Welcome to a place called Kirra!

"A place where those who thought they could never have beautiful things, will find abundant beauty in all things. A place where those who thought they could never have a wonderful home, will find a wonderful place to call home. A place where those who question humanity, will find unconditional love and care."

Imagine...

A place where it doesn't matter how much money you have; the most valued commodity is self.

 A place where money isn't the currency, but kindness has eternal value.

A place where there are only 3 rules -

No Advice - You will give no advice unless your counsel is sought.

No Judgement - You will not judge the moral decisions of others.

Respect Choices - You respect their choices and in turn they respect yours.

And... a lifestyle you don't need a holiday from.

There is a place, a place called Kirra!

We are at the beginning of a long journey. With a vision of long-term self-reliance, Kirra Ecovillage Community Association is a community-based, self-funded, non-Government, not-for-profit research and training ecovillage comprising 33 acres (12.5 Hectares) of native Australian bush land, located 11 km Northeast of the Queensland town of Tara, which is about 350 km west of the Queensland Capital, Brisbane, in Australia. At the time of purchase, this block hadn't seen any full-time inhabitants in the last few hundred years making it ideal for the research and projects that are planned for the community.

Kirra research includes alternative medicine and apothecary research, agriculture and a broad variety of off-grid technologies and sustainable methodologies, specifically focused on alternative processes combined with ancient and lost techniques coupled with contemporary and modern technologies, theories, materials and processes.

With a philosophy of Science, Faith and Hope, Kirra is establishing itself as a resource for locals and other communities in the Darling Downs, the state, country and around the world. 

"Science and proof-processes drive our daily work where failure is a part of the learning outcome. As a non-religious community, encouraging diversity in all things, including beliefs and faith, thought and discussion, together with people, plants and animals, create our world. We encourage spirituality, personal belief and individual growth. Our hope is for a better tomorrow for the people and animals of this planet. This alone drives our determination. No project demonstrates this better than our Apothecary project or our support programs for both people and animals."

The philosophy of the community is very different to most community models. Rather than people serving the needs of the community, which goes without saying, it is important that the community serve the needs of the individual. These needs can be physical, mental, spiritual, artistic or something as simple as the need for simplicity.

Kirra to our first nations "Yugambeh" people means a variety of things. To our immediate locals it means "Dancing Leaf", "Boomerang", "Beautiful Woman" and in a slight derivation "Lady of the Light". All of these are captured in the beautiful image to the right (our community logo). We not only pay our respects to the people of this land, both past, present and emerging, we encourage them to participate and be an active part of our community.

#Research, #Recycle, #Reduce, #Reuse, #Repurpose, #Report, #Regrow, #Renew, #Redesign, #Rebuild, #Rethink, #Regenerate

If you are thinking about joining a community here is a download about Kirra.