Last updated 1.9.26. (G)

 

Prologue

CCPARM means the "Climate Change Preparation, Adaptation, Resilience Building, and Migration Movement (CCPARM)." The CCPARM section of our website contains the original CCPARM Model (also known as CCPAR). It covers everything you need to know to create a climate-prepared future and build climate-prepared communities that can withstand much of the accelerating polycrisis. 

Here is a simple statement for the reason why the CCPARM vision, particularly as it is projected in the Universe One model, exists:

Currently, people worldwide are becoming consciously (and subconsciously) aware of the accelerating polycrisis and the accelerating likelihood of a widespread global collapse. They are also witnessing increasing political economic, and social dysfunction worldwide. They see rising environmental unsustainability; high-level and overt public-sector dishonesty; widespread social and economic injustice; the black-and-white thinking of rising religious fundamentalism filtering into many governments; anti-science, anti-rational thinking and policies taking increasing control of more and more power structures around the world, and the rising greed, privilege and control of poorly educated, poorly socially-emotionally developed billionaires.

From these trends, it doesn't take a genius to either know (or feel intuitively) that widespread parts of human society and our global civilization are on a direct and accelerating path to collapse. Based on what we and many others are seeing and sensing, we were compelled to develop the CCPARM model and vision. It is designed to create physical survival islands of factual reality and balanced philosophical wisdom that respect science, rationality, justice, and a sustainable environment.

Because of the above, several years ago, we helped cofound ClimateSafe Villages (CSV). It was also designed to advance and use many parts of the CCPARM model found on these pages. (CSV does differ from the general CCPARM vision and model in that it provides more one-on-one support and community-building interactions.)

If you see the phrase "Universe One," note that it is a very special variation of the CCPARM model. We continually upgrade our CCPARM pages. 

After reading the introductory page below, to learn more about the CCPARM vision and model, please review our CCPARM Guide here.

 

 

Introduction

This is the original CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village (CSV) guide and model for everything you need to know about these climate change-prepared and resilient communities of the future.

The CCPARM "survive and thrive" eco-community vision was originally developed by Job One for Humanity over several decades. The new CCPARM community was designed to be a:

1. Climate change emergency prepared, adapted, and resilient community,

2. A lead example in the climate change resilience movement, 

3. A climate-prepared community that can assist other new climate change-prepared communities to come into being worldwide and

4. A lead community working out the needed changes so humanity never faces another similar climate change crisis again.

CCPARM has other purposes, as you will discover in its guide, but for now, all you need to know are the four purposes above.

While the CCPARM community maintains many unique features and rigorous membership criteria, it also continuously supports the creation of other eco-communities, guided into existence through the ClimateSafe Villages organization we helped create.

Review these CCPARM Guide pages only if you are seriously interested in joining the Universe One CSV model.

If you are browsing and want an easy, general sense of what we are doing, we strongly recommend you first explore the new ClimateSafe Villages website. Please click here to go to the, far less complex ClimateSafe Village (CSV) website and start exploring the many positive possibilities.

If you only want to learn more about the unique CCPARM version of a CSV, please continue reading our multi-page Universe One guide below.

Both the entry and exit application processes should be available to all potential new CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages members before they join. This promotes informed consent and a realistic view of all aspects of eco-community life. The application processes for Universe One and each of our four ClimateSafe Village models are available on this page, in the section for each model. In addition, the ClimateSafe Villages Bellingham headquarters application process is found on this page. Our current ClimateSafe Village exit policies and process description are found below.

 

Introduction

There are many reasons that CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village members leave the community. Some individuals will have unexpected personal situations that require them to leave the community for long periods or permanently to resolve them. The community will ask other individuals to leave because of serious infractions of our internal Social Contract or additional health, safety, or security rules.

This document provides an overview and introduction to how communities will deal with this process. Each independent ecovillage will provide a complete listing of such guidelines as they are developed.

Remember that the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village program addresses four different models: 1. urban, 2. rural, 3. hybrid, and 4. virtual. While some policies will be general and apply to all types, many specific policies will vary by model and ClimateSafe Village due to location or other factors. This document presents example policies for the general case and for each ecovillage type. In the future, each independent CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village will adapt these policies as appropriate.

 

 

Our Unique "Bless and  Release: Attitude

Becoming a permanent member of the Universe One community can be challenging. The good news is that if it does not work out for you as a good fit or for the community, leaving the community, or being asked by the community to find a better fit in another CCPARM and CSV, or elsewhere, is quick and easy.

Part of that process will include a "bless and release" recognition and gratitude event, where we personally thank you for every contribution you made to the community while you were here. We will also expedite any other actions needed to make your transition out of the community as smooth, kind, and respectful as possible. Living together in a community might not work out for everyone despite their reasonable efforts and intentions, especially during these times of heightened stress and dysfunctionality.

General Policies for all CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages

There are many reasons a member might leave a ClimateSafe Village. These can be grouped into three categories by who initiated the move: 1. the individual, 2. the ClimateSafe Village, or 3. an external cause.

 

For a decision made by an individual, some examples are:

• • decided to move to another community; 
  • disagree with coordinators or other community matters;
  • found that the ecovillage culture wasn’t what they really wanted;
  • weren’t ready for the increased level of community involvement;
  • weren’t prepared for the increased level of personal responsibility for the ClimateSafe Village;
  • couldn’t find members with similar interests;
  • couldn’t adjust to the change in culture from the outside world;
  • couldn’t adapt to the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages' educational focus.

Some additional examples are:

• • others in their family decided to move;
  • failing personal health beyond the ecovillage's ability to help;
  • financial problems;
  • employment issues

 

For a decision made by the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village, some examples are:

• • the view of the ecovillage that any of the conditions in the list above were occurring, but the member wouldn’t or couldn’t acknowledge them;
  • the member did not understand or wouldn’t take action to understand the provisions of the Social Contract;
  • the member did not understand or wouldn’t take action to understand and obey the laws of the surrounding Climate Safer Ecovillage
  • The individual committed a serious crime inside the community, and law enforcement had to be notified to apprehend and remove them.

For a decision forced by external factors, some examples are:

• • The individual committed a crime and was removed from the ecovillage by law enforcement.
  • The individual died or was hospitalized for long-term care;
  • A job change forced a move to a different location.

 

Policies for Urban CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages

Some examples of a member leaving a ClimateSafe Village that would specifically apply to urban communities are:

• A home eviction of the member, forcing relocation. In an urban community, residents are most often not involved in covering housing costs. 

 

Policies for Rural CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages

Some examples of a member leaving an ecovillage that would specifically apply to a rural ecovillage are:

• A medical condition arises that requires treatment not convenient in or near the ecovillage.
• An unexpected breakdown of a vital utility for the ecovillage. An example would be the contamination of the water supply.

 

Policies for Hybrid CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages

A Hybrid ecovillage has the advantage of allowing members to live in an urban or suburban area while remaining within commuting distance of a rural eco-community.  

Some examples of a member leaving an ecovillage that would specifically apply to a hybrid CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village are:

• • There are no plans to reopen ferry service between the two communities. The hybrid CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village might switch to urban status in such a case.

 

Policies for Virtual Communities

Some examples of a member leaving a CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village that would specifically apply to a virtual eco-community are:

• • Loss of internet connectivity
  • Change in work commitments that no longer allowed time for ecovillage involvement.
  • The virtual community might be forced to block or ban that member due to severe, repeated violations of its rules.

 

Typical Exit Process methods

The purpose of conducting a formal exit process includes the following:

• • Seeking an eco-community benefit from the exiting person's skills, knowledge, and prior experience. If their experience is positive, they may keep ties with the eco-community.
  • Determining how the eco-community can support the existing person's transition out of the eco-community in the most positive ways, fully recognizing their contributions.
  • By policy, the eco-community should always try to conduct the separation process on good terms. This may not always be possible. The case above for criminal activity is an example.
  • The eco-community should always try to understand the reasons the individual is leaving. A discussion should always be held by a coordinator who can make it clear to the member and who the member can accept as having no intent to blame the member for anything. Using a Personalized Democracy principle, in such a discussion, there are NO adversaries. Both people are joining a process to search for answers and truths that will help both parties learn and benefit.
  • Provide as much time as possible before the member's exit to have the discussion. Follow-on discussions may also be planned for future times after the member leaves.
  • Announce the member's departure to the community in the most positive terms and outline the next steps for anyone who will be taking over their responsibilities. Reward the leaving member, if appropriate, to conduct a special effort to transfer knowledge. This might include, for example, summaries of their projects and deadlines.
  • Allow time for the departing member to train their replacement or other members who will assume their efforts. If there's not enough time to do this in person, request instructions in writing.
  • If the departing member will leave a community-owned home or a privately owned home with no person remaining who has lived in the house, ask them to help prepare a history of problems with the home and leave it in a clean and suitable condition so that other community members can move in soon after they leave
  • Document the departure with a letter of resignation or termination.
  • In some cases, provide a going-away event where community members can thank them for their contributions and wish them the best in whatever happens next in their lives.

Dealing with real estate that you have purchased within the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village when exiting the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village

Some individuals will want to start building their own net-zero climate-safe homes once we have purchased the eco-community land and completed an architectural design for the eco-community layout. We will allow this to expedite community construction while we are still fundraising for these communities. Still, these private home builders must acknowledge in their land lease contracts that these homes may never be sold or rented to non-members. 

They will also guarantee that these privately built homes cannot be used as collateral or as a sizable asset on any loan outside existing community members. Additionally, they guarantee they will keep up with all appropriate local and state taxes so that the government cannot seize the home.  

It is essential to keep the original and any subsequent community land purchases intact and contiguous over time, and not broken up by leaving members or other outside factors. Only this way will the community maintain its wholeness and integrity and fulfill its purposes. A community-managed nonprofit organization will likely make all land purchases, and the land will be placed in a land trust, designated for community mission-aligned purposes: sustainability, conservation, and education.

We will soon develop specific real estate contracts for anyone who has built a home on community-owned land and is leaving the community for any reason. These contracts generally state that the community will buy back the house at fair market value, excluding the land and the unique neighborhood values that the ecovillage already collectively owns. 

The contract will specify that the community will make monthly payments on the home in accordance with a market-rate 20- or 30-year mortgage repayment plan. 

Any privately built home on ecovillage land will be subject to a 99-year lease. The land lease contract will include all the restrictions on using and reselling that home. All land lease contracts will contain provisions requiring the member to maintain the privately built home to community standards and to follow fair and reasonable procedures for the community to take emergency possession of the home if the member fails to pay local, state, or federal taxes on the property and the house becomes subject to outside or governmental seizure. The land lease contract will include provisions for paying the monthly community homeowners' fees set by each community to cover snow removal, upgrades, repairs to community infrastructure and buildings, and local ecovillage taxes.

 Privately built homes must always be sold back to the community under the terms of the lease agreement to maintain the ecovillage's contiguous land integrity. However, privately constructed homes on eco-community land may be rented to potential and provisionally approved members who want to live in the community on provisional status, or to permanent eco-community members from other areas for short-term retreats.

We anticipate steady demand for retreats or provisional member housing so that community members may temporarily leave their privately built homes while still maintaining an income source. 

These 99-year leases will allow you to pass the homes to your heirs. Still, these homes can only be occupied by accepted or provisional eco-community members.

If the individual has privately purchased some other large piece of community equipment ( a snowplow, community transport tractor, etc.) valued over $3,000, which has contributed to the community use, and now seeks some form of compensation for it, on their exit, the community will repurchase this equipment at fair market value for its current used condition and make monthly payments which are deemed affordable to the eco-community for this unexpected repurchase.

Timeshare Private Built Homes

There is a possibility that when we start various fundraising programs, we might allow members to build private homes and do that with others as timeshares. In these timeshare homes, the funders could spend specific times of the year with us or rent their space to other members only. If we allow this, we will create a contract similar to our 99-year land lease contract. All timeshare homes will also be responsible for paying a monthly ecovillage membership expenses fee as described elsewhere.

 

Timeshare Private Homes Exit Policy

In addition to the private owners disposing of timeshare property through their channels exclusively to another member of our eco-community, there are three options to exit the timeshare or curtail monthly timeshare obligations:

1. Gift Deed Over your property to the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village

2. Rent your property in the ecovillage’s retreat and provisional member housing program.

 

Gift Deed Over your property to the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village

The Property Coordinating Group of the ecovillage must first accept the gift of this property.

a. The owner must be current on all assessments, fees, fines, taxes, or any other charges associated with the account of the property to be gifted.

b. The owner pays all title transfer fees unless the ecovillage is willing to pay this.

Rent your home property to the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village for their retreat or provisional member rental program

The Property Coordinating Group of the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village must first accept responsibility for the rental of this property, and both parties must sign a contract outlining all terms and conditions.

1. Owner properties for rent will be promoted on the ClimateSafe Village’s members-only website.

2. The CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village will provide administrative assistance in the rental process.

3. The Owner, in collaboration with the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village, will set the rental price and the minimum days of a rental, if renting for less than a whole week is offered as an option. The CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village will make the final determination of fair-market retail prices that include both the home value and the value of community lands and services. The ClimateSafe Village and the owner will come to a mutually agreed split of the rental fees where the ClimateSafe Village's percentage will also never be lower than 30 percent, which would cover the minimum for administering the rental.

4. The owner must be current on all assessments, fees, fines, taxes, or any other charges on the property to be rented.

All other rental terms will be in the owner's ecovillage rental contract.

 

Additional exit information relevant to living within the reality of the external society: criminal acts

While the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village program aim to adopt practices that eliminate problems from the outside world, unless it grows to the scale of a nation, it will always be subject to the laws of the surrounding society. While the ClimateSafe Village will do as much as possible to counter adverse conditions outside of the ecovillage, complete protection is impossible. So, an actual condition of the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village Social Contract is that all members must comply with external law. 

A standard of practice is that the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village will be asked to allow external law enforcement free access to patrol the ClimateSafe Village. So the condition that members must comply with external law implies that members support this practice and use ClimateSafe Village methods to make it a positive practice.

The issue of crime

The condition of external law also implies CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village’s response to another factor: crime. A basic tenet of the Social Contract is the adoption of Personalized Democracy. Because of its structure, almost all conditions that lead to “crime” in current society will no longer be present. This means the ClimateSafe Village itself is not expected to require or have a significant “police” component. However, if an ecovillage member commits a serious harm, it will likely also constitute a crime under the standards of the surrounding eco-community. In such a case, an appointed ClimateSafe Village coordinator would be expected to notify the appropriate external law enforcement for action.

The issue of breaches of the Social Contract

Concerning breaches of the Social Contract that do not break external law, Personalized Democracy directly addresses this in its structure. That is, PD eliminates ALL practices of “negative” reinforcement to address social behaviors. For example, the concept of “jails” and “prisons” no longer exists. (This, by the way, is a practice well-known to modern society in Scandinavian countries.)

Instead, the basis for addressing social behavior is through “positive” reinforcement. Principle 4 of Personalized Democracy states: “Rewards in proportion to social contribution.” Through its collective productivity and surpluses, the ClimateSafe Village will always seek to provide a “livable” level of “basic life support.” Most members will enjoy a lifestyle well above that level. Their contribution to the ecovillage society will determine that level. If a member breaches the Social Contract, support for that higher level would be reduced, and social privileges would be withdrawn. 

 

Other Pages in the CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village Guide

Page 1: Introduction, Overview, and Goals

Page 2: CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village Qualities, Processes, Income Sources, and Safeguards

Page 3: The Four CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village Models and Their Operations

Page 4: Our New Personal Democracy CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village Management Model

 

Appendix Materials

The CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village Social Contract Page

Online Rules for Our Virtual CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village

Procedures and Policies for Exiting Our CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages or Applying for Membership 

Personal Democracy White Paper

The CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages Issues FAQ includes frequently asked questions for issues directly relating to ClimateSafe Villages issues

The CCPARM and ClimateSafe Villages Climate FAQ of frequently asked questions for every question you have about climate change

Click here for our CCPARM and ClimateSafe Village online guide master table of contents

 

 

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