Swamp Dog Hobble

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About the Community

  • Forming
  • Urban

What we do

Please do see our website for the living version of this listing, where we continue to refine our definition of our community, where we lay out community guidelines, where we chronicle some of our previous activity.

Our home is a bustling, bumpin’ one, chock full of good music, food, and stories. We divide house costs on what we call a socialized scheme, where members negotiate what portion of house costs they can accommodate given their circumstances. We challenge one another, though mostly through invitation. We share food, and more importantly, meals with one another and with communities beyond our walls.

Our Vision

The intention of this community is to prompt and foster growth, nourish its members health in all forms. We encourage creative expression, acceptance of ourselves and others, active and ongoing communication, and levity. We support each other to accomplish security in our shared home and lives. We strive to have a positive impact on our broader communities, both small and large.

Our Mission

The intention of this community is to prompt and foster growth, nourish its members health in all forms. We encourage creative expression, acceptance of ourselves and others, active and ongoing communication, and levity. We support each other to accomplish security in our shared home and lives. We strive to have a positive impact on our broader communities, both small and large.

  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • 7 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
7

How to join

Calling all artists, cooks, farmers, puppeteers, musicians, dancers, carpenters, scientists, makers and bakers of all kinds to join our flowing growing communal house!

We have 1 October sublet + 2-3 long term positions available!

We’re looking for 2-3 new members to join us within the next few months (timelines flexible) and co-sign the new lease come December.

 

If we fit what you’re looking for, write to us and share your responses to these prompts:

What is your name, and what pronouns do you use?

Why do you want to live here?

How do you express your creativity?

Tell us about a time you engaged with someone who had significant difference in values from you (beyond pineapple on pizza)

What’s something that gets you fired up?

 

We’re excited to hear from you, to get to know you better, and to meet your curiosity.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

To visit, write to us!

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

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • 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

Monthly fees/dues: $1400
Labor required: 2 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes

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

Common House, Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure

Reviews

Location

  • New York, United States

Swamp Dog Hobble

Promoted Needs and Offers

Offer
  • Forming Communities
2 months ago

40 Acre Nevada City Ca Elderly and Stewards co-ownership founders buy in 50k-150k

ROOTS & LEGACY — FOUNDING COMMUNITY LAND TRUST Nevada City, California · 40 Acres · Forming Now OVERVIEW Roots & Legacy is a forming intergenerational Community Land Trust on 40 acres of agricultural land in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California. We are seeking 5 to 8 founding members — both Elder Members who bring capital and Steward Members who bring skill and labor — to establish a permanent, co-owned community held in trust across generations. We are in active purchase negotiations. The landowner is carrying half the note. Founding member capital closes the gap. This is an imminent, concrete opportunity. THE LAND The land has substantial usable terrain well-suited to permaculture design, food forest establishment, sustainable structures, and small-scale agriculture. Nevada City is a vibrant, arts-forward community with a strong culture of intentional living, local food, and sustainability. BUILT-IN INCOME & WORKSHOPS The community’s founder is a certified sustainable builder and permaculture designer with years of hands-on experience building with aircrete — a lightweight, fire-resistant, highly insulating building material ideal for domes and tiny homes. See pictures to see workshops and builds. This is a valuable asset to getting the foundations built to housing and income. We are looking for people who want a real home, not a vacation. Specifically: – Elders ready to invest in permanence, community care, and a meaningful living while handing down there wisdom to the next generation – Builders, farmers, makers, and healers ready to earn co-ownership through two years of genuine stewardship – People with experience in intentional community, NVC, permaculture, sustainable building, or cooperative living
Offer
  • Communities with Openings
2 months ago

We welcome new members who are anchored in spirit, heart, and body.

WILD GRACE, an intentional, eco-spiritual community (Sierra foothills, 30 minutes from Grass Valley, California) is excited to have completed the creation of new homes for prospective members. Perhaps you or someone you know have been preparing for this wonderful opportunity? Spiritual community (sangha) is crucial on the personal level, as Thich Nat Hahn says: Your sangha—family, friends, and co-practitioners—is the soil, and you are the seed. If you have a sangha that is joyful, animated by the desire to practice and help, you will mature on your path of awakening. (adapted from Cultivating the Mind of Love) We also believe that spiritual community is crucial on the global level. The intentional focus of loving, mindful consciousness transmits a healing and transformative energy beyond our ability to perceive, which assists in planetary awakening. Wild Grace provides an opportunity for an intimate group/sangha to focus on inner attunement to the Divine, to deepen in group authentic communication practices, to steward sacred land, and to choose love moment-by-moment. Our octagonal temple, perched above the wild and scenic South Yuba River, is devoted to the Mother of Us All. We are dedicated to life-long learning of the skills needed to communicate, heal, and live life fully together in Love, Oneness, and Presence. We support a healthy balance of personal and community care, work and play, purpose, and “right livelihood.” Our shared foundation consists of group morning silent meditation, weekly heart circles where we practice trauma informed authentic relating, tending the land, sharing two or more meals a week, and creative expression. We host events including weekly neighborhood potlucks, open monthly Kirtans, weekly A Course of Love online global meetings, weekly Qi Gong classes, sun/moon cycle ceremonies, and dance classes. Wild Grace is located on 80 acres of land adja

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