Couple looking for a commune in the Northwest...

Hi,
My boyfriend and I are looking for a community to join in the Northwest (Oregon, Washington) or Northern California (preferably Mendocino or Humboldt county). We are very interested in communal living, but prefer to keep our own finances independent if possible. We'd love to have the opportunity to buy land in a commune setting.

Here's what we're looking for...
- A commune that is somewhat established or is forming but has land.
- Located in a forested/wilderness area, but somewhat close to a cool town.
- We are vegetarian and are hoping to go vegan/raw, so it would help if the commune centered on a vegetarian diet.
- We are interested in sustainable living (alternative energy, green building, permaculture, etc.) and would like to live in or build a sustainable home.
- We'd like to grow organic food, either with the community or on our own plot.
- We need access to internet so I can work part-time (I'm a graphic & web designer and I just need the internet to work). Cell phone coverage would be helpful as well.
- We're not planning on starting a family any time soon, so we prefer a more adult-oriented commune than a kid/family-oriented one, but we're most interested in finding like-minded people.
- The community would need to be ok with moderate use of alcohol (home-brewed beer) and herb.
-We have a dog and cat (and hope to rescue more), so pets would need to be welcomed in the community

We've been looking on ic.org and want to visit the communes we're interested in before making any commitments. I just wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions on good communities that are looking for new members, or good resources to look. Thanks!

 

good luck. thats similar to what we wanna do, but it's difficult to even know where to start. we're to the point that we might just end up starting our own community.. ( i think my boyfriend even has an "ad" on ic.org)

 

I've been searching ic.org quite a bit. There are so many I want to check out, many of which offer workshops of some sort. I think we need to plan a trip to visit the ones we're interested in, but it's difficult lately to get time off of work.

Anyone have any other resources for finding communes/sustainable communities (other than ic.org)?

We have been considering just buying land and starting our own community, but don't have the capital for that. You can get better deals buying big parcels of land in one chunk, but the trouble is finding people to invest with you...

 

:2thumbsup: I think it is a great Idea. My lady and I are visiting west, and interested in GReen BAsed Communal Living. I do have a few acres of forest Land, the Location James Island South Carolina, it is on the coast and Ideal for the thing being discussed. It is not west coast though. M.

 

Hello!!!!!
my name is corey, and my girlfriend and i currently live in seattle now. We have also been looking to find a good communal living situation. Although, we do currently live in a co-op house in the city. But we are just looking to get away from it all. And I think eastern Washington is ideal.

It would be cool to talk further, i could even check places out for you two.

 

IC.org is the place to go.

FWIW while it is not that hard to start an IC, it is tough to keep them going - the failure rate within the first 10 years is something like 90 percent - no kidding. So in reading IC.org check out how long the groups have been in existence.

Diane Leaf Christian's books are really good resources.