Some
of the Principals Held Dear by Our Community
Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of our community. We welcome and respect the
stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
Gifting
Our community is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a
gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or
an exchange for something of equal value.
Radical Self-reliance
Our community encourages the individual to discover, exercise and
rely on his or her inner resources.
Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual.
No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can
determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this
spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the
recipient.
Communal
Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We
strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public
spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support
such interaction.
Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should
assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate
civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume
responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local,
state and federal laws.
Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving
no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean
up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such
places in a better state than when we found them.
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We
believe that transformative change, whether in the individual
or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal
participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited
to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through
actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone
of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand
between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality
of those around us, participation in society, and contact with
a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute
for this experience.
