Hello There!

Here at CaretakerNetwork we have a special place in our hearts for farm communities and communities with cottage industries out there, always looking for interns, volunteers or members to help with the harvest.

We have found some excellent links, over the years of communities, ecovillages, organic farms and co-housing.

We have them listed on our links page. Please contact us with additional great links. And if you are a community -- please add a classified ad to the "employers" ad site encouraging new members.

Here is one of best organized sites I have found of international intentionsl communities. I hope you check it out:
The Website of the Eco-Village, and Cohousing Assoc of New Zealand
http://www.converge.org.nz/evcnz/links.html

Intentional Communities Resource Website

www.ic.org

Hello, I am interested in joining a community but dont
know where to begin, some seem really exclusive and others need all your money to join, any ideas out there please?

Hello out there.
I just wanted everyone to know that we have a couple of farmers posted in our classifieds that are desiring folks to help them create community. Please check these out, we have spoken to both groups and they are great people.

One is called Dapala Farm (CSA Farm Partnership)and the other is Moss Mountain (Apprentice Gardener needed in SW WA) . Both are in Washington State.

Here is the link to the classified page:
http://pub32.bravenet.com/classified/show.php?usernum=2747271399&cp=2

you will need to copy and paste OR click on the compter icon under my name.

We are a husband and wife team that enjoy traveling around the country and working on farms that are in need of an "extra boost of energy".

We have experience in organic farming, natural pest control, biodynamic gardening, and citrus grove care. We also have a great interest in alternative building, such as cordwood, strawbale and cobb.

Hubby has work experience in interior environmental building cleaning, such as mold eradication. We work together on building remodeling and eco-friendly renovations.

Ideally, we look for work on organic farms that seek community and are in need of a couple to take over a project. We enjoy networking with like-minded folk and learning what's 'out-there'.
We love the idea of this forum as a tool to create community. Thanks!

Twin Oaks 2005 Communities Conference is being held the weekend of August 19th this year. Copied from their website:

Friday August 19 —
Sunday August 21, 2005
(Not Labor Day Weekend)
$85 (sliding scale) includes
meals and camping

This conference is a networking and learning opportunity for anyone interested or involved in co-operative or communal lifestyles.
Join us for a weekend of sharing and celebration!
Intentional relationships
Group process
Collective childraising
Creating culture Forming communities
Sustainability
Appropriate technology
Community economics Music, dancing
Slide shows
Campfires, swimming
Magic

Respond to:
Twin Oaks Communities Conference
138 Twin Oaks Road, Louisa, Virginia 23093
540-894-5126
conference@twinoaks.org

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"Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds."

-Thomas Jefferson

anybody out there intrested in getting away from the cold weather. we could use some help with farming skills.. and some blacksmithing... others are welcome also. check us out.
http://directory.ic.org/records/?action=view&record_id=20437

We are seeking additional folks for our community/farm in southeast New Mexico USA.

Please see our website for details.
http://suntoads.blogspot.com