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The Wieserhoisl, Austria
Our collective farm that is situated at it, some of which we earn money for,
the foot of the Alps in Western Styria, and some not. Through the common
Austria, has existed for five years. At economy, we try to value all these
the moment it is inhabited by eleven different activities equally.
adults and three kids.
It was a very conscious decision to live
When we came here as a group of five collectively as a group. We are
people in 2006/07 the farm was absolutely sure that we can support
abandoned, and since then there has each other like this and live in
been a lot of work to do to create living solidarity, with our various personal
space for all of us. Due to the fact that histories, abilities, experiences etc.
the land was grassland when we moved
here, and we didn’t have machinery Self-organisation, living outside of
that could help us, hierarchical
it took a lot of structures, as
work to make the little dependence
farm arable. on regular jobs as
possible, and being
Now we’re growing self-aware of the
a lot of way that we live
vegetables, fruit our lives are
trees, herbs and fundamental
seeds, and we tenets to our way
produce all that of life. Decisions
we can from these raw materials. We are made by consensus, which demands
exchange, give and sell our products lots of communication.
with neighbours, on the local market
and through a food co-op in the It’s quite clear that we live/love in
adjacent city. contradictions. We try to nurture our
creative abilities, and our humour, to
We also have a lot of cultural activities be able to handle them all and to live a
on our farm. We host a summer cinema life of constructive resistance.
where we show independent films for
children and adults from the region. We see ourselves as a part of a
We have an annual Juggling Convention network of people everywhere, other
and we practice street-theater farms, collectives, initiatives and
ourselves. projects that fight for an alternative
world.
Some of us work in the ecological,
political and pedagogical fields. We Regards
work both on the farm and outside of
Mira
