Maleny Eco Villlage

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About the Community

  • Established
  • Town/Small City

What we do

We follow the basic principles of Eco Villages Australia (see website for core values), who use ‘collective stewardship’ to gather a small group of residents to look after the land and each other in co-living / co-housing hybrid spaces (including tiny houses).

We are a medium-demand community who aims to strike the balance between enough alone time and enough community time.

We share meals, and have a strong ecological focus – waste free, plastic free, renewable energy, food production.

We live simply and enjoy rejuvenating the land together.

Our Vision

Positive culture, Structure and clarity with room for flexibility, Abundance mentality, Transparency, Meaning and self-determination, Empowerment, Fun and Simplicity

Our Mission

Positive culture, Structure and clarity with room for flexibility, Abundance mentality, Transparency, Meaning and self-determination, Empowerment, Fun and Simplicity

  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Activities
  • Services Business

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  • 12 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
12

How to join

Reach out to us. You never know, we might have a space available!

Basic expectations or agreements for members

We hold regular ‘work parties and tours’ where visitors are welcome to join us.

We have a well establish work programme. Travellers can come for 2 weeks in exchange for accomodation to experience life here. Some transition to short-term or even long-term residents.

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Governance structure

  • Sociocratic/Circle-Based

Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Join fee: $200
Monthly fees/dues: $800
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (0 hours/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes
We will not count people’s hours. We want generous, self-starting people who are self aware. We know that peoples circumstances change – this is a community not an army, but you should factor in roughly 10 hours a week (including cooking). Some will be able to do more, some less.

We are looking for people who are willing to partake in weekly sharing circles.

There are costs associated with membership, which come into play after 18 months of residency. Most of that is waived if you are able to loan the village over $15,000.

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

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

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately all meals

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

  • Town/Small City

Smaller municipalities with local services but rural character.

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • 33 - 66%
  • Land area size
    3.5 acres

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Location

  • Queensland, Australia

Maleny Eco Villlage

Promoted Needs and Offers

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  • Communities with Openings
6 months ago

Join us in the mountains of Western North Carolina

Coweeta Heritage Center/Talking Rock Farm is located in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Coweeta is located in a beautiful and diverse temperate rain forest. It feels very remote here yet we are just 12 miles from Franklin, NC. Winters can be mild. Coweeta is blessed with springs and a stream, pristine forests, and abundant wildlife. Power is provided by a hydro-electric system which is not connected to the grid. An organic garden and trout pond provide healthy food that is also shared with the local community. Hiking, kayaking, and other outdoor activities are just out the back door. Coweeta is looking for others who would like to join together to form an Intentional Community embracing the principles of Voluntary Simplicity. Simply put (no pun intended): We wish “to live simply so that others may simply live.” It is a recognition that nature provides us with valuable services and resources that we can use to enrich our lives. Utilizing local resources, appropriate technology, and working cooperatively, we can discover creative ways to meet our needs as “directly and simply as possible.”. An example of this, in the tradition of many Indigenous People”, is to gather, and use wildcrafted foods as part of our diet. There is great joy in going to nature’s grocery for our sustenance. Voluntary Simplicity is based on the recognition that “very little is needed to live well” and that “abundance is a state of mind.” Living lower on the economic ladder allows us more time and freedom to pursue other life goals: community and social engagement, family time, artistic or intellectual projects, more fulfilling employment, political participation, sustainable living, spiritual exploration, and more. According to the Voluntary Collective, “The grounding assumption of Voluntary Simplicity is that all human beings have the potential to live meaningful, free, happy and infinitely diverse lives while consuming no more than an equitable share of (the world’s) resources.” We affirm the need for a work/life balance, the right to a healthy environment and healthy food, and healthy community relationships supporting a diverse population. It is our responsibility as engineers of a new generation to make the changes that we want to see happen and pass this on to the next generations. We can’t wait for someone else to do this important work. Voluntary Simplicity is a quiet revolution that can change the world. As one person said, “we must be poets of our own lives and of a new generation.” We hope you will join us here at Coweeta or elsewhere on our journey to a healthier and more sustainable future! Temporary housing is available in a 27 foot trailer trailer with attached deck next to a creek while we build additional housing. Your basic living expenses (shelter, basic food items, power and water) are met through our market garden or other fundraising projects that you will participate in. You are expected to contribute a given amount of your time and energy to help grow our community and meet our financial obligations. Possible future plans include establishing a retreat center for healing our earth and each other. Work includes organic gardening, construction projects and other community building activities. Come join Coweeta and learn how to live lightly on the land and enjoy the Earth’s bounty! For more information, visit www.coweetaheritagecenter.com Contact [email protected] for a visit or more info.  Paul
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