Intentional community, cohousing, ecological building, eco-village T he Ten Stones Community was begun in 1990 in Charlotte,Vermont. The process of design has been strictly by group consensus.
All members own, manage, and determine the direction of the community.
Individual single family homes have been designed according to Design Criteria developed by the Building Committee. The criteria stresses energy efficiency, sustainability, and appropriate aesthetics. The community has built an engineered wetland as part of the wastewater system. A community garden, meditation areas, preserved woodlands and meadows, common parking areas, a low key gravel road, and woodland walking and skiing paths are well used site improvements to date. A barn, common house and further agriculture areas are anticipated in the near future.