In 1970 , Gaskin was part of a caravan of 60 vehicles that crossed the United States to settle 60 miles south-west of Nashville , Tennessee , forming a community called " The Farm " , which the '' Wall Street Journal '' came to call " the General Motors of American Communes " . This community was " a platform from which to launch efforts to improve the lot of poor and indigenous peoples , whales , and old growth trees " For example , raising 1,200 earthquake-resistant homes in Guatemala as well as several public buildings and water lines to 5 villages , sending independent dosimetry teams after the Three Mile Island accident and the Chernobyl disaster , or giving the Rainbow Warrior equipment to escape from a Spanish harbor
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Stephen Gaskin