3 month InTENTIONAL COMMUNITY immersion internship

The Lost Valley Internship

Lost Valley’s Internship is a 3 month immersive learning experience where participants have the opportunity to learn and work alongside some of the Pacific Northwest’s finest system thinkers. This education based opportunity offers front row seats in observing the process, procedure, and governance systems that have allowed our community to flourish for over 30 years.

This is a great option for you if you are in a transitional or learning period and are looking to:

• Learn about sociocracy, permaculture, and nonviolent communication

• Make new like-minded friends

• Develop marketable skills

• Experience living in community, and learn from a 35-year-old ecovillage

• Practice place-based living, lighten your footprint on the Earth

• Be part of a local food system, and learn about land stewardship

• Learn about conflict resolution, meeting facilitation, inclusive group decision making, non-heirarchical organizational structures

Interns are temporarily joining our Meadowsong Ecovillage community. This provides education through immersion into an intentional community, an understanding of our sociocracy-inspired governance system, practice in Non-Violent Communication, and an opportunity to study how the principles of Permaculture permeate all processes and procedures within the community. You will have a chance to participate in educational offerings and join community meetings so you can learn about our decision-making processes. Together we will cultivate the knowledge, skills and experience to help you successfully navigate community living while contributing to the creation of a socially and ecologically regenerative future. Minimum age to participate is 21.

Meals, lodging and educational classes are provided in exchange for 18-20 hrs/week in your chosen circle with a 3-month commitment.

If you have questions before submitting an application, please reach out to: internshipcoordinator@lostvalley.org.

Please familiarize yourself with our community before applying.

Community Living Agreements, Non-Violent Communication, Consent Culture, Sociocracy-Inspired Governance

Our community values safety, and we hope it gives you a sense of safety as well that we require a background check for all interns and residents. The total fee is $57 and is to be paid prior to application submission.

A $300 refundable Security Deposit is required after acceptance. This deposit will be returned within 30 days of completion of the program, with consideration of any deductions for damages or fees.