The solution, don't buy into it, scede your idea into a place of group action, and you will succeed!!!

The solution is having a lot of people with a like minded vision. Buying the land isn't the problem. When I say a lot of people I mean the more the better (who are in alignment).

"I think it will be best to start with some inexpensive land to demonstrate that it will work out great." Stuart

The quote above ties in the solution, because actually the land is free my friend. That's right you heard me correctly FREE!!! So at this point you can jump out of your chair and yell, "whooooo Hooooo!!!!".

Governments are actually just voices of the people who carry out the wishes of the people. When you have enough people who are in alignment. YOU become the voice of the people, the government. Your wish is manifested when your voice of your group is recognized by the greater society.

So another part of the solution is finding 'people friendly' government countries. Canada I believe is one of those actually 'people friendly' government countries.

Northern Okanogon on the lake or st leons hotsprings in the kootenays are two perfect examples of good places to what???

Scede the land is the answer. Actually squat and build on crown land. If you do it the proper way with the right channels the government will end up giving you the land for FREE!!!

You need to have lots of people who are intelligent and focussed.

The trick could be rallying enough support and media for your cause. But first to lay low and just build. Thats right build your village on crown land (not private land, crown is government owned land) and live in your village. The longer the government doesn't know the better (but keep track of your time that you have lived there). Make sure that you incorporate a building plan that is eco-friendly (minimally eco damaging footprint) and economically balanced for the group. Put the plan into place. If the government complains, implement your media campaign strategy that you have worked out. Sometimes angel investors pop out of nowhere when you have implemented your media campaign.

Build first, ask question later. The canadian government has semi-autotonomous zones in place in canada already including but not limited to native reserves and doukobour settlements.

How will your group justifly that your idealogies require a semi-autotonomous zone? That is for you to work out my friends... Special nature crafts requiring close proximity to the wilderness, living with nature scientific study, nature-religion, are a few examples.

The most important thing is to gather numbers and then just do it! But have a well worked out plan in place.

I believe it is possible, do you?
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102 Re: The solution, don't buy into it, scede your idea into a place of group action, and you will succeed!!!Today, 4:27 AM
"Governments are actually just voices of the people who carry out the wishes of the people."

False. That would be true in a federation of autonomous locally self governed democracies, but that is NOT true in the US.


"Actually squat and build on crown land. If you do it the proper way with the right channels the government will end up giving you the land for FREE!!!"

Homesteading is an option, but generally this is only available in less desirable states and they expect you to improve the lands value and become income producing citizens. You will still owe property tax and there are some strings attached that could be problematic for people with alternative visions for the land. Its not impossible, and it is one avenue thats worth looking into, but I personally want to be on the west coast near a college town but just out in nature. Not a lot of options for homesteading there. I could be open to this suggestion though if there was a solid plan.

Squatting is doable. Ive done it for years. Nothing long term or stable ever came from it though. The police eventually come to evict you and the people scatter. If you really wanted to build something you would have to be willing to defend it. Most people are not willing to risk arrest or physical harm for the right to squat. Also, since squatting isnt stable people tend not to invest significant resources into building infrastructure for long term sustainable community. Its not impossible to build a little village, but it could all get taken away forcing you to disband and move on. Maybe not the worst thing, but its not necessarily a long term gain.


Ive actually thought about this before though. If your serious you would have to defend it. You would have no stability, no ability to hold down a job or attend school while doing this. Your life would have to be the community, and there is no promise that you would end up owning it. Not only that but you could go to jail, or in a worst case scenario get shot by the government. Then again, if you have a worthy cause, maybe you would win. It could be interesting.

One way to justify land occupations is if they are for the homeless, like Katrina refugees. If you gathered a few hundred refugees you might be able to build a case for a humanitarian venture covering the slack of where the government already fucked up. You would have a good moral argument for annexing public land.

On the other hand, if the extent of your vision is to living in a hippy commune, you are unlikely to gain enough support to ward off an eviction. At best you will be able to fly under the radar until they find you.

Buying the land gives you the peace of mind that the government isnt going to evict you which means its safer to invest in things like wells, solar panels, orchards, homes...Homesteading a commune might not be totally out of the question though, but generally to get free land they make you jump through a lot of hoops and want to hear your plan for increasing the lands value. They might may or may not be sympathetic to a group trying to build a commune. They generally give out single plots to families or ranchers in hopes of gaining tax revenue.
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True, the US is not a very people friendly government. I read the following news today which is kind of interesting and kind of related and kind of inspiring.



By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 22, 8:21 PM ET

GUATEMALA CITY - An angry mob in Guatemala that took 29 policemen hostage released the officers Friday in exchange for talks with the government on legalizing their lands and possibly dropping charges against a jailed farm leader, a human rights official said.
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The standoff began late Thursday when a crowd surrounded the police station in the Caribbean coastal town of Livingston, disarmed the agents and took them in boats to their remote village of Maya Creek.

The mob of hundreds threatened to kill the officers unless authorities agreed to release a jailed farm leader accused of leading land seizures.

Guatemalan officials and the Human Rights Prosecutor's office worked to negotiate an end to the 32-hour standoff.

"We spoke with our people in the town, and I can confirm that the 29 agents were released and are in perfect health," Rolando Yoc, the human rights office's chief advocate, told The Associated Press. Police officials had originally put the number of kidnapped officers at 30 but later said there were 29.

Farm leader Ramiro Choc, who was arrested Feb. 14 on charges of illegal land invasion, robbery and illegally holding people against their will, had urged his supporters to release the police officers in a telephone call from jail on Thursday. Officials accuse Choc of inciting community residents to invade land and take over protected nature reserves.

Members of the mob told human rights prosecutors they had occupied the disputed land for more than a decade and that a powerful person had been trying to kick them out, Yoc said.

Following the release of the officers, the government promised to help Maya Creek residents legalize their land and to see if charges could be dropped against Choc, the human rights official said.

Five organizers from a local farmers union and community representatives will be transported by plane to the capital to negotiate with the government.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080...Uo9jsm3IxIF
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102 Re: The solution, don't buy into it, scede your idea into a place of group action, and you will succeed!!!Today, 1:37 PM
Good for them.

I think the best time for a land occupation would have been during the refugee crisis after Katrina. If the government evicted those people there would have been an outrage. They could do better than paying a private landlord to park a trailer. They could be building their own communities for a viable future.

It might not be too late to do something similar though.

I need to look at the homesteading laws again. Maybe you could find a way to get 10 to 20 people to homestead next to each other. Personally I want to be close to some kind of college town though. Im into the communal life, but i like to be close to the cities.
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Re: The solution, don't buy into it, scede your idea into a place of group action, and you will succeed!!!Today, 5:42 PM
Nelson BC Canada is one of the best, most progressive, places to live in the intire world...

There is a nelson/kootenay tribe that describes events not only in the progressive musical streams (world famous djs and bands) but amazing outdoor exploratory adventures as well... Skiiing/Snowboarding, mountain biking kayaking, mountain climbing, moerbiking, hiking, snowshoeing, sandy secluded beaches, and best of all natural hotsprings...

Also an alternative place for those with a preference for a warmer climate so that people will have a cold/warm alternative. 6 months/6months.

Ideally a eco~village citizenship for those with a like mind to create sustainable alternatives and solutions for the people.

The pass would enable one to live at any semi~autonomous zone.

Refugees would be welcome to apply for a citizenship. Or at the very least have the information to very cheaply create thier own eco~village using building resources found locally. This information and technical expertise could be generated by the minds of the eco~village collective. In fact it is being developed in this moment...
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Re: The solution, don't buy into it, scede your idea into a place of group action, and you will succeed!!!Today, 6:34 PM
Im all for it. Are there any schools of Chinese Medicine in Nelson?
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yes, as a matter of fact.

www.acos.org/
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The thing is, I want to become a practitioner of Chinese Medicine, a step up from my EMT and herbalist training. My girlfriend needs to work and pay off student loans. For the next some odd years I wont be able to settle down and focus only on domestic community issues. My vision however is to eventually live on such a community.
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Exsisting eco village networks, resource support, and funding

www.ecovillage.org/
ena.ecovillage.org/English/index.html
www.gaia.org/gaia/
realestateloja.com/UEVN/main.htm
genoa.ecovillage.org/
www.gen-europe.org/gen_ww/index.html

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I would ideally like to live 3 to 6 months at a time in each ecovillage sub~community with travelling expenses earned from the work generated in the eco~community network. So each faction of the eco~community will be part of a larger group. So that when you have your citizenship you basically have your global passport as well to do work benifiting displaced peoples such as refugees create thier own villages so that they can live, work, eat, and play...
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Money
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The word Tensegrity is borrowed from an architect, engineer, scientist and dreamer whom Carlos Castaneda admired: R. Buckminster Fuller, who described tensegrity as a combination of tensional integrity, the forces at work in a structure that is formed by a finite network of compression, or rigid elements interconnected through tensile, or elastic elements which give the structure its overall integrity. Due to this elastic property of interconnections, when one element of the tensegrity structure is shifted, this shift is spread throughout the whole structure, and all the other elements shift as well, or adapt for a new configuration, yielding to these shifts without breaking.

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