RE: A Questionnaire For Whales And Solutions For FRUSTRATED MINNOWS: Comments Are Needed, Don't Have To Upvote by stellabelle

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steemit · @stellabelle · Aug 16 '16 (edited)

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I am looking to build out your exact idea. I live in a small community right now and it has the ability to morph into what you describe. I am looking into buying more land too. It's built in a circle and has an existing amount of people. I am familiar with Open Source Ecology.  I am looking to find others (who are sane) to move the idea forward.
By the way, I live near that Open Source Ecology location. And I studied the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage model to learn how to live peacefully among others. They use a very healthy technique which is this: you live there for 6 months and then the people who already live there get to decide if they want you to live there or not. This is necessary to keep a group free of dangerous elements and those who would do harm, since the isolated nature of the group makes people more vulnerable. That system works well for them I believe, since most people who are not ready for such a commitment, end up leaving anyway. I followed one guy who was mentally unstable, and watched how he ended up leaving Dancing Rabbit because he felt he was not mentally able to deal with that kind of new life.

👍 sandra, fury, reneenouveau, bitbutter, xanoxt, steemerpat, melody24

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@reneenouveau · Aug 16 '16

What an amazing opportunity! 
I also love the work Open Source Ecology is doing. Trying to export those ideas and technologies to a community in Micronesia. So many challenges with the distance and the lack of internet connection. As I disentangle from the unrelated 9-5 it would be amazing to see these other communities in action. 

Personally, I love the idea of the 6 month 'trial' during that period the illusions one brings with them tend to drop away. Thanks for sharing that model!

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@xanoxt · Aug 17 '16 (edited)

For me the challenge is that right now my wonderlust and comitments require me to travel extensively, so I can't be a part of such a community for very long.
Having reviewed my options I arrived at two. Either organize something caravan style (perhaps on a boat, since it is somewhat easier). Or seed and spend time building several such communities in different parts of the world, and then travel between them. Perhaps spending time as part of existing communities in places where they exist. Where my friends moved seems like a good such place to start.

Anyhow, that is my plan for forseeable future!

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@hoopatang · Aug 18 '16

I would **love** to see floating towns of people voluntarily living together, out in the water free from any nation's rules.  They could structure whatever type of community system they wanted. If one wanted full-out communism, they could have it. If another wanted a floating Galt's Gulch, they could have that.
They could all freely trade with each other and with people on the mainlands.
The only three problems would be
- Hurricanes/Cyclones
- Rogue waves (those 300' monsters that come out of nowhere)
- Pirates

The first two could be countered with technology and ingenuity. Perhaps have eco-domes that you can close up, strap yourself into, and ride it out. Even if things get tossed around, you'll bob back up afterwards and keep chugging along.
The pirates, though...without your own formidable navy, you're sitting ducks.

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