('67, VA) 80 Residents

A rural egalitarian community based on the values of cooperation, sharing, nonviolence, equality, and ecology. Members have diverse beliefs, with no group religion or central leader(s)--they govern themselves democratically, with responsibility shared among various managers, planners, and committees, and employ a labor credit system for distributing and coordinating the everyday work. They are economically self-supporting, and partly self-sufficient: their hammocks and casual furniture business generates most of the income; indexing books and making tofu provide much of the rest. Less than half of their work goes into these income-producing activities; the balance goes into a variety of tasks that benefit their quality of life--including milking cows, gardening, cooking, and childcare. Most people prefer doing a variety of work, rather than the same job day in, day out. A number of their members choose to be politically active in issues of peace, ecology, anti-racism, and feminism. Each summer they host a Women's Gathering and a Communities Conference

Contact Info:
Twin Oaks Community
138-FW Twin Oaks Road
Louisa, VA 23093 USA

phone: (540) 894-5126
fax: (540) 894-4112
email: User="twinoaks" [at] Domain="ic.org"

http://www.twinoaks.org/