Stush Bush

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2019

What we do

StushBush was created by Anthony Carlos, who used to be a fashion designer in New York and wanted to return to his homeland in Guyana. Stush is a local term for a person who is “different from the regular” and being in nature is referred to as “going to the bush”. StushBush is an ecovillage in the process of being built that welcomes all offbeat artisans who want to live closer to the earth and make sustainable artisan crafts.
The land already has many fruit trees — banana, mango, orange, saffodilla, coconut, guava, guayara, white tea — and a plantation of vegetables. There are birds, monkeys, and baboons, iguanas, and salipenters aplenty.
StushBush has 3 main missions:

  • Use art and education to motivate fellow locals to live eco-friendly lives using hands-on, experiential education through workshops and events (i.e. fashion shows, music performances, farm tours)
  • Support people’s spiritual journey and healing through personal development through healings, personal development, and retreats.
  • Self-produce the basics of a good life — food, clothing, and shelter by co-owning land and homesteading with the local community

Future Facilities: greenhouse, fashion district (recycled and natural eco-clothing made on-site), beer garden, garden + fruit tree plantation, food market, A-frame tiny home campground, kitchen +restaurant with BBQ grill, recycling facility, swimming pond, full homes and residences.
Current stage: *** Looking for members, work exchangers, laborers, and artisans. *** Ready to open for camping October 24th, 2021.
Current facilities: A-frame glamping sites, open land to camp on, main villa, garden + fruit trees.
StushBush will use co-ownership models for owning residences on the property. You can apply to be a resident, and you have the chance to rent land, farm, and bring business to the village.
StushBush is receiving ecovillage consulting from Terrenity (terrenity.org) to help support the design and development process of building an ecovillage.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Education

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2019
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2021
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

Currently looking for long-term residents and work exchangers. To join, you can come live on the property and build a house under a co-ownership model.

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  • Guyana

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1 month ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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