We met an amazing soul named Brother Scott in Wimberley, TX last week. He is part of a community called Solstice which is a non-residential group of homesteaders who share information, resources, and celebrations with each other.
He is writing a book about the forming of their community which they documented. So he has a lot to offer the world about the realities of trying and SUCCEEDING to create sustainable community.

His list of the top 5 reasons that communities fail is important information to be aware of and to share so please spread this around:

1) Recreational things (i.e. substances) inhibiting the planning and execution of necessary thought, clear relations, sense of reality and the completion of essential tasks.

2) Unprepared and unrealistic dreamers who just want to play.

3) Conflict with the outside community (bring your best to the surrounding community)

4) Interpersonal conflicts within. Mostly either no chief at all or too many chiefs. No authority, no consensus, no leaders, anarchy, or battles of leaders with different visions. Or one really far out dude with a bunch of people going this is getting weird.

5 )No clear monetary means for self-support.

Last update: December 09, 2009
12:51 pm

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