Sustainable Ecovillage

Gasquet, California, United States

  • Updated on: Apr 1, 2025 (about 1 month ago)
  • Created on: Dec 26, 2008 (over 16 years ago)
Sustainable Ecovillage

Mission Statement

We are dedicated to becoming the change we want to see in the world by anchoring to and sharing the tools of a promising future: community thoughtfulness, environmental sustainability, self-sufficiency, economic independence, grounded spiritual intention and holistic, and healthful living practices.

Community Description

A remote, off-grid, wilderness permaculture farm, agroforestry, dynamic intentional community, and ever-evolving experiment in sustainable living. There are many ways to be a part of our village; we are especially seeking a few focused, congruent, enthusiastic, happy people to become long-term, committed community members, but we also accept shorter term (woofing) volunteers, exchanging 25 hours per week for room and board (food and accommodations)

If you would like to inquire for a visit PLEASE read over our web site thoroughly FIRST Then, complete our visit/volunteer application https://sustainableecovillage.com/

  • Status: Established (4+ adults, 2+ years)
  • Started Planning: 2007
  • Started Living Together: 2008
  • Visitors Accepted: Yes
  • Open to New Members: Yes
  • Please read the details in Membership below before contacting this community.Send Message
  • Website: https://sustainableecovillage.com/
  • Business, Project, or Organization: https://sustainableecovillage.com/
  • Contact Name: Dan
  • Phone: 707-954-7743
  • Community Address:
    P O Box 246
    Gasquet, California 95543
    United States

  • Location

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About

  • Type(s): Ecovillage (organized around ecology and sustainability)
  • Programs & Activities:
    • Transition Town (post-petroleum and off-grid communities.)
    • School, Educational Institute or Experience
    • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
    • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming
    • Festivals, Conferences, Events
  • Location: Rural

Housing

  • Status: We have land we have developed on
  • Area: 160 acres
  • Current Residence Types:
    • Single-family homes
    • Tiny house
    • Yurt, tee-pee, dome, treehouse, or tent
    • Lots to build on
  • Current Number of Residences: 4
  • Planned Number of Residences: 25
  • Planned Residence Types:
    • Single-family homes
    • Multi-family homes
    • Room(s) in a house or building
    • Tiny house
    • Yurt, tee-pee, dome, treehouse, or tent
    • Natural built structues
    • Lots to build on
  • Housing Provided:
    • Purchase
    • Rental
    • Work-exchange
    • Included in Membership
  • Land Owned By: Individual community member(s)
  • Additional Comments: We have 4 small cabins, a tree house, underground hobbit house, one large Community Center(Chrysanthemum Lodge), the Earthship Solarium, a dining hall, and lots of space for tent and other camping or structures. Our ideal scenario is for new members to build or erect their own structures here on a plot, but we accommodate many different situations. It doesn't cost anything to live here, no fees, no buy-ins. We're just looking for good healthy harmonious people to engage the project with us.

Membership

  • Adult Members: 5
  • Child Members: 1
  • Non-Member Residents: 5
  • Percent Women: 41-49%
  • Percent Men: 41-49%
  • Percent Transgender: 0%
  • Percent Non-Binary: 0%
  • Visitors Accepted: Yes
  • Visitor Process: If you'd like to visit, please complete an application on our webs site, and email it to Dan. We accept applications and visitors year round, never any black out dates, so read through our web site to understand what we're not and what we aspire to be and do THEN send us your application : )
  • Open to New Members: Yes
  • Membership Process: We like them to complete an application (found on our website https://sustainableecovillage.com/ ) That's a good place to start. We follow up with a phone call, email, skype and/or an invitation to visit. The process pretty much takes care of itself from there (less structured) as we'll all know if its a good fit

Government

  • Decision Making: Consensus + (everyone agrees, except for up to 3 people.)
  • Identified Leader: Yes, multiple identified leaders
  • Leadership Core Group: Yes

Economics

  • Dues, Fees, or Shared Expenses: No
  • Shared Income: None
  • Required Weekly Labor Contribution: 25
  • Open to Members with Existing Debt: Yes (some debt)
  • Additional Comments: New members may earn their personal expense money in town (Cave Junction, Gasquet, or Crescent City) or have personal financial resources to afford most of their own food. Volunteers receive room and board(food) for work exchange.

Sustainability Practices

  • Energy Infrastructure: We are totally off grid.
  • Current Renewable Energy Generation: 50-75%
  • Energy Sources: Solar
  • Planned Renewable Energy Generation: 100%
  • Current Food Produced: From 50-75%
  • Planned Food Produced: 100%
  • Food Produced Locally: Between 26-49%

Lifestyle

  • Common Facilities:
    • Common House
    • Garden(s)
    • Greenhouse(s)
    • Library
    • Workshop
    • Outbuilding(s)
    • Swimming pond or pool
    • Outdoor Kitchen
    • Large Scale Kitchen
    • Fire pit
    • Waterfront access
  • Internet Available: Yes, individuals provide it
  • Internet Fast?: Yes, it's fine.
  • Cellphone Service: Good for some people.
  • Shared Meals: 2-5 times per week
  • Dietary Practices:
    • Omnivorous (plants and animals)
    • Local
    • Organic (no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers)
    • GMO Free (only non-genetically modified organisms)
    • Vegetarian Only
    • Mostly Vegetarian
    • Vegan (plants only, no animal products)
    • Mostly Vegan
    • Opportunivore (dumpster diving, nature harvesting, etc.)
    • Raw or Mostly Raw
    • Dairy-Free
    • Gluten-Free
  • Dietary Choice or Restrictions: No - people may eat however they wish.
  • Special Diets OK: Sometimes
  • Alcohol Use: Yes, used seldomly, or ceremoniously.
  • Tobacco Use: No, this community does not permit tobacco use.
  • Additional Diet Comments: We do not 100% support anyone's specific diet regimen. If they want it to be pure and out-of-the-ordinary, probably going to have to provide some of it themselves
  • Common Spiritual Practice(s):
    • Ecumenical (accepts all religions or spiritual practices)
    • Eclectic (integrates multiple religious or spiritual beliefs)
    • Buddhist
    • Native American
    • Agnostic
    • Humanist
  • Spiritual Practice Expected?: No
  • Education Style(s): Up to each family or individual
  • Expected Healthcare Practices: Our community has a holistic emphasis -- which means, to us, that although we are not PURE vaccination or any kind of drug use is not encouraged It s rare for us to use alcohol and there is no smoking of any kind here in our forested environment, for both safety and health reasons
  • Healthcare Options: Up to each family, household, or individual

Additional Comments

Remote mountainous, wilderness location. Unique features of our community are that we agree to live free from chemical dependencies AND there is no smoking (of any kind)here on our land It's a healthy and natural living motif focused on self-sufficiency. We are (or can) live completely independent of industrial-monetary systems

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Fair Housing Laws

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Keywords

sustainable, off grid, permaculture, health