I know you live in SwedenI think one positive aspect of combining veganism with communal living would be relative self-sufficiency. I used to dream of buying a big house and starting a creative commune where everybody has a say in how things are run, and everybody contributes as much time and effort as they comfortably can without being badgered and bullied by some authority. The target demographic would be creative people of all sorts who don't cope well with the high pressure society we live in, to give them space and rest. The diet would be vegan of course and as we would have to buy some food at least, we would have to work out a way of funding. Certainly it would add strength to vegans to have a strong vegan presence. I found this when I visited the Jesus Fellowship for a week and it strengthened my faith just being there and being surrounded by other Christians.
Nice call Ahimsa!
I know you live in Sweden Brian but have you seen a web page called: "Diggers and Dreamers?" Mainly people offering and looking for different types of communal living, some of a religious nature, some spiritual but not religious, and some of a vegetarian/vegan nature. I think we still have an ad on their general noticeboard, fishing for information. We're looking for something rural in either West Wales or Scotland, but probably the former. We have an alternative lifestyle in mind, but what exactly we do not yet know.I think one positive aspect of combining veganism with communal living would be relative self-sufficiency. I used to dream of buying a big house and starting a creative commune where everybody has a say in how things are run, and everybody contributes as much time and effort as they comfortably can without being badgered and bullied by some authority. The target demographic would be creative people of all sorts who don't cope well with the high pressure society we live in, to give them space and rest. The diet would be vegan of course and as we would have to buy some food at least, we would have to work out a way of funding. Certainly it would add strength to vegans to have a strong vegan presence. I found this when I visited the Jesus Fellowship for a week and it strengthened my faith just being there and being surrounded by other Christians.
Nice call Ahimsa!
Yes, we've been there a couple of times, it's a lovely place. I think Scotland is a good place to go for such as lifestyle, especially as property and land is that much cheaper than other parts of the UK and you can get so much for your money if you really look around. We're more looking to be near like minded people in a rural location than actually living with them.
Their spirituality is too pagan for me but fair play to them - reading about them and how they made fertile ground out of bad soil was an inspiration.
Yes, Jenny was a bit concerned about their pagan spirituality. She thought she was going to be shared amongst the Vikings. Strange though, coz I've never seen a woman look so disappointed as when she found out they didn't arrive there on longboats!
