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[edit] Finding the right people
This is a stub. How do you find that creative-competent-visionary-loving bunch of people to spent the rest of your life with (well maybe the next decade)? If you have any tips please add here.
[edit] Ways of Experiencing Community
This is a stub. Our idea is that this would cover ways that people thinking of living communally can get a taste of what it would be like. Such as short 'experience' or visitor weekends etc.....
[edit] Networking, websites, LIC weekends etc
Redfield - Living in Communities Weekends
The weekend starts on a Friday evening with an informal get-together with the community. Supper is available from 7.00pm and the event ends after lunch on Sunday. The programme tries for a balance of talk with opportunities to join in the regular seasonal activities of the community and informal chats with members. There are several tours, firstly of the estate and gardens to look at the organisation of the small-holding, and later the technical and historical aspects of the house and stables. There are also led discussions on the social issues involved in collective living such as work, relationships, disagreements, play, etc., and also the organisational side of how communities have been started and the financial and legal structures they use. We will also look at the communities around the world and the historical roots of the current wave of community formation.
[edit] Meeting people, matchmaking databases
At the Diggers & Dreamers website [Diggers & Dreamers], there are a few tools for getting people and places together:
Under the Noticeboard section of the website are the following spaces for people and communities to make contact:
There is also a page called Members Needed with a list of communities currently seeking members.
Hockerton - Eco Match-Making Service
A few years ago Hockerton ran a formal match-making service, putting people in contact with each other that were interested in sustainable communities. This was in response to frequent enquiries from people who were struggling to find others with similar interests to develop their plans/dreams. This included collecting a lot of details about their circumstances and what they were ideally looking for. However this proved very complicated to run, time-consuming and hence costly. Hockerton now offers a more informal & free service. This involves adding people (looking for others to be part of a sustainable community/ project) to an email database. After that you will be sent emails on an ad hoc basis with:
• Details of others looking for similar to set up/join a sustainable community
• Details of proposed sustainable community schemes
Email hhp@hockerton.demon.co.uk with a short profile of you/your group - a few details of what you are interested/ looking for in terms of being part of a sustainable community/ scheme. Similarly if you are looking for others to join your scheme, provide a short profile of your proposal. Hockerton Housing Project
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