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The Field of Dreams
The field is almost already for construction time. We’ve fashioned a city of tires, a mountain range of foam, two outhouses, an earthen mini-fridge, and a dock for our pond. And we are welcoming more people to our crew! Brett and Carl are joining us for the next foreseeable future and have set up a mini trailer…
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Spring is Here!
Greetings Friends! We are gearing up for a busy season! Starting seeds, building a chicken coop, gathering building materials from down south, and organizing four workshops! Check out our workshop schedule for this summer. Feel free to spread widely!
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TCUP Invite
Click the link below to find out what we are up to and how you can be involved! 2015 Earthship Build Invite
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No LNG Video
We started collecting tires in 2013 for our Earthship project, and instead of just having them sit around waiting to become a wall, we decided to put them to work. Check out T.C.U.P.’s first video!
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The HIVE: A Hybridized Earthship Design
T.C.U.P. has began the design phase of the new community building! This building will be a hybrid Earthship, built from natural and recycled materials, and designed to maximize the efficiency of thermal mass insulation and passive solar. Construction begins 2015 and will be conducted in series of stages. The building will house community members and be…
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“Haul it all in!” Gathering the Harvest
It’s been another successful garden season at The Common Unity Project. As the rains come in, and frost threatens, we work to gather the bounty that the earth, sun and sky have provided us with this season. A large part of what we’re doing this year is preserving the surplus for winter eating. We started…
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The Allegory of the Long Spoon
Here at TCUP we believe WE ARE BETTER OFF TOGETHER THAN WE ARE APART. Based on an ancient story about hunger and sharing, “the allegory of the long spoons” teaches us that when we struggle to feed only ourselves, everyone goes hungry. But when we focus on our neighbor’s hunger, we discover there are ways…
