Core Beliefs

• We believe in honoring diversity, interdependence, respect, kindness and compassion for all.
• We believe that the strong sense of community we will develop can help counteract the isolation and alienation we see in society.
• We believe that through voluntary simplicity, cooperation, and service, we can help each other and the world around us.
• We will endeavor to develop and perpetuate a spirit among us through which each of us learns and shares the spiritual, physical, social and practical knowledge necessary for the creation of a connected, caring community. We will seek to demonstrate that we care more about our members than we do about our tasks.
• We intend to use our wisdom and power to accomplish our vision to be good, caring neighbors and ecological stewards of our environment.
• We believe that all living things are connected so that harming any one of us harms us all.