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Great Home for Rent or Sale at Blue Heron Farm, Pittsboro, N.C. Rent = $975/month Available June 1st, 2012 Lovely passive solar home in Chatham County. Six miles north of Pittsboro. 20 minute drive to Carrboro/Chapel Hill. Spacious layout with two bedrooms, two full baths, large loft w/ built-in shelves. Screen porch, deck, detached studio. Radiant heat floors in bedrooms and baths, solar water heater, wood stove, slab floors. Large yard (mowing included in rent). Part of 64-acre community; two ponds, orchard, organic garden, hiking trails, wooded areas and open fields. Community activities: potlucks, workshops, retreats, music. Blue Heron Farm is a strong community that practices consensus, deep-listening, and sustainability; and values respect, appreciation, joy and abundance.

DAYBREAK COHOUSING is motivated to sell available homes quickly! All offers considered. Have one-, two- and three-bedroom flats, as well as two-bedroom, and two-story townhomes. Located between the Cascade Mountains and Columbia River Gorge to the east, and Oregon’s rugged Pacific coast to the west, Daybreak is ten minutes from downtown Portland within easy walking distance to cafes and restaurants. Daybreak is a vibrant cohousing community situated fun, trendy neighborhood of North Portland with easy bus and MAX access to downtown. We are individuals, couples, and families of varied backgrounds and ages - from two-year olds to 70 plus. We live in community where we know and support each other like extended family, yet enjoy as much privacy as we need. Our dense urban village was designed to be both socially and ecologically sustainable. Our homes have all of the features of conventional homes and we share extensive common facilities, including a large workshop, bike room, spiritual space, kids’ room, art room, large rooftop hot tub, and guest rooms. Daybreak is perfect for retirees who wish to downsize to families with small children. Everyone benefits from our frequent community meals, support of close neighbors, spontaneous gatherings and sharing of community resources. Each home has access to the elevator and faces our beautiful garden with a 50 year old maple tree. Visit our website: http://www.daybreakcohousing.org/ or call Ken at 503-310-7044.

Vegan homesteading community forming. Currently in central PA but open to other areas. Seeking to dialog with others who share similar values and vision. Please get in touch if interested!

The Leaven Center was dedicated for 25 years to nurturing the connections between spirituality and social justice, but is now closing its doors. The Retreat Center, or "Lodge" has 7 bedrooms (sleeps 15), 4 full baths, large kitchen and dining room, four seasons porch and a 900 sq ft meeting room - 4,500 finished square feet total. The Lodge is surrounded by 18 beautiful acres overlooking the Grand River in central rural Michigan, 2 hours from Detroit and 4 hours from Chicago or Cleveland. Main floor is fully wheelchair accessible. The property is ideally suited for: - center for justice-based organizations - spirituality/meditation/healing center - writer’s retreat - center for popular education - intentional community - organic farming - nature preserve - camp for children, youth, or adults - family or families who will cherish the land and protect its inhabitants. $269,900.

$40,000 for an +$80,000 investment. This framed in and dried in home sits on 2.5 acres just 100 yards outside Earthaven Ecovillage near Black Mountain, N.C. The owner is liquidating his assets to start a new business. The home needs finishing with your interior design. Well water onsite. Septic permitted. Approx. 1000 sf with loft, two story passive solar design. E-mail for photos, details or to visit the home.

Ideal site for master gardeners; a young, child-rearing family looking to function at home through home and garden production, writing, computer capitalism and home schooling while recognizing the value of natural settings and living gently in the woods; or perhaps a extended group interested in living in a natural setting. 15m to I-79; 25m to Spencer; 60m to Charleston; 120m to Morgantown. Beginning at 200,000 but thinking BO by June, 2012. Sale funds will largely be devoted to furthering development of smaller-scale symbiotically integrated anaerobic digestion/biogas systems. PRIMARY ABODE -- 3650 sq.ft., two-story wooden great house - originally a 1920s Montgomery Ward package house; major interior and exterior make overs and additions between 1976 and 2004; -- living room, kitchen, pantry, full bathroom with composting toilets, utility room plus 12 other rooms for use as bedrooms, guest rooms, offices, workshops, playrooms or whatever; -- 11' X 22' attached greenhouse with gravity-fed waterfalls and 8' X 18' pond (half under living room), 2'-4' deep, heatable with free gas; -- 12' X 14' cut stone basement -- porches and balcony - sturdy rails with 58' of large growing boxes; SEE WEBSITE for further description, floor diagrams, and many photos.

Owning a tropical sustainable safe retreat is cheaper and easier than anyone could have ever imagined. Imagine living a life free from all the man made pressures of keeping up with the joneses and constinantly fighting the system. Permiculture and organic gardening along with sustainable animal husbandry is the way God designed it to be from the begining. Join us in a journey of a lifetime for a better life

127 Viburnum Way, Carrboro NC Pacifica Cohousing Community 1100 Sq. ft. Townhouse 2BR, 1.5 Bath $238,000 Energy efficient townhouse built in 2006 in a sustainable cohousing community with wonderful amenities. Walking paths connect homes around a Common House and Guest House at the center of the community. Pacifica Cohousing Community is nestled along the Bolin Creek greenway, and sits within one mile of Weaver Street Market and downtown Carrboro, NC. FEATURES Green design- End unit townhouse- Solar hot water system- Slab floor- Low utility costs- Fruit trees- 300 gallon rainwater cistern AMENITIES Common House- Guest rooms- Community garden- Sustainable landscaping- Bike sheds- Bolin Creek- Easy access to F Bus Route- Schools: Carrboro Elementary- Smith Middle- Chapel Hill High- Original Owner- HOA Dues = $70/month- Community Labor = 4 hours per month- Utilities electric = $20-60/month- Utilities water = $10-20/month- Link for more information and pictures: https://sites.google.com/site/127viburnumway/

Beacon Hill Friends House is accepting applications for a live-in, ¾ time position serving our residential, cooperative community: Residency Manager Start Date: February 15, 2012 Position Summary: The Residency Manager holds primary responsibility for the care and administration of the day-to-day workings of the community. Responsibilities include mentoring residents in community life, managing admissions, resident chores, rent collection, and maintenance of community documents. The Residency Manager works closely with the Director and Kitchen Manager to ensure smooth operations of the Resident Program and the healthy functioning of the community. The Residency Manager has oversight of Guest Room hospitality, including taking reservations, preparing rooms and greeting guests. A third area of responsibility is for smooth functioning of the office. This position requires some evening and weekend work. Beacon Hill Friends House is a Quaker center in a historic building in downtown Boston. Our residential program is a multigenerational, cooperative community based in Quaker practice and principles. Our other activities include offering hospitality through overnight guest rooms and public meeting spaces for Quakers and others; holding Quaker-related events and publishing Quaker pamphlets. To apply, please send a letter of inquiry to Holly Baldwin, Director.

(Polish Family from England please send another message, went to answer or call and I have lost it, thanks - ain't exogenetic information grand) my wife and i working on wrapping up the demise of Goat Head Ranch and hoping to head down by feb or march looking to rent for a while and get the lay of the land. I am disabled and can function and walk but don't travel well so will be looking to my wife to tour around and check things out and would be nice to have a partner who may be looking to do the same? My wife is high functioning and confident not looking for anyone to hold her hand, mind you. We are hoping to start a new life there and haven't settled on where think I'll put that off until we're on the ground but plan to land on the coast toward the south where there is some jungle and monkeys - monkeys very important to me, a high priority in our search. my long term goal is to provide ultimately some kind of housing to other at the cheapest possible price so will be looking for something suitable to that but I must also respect my disability and make sure we are in a place that is reasonably easy and comfortable to live so definately not looking to live in a treehouse or sort of extreme commune type of environment my wife is apolitical and i am left of Rachel Maddow and neither of us are christians nor do we wish to hear that shit, since we're being frank here. beauty, strength and love