Pre-Volcano Archive: Hedonisia Hawaii EcoFeminist Community
Until it was destroyed in the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption, our model of community living attracted visitors from around the world.
Hedonisia Post-Volcano
We are now an online community based on:
- Lava to Lotus Web Portfolio - creative book and web projects from our pre-volcano community.
- Hedonisia Membership. Access our community and social entrepreneurship books
- Virtual Volunteer. You can volunteer on any of our book or web projects
- Yin-Yang Gender Healing - A project inspired by our pre-eruption eco-feminist community
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Women in our Eco-Community: Interns, Volunteers, or Guests
More and more female travelers in Hawaii are traveling by themselves and would like to go to a place that feels safe and female-friendly.
Because of the work, we do both in the community and on the web, we define ourselves as an 'ecofeminist community' with several programs and policies ensuring female travelers in Hawaii to feel at home'.
Female travelers in Hawaii might also like our “community of individuals” philosophy. While visitors on the property may do things together as a community such as sharing meals or going on trips together; this is not obligatory. In other words, for female travelers in Hawaii, we provide choice-based residential vacation options.
As long as you follow our community guidelines, you can do your own thing! You can be as “social” as you want to. A female traveler in Hawaii can arrive either with a friend or alone and be assured of safety, privacy, security, and friendly people.
Female Travelers in Hawaii: Feminine Empowerment & Enterprise
Here are some of the policies and practices that make ours an eco-feminist community.
1) Dating and Sexual Harassment
Our sustainable community is called “Hedonisia” and it is a very social place! Dating can and does happen.
We do not tolerate sexual harassment yet at the same time, we did not want to live in the sterile dating atmosphere of the typical American workplace.
Our community is relatively small which allows visitors to get to know each other very quickly and on a much deeper level.
And so, we developed the Hedonisia Consent Culture Guidelines which allows for socialization but with protection for personal space, boundaries, and privacy.
2) Affordable Private or Same Gender Dorm Lodgings
We designed and located most Hedonisia accommodations to offer a fair amount of privacy so that you can retreat into your own space whenever you want. Our dorm spaces have only two beds and are the same gender. So if you choose a dorm space, at max you would only have to share with another female.
3) EcoFeminist Entrepreneur Writing & Research
In addition to our ecotourist services, Hedonisia Hawaii is also very active with women’s causes on the web through the Hedonisia Lava to Lotus Web Projects.
Interested volunteers with writing and research skills may work on various research and writing projects as part of their work exchange under the Hedonisia Fair-Trade Volunteer Program or as Intern Community Managers.
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4) Activist & HedoFeminist Entrepreneur Course
We offer Business Coaching Sessions based on our Activist Entrepreneur approach to business which is designed especially for those who wish to create businesses that further the cause of female equality.
5) Female Physical Empowerment: Self-Defense for Women
In our interpretation of feminist philosophy, we focus on female empowerment as opposed to victimization. So we invite prospective volunteers, interns, and guests who are knowledgeable about female self-defense to come to Hedonisia to teach self-defense classes for women.
If you have skills or experience in self-defense you are welcome to offer them as part of your volunteer or intern work.
6) Female Environmental Empowerment: Jungle Queens
'Real women' live in the Jungle! The lush rainforest can be mysterious and a little scary. However, women of different ages can overcome their urban fears of the natural world. To be able to live in the jungle can be very empowering, especially for women who are often viewed as less able to fend for themselves in nature. As far as jungles go, our Hawaiian rainforest is about as safe as it gets. There are no poisonous or dangerous animals here.
We have tried to make our eco-community cleaner, more comfortable, and a little more 'civilized'. However, there are natural challenges. That is why we want 'eco-feminists', women who can step a little out of their comfort zone to enjoy being part of our effort to protect and preserve Mother Nature. We encourage (but do not require), females to do so-called 'guy's stuff', volunteering on the land doing physical or 'bodywork'.
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Post-Volcano Online Community & Volunteer Camping in Hawaii
With our model of community living, we attracted wonderful people from around the world.
Over a 14-year history, the Hedonisia community developed websites, books, and eCourses.
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