Land Roots is an exciting venture aimed at creating a common ownership of land in a kind of ‘eco-timeshare’ whereby everyone who is part of the collective has rights and responsibilities towards the stewardship of the land. A community of people keen to live in environmentally-sound and sustainable ways would live on the land, producing as much as they could of their own and learning traditional ways of building and husbandry. Money would be earnt by offering workshops in these skills and in running Gatherings for music, art, crafts, healing and seasonal enjoyment.
Land Roots are currently looking for their first piece of land to set up the first community, and currently need investors, participants, and general interested parties. It is a lovely idea. I don’t know whether or not it could really work in the form in which it is drafted. Intentional communities can be very variable in success rates. But one thing I do know – it certainly won’t work if no-one tries it. So, if you’ve always wanted to live and work near the earth in a sustainable community of like-minded people, look up Land Roots and see if it’s for you.
From: BEST OF 2008: Eco-friendy and sustainable shoes