A field of co-weaving in Northern Maine. Mama Moose is the provisional name for a forming community near Van Buren, Maine. We steward 57 acres of spruce, loam, pond, mixed woods, and brook. We are two humans (ages 57 & 71) seeking 2-4 others to join us in living and stewarding this land for at least one season. This is not a retreat, but a threshold: a relational experiment in Earth-aligned rhythms and shared becoming.
The name Mama Moose holds tenderness, fierceness, and humor, but the true name will emerge through co-stewardship. If you feel a resonance, please visit our site and respond to the questionnaire.
Mama Moose is a land-based relational experiment rooted in co-stewardship, Earth alignment, and the shared experience of what’s beyond systems collapse.
We are tending a field. Our mission is to weave new/old ways of being with land, each other, and the unknown, outside the scripts we’ve inherited. This includes practicing mutual care, welcoming conflict, rupture and repair, honoring the more-than-human world, and living at a pace that remembers the winters.
Mama Moose is a land-based relational experiment rooted in co-stewardship, Earth alignment, and the shared experience of what’s beyond systems collapse.
We are tending a field. Our mission is to weave new/old ways of being with land, each other, and the unknown, outside the scripts we’ve inherited. This includes practicing mutual care, welcoming conflict, rupture and repair, honoring the more-than-human world, and living at a pace that remembers the winters.
Our process is slow, relational, and mutual. We begin with conversation. If you feel resonance with our invitation, we ask that you:
1. Read through our website, especially the land page and questionnaire
2. Send us your responses—honestly, creatively, or however feels real for you
3. Engage in a few rounds of dialogue (Zoom, phone, or voice memo)
4. If it feels aligned, we’ll explore a short-term visit or trial stay (1–4 weeks)
5. From there, we’ll discern together whether longer-term co-weaving is the next step
This is about listening, together, for whether we are called into shared becoming.
Visit our website and answer the questions asked.
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes
We don’t have a fixed financial model. We’re not charging rent. We’re not offering free room and board. We’re cultivating mutual contribution—where those who live here are both giving and receiving in ways that feel real, reciprocal, and life-giving.
The yearly cost to maintain this land (utilities, taxes, basic repairs) is about $10,000 USD. We deeply welcome financial contributions from those who join us, especially if you’ll be here for a season or longer. But we also recognize that someone could be a perfect fit for this community and not be in a position to contribute money.
We are open to co-creating economic arrangements that match what’s true for each person. That could mean:
* Contributing financially to shared costs
* Offering labor (building, cooking, gardening, systems tending)
* Sharing income from a land-based or remote livelihood
* Bringing in resources, grants, or networks
* Holding relational, emotional, or ceremonial labor
What matters most is that the exchange feels mutual, sustainable, and honest, and that it supports the land, the community, and each person’s well-being.
We don’t want anyone here feeling overextended, undervalued, or unsure where they stand. That’s why we’ll revisit these arrangements together, regularly and with care.
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