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on our planet, but I will be surprised if this happens. Generally, I suspect that the pain this

is causing is likely to make people even less considerate when they are able to get back to
'normal'.

Of course, there are also some sceptical people among the residents of the community who
disagree with governmental measures - wonderfully detached. I find the mysterious text of
the Saor Thoil Clan, where it is made clear "that we as a clan do not owe allegiance to

unfamiliar politicians and their laws" and that one could actually easily obtain an antiserum
against the virus... Also in the Valley of Peace in Portugal people are carefree because: "we
have a member who can see the aura and he decides at the moment if and whom we take in".

eurotopia just represents a very wide variety of worldviews (with clear limits as far as
violence, racism or other violations of human dignity are concerned).

Worth reading is the report of a community project in the Algarve - where all sorts of

stranded people surprised by the pandemic have been picked up and taken into the
community. They've all been immunised there now; they've got the Corona threat behind
them.

What I find most moving about the statements gathered below (for example at Solens
Hjerte in Denmark) is the compassion and humility in many reports. I do not read arrogance
about being in a better position in community than when one has to go through the crisis
alone - but a silent gratitude, and a solidarity with those who have to suffer more. This gives
me hope in the not unlikely event that we humans will have to cope with other states of
emergency in the future. Community dwellers remain connected to their fellow human beings,
and the invitation to live in community stands.

And that is what we stand for with the eurotopia Directory.

Michael Würfel
For the eurotopia team

Tifolk, France

Here in Trémel, our concern has been to avoid the closure of our Solidarity Grocery, which
helps people in financial difficulty, and which contributes to reducing food waste .

We are also registered as a "Civic Reserve". This is a platform that allows French citizens to
volunteer for particular tasks during the quarantine period.

As soon as the confinement began, inhabitants joined their parents / family in order to help
them as best they could. Some will return at the end of confinement, and others will leave
for new horizons.

But what is happening now gives meaning to our Community. We have to go faster, but we
have already done so much ...

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