Re: step by step community formation

Thank you Johan!
Yes please keep sending.
Bat-Tzion

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOHAN VAN TONDER" <dni-T38vF8X/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ecobal]step by step community formation


> Dear Bat-Tzion Benjaminson,
> my Name is Johan Van Tonder and I am Residing in South Africa where we are
> also gearing up for the establishment of Eco-Villages.  I would like to 
> stay
> in touch with you and learn about you progress.  I will send you some 
> links
> of my own research but if I become a nuisance please stop me.  The first
> Web-site that I recommend is  http://news.gilbert.org/
> http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/news/cover.asphttp://www.orgdyne.com/ or
> [email protected] <[email protected]> I will keep on looking 
> out
> for specific literature and send it on to you but I think these are good
> groups to join and even discover some contacts in Israel.
> regards, Johan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "BT Benjaminson" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:59 AM
> Subject: [Ecobal]step by step community formation
>
>
>> Shalom from Israel
>> I'm new to the list and new to the process of building a community. I do
>> have a permaculture design certificate and several years experience in
>> hands-on sustainable living in a rural setting.
>> Some friends and I intend to establish an ecovillage here in the 
>> semi-arid
>> south of our country.
>> With the help of an experienced permaculturist active in the area, we 
>> have
>> idenfied a likely location in one corner of an existing agricultural 
>> co-op
>> community ("moshav") and have collected a list of around 20 people who 
>> are
>> interested enough to receive e-mails about the project. One potential
> leader
>> has emerged.
>> Some of us feel the urgent imperative of establishing a community that 
>> can
>> function in a wobbly energy decline situation, others are just keen on
>> connecting with the land or with a loving group of people.
>> I have very little leadership experience and I sense the difficulty of
>> bringing people into a commitment if they have not already been educated
> and
>> motivated in community building. Needless to say, in this country we have
> a
>> great emotional struggle in the face of various political, religious, and
>> security issues. It is difficult to create a "safe container" for people
> and
>> to get them to commit time to a venture that still seems very doubtful.
>> Now, to the question -- where on the Internet can I find guidance for
>> successfully building a strong community from scratch, or what one book
>> would be suitable in order to study this topic?
>> So far no one has appeared that has the kind of money needed to attend
>> Findhorn or other ecovillage training programs, so this is the best we 
>> can
>> do in the meantime.
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thank you in advance.
>> Bat-Tzion Benjaminson
>>
>>
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