We are the Garden of Eden
Greetings, голос!
We've been active on Steemit for a year, and we know a thing or two about being a revolutionary community, so we are really excited to join this ground-breaking platform too!
We have spent years creating a new paradigm for existence, raising the standards, and leading by example at our ecovillage in Texas, and we have a wealth of info and experience to share with Golos users on these and numerous other topics.
We don't speak Russian...yet. But Golos holds incredible potential for us to launch new possibilities!
We know firsthand that a better world is possible--it really is possible!--because we are dedicated to living SOLUTIONS every single day, and it’s thrilling to witness a collective forming online with elevated ideals for life. We’re impressed with the keen intellects and profound insights circulating around here and look forward to mutually beneficial exchanges in our future!
Here’s more about who we are and what we do:
We are an urban eco-village on 3.5 acres in the belly of the beast--Arlington, Texas. We demonstrate the massive impact a small group of people can have when coming together with common purpose, and our accomplishments despite the challenges we’ve faced speak for themselves.
We fed 40,000 FREE meals; saved 350,000 pounds of waste from the landfill just last year; we have a negative zero carbon footprint (which means we create way more than we consume and save way more than we trash); use composting toilets; grow food; empower children; cook year-round on outdoor, wood-burning rocket stoves we built by hand from earth; reduce/reuse/recycle; shower from our well; raise chickens; and barter and trade for most of the goods and services we require and do not shop at stores.
Our 15 inhabitants (AKA the Eden Knights) do not work for anyone. Instead, we dedicate ourselves to embodying our ideals. We consciously choose the “jobs” we want to perform, recognizing that everybody wins when bliss aligns with service. It’s beautiful that some of us can work in the garden all day while someone offers tech support while someone else builds sustainable housing, and at the end of the day another person has prepared a gorgeous, high-vibe meal for us all to share!
It isn’t always easy. We’re met with opposition and resistance almost more often than receiving the support we deserve. For example, did you know it’s actually illegal to feed the homeless without hundreds of dollars of permits, licenses, and other daunting barriers in Dallas, Texas? We do it anyway, because it’s immoral to obey unjust laws.
And in August 2013, the government executed a $350,000 Black Ops SWAT raid on our property, breaking down our locked gate, pointing machine guns at our naked babies, and holding our people hostage at gun point for 10 hours--all under the guise of a bogus and completely false warrant that accused the Garden of Eden of being a highly armed drug trafficking cartel. After hours of terrorizing our people, destroying our crops, and stealing our sustainable salvaged building materials, they of course found nothing to justify their illegitimate claims. (They have yet to make amends for this blatant and extreme dishonorable violation. A lawsuit is pending.)
Perhaps because of these challenges, we are stronger and more dedicated than ever! After the atrocious raid, the Garden of Eden received worldwide attention and media coverage in hundreds of articles. Our founder, Quinn Eaker (@quinneaker), was interviewed on The Ron Paul Show, The Huffington Post, Alex Jones' Infowars, and appeared on numerous local & national TV shows, radio shows, and the cover of the Dallas Observer and Fort Worth Weekly.
We appreciate the outpouring of support and remain undeterred from our purpose: we share a living example of a thriving Sustainable Community. We feed, clothe, house, and educate people every single day. We create a healthier and more sustainable world for ALL.
The GoE exists as a showcase to demonstrate just how easy, abundant, enjoyable, and sustainable life CAN be!
