Sustainable
Farming: To demonstrate
sustainable farming practices and reintegrate farming into the everyday
experience of people.
"Green"
Construction: To demonstrate “green” construction and sustainable living design
and incorporate these practices into in-fill and redevelopment projects for
the benefit of the community.
Open
Space: To provide outdoor spaces which encourage leisurely appreciation of the
natural environment and refreshment for the human psyche.
Site
Reclamation: To preserve open space and to reclaim and revitalize abandoned or
neglected sites.
Life-Long
Learning: To support and encourage independent, life-long learning.
Skills,
Crafts, & Arts:
To support and encourage the practice of traditional and historical
skills and crafts and personally meaningful arts.
Genuine
Community: To provide the opportunity for people to develop a sense of community
by engaging with others on more than a transactional or need-based level.
Generosity:
To
provide a place where people can experience generosity and attentiveness, come
to remember how worthwhile they are and how extraordinary the world is, and as
a result rediscover their own capacity for generosity to others and
attentiveness to the world around them.
Active
Participation:
To encourage members of the community to be active participants in
rather than merely observers of the above practices.
The Land
The People
