Every member has an equal voice and equal access to resources
We are ‘egalitarian’: Collectivising resources (income, wealth, food, shelter, etc) so they are equally accessible, and sharing collective responsibilities equitably (work, care, tasks, debt, etc).  Unlearning individualism, while respecting individuality (needs, creativity, talents), and acting with the commune’s needs in mind. To do this fairly:- Challenging / unlearning behaviours which are oppressive to oneself or others- Recognising and minimising existing power imbalances.- Having equal opportunity to take part in / help make decisions that affect oneself and recognising the effects of our decisions on others.
Passion for the project is the priority for involvement, not levels of ability or need. 

Celebrating our food as the heart of our culture
Growing, harvesting, preparing and eating together. And then tidying up together. Radical hospitality and open, shared meals as a tool for building relationships and a wider community.  
We are what we eat, and for each person food is deeply personal and complex. Reducing our reliance on industrially-produced, over-processed, over-packaged food that enriches shareholders while destroying spirits, bodies, communities and landscapes. Holding aims focusing on food also focuses on care. Rebuilding a deep relationship with the land, our health and each other, through food – we build these relationships together.

Learning together
Being on a continuing collective and personal learning journey, to explore, understand & act strategically on:- our social, political, economic, ecological and cultural context and history- theories of change, stories of change and lives of change-makers- the skills and knowledge we need to survive and thrive within our ecology
Ensuring everyone in our community is able to access the information they need to contribute well to decision-making and the culture of the community, and that our community has a pool of skilled-up members to carry out all tasks well. 
Spreading our knowledge widely, empowering those around us and acting as a resource for radical change-making and more holistic living.

A belief in personal change
Observing and growing out of our personal sub-conscious judgements and misunderstandings, knowing that individual change is bound together with change in wider society. Embracing healthy conflict as a gift of opportunity for revolutionary change. Assuming goodwill when in conflict with others.
Having faith that community members have a will to change themselves for the good, supporting each other in that journey, knowing mistakes are OK. It’s not where someone is on their journey that is important, it’s the recognition that they are on a journey.

Taking care of ourselves and each other
Learning a rich variety of ways of nourishing and taking care of our bodies, minds, spirits, for each of us to live a good communal life, build strength in the wider social ecology, and enable ourselves to bear our share of the collective workload and responsibilities for radical social change – each according to their ability. Investing in relationships, fostering a culture of trust and committing to the health of the community and its members as the backbone of the project. Transforming dynamics around the labour of care that has been gendered, classed, and racialised, and seeing injury to one as injury to all.

Neither work nor leisure
Finding joy and meaning in collective activity. Finding satisfaction in doing a good job and serving the community and our aims and principles. 

Living like we are part of nature
Recognising that we as humans in highly technological & mass society have unwarranted, casually destructive power. Working always to minimize ecological harm and maximise life. Working to close the loop of consumption – reducing inputs brought in for us to consume, and waste thrown ‘away’. Realising that there is no such thing as ‘away’ as we remain responsible for what we create.  
Eating & living, reflecting & changing in rhythm with the seasons and the daylight. Sharing a community which spans all generations. Rediscovering our collective instincts. 
Regaining traditional cultures through music, craft, foods, medicines, stories, ritual, and learning to embody a direct relationship with the land. All of this to replace a reliance on screen time, mood-altering substances, easy fixes and consumerist comfort and convenience. Re-learning intuitive, emotional, and sensory life, recognising the limits of logic and analysis. Being mindful of how all our actions have impacts.

Solidarity economy 
Reviving a local economy with short supply chains, able to withstand economic and currency instability, resilient to environmental shocks and promoting mutual inter-dependence rather than dependence on money, national infrastructures and the state. Using our collective economic power strategically (recognising the social & ecological impact of our consumption), in solidarity with like-minded communities around the world and with our local community.

Autonomy from the state, resilience to a chaotic and uncertain world
The socioeconomic system we live in is not ‘broken’, it is working perfectly for the small minority of people which it was designed to serve. If we want a fairer, more caring system for ourselves, each other, non-human life and the planet, we must build it ourselves. Nobody is coming to save us.  Engaging with political models and movements (local, national and international) which are actively building alternatives to the dominant model, becoming part of a working class community and encouraging local engagement with emancipatory ideas and economic practices.