the Peace Tri{be} Vision
- communities designed, planned and guided by principles of permaculture (regenerative living systems)
- affordable housing (reduce living costs and home expenses)
- homes built with healthy local natural materials
- homes designed with natural methods of passive solar heating and cooling
- reduce resources and energy used to build homes
- reduce amount of energy used by local community
- generate energy from a local renewable resource (solar, hydro, wind and geothermal)
- homes, neighborhoods and communities designed with respect to local ecology
- local affordable source of healthy organic food (local farm within 30 miles or community garden)
- local source of clean water (natural source, well, water filtration systems and rainwater catchment)
- efficient use and conservation of water (gray-water systems)
- creating less waste (within community & personal lifestyle)
- composting waste (creating fertile soil)
- local connection to indigenous culture, practices and wisdom
- wise & efficient use of modern technology
- balanced union of science & spirit
- free public education (in support of healthy living, sustainability & creative expression)
- raising the daily quality of life (overall well-being & happiness)
- share living resources with community members for optimum energy efficiency and resource management
- share living responsibilities with community members for efficient time & energy management (more personal time to enjoy life)
- share the joys and celebration of life with friends and family in harmonious community
- creating a safe and inspiring space for exploration (new and innovative societal models of living, communication, social capital, & philosophy)
- exploring alternative financial models of private and cooperative ownership
- alternative economics and systems of employment and service
- provide a welcoming sense of support and inspiration in our homes and communities
- spread peace, harmony and sustainability through out local communities around the world
- creating sacred space to practice healthy communication and conflict resolution within local communities and neighboring nations (non-violent, harmonious and productive)
- building our ideal society (dreams become our reality when we wake up)
We will spread awareness of this connected and natural wisdom through a serious of artistic documentaries. Our film and production team will travel the world gathering valuable knowledge from unique tribes and intentional communities. We will be seeking out creative, sustainable and harmonious living practices from different cultures and generations, and sharing this information with rest of the world through the lenses of our cameras and our Internet platform.
As the film team is traveling the world in search of community wisdom and insight, another portion of the Tri{be} team will be focused on creating our first educational community in California. The first ‘Welcome Home’ community and home base of Tri{be} is being created in Encinitas, California. ‘Welcome Home Encinitas’ will serve as the headquarters for Tri{be}, as well as an educational center offering the surrounding community of San Diego free public classes and workshops in yoga, permaculture, music, art, dance, meditation, organic gardening, nutrition, cooking, healing arts and martial arts. The teachers will live within the communities (Residential Centers of Learning) as well as some of the students. Once ‘Welcome Home Encinitas’ is fully in action and thriving, we will begin to expand our community vision. Our full plan includes ‘Welcome Home’ communities and educational centers all around the world. The global network is an invaluable facet of our vision, as it will offer our teachers and students the freedom to explore numerous countries, indigenous practices and cultures; deepening and broadening our collective knowledge and experience. The Tribe will have the opportunity to do this exploration and learning while being plugged into local ‘Welcome Home’ communities where they feel safe, supported and inspired.
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” – Howard Zinn
A Welcome from the Peace Tri{be}
In celebration and gratitude we warmly welcome you to the Peace Tribe. Many of us have been feeling the inner call… feeling a shift in the world… feeling like the moment is NOW… and we are honored to say that YES – the moment is NOW – for our Tribe… the Earth Tribe… our ONE Tribe… the Peace Tribe. Your intuition is correct that things are changing, and we now have the opportunity to come together as friends, family and community to facilitate this change towards a more healthy and harmonious world.
“When we dream alone, it is only a dream. But when we dream together, it is the beginning of a new reality.” – Unknown Author
It is time to stop fighting with each other and begin communicating. It is time to stop the wars… it is time to build schools and plant gardens. It is time for our hearts to guide us in art and celebration. It is time to experience the joy and abundance that is offered right here in front of us on this beautiful planet. It is time to believe that everything and everyone is sacred and connected… to honor and respect everyone and everything. It is time to believe in ourselves… to believe we can accomplish anything we put our minds to. It is time to believe we can clean up this planet. It is time to stop polluting our oceans, rivers and air. It is time to stop using the Earth’s resources in a wasteful manner. It is time to have the bottom line of business be based upon what we are providing to better the world in a sustainable manner. It is time to understand that money can be a form of energy used to create a more healthy and sustainable world; not an energy used to control people out of fear, force or power.
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” – Jimi Hendrix
It is time for us to come together as friends, families and communities… time to remember how to grow our own food… to help and support each other in health and happiness… to start using renewable sources of energy… to start using our natural resources wisely… to listen to the indigenous wisdom that surrounds us… to stop creating so much waste… to start composting the waste we do create and converting it into fertile soil… to remember and realize the social capital we already have within our communities that is not dependent on money… it is time for us to step up and engage Life in this present moment. It is time for us to begin building our communities in a sustainable way and working together to strengthen our Tribe.
The Peace Tribe is a grassroots movement created by all of us whom want to support this vision of a healthy, happy and sustainable world. We can do this now by using the free social media available to us such as Facebook… we can spread the vision of the Peace Tribe like wildflowers through the virtual fields of Facebook… we can invite all of our friends to join the call… and support this grassroots movement as a collective Tribe. Just to bring to light the power we have at our fingertips, there are over 400 million users on Facebook… this theoretically means that we as individuals can work together to spread this message to over 400 million people just by inviting friends on Facebook. Once we are connected virtually we can begin to communicate. Our vision is ambitious… a grassroots effort to unite 6.7 billion people whom are part of their own unique tribes to unite and work together towards ONE common goal… a healthy, happy and harmonious planet. So I am asking you please, if you believe in this vision of working together to create a beautiful and healthy world; please forward this message and invite ALL of your friends and family to join the Tribe! Post this group to your Facebook profile and help spread the LOVE to everyone you know! The progress and reach we can make as individuals is extremely valuable, yet we can only accomplish so much on our own. Working together as a team our collective efforts are exponentially more powerful than our individual efforts… our collective influence is more than 1 + 1 = 2 … our collective consciousness is more like 1 + 1 + 1 + … = infinity squared!
“Those who say it can not be done should get out of the way of the person doing it.” – Chinese Proverb
This work can begin right now with ourselves in our own communities. The Peace Tribe is asking all of us to begin gathering as small groups of friends… small tribes of maybe 10 or 12 people to begin planning what little things we can do to start building strength, support and sustainability in our local community; and how we can work together to help the Peace Tribe grow exponentially. We are beginning to have weekly gatherings here in San Diego, California… and we invite you to begin doing the same in whatever town, city or country you live in. If we begin as small groups (maybe even 3 or 4 people) and begin working as a collective Tribe our power and reach will grow as a united force. This is a Tribe of global citizens who no longer see the World as divided countries, lines or borders; yet as a connected global community of individuals whom wish to celebrate life and humanity. I want to thank you personally for taking the time to read this, and for your participation in helping create a beautiful world!
Within Deep Gratitude from the Tribe ~ In Lak’ech
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss (the Lorax)
