We are an income-sharing community. This means that we all work together to provide enough income for the community to thrive. Some of us may work in more income areas and some may work more in unpaid community building areas, and that doesn't matter. Our hours and effort of contribution are what we are trying to equalize.
This being said, we are trying to reduce our need for "money" as we make a lot of what we need on our own or by trading labor with the other local communities. For example, we have milking goats for milk and cheese, chickens for eggs, we build our own infrastructure and furniture, we can and preserve food, we chop our firewood, we butcher deer that the neighboring hunters don't want, can and dry the meat, tan the hides (still learning), and use the bones for broth, we ferment food like saurkraut and kombucha, save seeds, and have plans for lots of gardens and fruit and nut trees. We dumpster dive, and trade with neighboring communities for excess vegetables. We can sew clothes and repair tools. In this way, we reduce our need for money.
In developing businesses, we are particularly interested in work that provides the opportunity to increase skill, grow creatively, and free our verbal part of the brain to engage in conversation or learning.
Here are a few examples of what we are interested in:
This being said, we are trying to reduce our need for "money" as we make a lot of what we need on our own or by trading labor with the other local communities. For example, we have milking goats for milk and cheese, chickens for eggs, we build our own infrastructure and furniture, we can and preserve food, we chop our firewood, we butcher deer that the neighboring hunters don't want, can and dry the meat, tan the hides (still learning), and use the bones for broth, we ferment food like saurkraut and kombucha, save seeds, and have plans for lots of gardens and fruit and nut trees. We dumpster dive, and trade with neighboring communities for excess vegetables. We can sew clothes and repair tools. In this way, we reduce our need for money.
In developing businesses, we are particularly interested in work that provides the opportunity to increase skill, grow creatively, and free our verbal part of the brain to engage in conversation or learning.
Here are a few examples of what we are interested in:
Rustling Roots Ecological Education Center
a living museum | experiential education | community immersion.
At Rustling Roots we are working to mend the disconnects between people and place, past and future, hope and action.
At Rustling Roots we are working to mend the disconnects between people and place, past and future, hope and action.
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Rustling Roots is an education center for ecological living focused on science, nature connection, and community. Through our varied programs, participants engage in experiential learning, immerse themselves in our community and encounter proof of concept that living ecologically can be comfortable, beautiful, and exciting. Rustling Roots currently offers an educational program with three main branches: science, nature-connection, and community. |
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Science Branch offers interactive science models to help understand healthy ecosystems as well as the causes of ecological disruption. It also offers human-based solutions to mitigate climate change and rebuild our ecosystems.
Nature Connection Branch offers 15 acres of forest and trails, sit-spots, journal writing, shelter building, plant and mushroom identification, fire-making and other primitive skills programs. Community Branch offers participants the opportunity to share in low-impact communal living. As part of this, participants learn about the structure and function of intentional communities and their contributions to sustainable ecosystems. |
Thanks to the generosity of donors and volunteers, we’ve already created an interactive walking museum trail with hands-on models that show land-use and carbon footprints, natural and alternative building technologies, pond ecology, water filtration, solar technologies, and biospheric relationships.
Over the past year, we have also had great success leading programs for local homeschooling groups, plus adults excited about low-impact living.
This past Labor Day weekend we hosted our largest program to over 50 participants! It included an in-depth tour of our museum exhibits, workshops in natural building, and yurt-building.
Over the past year, we have also had great success leading programs for local homeschooling groups, plus adults excited about low-impact living.
This past Labor Day weekend we hosted our largest program to over 50 participants! It included an in-depth tour of our museum exhibits, workshops in natural building, and yurt-building.
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HELP US BUILD A CLASSROOM! We are extending our roots to reach a bigger network of folks who believe in our vision of ecological education enough to support the necessary next steps for growth. If you believe in what we do, please consider donating whatever you can to help us reach our $8000 goal to build a classroom to improve our educational programs! |
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Neighboring Communities for the Local Currency: We work at our neighboring income-sharing communities for labor exchange hours. f
