Sep 22 | 1-2:30pm Eastern

Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities

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Thinking about joining an intentional community? Curious to learn about communities from them directly? Want to peak inside community living and get your questions answered?

The Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities is the event experience for you! Each month we bring together a variety of new and established intentional communities — ecovillages, cohousing, shared homes, coliving spaces and more — to present about about their community in an interactive setting. You’ll experience photos, videos, captivating stories, and insightful dialogue among the presenting communitarians. Plenty of time is included for you to ask your burning questions about community living. Come travel to communities around the world without leaving your armchair!

What you’ll get from the Virtual Tour experience:

• Deeper insight into the lives of communitarians and the places they live
• Inspiration to get you excited about your own community journey
• Information about housing and membership opportunities
• Network building with presenters and fellow participants
• A sense for what’s alive in the communities movement right now

This Month’s Presenting Communities…

Los Portales

Los Portales is an intentional community that was founded in 1984 in the province of Seville, Spain. The community practices innovative ways of life in different areas including organic agriculture, holistic education, deep psychology, empowering/power sharing systems of governance, conflict resolution, natural medicines, art, clean energies, an economy based on sharing, and above all, the empowerment of each individual, continually advancing towards greater sustainability and self-sufficiency. There is an urban extension of Los Portales in Madrid called Crealliance, whose aim is to promote the creation of alliances between different areas of expertise and to build bridges between people from different backgrounds through sharing information, training and networking.

 

Sunnyside Village Cohousing

Sunnyside Village Cohousing is forming a multigenerational community just north of Seattle, Washington. They are a cohousing community with a strong focus on their organic garden. Their intent is to produce some of what they eat on the site in their very large organic community garden, orchard and berry patch, or from nearby farms. They will live in 32 small (1000-1200 sf) cottages and share ownership in a large (3000 sf) Common House for community activities and some shared meals. Members own their home and also the lot it is built on.

 

PDX Commons Cohousing

PDX Commons is an intentional community of individuals dedicated to making the most of their last third of life together. In early 2013, five people came together to start discussing the possibility of an adult cohousing project in Portland. All five were motivated by a desire to have the last chapter of their lives be very different from the experience of their parents, who lived in increasing isolation, with a lack of social support and stimulation. Their condominium combines private homes with many shared spaces for socializing, meals, and community business meetings. They share a common ethic of inclusion, cooperation and mutual accountability.

 

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The Online Event Experience

 

Live Zoom Sessions

Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.

Affordable and Accessible

All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.

Watch the Recording

You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you.