IC types I would live in or am forming:
Activist commune supporting shared work, Cottage industry in community (e.g. biz partners or recreation venture teams), Ecovillage or agrihood, Farm or ranch, Housing or shelter for a vulnerable group, Life partner with community values, Medical risk bubble, Single-parent shared housing, Trial run: Join a household
Preferred regions:
Canada BC, Canada ON, Canada ON, Canada northern provinces , Canada prairie provinces, U.S. rocky mountain region
Travel:
willing to travel 2 hours or less, willing to travel 2 hours or more, willing to travel outside my region, willing to travel within my region
Common practical skills:
Bookkeeping, Carpentry & repair, Childcare, Cleaning, Cooking for groups, Farm animal care, Gardening or crop cultivation, Grant-writing, Group facilitation, Permaculture
Experience or schooling:
Activism & organizing, Animal training or care, Business management, Ecological science, Experience teaching adults, Group therapy or processing, Mediation or dispute resolution, Nutrition, Outdoor survival skills (e.g., hunting, foraging, fire starting), Psychology, Short term rentals and hospitality, Social dance, Sociology, Sports or physical recreation, Theater, Travel, Website design, Writing
Occupation(s) and expertise:
wilderness-based youth therapy, foster care caseworker in U.S., academic researcher, dissertation editor
Years lived in an IC:
Less than a year in IC, Lived with roommate(s) or housemate(s), Lived with sibling(s) or other non-parent relatives
Experience in community:
4 months in an ecovillage homesteading
