As we enlarge our sphere of interest, we become better able to enjoy our living and dying. Our community is affiliated with Magic, a non-profit corporation chartered to study and teach human ecology, the scientific investigation of interactions among humans, and between humans and the rest of the environment. People affiliated with the corporation sponsor activities aimed at demonstrating how the methods and principles of ecology may be applied to improve the quality of human life. Our intentional community is such an undertaking. The land, the buildings, and much of the furnishings and equipment here are owned by the corporation.
Individual residents hold varying amounts and types of wealth privately.
Various individuals among us have entered into a wide range of agreements for sharing the risks and rewards of living. All residents contribute money or labor at about the prevailing market rate to support the operation of the household, and all of us also give at least ten percent of our income or two hundred hours of volunteer service each year to sustain the corporation's other public service projects. Becoming a resident usually entails living or working with us for a year or more. Typically, residents remain for anywhere from a few years to decades. We are an egalitarian community, proceeding from the fundamental premise that each of us is worthy of respect and consideration.