A group of people from different cities came together to create a temporary intentional community called DIY Commune in Moscow, Idaho. Without having met in person, they collaborated online and distributed information to attract others. When they arrived, locals and visitors attended open meetings to discuss living cooperatively for the summer. Residents participated in various social activities like parties, camping trips, and community events while reconnecting with rural skills. The DIY Commune was intended as a utopian social experiment in cooperative living.

1. DIY COMMUNE:
A UTOPIAN SOCIAL
EXPERIMENT

2. A DIVERSE TEMPORARY INTENTIONAL
COMMUNITY SOMEWHERE IN NORTH AMERICA

3. SOFYA, A DESIGNER IN SAN FRANCISCO, CREATED THE WEBSITE WITHOUT EVER MEETING JOSH & NICOLE

4. THEN SOFYA DESIGNED POST CARDS AND POSTED THEM ON
THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
CHRISTIN, A WRITER IN LOS ANGELES, PRINTED AND SENT
THE POST CARDS OUT.

5. POST CARDS AND FLYERS WERE DISTRIBUTED BY COMMUNERS IN PORTLAND, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND VANCOUVER

6. WE ALL MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MOSCOW, IDAHO.
BOTH LOCALS AND VISITORS ATTENDED OUR FIRST OPEN MEETING.

8. OUR OPENING RECEPTION WITH MEMBERS OF THE MOSCOW COMMUNITY

9. STEVE INTRODUCING US TO HIS PACK GOATS

10. RECONNECTING WITH OUR AGRARIAN ROOTS

11. HANGIN’ WITH FRIENDS ON THE SUMMER COMMUNE PORCH

12. TYE-DYE PARTY

13. SUMMER COMMUNE READING SERIES FEATURING LOCAL AND VISITING COMMUNERS

14. ROAD TRIP TO THE GHOST TOWN

15. CAMPING AT MOOSE CREEK

16. SUMMER COMMUNE’S 4TH OF JULY BBQ

18. SUMMER COMMUNE IS A UTOPIAN SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

19. LIKE SUMMER CAMP WITH NO CURFEW AND MORE POTLUCKS.

20. HANGIN’ WITH MOSCOW’S MAYOR CHANEY

21. FEATURE SPREAD IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INLANDER

23. SUMMERCOMMUNE.COM