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- From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
- Newsgroups: alt.co-ops
- Subject: Re: intentional communities
- Date: 8 Nov 1992 11:51:50 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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- I have been checking this newsgroup for several months and
- thought that it was in a state of hibernation....
-
- I hope more will be reading this, about communities.
-
- I believe the community idea is very interesting and at
- this point with our economy the way it is in the U.S. and
- elsewhere, it is perhaps a way of survival.
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- I have the directory of Intentional Communities and
- occasionally look through articles on related subjects.
- There is also some discussion currently about communities,
- kibbutzim, etc. on alt.sustainable.agriculture.
-
- I have been involved in a number of political and environ-
- mental groups over the years and have come to a
- realization that much of the fundamental ideas of
- the eco-left (or whatever the appropriate term is) can
- only be realized in such a community.
- My personal preference is a work centered community with
- organic farming, other businesses, a true cooperative
- spirit, and some technology (I would like to have
- access to Usenet!!) but appropriate technology where
- possible and affordable, solar, hydro, greenhouses, etc.
-
- I expect or hope to see a new movement in the near
- future when people realize they can take their savings,
- move out of the decaying cities, and set up a ==very==
- economical community where it may even be possible to
- reach a point where all basic needs: food, shelter,
- health, informational are met without ==jobs== being
- necessary. Perhaps the real challenge then will be
- to live fully and happily with neither an employer--
- relationship nor a passive entertainment syndrome
- so common in the cities. I am saving my resources
- and making such a plan though I admit I am still in
- a city with several large libraries so I can pursue
- my research writing projects.
-
-
- --
- Capt. Kirk: let's head for that planet, third from the sun, it
- looks promising.... |-)
-