We are people committed to intentional community, sustainability, animal rights, and social justice, who use a discussion list to set up projects together and to share information, ideas, and resources. Many of us collaborate on community organizing and creative projects together. Some are living in intentional community, some are homesteading, some are looking for land, some are renting and researching, some are just into talking about this stuff. Join the discussion list »

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History: Ahimsa Community began in March 2008 as an attempt to form a vegan ecovillage in the Ithaca, NY area, centered around our commitments to sustainability, animal rights, and social justice.

Ahimsa is the Sanskrit word for nonviolence, and it is tied closely to veganism. Practicing ahimsa means striving to do the most good and the least harm. It means being compassionate towards all animals, including other humans and, of course, ourselves. And it means protecting and nurturing the earth - there's only one, and we all have to share it.

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