What does it take to grow a strong, enduring and vitally sovereign community?
It takes a human ecosystem…
Group sovereignty naturally grows from a diverse array of empowered, authentic and actively engaged individuals committed to their own paths of self-sovereignty, each lending their unique perspectives, skillsets and heart-based intentions for the benefit of the whole.
It relies on a happy marriage of complementary aspects, of left and right brain strengths: traditional earth and spirit-based wisdom to guide our hearts and higher minds along with our modern technological modalities to most effectively organize and facilitate our efforts and communications on a most practical level.
It also requires a most fundamental and deeply held appreciation that we are all bound to one another as fellow beings; that your happy is my happy, that our sense of personal wellbeing and fulfillment is inextricably enmeshed with the wellbeing and fulfillment of All.
Who we are.
The GWCC is a self-organized and self-governing group within the Greater World earthship community who’ve chosen to forge a new path distinct from our woefully corrupt and lacking HOA by offering community-managed solutions for improved communication, action and transparency. The GWCC is a completely voluntary community endeavor created by and for the people! Our intention is to uplift, serve and inspire not only members within our community but those beyond who are also seeking a viable path toward small community sovereignty based in social integrity.
Core intent.
Our original and core intention is to support greater unity within our community. As off-grid dwellers, we can find at least some common ground in our spirit of independence, resourcefulness, curiosity and adventure… As individuals, we each have something unique and valuable to offer from our life experiences to the greater whole. By organizing and forming stronger bonds as a community and sharing the resources of our unique experiences… not only is the impact of our individual contributions enhanced manyfold, but so too is the reciprocal effect—both here in our local community and far beyond.
Our approach.
In short, we listened, we organized and we responded creatively, logically and strategically. For every core problem we identified regarding the acting management and general well-being of our community, we took it upon ourselves to come up with a potential solution. Most fundamentally, we would need centralized resources through which our efforts and communications could be streamlined, shared and archived. By implementing digital solutions and coming together at the grassroots level we’re augmenting our good minds and hearts with technical tools that further support our aims.
For every problem, there is at least one creative solution!
Among the core tenets of the GWCC is present no problem without offering a potential solution. This represents not only the most fundamental basis on which evolutionary progress can be built, it defines the spirit of a new and more proactively engaged culture.
In alignment with this ethos, we’ve turned the 3 core issues with our current community management structure—communication, transparency and action—into 3 core pillars of our community improvement movement.
Action.
Whether it’s offering a simple suggestion, contributing to a community improvement project, participating in a poll or vote, coming together to support a neighbor… a large part of the core functions of the GWCC is to receive and organize input from our community as well as inform, inspire and facilitate action as and where needed.
With multiple channels of engagement and many ways to contribute, any member can participate in whatever way, at any time and at whatever level suits their preference. Absolutely no commitment is obligitory. After all, the most impactful form of engagement is through inspired action!
Transparency.
Whether it’s basic information not readily or willingly provided by our still acting HOA to its members or anything related to GWCC’s own activities and discussions as a community-managed organization, we feel it’s of utmost importance to maintain a policy of complete transparency.
Through the GWCC community hub, all information regarding the organization’s documentation along with recordings of all meetings are organized, archived and made readily available to those members seeking it. This is a self-serve hub available to all registered members requiring no dealings with intermediary resistance.
Communication.
Effective communication is at the heart of any successful group endeavor. In a world already oversaturated with noise, too much and too little is always a question. To improve communication and connectedness sans overstimulation we propose just a few integrated solutions for general news, calendars, project management, wellbeing resources and emergency updates all accessible through one centralized hub.
Each member may tune in or out of any topic as suits them and find their like-hearted sub-tribes within the community through topics, committees and neighbor profiles on our community map.