Stowe Farm Community

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2009

What we do

Stowe Farm Community (formerly Katywil). We are a multi-generational rural co-housing community in Colrain, Massachusetts tucked into the beautiful hills of western Mass. There are currently 8 houses (1 is for sale) and the last 3 lots are now available to complete our maximum capacity of eleven households. We also have many neighbors who are interested in becoming associate members. Stowe Farm Community is rural with urban centers are nearby. We have single family homes, which afford privacy within a supportive community. We are neighbors working together to improve the quality of our lives. Helping each other succeed makes our community thrive. We help each other with child, pet, and farm animal care. Some of us have home businesses and some drive to our jobs. We currently raise chickens, ducks, pigs, and goats. We make cheese and charcuterie (specialty meats), and have plans to grow some ingredients to support our neighbor’s brewery. We have a community truck, greenhouse, tractor, tree house, gardens, and other shared equipment and tools. We will soon have a common house. Some day we hope to have a commercial kitchen for small food ventures. We own individual lots, build our own homes and share the rest of the 90 acres which include play areas, arable farmland, a sparkling clean brook and river for swimming, pasture to raise animals, and conserved forest. Stowe Farm Community provides a magnificent view down the North River valley to the Catamount Mountains and an uninterrupted expanse of sky. The views are spectacularly beautiful year round. Houses are clustered on a south-facing slope overlooking the West Branch of the North River and Stone Mountain. We are 15 minutes from Shelburne Falls, MA; 20 minutes from Greenfield, MA; 45 minutes from Amherst and Northampton, MA as well as Brattleboro, VT. We are 20 minutes from Rte. 91; three and a half hours from NYC. Small organic farms are taken seriously in western Mass, as well as music, art, and academics.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Ecovillage

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2009
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
17

How to join

Work Exchange welcome, Volunteers welcome. Contact Nancy at in**@*******rm.org

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Location

  • United States

Stowe Farm Community

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8 years ago

GemeinschaftsĂĽbergreifende Elternschule 2019

Für Menschen, die in Gemeinschaft leben und sich auf gemeinsames Wachstum und eine höhere innere Stimmigkeit im Sein mit den Kindern ausrichten (wollen). Damit wir Kindern einen angemessenen Raum für ihre Entfaltung und ihr Wachstum zur Verfügung stellen können, braucht es einen Bewusstwerdungsprozess des innerlichen Erwachsenwerdens. Erst von einem erwachsenen Platz in uns können wir einen sicheren und geborgenen Beziehungsraum für unsere Kinder schaffen. Ein Bindungsraum, aus dem heraus sie die Welt erkunden und in den sie immer wieder zurückkehren können, um das Erlebte zu integrieren. Und damit ein Update von e(ä)lterlicher Begleitung entwickeln: sowohl jenseits des autoritären Paradigma von (subtilem) Liebesentzug, Druck oder Beschämung als auch jenseits von Laissezfaire und Grenzenlosigkeit. Dieses innere Erwachsenwerden ist aber kein rein individueller Prozess, sondern findet auf der gesellschaftlich kulturellen Ebene statt. Wenn wir uns auf den Weg machen wollen, bietet der gemeinschaftliche Kontext ein ideales Gefäß dafür – da wo wir uns als Eltern und Ältern unterstützen, spiegeln und gemeinsam ausrichten auf eine höhere Stimmigkeit in uns selbst und mit dem Leben. Eingeladen sind alle interessierten und engagierten Menschen, die sich in Gemeinschaft lebend mit der Frage des Kinderaufwachsens beschäftigen und Interesse an weiterem Lernen, Vernetzung, Unterstützung und gegenseitigem Austausch mit anderen Gemeinschaften zu diesem Thema haben. Ganz besonders laden wir die Menschen ein, die eine tragende Rolle in dem Thema in ihrer Gemeinschaft innehaben. Es wird 2019 zwei inhaltliche Blöcke geben, die aufeinander aufbauen. Es ist in Einzelfällen auch möglich, nur an einem der beiden Blöcke teilzunehmen. Die Blöcke finden in zwei unterschiedlichen Gemeinschaftsprojekten statt, die sich beide durch ihre relativ zentrale Lage in Deutschland auszeichnen, die beide einen starken Fokus auf dem gemeinschaft
  • Events
10 years ago

Gaia Ashram Internship

The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory learning & values the power of community in holding the learning space. We design the daily & weekly structure of the internship and of our lives here based on these values and principles. Theoretical learning (Head) The theoretical sessions will be participatory and interactive. It will cover the 4 keys of Ecovillage Design Education (Social, Economical, Ecological and Worldview inspired by Gaia Education). Each week will cover one of the Ecovillage Design Keys and integrated into this we will be introduced to Permaculture Design & Deep Ecology in terms of philosophy, movement and personal experiences. Overall, We will have a maximum of 2-3 hours of theory per day on the session days, to also create lots of space for practical experiential learning. See more details of the key content below. Practical learning (Hands – on) For the hands – on practical learning we will be developing the Gaia Ashram’s farm and restoring nature on the Gaia Ashram land using permaculture strategies & techniques that are appropriate for the Rainy Season & the land and its local context. The hands-on work will focus on Gardening work i.e. developing the vegetable gardens, planting seeds & seedlings, transplanting, propagation of plants, making composts, growing and maintaining a Food Forest, planting green manures, planting lots of trees, planting seasonal crops. Apart from the Gardening we will also will be doing some natural building which mostly will focus on creating natural finishes using mud plasters and art works on
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12 years ago

Curso Estructuras Vegetales Naturale

Queremos ofrecer un Curso en el que aprender, experimentar y profundizar en algunos aspectos de la BioconstrucciĂłn, de manera profesional, familiar y cercana al mismo tiempo. En este curso aprenderemos sobre la construcciĂłn de estructuras tales como: domo geodĂ©sico, yurta, techos de cañizo, arcos y columnas de cañas, que pueden ser urilizadas para construcciĂłn de pĂ©rgolas, invernaderos, sombreados, escenarios y mucho más….; todo ello con materiales locales vegetales: caña y pita (ágave). Domo geodĂ©sico. ConstrucciĂłn paso a paso de un domo geodĂ©sico: selecciĂłn y recolecciĂłn de materiales cañas, tipos de domos y elecciĂłn de tamaño, construcciĂłn de segmentos “palos” en sus diferentes fases, montaje de un domo. Hablaremos tambiĂ©n de las posibilidades de acondicionamiento para vivienda: puertas, ventas, suelos, cubierta, aislamiento, etc Yurta. ConstrucciĂłn paso a paso de la estructura de una yurta: selecciĂłn y preparado de materiales vegetales locales ej. madera de pita, construcciĂłn de la “khana” los muros (vaporizado y doblaje ), construcciĂłn de vigas del techo “uni”, construcciĂłn de la corona, tipos de yurtas y elecciĂłn de tamaño, montaje de la estructura de la yurta. Hablaremos tambiĂ©n de las posibilidades de acondicionamiento para vivienda: puertas, ventas, suelos, cubierta, aislamiento, etc..; cambio de tamaño de la yurta. Arcos y colunmas de cañas. Nos familiarizaremos con la caña: selecciĂłn, recolecciĂłn, limpieza, preparaciĂłn y usos. Herramientas y materiales. Diferentes tĂ©cnicas de construcciĂłn de arcos y colunmas de diversas dimensiones. Experimentar sus diversas funciones y posibilidades. Veremos como estas estructuras se pueden utilizar para crear pĂ©rgolas, invernaderos, incluso escenarios y puentes. Y veremos algunos de ellos in situ. Usos tradicionales de las cañas. Techos cañizos y vallas. Veremos tambiĂ©n como trabajar las cañas para construir techados para exterior o interior y vallas para huerta. AquĂ­ veremos tambiĂ©n: selecciĂłn, recolec

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