buckminster Fuller Collective - Sierra

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About the Community

  • Forming
  • Rural

What we do

The Fuller Collective Sierra begain in 2023, with a small group committed to living a balanced life that moves toward sustainability, while creating a collective of individuals that work together to affect change in the world. We belive that Collectives are the achilles heal to Capitalism and that a small group of committed (in the psychiatric sense) individual can change the world.

 

Our heros include Buckminster Fuller, and his view of the importance of creating a new paradigm, and MonDragon, which we think of as the new Statue of Liberty, a guiding light on how to beat those capitalist swine at their own game, while actually enjoying life. We also love all the older members of East Wind.

We dance, we sing, (no cult shit) and work. Members live around the world, but the base in the Sierra has many old Adobe ruins that can be rehabbed if you also want to live near work with what we all presume are like minded folks.

Our goals are to appreciate the differences we all have, Vegans are welcome, so are meat eaters, just no animals you didn’t know the name of please as we often share meals and ain’t nobody want your store bought growth hormones. :-)

In the Sierra we focus on food production, Crypto Currency development, Rehabbing Adobes and pretending we know what we are doing with Permaculture.

We have plans to create a completely new paradigm over the course of 314 years, so none of us get discouraged.

If you want to know more, then write us, we bite but only on the weekends.

 

Our Vision

Our mission is to build a collective of diverse members capable of living in work/life balance.

Our Mission

Our mission is to build a collective of diverse members capable of living in work/life balance.

  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • Activities
  • Services Business
  • Others

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  • 10 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
10

How to join

A short term stay of 3 days, then 3 weeks and then two years for permanent status.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

great to write us as far in advance as possible, if you are happening by Cuenca and just want to stop by, its hit or miss, depends on what everyone has going on.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a labor obligation

Additional economic information

Labor required: 30 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Workshop, Swimming pond or pool, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • About once a week

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a Land Trust, Home Owners Association, or corporation

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • Hydro

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%
  • Land area size
    20 hectares

Reviews

Location

  • Azuay, Ecuador

Buckminster Fuller Collective - Sierra

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12 months ago

Water Birch Co-op. Urban living in central Denver.

Large, lovely house built in 1900, two blocks from Cheeseman Park in downtown Denver.  5000 square feet. The house was a Buddhist Meditation Center for 20 years before we got it and has lovely, calm vibes. We currently have ten people and have room for one more. We are an intentional community sharing dinners, 3 living rooms, 2 new kitchens and a kitchenette, & 5 baths. Staple food (organic) is bought together. The group is self-regulating as a co-op; it decides together how the house runs. There are chores ;-) Average cost per room is about $1000 ranging from $650 to $1354. Currently available room is $875. We are just finishing renovation of three bedrooms on the third floor  they are $875 each and share our largest, newest bath (shower and separate claw foot tub) and a brand new kitchenette  they all have beautiful windows and lots of light. PLEASE CHECK OUT COMMUNITY LISTINGS FOR MORE INFO. Initial lease for 3-6 months while we and you decide if we are a good fit for each other.  Deposit in the amount of one months rent is required prior to move in.  We do background checks on all members. Utilities are currently $130 per person per month and are all-inclusive.  They will change if costs go up, that amount is insufficient to cover utilities, or more people mean the cost per person goes down.  WiFi is via mesh network from gig-speed fiberoptic service.  Heat is with radiators.  Cooling is evaporative.  We have a storage room in a nearby commercial facility.  And a new large workshop in the garage. Shared food is $125 per month per person; it is a pass-through cost divided evenly among residents; it does NOT include meat or alternative protein nor any alcohol.  We will not be surprised if that needs to go up some soon ($10 or 15). We have two dogs and three cats in the house  that seems like a sufficient quantity of furry friends for now. Our community intentions include: Communication with compassion. Shared space and life. Shared meals. Shared staple foods which are non-GMO and Organic. Group decision making. Safe, inclusive space: queer and trans friendly, anti-racist, non-violent, and feminist. The purchase of the house by the co-op in about five years. The expansion of the co-op, possibly to include other housing types (like separate apartments). Weekly meetings and house committees to manage our community. We are considering implementing Sociocracy as an organizing method. Quiet hours are from 10:00pm to 8:00am. We are looking for community members who: Want to live in a community not just have a place to sleep and eat. Want to live in a beautiful, clean, and organized house and are willing to help make and keep it that way. Residents should expect to spend 16 hours per month towards this goal. Are curious, compassionate, flexible, and open to living with others who will undoubtedly have different ideas about many things. Are interested in pioneering a new co-op. There will be work involved to get there. Are responsible and communicative. Embrace enthusiastically that living in community requires introspection and personal growth. Are not joining the community as a way of running away from something.
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