ICBL - Initiatives for Community Based Living

10/12/2026

Apologies for not posting at the turn of the month.

If you are in MA, perhaps you can make something today or the soon coming dates.

There are a few listed for other states as well.

Events in Massachusetts: Please click here for updates Compiled by Indigenous Peoples Day MA and Italian Americans for Indigenous Peoples Day. Events will continue to be added as information becomes available.

10/12/2026

09/24/2026

We will be at the Framingham Farmers Market today, looking forward to meeting and chatting with you!

Then again on 10/1 and 10/8 to finish out the market's season.

Come talk and learn about:

Family-directed living
Reconnecting people and their communities
Restoring intergenerational bonds
Getting youth *ACTUALLY* IN and PART OF their communities
Sharing skills and caring for neighbors and other local people
Strengthening Environmental Stewardship
Supplying your community with basic needs and other materials
Supporting local/independent businesses
Supporting human creativity and basic thinking rather than AI

If you have children, they can do a 'make and take'.

:-)

09/14/2026

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Thank you to those who have recently conversed about or have taken contact information for the new initiative, WiNWiN™

This initiative is *just* beginning Summer 2026

Specifically, the part of WiNWiN that is highlighted here is Points A&B™.

Re-using materials and providing for our neighbors in need are pillars of living in community.

Points A&B assists individuals and entities with re-homing materials during decluttering, downsizing, moving, closing, etc.
This includes finding and securing orgs., places, and people to take materials.

Entities might include:
schools, daycares, churches, organizations, businesses, etc.

Materials currently include:
clothing, fabrics, books, household goods, games, crafting supplies, food, some tools, some building materials, and perhaps more.
The scope of materials will increase with time.

*Only in VERY limited cases would it include transporting a few items directly to the receivers and/or helping to organize items before transfer.

If interested, please use the contact information you already have, but you will also find it here on this page.

Send a message to learn more

09/09/2026

4 PIVOT™ home ed. chats this month!
Pick one that works for you.

for you school parents:

It’s another school year.
Keep in mind these issues that get pushed to the back of your mind every year…but should not be.

Kids need TONS of play and outside time.
Kids need freedom to explore their interests.
Kids need to be out in the community and with all aged people, experiencing the world firsthand.
Families need their family time back…without an outside force running it.

for you school free parents:

Are you stressed over figuring out curriculum to ‘school’ your child at home?
Are there frustrations or battles between you and your child to get ‘school work’ done?
Do you wish to provide an environment where your child happily explores and learns?

Come chat about taking ownership of your family’s priorities and everyday lives!

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For those who wish for ownership, freedom, and opportunities.


September 13 in Framingham, MA

September 14 in Berlin, MA

September 22 in Westborough, MA

September 28 in Framingham, MA

Cannot make these dates or locations?
See the form for your options.

PLEASE read everything thoroughly.

If you have trouble accessing a form, comment here, e-mail, or send a message.

It will be great to see you there ---- or someone you know who is interested.

🙂

https://forms.gle/VR9BTFWneRJC6Vos9

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09/09/2026

Framingham Farmers Market has been great so far.

Meeting wonderful people and having good conversations have been highlights, but the kids playing the games and creating things to take (usually for other people!) have been right up there too.

:-)

Not there tomorrow, but ICBL will have a table next Thursday and every one after through the end of the season on Oct. 8th.

🙂🌿🌞🌻📚✂️🖍️

Send a message to learn more

08/24/2026

This post came up on the Free Range Learning page last August.

Truth.

08/23/2026

This past Thursday was the 4th week for ICBL™ at the Framingham Farmers Market (not counting the Health and Wellness Fair on 7/16).

The table will be at the market this Thursday (8/28) and the rest of the market season except for 9/3.

Please stop by!

It has been wonderful meeting and talking with people who want to learn more about connecting people and their communities.

It has also been a lot of fun to have the kids come around to play games and make a little something.
Especially fun this past Thursday were the kids who were excited to make cards for other people
- and the kids who enjoyed trying the game Gnip Gnop.
:-)

Thanks to all the people who took info. and who gave their contact info.. for follow up.

Thank you for your patience if you are one of the few persons left waiting on e-mails, as those are being finished up soon!

07/18/2026

creative and loving stewardship and community

WINWIN Initiative™

Garbage collectors in Ankara, Turkey, started noticing an increasing number of books being thrown away. Rather than let them end up in landfills, they began rescuing the books. Initially, they shared the books with colleagues and families. As the collection grew, they decided to create a public library in an abandoned brick factory within the Çankaya district.

The library has been a huge success. It offers a wide range of books and even has a mobile library built into a converted garbage truck to reach more people. It's become a community hub, a place to promote literacy and the joy of reading.

06/30/2026

Spread the word!

WINWIN Initiative™
WasteNotWantNot

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