Thank you so much for your comments and views. I really appreciate what you try to do and that you indeed can be an example how things can be done differently. GREAT and even FANTASTIC! It would not be for me though, but I like to think I use the system we have to try and create a better life with lesser attachment to objects and more time and energy in and with people. Better life means also small things like, don't through any rubbish on the street, refuse plastic bags at the grocery and all these small things. Better life also means starting coversations with those who are in the money big time and have no idea of anything else, do not understand what it means to become happy, always look to others who have more and think "I want that, That'll make me happy". In my group of friends, I have people like you are, I have a bit more moderately thinking people as well, meaning they would not live in a community you have, but are not far away from it. On the other hand, I also have friends that do find what you do totally HIPPIE and disconnected form everything what is important in life (hahahaha, you can not imagine that anymore I would think :))
Regarding enough land for own food; in The Netherlands we have cities/villages/farmer land, and a little bit of nature protected). That takes up 100% of our land. Ok, we export quite a lot, like flowers, patatos and some vegetables, but we also import a lot. We are with 17 million people int he country that measure about 250km from north to south and 140 km from west to east, and part of that is water. I suppose you are in the USA? No comparison regarding number of people and square mile of land you have :) NOte: Whole of Europe counts around 750 million people, and is around 10 million km2 big, the USA counts around 320 million people and is around also around 10 million km2 big. The Netherlands is one of the most dense country in population / km2, we are almost a city state from that perspective.
You may be interested in my post of today; It is about adding more transparency to the centralised governments to make the system better: https://steemit.com/transparency/@edje/will-100-transparency-of-the-individual-solve-the-trust-issue-we-have-with-democratic-systems
Thanks for your acknowledgement @edje. Of course people want to label things/people so they can categorize them somewhere in their brain for understanding. And we know we are also not who people think we are., no matter what they'd like to call us. Though our worlds may be far apart, we have no judgment on others who choose the lifestyle of their own different from ours. There is something in this life for everyone. We are also aware that karma is real and we are the makers of our own realities, so the more honorable we can be with our choices, the more blessed we are.
We too have many friends on the full spectrum and there are many ways of going about change and from many different angles. We have chosen to be the change we wish to see in the world, and we are grateful for the joy in our lives, and if that happens to inspire others that is a magnificent bonus.
I'll check out your post. Thanks for your response. It's fun to exchange with you.
Same here :)