Our Principles
A (sort-of) manifesto.
Material Equality
We hold land and buildings in common. Any income a member receives while living in the community is owned by the community. Members give labour time to the community equally, or per their ability. Members receive resources from the community equally, or per their needs. There will never be a fee to join.
Social Equality
We are working to establish the equality of all people and do not permit discrimination on the basis of race, role, class, education, language or style of communication, appearance, creed, ethnic origin, age, ability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic.
Shared Agreements
We have clear, written agreements setting out community processes, including membership decisions, conflict management, governance, labour organisation, and finance. All members can participate in creating and improving these agreements.
Secularism
We are not collectively committed to any spirituality or religion, and we value diversity of thought. Members may follow any belief system they wish to, or none.
Abundance
We aim to live healthy and fulfilled lives, meeting as many of our physical and nonphysical needs as possible with minimal environmental impact. We work to achieve this beyond a materialist culture, including by seeking diversity. We try to keep our per-person expenditure (excluding investment) below the Peruvian minimum wage.
Regenerative Ecology
We seek to live in a way that restores the health and diversity of ecosystems, conserves or replenishes natural resources for future generations, and promotes a regenerative culture.
Growth
We invest time and resources in building a wider movement for communal and sustainable living.
Transformation
We work to free ourselves from harmful social conditioning at the individual and collective levels, unlearning destructive patterns in our relationships with each other and with our world. As part of this, we cultivate direct and transparent communication.
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Residents
We're currently a group of four, including two long-term residents and two collaborators.
Claudia
Claudia has been living in intentional communities in South America and Europe for the last several years. They are interested in personal and collective transformation using movement, performance, singing, and arts and crafts. They helped to set up the UK Communities Conference and they are now part of the organising team for ENIS, a gathering of sustainable initiatives in Peru.
Ian
Previously a resident at Braziers Park, where he co-organised the first UK Communities Conference. Since 2011, Ian has visited around 30 communities, including several months in Tamera and Twin Oaks. He is inspired by utopian fiction (e.g., Piercy and le Guin) and by early English communitarians like the Diggers.
Find Us
Directions: You can find us in Alameda Norte, Calca, in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas.