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My commitment was merely to getting away from being enmeshed in the money system. I wanted a certain amount of independence to do things I wanted and the best way I could see of doing this was to produce as much of my own food and other necessities as possible, so I wasn't involved in working regular hours for anyone.

– Member of the intentional community

It's a minority that's growing at a rate which I think is alarming a lot of straight people, and is alarming a lot of people in industry and in business and in government.

– Member of the intentional community

When you get down to actually growing things, when you are involved in the basic food cycle, I feel that you've got much more control over your own destiny.

– Member of the intentional community

My idea is to have these labour-saving things, to free me to get out and enjoy all these real things we've got.

– Member of the intentional community

Lots of the people who are back in the country now come from cities, and they've driven cars and they've had a lot of money. They've had the things that our technology has given them and they didn't much like it.

– Member of the intentional community

We're part of the cycle, we're part of the order of things. And you can't disturb the order.

– Member of the intentional community

In the city I keep getting this feeling that I'm being got at all the while, that I'm not up to standard.

– Member of the intentional community