A random thought, but Detroit is being all abandoned and stuff. Maybe we could do something with this? I'm thinking this deserves a road trip.
And along the same vein, for the urban community, we could shoot some letters to various cities and see if they'd be willing to work for us. Something like "Hey, we're looking into developing a self-sufficient, sustainable, green community, and all we really need is a place to do it."
Haven't found the actual blueprints, but this is fucking amazing. It correlates to an idea I've had for a while to create open source blueprints and detailed technical manuals for constructing anything and everything. (I want a blueprint for a mechanical typewriter, goddamnit!)
This website is full of great detailed information about farming in our area. Most state universities have something like this if you want to learn about your area.
OK...so it's been a while; probably about time to update the information here.
I've changed a lot in the last couple of years; mostly just continuing to grow up.
I've learned that one of my greatest passions is learning and teaching martial arts; my life project/goal/thing is to start the first self-sufficient martial arts academy in the United States. I'm not sure if I'll be able to realize that goal, but I'll be damned if I don't try.
What do you want with this commune. How do you want it to look and operate? What do you want to achieve with it? What is your biggest dream for it? Don't worry about practicality or what other people are saying. The further we aim the further we'll get even if we fall short. We'll take the overlap and what we can agree on and use it to make a "Mission Statement"
So here's what I want
I want a tight knit community of Artist and Revolutionaries. ...
