Alysion Acres
A developing intentional community in SE Arizona
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Community Areas
Use of facilities and equipment included in base rent and 3 hour per week "putter" time:
Indoor shared facilities: Kitchen, library (with wi-fi and stocked with books, DVDs, CDs, games, and computer software), solarium, community room, community bathroom, community bathhouse, storage room with access to all equipment (kitchen appliances, cleaning, etc.).
Outdoor shared areas: courtyard, recreation areas, 14 acre wildlife preserve, gated access to the San Pedro River Riparian Area, koi ponds, artesian stream, barbecue area, firepit, garden, workshop, garden storage shed (mower, weed eater, rototiller, garden tools, etc), horseshoe pit, croquet, volleyball net, basketball hoop, hotbed for early starting of seeds, bird stations, wildlife stations,
Planned areas: greenhouse, swimming pool, spa, sauna, small gym, exterior courtyard for cooking and dining, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, pit house.
Planned wildlife refuge development: bluebird trail, birdhouses, purple martin house, wildlife viewing train and blind, specialized habitats for endangered native species, possibly injured wildlife rehabilitation, and more...
Equipment to share: big screen projection TV in the community room, bicycles, camping equipment, diving equipment, multiple sailboats (13' Hobie Wave, 16' Hobie Cat, 23' Aquarius trailerable sailboat, 32' Atkins design blue water sailboat in San Carlos, Mexico) and sailing equipment, diving equipment, food dehydrator, multitude of small kitchen appliances, cake decorating pans and equipment, garden tools, barbeque equipment, and more.
Horse facilities: $50 per horse includes stall, water, electric, and use of arena, round pen, tack room, hay and feed storage area, and gated access to the 57,000 acre San Pedro River Riparian Area.
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Alysion Acres Site Map
- •Home Page
- •Mission Statement
- •Who are we? Personal profiles
- •Where are we in SE Arizona?
- •Units Available: Vacancy?
- Description of Unit 1
- Description of Unit 2
- Description of Unit 3
- Description of Unit 4
- Description of Unit 5
- Description of Small Mobile Home
- Description of RV Space 1
- Description of RV Space 2
- •Utilities
- •Community Areas
- •Compatibility Issues: Will you fit in?
- •On Human Needs: What do you need?
- •Alysion Acres: Experimental Farm
- •How much space does a person need?
- •Nearby Hiking Excursions
- •Alternative Dwellings: POD Houses
- •Alternative Dwellings: Thoreau Cabin
- •A History of the St. David Area
- •Alysion Acres FAQ
- •Alysion Annex
- •History of Alysion Acres
- •Geological Map of Area
- •Wildlife Habitat Restoration Project
- •Donate or Volunteer
Alysion Acres Projects
External Links
- Fellowship for Intentional Community
- Center For Inquiry
Promoting Community Living and Cooperative Lifestyles Across North America.
Your portal for skeptical and free inquiry.
Top 10 Poems from Alysion's
Bucket List of Poems
to Read Before You Die
- 1. The Rainy Day by Henry W. Longfellow
- 2. Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
- 3. A Dream within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
- 4. The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess
- 5. If by Rudyard Kipling
- 6. To See a World by William Blake
- 7. Ten Little Limericks
- 8. First Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay
- 9. Alone by Edgar Allan Poe
- 10. I'm nobody! Who are you? Emily Dickinson
Other sites by Alysion
- World's Funniest Jokes
- Survival Retreat? Maybe now is the time
- For wisdom: follow The Path of the Dog
- Beginnings: First Lines from Scriptures
- Infidel Guides to Islam, Theism, Atheism, and...
- World Religion Simplified
- The Diamond Sutra: Condensed version
- The Platform Sutra of Huineng: Condensed
- The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
- The Zen Teachings of Huang Po on the One Mind
- Zen and the Art of Mindful Bus Riding
- Private Retreat: Alysion Acres
- Two Zen Stories
- 14 Mindfulness Trainings of Thich Nhat Hanh
- 14 Thoughtfulness Trainings
- Westfulness and Eastfulness
- Mindfulness Meditation Bell, Gong, Timer
- Buyer's Guide to Food Preparedness Products
- Poems to Memorize & Memorable Poems
- Mom's Favorite Poems
- Ryan's Favorite Poems
- WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures
- Take the Super Post-Mensa IQ Test
- Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems
- Handywrite
- Making the Tree of Life: Fun with phylogenetics
- Human Chow: The Website
- Small Animal Euthanasia at Home
- Fun with Dimensional Analysis
- Medication Math for the Nursing Student
- Walled-in: A poem
- Making Boxes for your Rock & Mineral Collection
- Making a Mass Balance Scale
- Ryan's 50 States Flashcards
- Adventures of MeraLee
- World Religions Simplified
- eBike Touring Association
- The True Right to Life Movement
- Cochise Stronghold Trail