In fifty years, this may be one of the few sane life options we have left. ZEGG is known, whether correctly or not, for its policy of free love. I intuit, though, that the community is a little nervous about this reputation. This is a great idea. Much like in Piercy s novel, which nobody has heard of here, society is based on open relationships and equality between the genders.
Group process is also part of life here.
Since the creation of the original seed-community in 1978, ZEGG has been using a process called The Forum, which is basically a very structured group discussion. Our work action group meets for The Forum three times during the week that I am there. It s interesting taking part in group therapy in German. Though I have my own ideas about the process, which seems a bit stilted, I recognize the profound value of including some form of process work into the basic design for sustainable life. And ZEGG s leaders are clear about being engineers for the future, creating, at this stage, a laboratory within which to test and develop political and social theories.