| The Foundation of Sustainable Living (FOSL) is a non-profit Organization whose specific purposes are to teach, preserve, and expand knowledge about, and the implementation of sustainable living, within nature's bounty, in socially harmonious communities. |
Summary of Current Status
FOSL is an IRS 501c3, and through its core governing documents, an educational non-profit organization. A legal inheritable use of the land model is being designed as a Land Trust that will enable members to have equity, equal voice, and buy/sell/inherit shares in the community. The Foundation will manage the funds for buying land in different regions, for funding Community Supported Agriculture, Community Supported Sustainable Manufacturing & Businesses as well as Educational and Service Organizations. FOSL is based on framework of a democratic, council-style Governance model designed to be adaptable to each regional community, with each bio-region represented and integrated in the whole network. FOSL believes that people require both privacy and community to reach their full potential.
Current Core Members
A core group, the Leadership Council (LC), has been formed and is meeting to further the Vision and Purpose of FOSL. FOSL has a Board of Directors, and a number of working councils and committees preparing and planning for teh future. The LC and committees have been doing extensive research; reviewing draft documents and proposals outlining the vision and possibilities, creating brochures, attending to the initial legal aspects of building community, and researching land for acquisition.
Please visit FOSL's ever-evolving Library to review our legal documents and learn more about FOSL.
Membership Privileges and Benefits
FOSL is an organization that values equality among members. All members have a voice and a vote.
~ Workshops and presentations with FOSL founders and other experts
~ Invest in yourself and plan for an uncertain future
~ Develop positive life skills and technical skills needed now and in the future
~ Plan for perpetuity
~ Create a knowledge-based sustainable community aligned with nature and one another
~ Participate in a movement for change
~ Engage in lifelong learning and create libraries of resources for future generations
~ Connect with people who share your values of permaculture and an aligned community
~ FOSL Newsletter and web site