COMMUNITY LIFE by diana bagnoli

Since the â€˜80s, the Pistoia ...is jumping through the flames.

Since the â€˜80s, the Pistoia Apennines hosts one of the most original italian community movement, the Elves People.
An elf boy is jumping through the flames.

Since 1972 Rainbow people gath...non-organization in the world.

Since 1972 Rainbow people gather in temporary intentional communities, held in forests and outdoor natural settings, practicing ideals of peace, love, harmony, freedom and community, as a consciously expressed alternative to mainstream popular culture, capitalism and mass media.
The Rainbow people identify themselves as a huge family scattered all over the world, with no leaders, no official spokespersons, or documents, and no membership, they're the largest non-organization in the world.

A mother at the Rainbow summerÂ gathering in Slovakia in 2012

People cueing for potable water in a Rainbow gathering

SummerÂ Rainbow gathering in Slovakia in 2012

Mother andÂ sonÂ at the Rainbo... gathering in Slovakia in 2012

Mother andÂ sonÂ at the Rainbow summerÂ gathering in Slovakia in 2012

Sisters at the Villaggio Verde...spaces, moments and resources.

Sisters at the Villaggio Verde (the Green Village) of Cavallirio (NO) is an eco-village project founded at the beginning of the 1980's by Bernardino del Boca, a noted utopian and spiritual man, he passed away in the year 2001. The Village was proposed to be an experimental center for the evolution of conscience of the new astrologic Aquarian era, a free laboratory of living in accordance with theosophic - aquarian values, seeking harmony with one's self, with others and with nature. It is for the most part self sufficient and sustainable, made up of several families that are autonomous from an organizational and economic standpoint but with numerous collective spaces, moments and resources.

During Rainbow gathering are o...es and skills. Acro yoga class

During Rainbow gathering are organized several classes of any type, everyone have to share is own experiences and skills.
Acro yoga class

beekeeper in Damanhur, North of Italy

Men from San Francisco joining...gathering in Slovakia in 20121

Men from San Francisco joining the Ranbow gathering in Slovakia in 20121

a boy climbing on a treeÂ in a Rainbow gathering

a typical house in Damanhur.Â ... are still living around them.

a typical house in Damanhur.Â
Damanhurians use to paint the faces of their deceased brothers on the walls of their house as theyÂ belive they are still living around them.

Kitchen at Villaggio Verde

Damanhur, is an eco-society ba...ual development of the planet.

Damanhur, is an eco-society based on ethical and spiritual values, awarded by an agency of the United Nations as a model for a sustainable future. Founded in the seventies by the inspiration of their spiritual leaderÂ Â Falco, literary Hawk, the Federation has about 1,000 citizens and extends over 500 hectares of territory throughout Valchiusella and the Alto Canavese area in Italy, at the foothills of the Piedmont Alps. Damanhur has a Constitution, an own currency, a daily newspaper, art studios, a center for research and practice of medicine and science, an open university, and schools for children. In 1975 Damanhurians people have hiddenly created the Temples of Humankind, an extraordinary underground work of art dedicated to the spiritual awakening of the human being and opened to the world in 1992. It is considered by many as the â€œEighth Wonder of the World.â€
Damanhur has centers and activities in Italy, Europe, Japan and the United States and collaborates with international organizations engaged in the social, civic and spiritual development of the planet.

Elves house. In the extended v...by foot, and about 200 people.

Elves house. In the extended village in Toscany, Italy,Â there are over fifteen houses, some even an hour's walk away by foot, and about 200 people.

Elf woman playing her guitar,

Elves people in the mountainÂ ...part they are self-sufficient.

Elves people in the mountainÂ ive without electricity, toilet, heating, gas and for the most part they are self-sufficient.

Elves people cooking pizza in ...heir typical clay oven.Â Â Â Â

Elves people cooking pizza in one of their typical clay oven.Â Â Â Â

Clay statues that rapresent so...Â Damanurian spiritual beliefs

Clay statues that rapresent some of theÂ Damanurian spiritual beliefs

Aquarians ceremony in Villaggio Verde

a tend in the European rainbow gathering

Rainbow people having a bathÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

boys at the Rainbow in Slovakia

a boy at the Rainbow in 2012

Rainbow village

Head of a Rainbow brother.

Motivated by the crisis, economic collapse, global overheating or religious beliefs the eco-villages are growing throughout the world.

People in communities live as sustainable as possible, build their homes from local materials, gather and grow their own food.

All of them work in order to maintain a self-sufficient lifestyle.

To live in a community itâ€™s not an utopia and doesnâ€™t mean to refuse the society, instead, every community in a different way choose how to interact with the society but always following different values of respect of nature and collectivity.

diana bagnoli

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