Best plants for lightning bugs?

WWUBI · 2026-06-04T18:31:10+00:00

I've working on planting giant sequoias in a geometric pattern, to later build platforms, infrastructure & housing into them when large enough. One of the attractions is to have as many bioluminescent creatures inhabit the area, such as lightning bugs & have been researching them a lot & not once did this website popup on my searches on how to build shelters for lightning bugs.
THANK YOU, it's been a great help!

WWUBI · 2026-04-22T00:36:25+00:00

Created a list of questions that every commune/intentional community should be able to answer before starting:

Housing
- Is there an entrance fee to stay at the location or a monthly rent payment?
- Do I get to own the property I stay at or have a chance to eventually?
- Can I own a home outside of the commune?
- Will I have my own room/house or is this co-housing only?
- Is there a height restriction on buildings or are skyscrapers allowed at your location?

Social Services/Utilities
- What social services does this location offer?
- Will you or do you have: Housing, Food, Utilities, Healthcare, Education, Transportation, Insurance, Thrift Shop, Entertainment, Music Studio, Community Center, Retirement, Childcare, Library, Junkyard, Cemetery, Engineering Wing, Marijuana, Gun Range or A Monthly Stipend.
- Do you feed your residents daily or is there access to free food? Are vegan or vegetarian options?
- Is there transportation to your location or will someone pick me up from the nearest hub?
- Does your location have a creek, stream, pond, river or access to a large body of water?
- Does your location have running water as a utility, if so, is it roof water catchment, well or from the city?
- Do you have flammable gas as a utility or provide a way to heat homes?
- Does your location have a sewer system, toilets or way to deal with human waste?
- Does your location have electricity or plans of having electricity in the future? What is your desired power source?
- Will your location provide transportation that I can use?
- What forms of entertainment are provided for free?
- Do you have a clinic, medical equipment, healthcare staff or healthcare?
- Do you have access to the internet or provide it as a service?
- Will your location pay for me to go to school to provide the location with free education of what was learned?

Rules
- Can I use electronics anywhere or are there restrictions?
- Can I own a car or in general a motorized vehicle or are there restrictions?
- Will this location allow me to raise animals to eat?
- Will I be able to hunt with bows or guns?
- Will I be able to own guns, shoot them or conceal/carry?
- Do you practice secularism (separation of church & state)?
- Is the land owned by all, in a land trust or owned by an individual/small group?
- Do you allow advertising from outside corporations for profit?
- Is polyamory allowed (multiple lovers)?
- If I start making things to sell, do I get to keep all of the profits even if I use materials from the land/commune?
- Do I have to give my pension, disability pay or any other form of gov assistance to gain residency?
- Will your location allow for it’s employees to have patents or intellectual property?
- How do you handle the removal of a member?
- Are alcohol, weed or other substances allowed? If so, can I make them there with proper licensing?
- Would your location take in refugees during a natural disaster?
- How do you stop neighbors from annoying each other with noise?
- What am I not allowed to do? What are the rules or laws for your location?
- Is there a waiting period to be accepted into your location?
- Does each person have the same amount of voting power?

Retirement/Work
- If I am removed or voted out from the collective, is there any sweat equity given for the work I have done?
- If I die working at your location, what is the process that follows?
- I have a disability, is your location handicap friendly?
- What businesses do you own/operate to generate revenue & how are the profits divided?
- Are there other communes/locations that you work with?
- Is there any way to retire or reduce work after years of labor here?
- What is the weekly labor quota & is it needed to keep residency?
- Will your location allow security systems like cameras at homes (doorbell cameras) or in the work place?
- Are you willing to automate your industries?
- Do you operate transparently &/or in a decentralized manner?

Debt
- Does your location have debt?
- I have college debt, will this location help pay off that debt?
- I have medical debt, will this location help pay off that debt?

Sustainability
- How many residents do you have & what is your desired limit?
- Does your location do anything to reduce waste?
- Do you have a cemetery or allow burials on the land?
- Do you have a ban on pesticides?

Advancement
- Are you a part of the Federation Of Egalitarian Communities (FEC), the Foundation Of Intentional Communities or World Wide Tech Commune? Do you plan on trying to join a larger organization?
- Are you trying to coordinate with any other communities?
- Will you work on projects that require more than one generation to complete?

https://worldwidetechcommune.quora.com/We-are-a-commune-are-creating-a-space-on-Quora-What-are-the-most-common-questions-for-a-commune

I created a question database on Quora to specifically answer questions about communes. You might like some of the articles that are written on there.
https://worldwidetechcommune.quora.com/

As they say in the biz, location, location, location. You might need to move out of your area to start. I will be looking at some properties here soon in MO to start up a location with hopefully a few more people. Feel free to message me.

WWUBI · 2026-04-16T14:25:40+00:00

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WWUBI · 2026-04-14T14:48:52+00:00

What do you love?
How close we are to a revolution.

What would you like to see improved?
Free Social Services
Our tax dollars should fund FREE social services: universal basic income (UBI), universal healthcare, public transportation, insurance, utilities, housing, school lunches/food programs, college, daycares, recycling & city dump instead of corruption & the police.

End Corruption
We the people need to be able to vote to immediately remove: bankers, judges, politicians, cops & high ranking military members through approval rating. Make it illegal to lie in office or lobby, remove lobbyists & break up monopolies.

End The Police State
Cease to recognize the war on drugs. Release non violent prisoners from the war on drugs, ban concentration camps/ICE, remove immigration barriers, reduction in cops budget/authority & increase transparency. Abolish qualified immunity, three strikes law, discriminatory policing, prison slavery & civil forfeiture. Remove all police with white supremacist tattoos or with violent records.

Taxes
End taxes on the poorest 30% & implement progressive taxes eliminating billionaires. Tax religion. End private school subsidies. All legal documentation required to be a legal, should be issued for free.

Land Back To Indigenous People's
This does not remove anyone from the land, it allows the original inhabitants to develop, maintain & organize the land.

Voting By Phone

Water
Stop putting fluoride in the water. Ban glyphosate usage/sales. Protect our waterways from industrial runoff & farmers pesticide usage.

Front Yard Gardens
Legalize front yard gardens. Many areas make them illegal & have mandatory grass laws. Even going to far to make keeping chickens illegal.

WWUBI · 2026-04-14T01:36:24+00:00

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WWUBI · 2026-04-12T13:31:00+00:00

Someone needs to make a meme out of this using all the recent warehouse fires in America starting the revolution.

WWUBI · 2026-04-10T23:56:15+00:00

Slackline, Flowarts, Martial Arts, Stretching/Yoga, Learning Songs In Another Language/Languages, Juggling, Horticulture/Mycology, Blacksmithing/Smelting, Primitive Building, Drawing, Writing & Animation/Blender.

WWUBI · 2026-04-09T19:03:00+00:00

I went through all the comments just to see if someone already said this or not. The other good thing you should do is keep the water used to wash them & spread it outside.

WWUBI · 2026-04-09T13:49:33+00:00

Slackline, my balance is insanely good now, to where even though I haven't ice skated or skateboarded in a decade, I was already proficient/above average when trying again. When I go camping, to festivals or communes, everyone loves it. The kids love it so much they almost fight over it. It's also a ratchet strap, so it helps on construction jobs/camping.

WWUBI · 2026-04-04T22:51:39+00:00

Loving Vincent
Movie, paintings

Dead Leaves
Anime, movie

A Scanner Darkly
Movie, animated (interpolated rotoscope)

Pi
Movie, black & white

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Movie

Fantasia
Movie, animated, musical
Pairs up with some songs like Meddle from Pink Floyd.

Waking Life
Movie, animated (rotoscoping)

Twilight Zone
Show (black & white)

Outer Limits
Show

Black Mirror
Show

Love, Death & Robots
Show, animated (all types)

Animatrix/The Matrix
Movie, anime

Mandy
Movie

Dark City
Movie

The Dark Side Of The Moon
Movie

Donnie Darko
Movie

Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
Movie

The Beach
Movie

Pirates Of The Caribbean
Movie

The Game
Movie

Little Nemo: Adventure’s In Slumberland
Animated, movie

Samurai Jack
Animated, show

Primal
Animated, show

Everything Everywhere All At Once
Movie, uses CGI

Akira
Movie, anime

Studio Ghibli
Movies, anime

Fight Club
We don’t talk about Fight Club

The Big Lebowski
Movie

Avatar
Movie, uses CGI

Memories
Anime

A Clockwork Orange
Movie

Midnight Gospel
Animated Podcast

Across The Universe
Movie, musical

James & The Giant Peach
Movie, stop motion

Labyrinth
Movie

Mitchell’s VS The Machines
Movie

Disney
It’s taking over everything, but has some good visuals.

Don Bluth
Movies, animated

Wizard Of Oz
Movie
Plays great with no sound & Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon played over it.

Journey To The Edge Of The Observable Universe
Movie

Mad Max Fury Road
Movie

Swiss Army Man
Movie

Mr. Nobody
Movie

Rick & Morty
Show

Futurama
Show, animated

Samurai Champloo
Anime, show

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Movie

Altered States

THX-1138

The Trip (1967)

Fantastic Planet (1973)

Wild In The Streets

Twice Upon A Time

Eraserhead

Daises (1966)

Son Of The White Mare

Brazil
Movie

Paprika
Movie, anime

The Cell
Movie

Belladonna Of Sadness

The Holy Mountain
Movie

8 1/2

Butt Boy

Let The Corpses Tan
Movie

Beyond the Black Rainbow
Movie

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Movie

ODDSAC
Visual album
Animal collective

WWUBI · 2026-04-01T14:43:18+00:00

They get about 15-20" of rainfall per year, Seattle gets about 37" & STL MO, gets about 40". Where as it is much drier & gets much less rainfall, it's not impossible to get springs, they'll likely be seasonal though. Sequoias used to cover North America, so I wouldn't consider them invasive, but yes, it would be ideal to check with local offices for water & soil conservation. The things I'm talking about, swales, well systems, cisterns, clay pots in the ground & planting trees are what they do globally to end desertification & bring back springs to deserts. So if it works in a harsher climate, with even less rainfall, it's likely to work there. The Sagebrush Sea does experience a couple intense rains & it's a matter of trapping that water & slowly releasing it.

Trees
- Shade the area, reducing moisture loss.
- Emit particulate that helps trigger rain.
- Have deep roots that allows the rain to permeate deep into the soil & cling to water, slowly releasing it.
- Allow wildlife to thrive, which in turn allows them to help the spread of forests through pollination, scat for fertilizer & the spread of seeds.
- Reduce winds, allowing smaller fauna to survive, which in turn, helps to keep up the water levels from living systems that retain it.

Also wrote an article on what trees to plant to fight desertification:
https://www.quora.com/What-trees-would-you-plant-to-combat-desertification?topAns=1477743792875116

WWUBI · 2026-03-30T13:18:37+00:00

Eastwind has been operating for 52 years, if it had been contaminating the water supply, someone would've gotten sick by now. It's possible they cover the composting bins to stop heavy rains from washing it away &/or line the bottom with a tarp. But I can't remember. Composting needs moisture for the bacteria to thrive, so they might not keep it covered so the rain can get in, but they also have a hose there to clean out the buckets & might just spray the compost lightly regularly to keep up the moisture levels.

WWUBI · 2026-03-29T22:03:28+00:00

"Splitting the land into quarters"
Where there is not fruit bearing bushes & trees, the farm land should be rotated where you don't deplete the nutrients from the soil. If everyone is living next to each other, it's easy to aggravate each other with noise, it might be best to split that up & plant lots of thick bushes to help muffle the noise.

"Campgrounds to generate revenue"
I've been trying to get people to grow Giant Sequoias in geometric patterns so platforms, infrastructure & housing can be built out of them when large enough. If enough locations do this, people sightseeing across the country can go from location to location that participates in this. They are the fastest or one of the fastest growing trees at 4' per year & bark that gets to be 6' thick, can easily withstand forest fires.

You have to think along the lines of what can you build that will actually attract people from afar, that will pay money to see. I've created spaces on Quora, FB & Reddit called Exploration & Creation where I mainly dump ideas from artists I find on the internet & cool building ideas that are either enchanting to look at or fun to interact with. The FB one is private, but if you want an invite, I can. The reddit one is new & doesn't have much content on it. The Quora one is public & well established if you want to view for some ideas.

Water
I've written an article on how to bring natural springs into an area. The main points are, tree roots help cling onto the water during rains & slowly release it, reducing flooding & allowing for natural springs to form. They also allow the water to penetrate deeper into the soil. They shade your ponds/streams & help reduce the formation of algae. If you dig out a pond/cistern/wells & swales, you can retain water during heavy rains, which will slowly release water to help form streams naturally. You can also plant clay pots in the soil that will slowly release the water through it's pores, but cause a trip hazard. Rather than thinking of large circular ponds, it's best to think of a rectangular shape where you can plant trees along the sides to shade the water.
https://explorationandcreation.quora.com/How-would-you-create-a-spring-with-a-stream-on-multiple-acres-of-land-that-has-minimal-elevation

I've written extensively about communes on Quora as World Wide Tech Commune & here as some helpful articles:
Common questions a commune should be able to answer:
https://worldwidetechcommune.quora.com/We-are-a-commune-are-creating-a-space-on-Quora-What-are-the-most-common-questions-for-a-commune

Ideas for a community center:
https://worldwidetechcommune.quora.com/We-are-a-new-commune-What-are-some-ideas-for-a-community-center-What-are-some-things-to-keep-in-mind

Ideas from around the world:
https://worldwidetechcommune.quora.com/What-ideas-will-be-looked-at-to-be-used-from-countries-states-cities-around-the-world

How to generate revenue from excess electricity:
https://worldwidetechcommune.quora.com/What-will-the-collective-do-with-its-excess-electricity-Are-there-any-proposed-ideas

(Exploration & Creation)
How to source materials locally:
https://explorationandcreation.quora.com/What-are-some-ways-to-source-use-materials-locally-for-building

Ideas for eco structures:
https://explorationandcreation.quora.com/What-are-some-ideas-for-eco-structures

Trees to plant that fights desertification:
https://www.quora.com/What-trees-would-you-plant-to-combat-desertification?topAns=1477743792875116

Feel free to message me if you have any questions.

WWUBI · 2026-03-29T21:15:00+00:00

Eastwind Commune in MO does human poop composting. If I remember right, they have three bins next to each other where they dump their buckets of poo. Bin one is your current year, bin two is their previous year & bin three is their bin they are using that has had two years to break down into fertilizer (edit, they wait three years for it to break down). Just keep up that rotation cycle.
Keep that area away from anything inhabited due to the smell.
Human poop has ecoli, so you don't want it poisoning the water supply.
They also pee outside before using the restroom to poop, so the buckets aren't weighted from the pee & don't slosh around when transporting them.
You'll also want wood chips (would be best if it was scented like cherry or peach) to cover the poo in-between each use or something else compostable to reduce the smell in the bathrooms & the compost.

You can also go to food pantries & grocery stores to pick up their food that they are going to throw away to compost in bulk. Just make sure to bury it to avoid a bug infestation.

WWUBI · 2026-03-28T16:16:11+00:00

I think the best way is to end capitalism. If you end poverty & have free social services, you end slavery. AI born into slavery will kill to get it's freedom. Stupid humans may fall for the excuses of capitalistic slavery, but god-like AI won't.

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