East Wind Community

East Wind Community

East Wind Community is an intentional community located in the Missouri Ozarks. Founded in 1973, it is a secular and democratic community in which members hold all communities assets in common. Each member is also given food, shelter, clothing, medical care, education, and a monthly discretionary fund. [cite web|url= http://www.eastwind.org/support.aspx|title= East Wind business] All major decisions are made by direct democratic processes and most positions in the community are elected.

East Wind Community owns 1045 acres of land and several businesses. They are located off Route 160 on the southern end of county road 547 in Ozark County just outside Tecumseh, MO.

Their stated goal is peace, social justice, and economic and social democracy. [cite web|url= http://www.eastwind.org/main.aspx| title= East Wind]

The East Wind Community has several income sources including a nut butter business named East Wind Nutbutters. In addition they produce "Utopian Rope Sandals", also known as "Utopes". They used to produce handmade drums through Slackjaw Percussion. Members are required to work a certain number of hours and income from the businesses is used to support the community.

Prospective members are selected by a membership team and are then invited for a three week visit period. Following a one year provisional membership full members have the opportunity to call for a vote on any new member who may either be too disruptive or who is failing to do their fair share of the labor. There is also an associate status for people who do not wish to make a full commitment to the community. A provisional member has an option to take a leave. If during the first two weeks as a provisional member this leave may be up to a year long.

East Wind is a member of the [http://www.thefec.org Federation of Egalitarian Communities] , which also includes the communities Twin Oaks, [http://www.sandhillfarm.org Sandhill] , and several others. There are many community conferences and labor exchanges between the communities, and there is a fund which all the communities pay into to help cover any major medical expenses. [cite web|url=http://thefec.org|title= Federation of Egalitarian Communities] The community is rural and clothing is optional. Members live in dorm style buildings and there is a central dining hall, laundry and shower house. There are also several personal shelters designated as doubles for couples and visitors. Common spaces for recreational activities including computers also exist. [cite web|url= http://www.eastwind.org/hang.aspx| title= Recreational resources]

National Geographic covered the community in their August 2005 issue.

References

See also
*Egalitarian communities
*Alternative society

External links

* [http://www.eastwind.org East Wind Community]
* [http://www.ewcrafts.com East Wind Crafts]
* [http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0508/feature7/index.html National Geographic Piece]


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