Professional Opportunities and HOME Community Needs!!

We know many of you in our extended family are attracted to our vision of Creating Heaven on Mother Earth, and have been watching and waiting to see if we here at the Art of Union HOME Community, can get it together. And for the better part of the last year we have gone inward, gestating and incubating the nebulous vision within us. Over these past nine months, we have felt the pains of labor and witnessed the miracle of creation. With a functioning community council and legal structure offering a template for people to participate in this manifestation, we now would like to announce several openings for people with specific skills that will spread the load that several people are carrying and enable a more harmonious co-creation. Each of these opportunities will be rewarded with abundant perks for people interested in joining our community.

· Web Designer We initiated the ArtofUnion website three years ago for our retreats while our community was yet infant. At that time our website was more beautiful than our community. Now, with our retreats expanding, our fruit forests and gardens flourishing and infrastructure evolving, it is time to uplift the website. We are looking for a creative, web-savvy graphic artist who shares an inspired vision of co-creating a school of life (the Art of Union) and who sincerely wants to live at our HOME in Costa Rica, at least part of the year. The ideal web designer for the Art of Union HOME can be empowered to receive stunning photos and polished text and swirl it into an artistic, logical, fluid, functional website. This opportunity is Immediate! We are prepared to offer significant perks and financial compensation for the person empowered to take on this assignment. Serious applicants only, please include, personal vision statement, resume, list of previous sites and artistic creations, and personal references and send to tenasi@ArtofUnion.com

· Volunteer Coordinator(s) As the number of people who come searching for a new way of living increases, we need one or more friendly, loving, grounded, reliable, people who want to learn the secrets of living in harmony with nature and who are prepared to compassionately receive new participants and gracefully guide them towards living in balanced selfless service. Please see the Jungle Jedi Program on the website for more details: http://www.artofunion.com/jungle_jedi_program Serious applicants only, please include, personal vision statement, description of related experience, and personal references and send to info@ArtofUnion.com

· Garden Devotee - The Diamante Verde Sanctuary gardens, located an hour's hike up the rugged trail to the Catedral de Piedra, has become one of the most sacred spaces in our community. This nine acre garden, with stunning views of the pacific ocean, has terraced vegetable gardens, a small greenhouse, wandering medicinal gardens, and sprawling fruit forests all interwoven with ornamental plants and pathways. Nurtured by loving hands to feed the guests and residents of the sanctuary, this garden is now ripe for production. To prepare for the coming retreat season, we are looking for at least one garden devotee to focalize the production of organic vegetables and greens. Desired applicant is inspired to live in a wilderness sanctuary, has a valid drivers license is d (tropical) organic vegetable production, soil conservation, mulching, composting, is willing to learn from and share wisdom with our local gardening staff. Spanish speaking is a preference. Position Opens December 2007, with a six month commitment. Serious applicants only, please include, personal vision statement, description of related experience, and personal references and send to tenasi@ArtofUnion.com

· Live/Whole Foods Chef - We need a devoted chef to come bless us up for a full season of retreats and ceremonies. Desired chef has a passion to learn about tropical edibles and is keen to weave them into tasty, nourishing foods! Position opens mid December 2007, with a three month commitment Serious applicants only, please include, personal vision statement, description of related experience, and personal references and send to tenasi@ArtofUnion.com

· Accountant / Office Manager - Yes it is true, we do finally have an office in the valley, and now we really have an opportunity for a office management wizard who has a passion for accounting, book-keeping, planning, budgeting, and event coordinating. This is an ideal position for someone who has experience managing more conventional enterprises and is looking for an opportunity to move to costa rica permanently and be a part of a new paradigm organizaton. Position open immediately, with one year commitment. This is a crucial position to be filled in our community and the chosen applicant will be rewarded generously. Please send applications to jananda@artofuion.com

And much more... Beyond these immediate needs are a full spectrum o f opportunities for inspired, motivated individuals who are ready to become a part of this amzing co-creation while it is still in its early stages. We have a need for carpenters, (truly free) masons, teachers, mechanics, etc.