I am always intrigued by any form of community living. Cohousing, ecohoods, apartments, you name it... it, if there is a large number of people sleeping in the same 1 block radius, I get excited. I start noticing the benefits, drawbacks and efficiencies.
When I was at rainbow gathering this summer, I realized why I am not so into these big festivals like burning man. It is a great example of a temporary village, but with all the effort put into creating the systems... why not just stay? * It just feels so non sustainable it literally makes me sick. I get headaches and throw up. seriously.
My excitement this week is about the pop up villages happening all over for the occupy movement. I occupied eugene for awhile yesterday and it was great! Now I know why the group was having so many meetings instead of demonstrations, they were putting the systems in place to camp out for months. They have committees for cooking, sanitation, morale, and probably everything else a community needs. In true eugene spirit they have a focus on love, sharing, and equality.
I might camp out there this weekend.
*I know there is a 14 day limit and or other limitations... but with thousands of people joining together it seems like some solution could come about
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