Well, not a commune...but my wife and I were talking about this the other day.
We were thinking that it would be a pretty cool idea to start a development of small homes (say 2000 sf and under...not Mcmansions), but include enough land that we could have some community farming, as well as perhaps a solar grid system to distribute the power to all homes equally.
I guess I am thinking a "mother earth" type community on steroids
I guess you would run into the problem of some folks signing up thinking it would be a good idea, but after some hard work realising the farming thing isn't for them.
Not really looking for a huge farm to sustain the entire population of the development, but would think that a group of 8-10 households with smaller houses, and smaller lots would be cool, and then the major areas of land can be used for community purposes, recreation, farming, solar,etc..
This would not be a development for the folks that think they are "green" by driving 3 large SUVs that just happen to be a hybrid getting 18 mpg
Just thinking perhaps I am turning into a hippie
We were thinking that it would be a pretty cool idea to start a development of small homes (say 2000 sf and under...not Mcmansions), but include enough land that we could have some community farming, as well as perhaps a solar grid system to distribute the power to all homes equally.
I guess I am thinking a "mother earth" type community on steroids
I guess you would run into the problem of some folks signing up thinking it would be a good idea, but after some hard work realising the farming thing isn't for them.
Not really looking for a huge farm to sustain the entire population of the development, but would think that a group of 8-10 households with smaller houses, and smaller lots would be cool, and then the major areas of land can be used for community purposes, recreation, farming, solar,etc..
This would not be a development for the folks that think they are "green" by driving 3 large SUVs that just happen to be a hybrid getting 18 mpg
Just thinking perhaps I am turning into a hippie