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Before a system that puts in first place the economic profit; where the differences between riches and poverty are abysmal, they are increased and so that it exists the first it is necessary the second; where the real democracy shines by its absence and people have limited capacity of decision on which concern to them; where the alienation by means of the labour market and the consumption tries to turn to us mere instruments that to use and to reject; where the damage done to the planet never had been greater and the consumption of resources leads us to its exhaustion...

Before such situation, some alternatives arise as the described ones in these notebooks of tour, that are neither try to be only nor the solution to all the problems by themselves, although they constitute real experiences that can give ideas of how to confront them. They also show that other lifestyles and other ways to be linked fairer and more beneficial for everybody are feasible.

This site is about places that I have visited in 2006, with objective and subjective information, along with some images of such. They are different ways to put in practice related ideas from different starting points.

In introduction and file model you can read common characteristics to all the communities and a guide with the content of the files.

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Saturday, 27 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Various | Comments (0) | References (0) | 106 Lecturas

General impressions

In this text you will find common impressions about the English communities I´ve visited.

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Saturday, 27 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (0) | References (0) | 81 Lecturas

STEWARD COMMUNITY WOODLAND

www.stewardwood.org
+44 (0) 8454581926

This permaculture project, situated in the Dartmoor National Park (Devon), aims to demonstrate the value of integrating conservation woodland management techniques with organic growing, traditional skills and crafts and low-impact sustainable living. 10 adults and 6 children live currently there. The most of them work part time outside the community. The website contains 150 pages of resources and information about all aspects of the project, the community, the woodland, planning issues, our neighbours and photos.

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Saturday, 27 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (0) | References (0) | 118 Lecturas

BRAZIERS PARK

www.braziers.org.uk
+44 (0) 01491680221

Braziers Park is a community, a residential college and an architectural treasure hidden deep in the south Oxfordshire countryside. It was founded in 1950 as an educational trust, and is a continuing experiment in the advantages and problems of living in a group. Community members share responsibility for running the college and the estate. There is much more information in the web site.

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Saturday, 27 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (0) | References (0) | 117 Lecturas

OLD HALL COMMUNITY

www.oldhall.org.uk
+44 (0) 1206298045 / 1206298294

The history of this community began around 1974, when a group of –originally- “middle-class socialists” purchased a property that had been a manor, a convent and a Franciscan friary. About 60 people live together in this property with big buildings and lands in a small village between Suffolk and Essex.

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Thursday, 25 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (0) | References (0) | 92 Lecturas

CANON FROME COURT COMMUNITY

www.canonfromecourt.org.uk
+44 (0) 8707650711

This community-farm in Herefordshire was founded in 1979. About 45 adults and children live in the 18 self-contained homes. The property (buildings and lands) is owned and managed by a co-ownership housing association. You can read more info about the place and them in the web site.

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Thursday, 25 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (0) | References (0) | 106 Lecturas

COVENTRY PEACE HOUSE

www.covpeacehouse.org.uk
+44 (0) 2476663031 / 2476664616

It´s situated about 1’5 km. far from the center of Coventry (West Midlands). It was founded in 1999 and it´s a fully mutual housing co-operative, which means that the members are people who live there and basically they pay rent and the rent pays the mortgage. There is no private ownership but neither is there an outside body controlling it. While you live there you are like a steward of the property and when you leave, you just leave.

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Thursday, 25 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (0) | References (0) | 103 Lecturas

REDFIELD COMMUNITY

www.redfieldcommunity.org.uk
+44 (0) 1296713661

This community in Buckinghamshire was founded in 1978 and its legal structure is that of a fully mutual housing co-operative. About 20 adults and some children live in this large old mansion. You can read more information about the place and them in the website.

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Thursday, 25 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (0) | References (0) | 136 Lecturas

Comparison among communities (kinds and structures of community)

Text based in “Living in communities” Redfield´s dossier (found and photocopied in Braziers Park). The terms are used in Great Britain, so some of them perhaps aren´t valid in other territories, although they are good examples of the different models in the complex world of intentional communities.

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Wednesday, 24 de January de 2007
By: s_d_xira | Englands | Comments (1) | References (0) | 93 Lecturas

CAN PIPIRIMOSCA

www.pipirimosca.com
+34 977606006

Can Pipirimosca is a mixture of youth hostel, school farm, cultural centre and permaculture farm. It belongs to Pere´s family, who proposed in 1998 to manage it so it could be used to start a non profit oriented project. In addition to Pere as the only permanent resident throughout the years, some volunteers live there from some days or weeks to a few months, being able to reside from 3 to 20 people, according to the time of the year and tasks to make.

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Saturday, 04 de November de 2006
By: s_d_xira | Spains | Comments (0) | References (0) | 1605 Lecturas