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This account is connected to a blog devoted to income-sharing communities. It's a way of getting the word out about different ways of living.
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A New Peruvian Commune

from Your Passport to Complaining El Pilote is a forming communal eco-village in Peru. The founders (Claudia and Ian) have started inviting the first international guests and Rowan Dakota did the f…

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The last decade was a period of growth and change for the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/10/10070/

A Detailed FEC History: Part Five, the Tens and Teens

The final post in the obsessive history of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities

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With a new millenium, the Federation of Egalitarian Communities moved onward in this fourth installment of FEC history.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/13/a-detailed-fec-history-part-four-the-oh-oh-decade/

A Detailed FEC History: Part Four, the ‘Oh-oh’ Decade

The fourth installment of an obsessive FEC History

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The nineteen nineties were a period of growth and change for the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/a-detailed-fec-history-part-three-the-1990s/

A Detailed FEC History: Part Three, the 1990s

A year-by-year breakdown of the FEC Assemblies in the Nineties

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The 1980s were a powerful time and a growing time for the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/11/a-detailed-fec-history-part-two-the-1980s/

A Detailed FEC History: Part Two, the 1980s

A year-by-year breakdown of what happened in the FEC in the Eighties

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The Federation of Egalitarian Communities (FEC) is a network that connects US income-sharing communities. It began in the 1970s (although Twin Oaks, the oldest of the current US communes, started in 1967). Here's some of the early history of the FEC (with a lot more history to come).

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/a-detailed-fec-history-part-one-the-60s-and-70s/

A Detailed FEC History: Part One, the ’60s and ’70s

by Raven Cotyledon This is for commune geeks. Maximus put out a video of The Phylogenetic History of the FEC. It was surprisingly popular. My one complaint was that it left out so many details. Max…

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Here’s an interview with Alexis Zeigler of Living Energy Farm where he talks about LEF, Twin Oaks, and lots about living sustainably off-grid and how to help other place around the world.

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https://youtu.be/vTIaxj8gRRc

How Living Energy Farm Created a Comfortable Off-Grid Lifestyle with Alexis Zeigler | TGS 171

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Many communities are either all white or majority white and when people talk about "Utopian" situations, these are primarily white also. But there are Black Utopians creating "communes".

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/the-black-utopians/

The Black Utopians

by Raven February was Black History Month and our local library had a display of books about Black history and the African American experience.  I glanced over at it and was taken by the title…

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The Federation of Egalitarian Communities (the FEC) is a network that connects income sharing communities. Recently they got a new website. Check it out for more information on the FEC.

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/a-brand-new-website/

A Brand New Website

I just got word from the FEC that they have a new website: Check it out. This will replace the old webpage. (Which is horribly out of date and should be ignored.)

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I've talked about making April "FEC month" on Commune Life. But what does the FEC do? One way to look at it is to talk about herding cats...

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/herding-cats-to-network-communities/

Herding Cats to Network Communities

The FEC as a cat wrangling outfit

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