The Eden Project

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About the Community

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  • Rural

What we do

Eden has been designed around a 2,000 acre Valley that will allow us to be able to grow all the food we would ever need, where we can build all our own naturally passive solar homes in a circle of homesteads all around the rim of this unique and beautiful Valley.

The Spirit of Place

To link people up with a real Connection to the Land and to reinforce their commitment to this community each of those individuals, couples or extended family groups who live in Eden will each be given 5 acres of Eden to build a home on, grow food on and to live on.

The Three Acre Homesteads

This is the place for you to build a home on within a one acre Circle within which you will do most of the things you do around your home and on a Homestead.

There you may do some gardening, plant some trees, keep some animals, build a workshop or a greenhouse and maybe a cabin for your friends.

The other 2 acres of the Homestead are to be left as wild and free as we find them to protect the natural flow of the land around them.

The Two Acre Farm Sites

Another 2 acres goes along with each Homestead and right across from it as much as possible.

These are the Farm Sites where you may be able to do some serious small farming, and to practice the Natural Art of Permaculture on.

Or you may want to just grow your own food on that to have for sale and trade within in the community and beyond.

Self – Sustainability

Some people will be able to make a fairly good living right off their own Farm Sites, and that could be enough to support our self quite well.

Others will have a lot of other things that they may do as artists, musicians, and alternative builders and eco-designers and creators of natural products of all kinds.

The Community Farm

This will probably be about 300 acres in raspberries out in the valley that is run like a Community Business to create jobs and to support our own Sustainable Micro-Economy.

Village Foods

We will probably want to have our own home grown natural food store in the nearby town of Willits which is about 3 hours North of the Golden Gate Bridge.

There we will be able to sell some of the things we will be producing in Eden.

This will create even more jobs and a steady flow of income that will circulate in many different ways.

Ancient Valley

There will be a large camping and retreat area which already has 2 beautiful lakes in it and that will be set aside as a natural area along with the surrounding mountains.

That will be left very much the way it is right now and will be used only minimally that will not be developed in any way except for Green Burials way up in the farthest reaches.

Eden Village

There will be a large 64 acre area along one of the many Creeks that will be where Eden Village is actually centered and that area will be set aside for Community purposes.

There we will have meetings or other community activities, like art and music and workshops and story telling celebrations of freedom and abundance.

Child Centered

Everything we do here is for the Children. They are the future Children of Eden.

It is for that reason that Eden is considered to be more of a Womens’ Centered Community as we now must learn to honor the new Voices of the Feminine Spirit.

Women are the child bearers, and raising healthy and happy children in a Human Scale EcoVillage Community Environment is something that no amount of money can buy without Good Mothers.

Wilderness Area

We are backed up against over 50 thousand acres of extensive Protected Wilderness lands all along the east side of the valley that runs right up into Mendocino National Forest and beyond. We have worked very hard to get this turned into a designated wilderness area.

Over 700 Members

Our Vision

We come from the Earth

Our Roots are in the Mountains and the Valleys and the Cool Green Forests that we climbed out of not so very long ago. Our roots are in the Oceans and the Rivers that we climbed out of not so very long ago.

Our Roots are in the Planets among the Distant Stars in the Starry Skies we came gently down from not so very long ago. And now it is time to reclaim our Natural Rights of Universal Freedom. But along with that Freedom comes Universal Responsibility.

We are here for a reason or we could be if we chose to be and we are the people who do choose to be. We do choose to be here for the protection of this biosphere and the care and the propagation of all life here there and everywhere. Life must be passed on or it will die.

These times of transitioning right into the heart of the Global Environmental Crisis may be a very necessary sign to get us to wake up to the imperative of taking the next step along the way of this vision that we find ourselves walking in the midst of and to begin to act on what we can already very clearly conceive. And Eden is all about Conception. Life on Earth itself may need to be reborn.

Our Mission

We come from the Earth

Our Roots are in the Mountains and the Valleys and the Cool Green Forests that we climbed out of not so very long ago. Our roots are in the Oceans and the Rivers that we climbed out of not so very long ago.

Our Roots are in the Planets among the Distant Stars in the Starry Skies we came gently down from not so very long ago. And now it is time to reclaim our Natural Rights of Universal Freedom. But along with that Freedom comes Universal Responsibility.

We are here for a reason or we could be if we chose to be and we are the people who do choose to be. We do choose to be here for the protection of this biosphere and the care and the propagation of all life here there and everywhere. Life must be passed on or it will die.

These times of transitioning right into the heart of the Global Environmental Crisis may be a very necessary sign to get us to wake up to the imperative of taking the next step along the way of this vision that we find ourselves walking in the midst of and to begin to act on what we can already very clearly conceive. And Eden is all about Conception. Life on Earth itself may need to be reborn.

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  • Ecovillage
  • Activities
  • Education
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  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
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How to join

We ask new Members to come to one of our Meetings, and then to join us at one of our EcoSystem Restoration Camps. We are looking for more people, who want to help us, to Save the Earth.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Send us a letter of Intruduction, by Email. And then you wlll be able to join our Email Group. Come to our Meetings, and then join us, at one of our Restoration Camps, in the Spring and the Fall.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

Governance structure

  • Sociocratic/Circle-Based

Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

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

Additional economic information

Join fee: Yes (amount not specified)
Monthly fees/dues: Yes (amount not specified)
Labor required: 4 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes (some debt)
Our Economy will have two sides. One side is the Jobs that are created by the Community, which will be about taking care of the Land. The Other side of the Economy, will be jobs that various individual people will be creating out of their Homesteads, and off of their Farmsites. We will have the Community Farm, and that will create Jobs, raising Raspberries, and selling them throughout our Wide Local Service Area, and then every Homesteader will have immediate access to their own Farmsites, and they might pay people to help them to built their homes, and to work their lands. And then they will be able to provide housing as well. And that will create Produce, which can be Bartered and Traded, within the Community. And then we will have the Store in Town, which will be a place where people can sell their produce. Each Homesteader can go into business, letting rooms out, or they can Build a Cabin, for Friends. And what they get back for that will pay for the Entire Buy-In. And so they will be getting their Homesteads for Free. And the Community will create Housing as well. And that will bring in Money, which will more than pay for the Community, many times over. But the Raspberries will be sold to Big Buyers like Odwalla, who will simply buy whatever we have, whenever we have it, because we will have a premium product to offer. We can all make an Easy Living off of the Two Acre Farmsites – Growing Garlic. Water is Free. Eden Valley is an almost unbelievably perfect Valley surrounded by the Mountains. And we are butted right up against Protected Wilderness Lands, which extend right into National Forest Lands, which we will be able to use for Hiking.

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

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Hot tub or hot springs, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Waterfront access

Frequency of communal meals

  • Rarely

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Religions
  • Baha'i Faith
  • Christian
  • Buddhist
  • Jewish
  • Muslim
  • Hindu
  • Sufi
  • Hare Krishna
  • Native
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions
  • Unitarian Universalist

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

  • Up to 33%

Energy sources used

  • Wind
  • Photovoltaic Solar
  • Hydro

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%
  • Land area size
    4.5 acres

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Location

  • California, United States

The Eden Project

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9 months ago

Seeking Couples Interested in Long Term Deep Connection & Farming (open to singles)

Description Our  sloped and terraced community farm has far more potential than we have time and energy to use to the fullest. We have been in community for 15 years now, but feeling pulled to the deeper nourishment we find in long-term residents over shorter-term interns.  We seek one to two couples (or super aligned singles) who are interested in conscious connection, intimate conversation, personal growth and healing, regenerative agriculture, and serious about a building a life in community.  Although we hold space and flexibility for shifts in needs, we desire humans who plan to stay for all or part of a season (1-3 months at a minimum), after which we would explore longer-term alignment and relationships.  We MAY also be open to folks wanting to live off-site, as long as we prioritize ample time to explore how we work together before we get too deep. Current Use Heart 2 Heart Farms is a small, forested, 10 acre Permaculture farm nestled in the fertile hills of the Willamette Valley. Between the quaint towns of Newberg and Sherwood, this oasis is in the middle of wine country, just 30 minutes south of Portland, has been an intentional community and teaching facility for over 15 years, hosting a myriad of community outreach, up-cycling, homesteading, and prepping workshops.  Although we have recently slowed substantially, residents should be prepared for both a busy environment, and shared, informal, mixed-use spaces. We are almost completely self-sufficient, producing large varieties of heirloom fruits and vegetables, and we breed, butcher, and sometimes sell heritage chickens, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, goats, sheep, and cattle. We tan hides, carve bone, save seed, occasionally blow glass, throw pottery, create alternative/green energy, dig root cellars, and build constantly. We have three large un/under-utilized areas available: The front hill is a terraced and amended south-facing slope that has LOTS of room and potential. We also have a poultry pasture is 2 acres of partially wooded Douglas Fir, an additional 4 acres of wooded mixed use browsing space and native habitat that’s virtually unused at the moment, two large greenhouses (including one set up aquaponically), and lots of space to expand the orchard and rotational grazing system. Additionally, we have a 20’x40′ healing center and sacred space we use for yoga, massage, reiki, ceremony (including traditional Lakota sweat lodge and grief/trauma work), and make available to local practitioners to offer their services to the community. If you are wanting to connect deeply, work hard, learn and expand your experience base, and participate in a small but established intentional community, shoot us a note and let’s explore. Owner’s Short Term Vision for the Property Our short-term goal is to find/train a few young/new farmers to assist with land stewardship and increase productivity of the existing space to spread out the work/responsibility and assist in overall streamlining and cleanup of the existing farm/operations. Owner’s Long Term Vision for the Property Our long-term vision is to continue to use this space as a teaching and educational facility, expanding the diversity and frequency of events we can host and services we can offer. Over the next few years, we hope to find an a couple interested in learning/independently managing most of the farm production, which will allow us to dig deeper into the training and certification we make available, to include natural building, basic and advanced Permaculture technique and application, beekeeping, horticulture, animal husbandry, food preservation, fermentation, plant identification/natural foraging, and primitive skills. Available Water / Irrigation Extensive rainwater collection on site, as well as a high-flow/capacity well. Soil Type / Quality Sandy loam with great organic matter, good clay content, and established vermiculture and mycorrhizal network. Buildings and Structures Available for Farm Use We have multiple barns and greenhouse space for use, or lease, depending on the particulars of use/situation. Farm Equipment Available for Use We have a skid steer on site, as well as rototiller, chipper, 26′ truck, and pickup trucks for use. Hand tools are also available, depending on the arrangement. Any Restrictions That Could Limit Agricultural Production Creating and supporting natural borders, food forests, and wildlife habitat (and incorporating these into a holistic/natural pest management strategy) is a very high priority to us, so intensive mono-crop/large machine harvesting and/or crops needing spraying/chemicals are not likely a fit on this site. County: Washington Total Acreage: 10 Acreage Available to Landseeker: 5 Current Farming Practices: Organic, Not Certified, Biodynamic, Dry Farming, Season Extension Farming Practices Allowed: Certified Organic, Organic, Not Certified, Biodynamic, Dry Farming, Season Extension Agriculture Types Suitable: Beans, Bees, Berries, Dairy, Fiber Animals, Flowers, Goats, Herbs, Hogs, Mushrooms, Nursery Stock, Nuts, Orchard/Fruit, Pasture, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep, Vegetables, Vineyard, Other
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