Author: Christopher Kindig


Christopher Kindig loves to travel, and his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Christopher draws from his background in Psychology, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Nonprofit Management to help causes he believes in through www.Entrepeneuron.com. He was the Advertising and Business Manager of the Foundation for Intentional Community for about 7 years. Christopher loves growing, cooking, and eating fresh food, traveling, yoga, hiking, nature, intellectual inquiry, stimulating conversation, and long walks with friends. Articles by Christopher Kindig include: Greasing the Wheels (Issue # 161) Climate Changes (Issue # 161)

Diana Christian receives 2018 Kozeny Communitarian Award

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

Diana Christian’s Citation for the 2018 Kozeny Communitarian Award The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) recognizes Diana Christian as the 2018 recipient of the Kozeny Communitarian Award, honoring the indomitable… Read More

Filed Under: FIC

How a New Generation is Finding Education Abroad- Without A Tuition

Posted on December 10, 2015 by

A generation in search of answers There’s long been a bug in the minds of the new generation- something doesn’t add up about the modern life path. We’ve heard it… Read More


Thanks to Contributors to the Website and Communities Directory

Posted on October 2, 2015 by

Thanks to Previous Contributors to the Website and Communities Directory About the FIC Website The Intentional Communities Website (ic.org) came online in 1994 and is published by the Foundation for… Read More

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, FIC

ICSA Conference 2016 Announcement

Posted on September 15, 2015 by

Announcement from the ICSA! INTERNATIONAL COMMUNAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION The 12th International ICSA Conference will be held in Tamera, Portugal in July 2016 The official Tamera website for ICSA2016 is now… Read More


Rough Start to Rural Community

Posted on May 28, 2015 by

Rough Start to Rural Community Christian and Johannes Zinzendorf call themselves Harmonists, with central beliefs around the value of hard work in an agrarian life, and a communion with the… Read More


Best Friends Build Tiny House Village

Posted on May 26, 2015 by

Best Friends Build Tiny House Village Living in the same town was not enough for four couples who have been best friends for 20 years. They decided to double down… Read More


Is this Normal?

Posted on May 14, 2015 by

Support the Global Ecovillage Network Summit

Posted on May 12, 2015 by

Support the Global Ecovillage Network Summit From July 6-10th, hundreds of activists will gather at the Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland for the GEN+20 Summit. They will celebrate 20 years of… Read More


A Resilient Society

Posted on May 5, 2015 by

A Resilient Society Resilience is the ability to absorb shocks and continue to function. In this short video series the Post Carbon Institute explores the questions around how our world… Read More


5 ​R​easons ​W​hy ​I​ntentional ​C​ommunities are ​M​ore ​Relevant ​Than ​E​ver

Posted on May 4, 2015 by

5 ​R​easons ​W​hy ​I​ntentional ​C​ommunities are ​More Relevant Than Ever In the 70’s and 80’s there was a flurry of intentional communities that then seemed to lose their relevance, and… Read More


Income Sharing Urban Communities

Posted on May 2, 2015 by

Income Sharing Urban Communities Point A is a group which has “an audacious proposal to form urban, income sharing, egalitarian, democratic, ambitious, engaged communes in the cities of the American… Read More


Permaculture Resources at Your Fingertips

Posted on April 27, 2015 by

Self described as a big crowd of permaculture goofballs, Permies.com is chock full of forums, links to resources, videos, and helpful information about smart ecosystem design! Check out Permies.com for… Read More


Nautilus Shaped Wind Turbine

Posted on April 25, 2015 by

The Archimedes is a unique new design in alternative energy. It is a nautilus shaped wind turbine, in that it’s blades are shaped like a Nautilus shell. This design allows… Read More


All About Healing

Posted on April 22, 2015 by

Learn All About Healing Many are opting to localize their approach to well being, by taking as much responsibility for their health and healing as they can. AllThingsHealing.com explores health… Read More


Who Defines a Family?

Posted on April 13, 2015 by
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Who Defines a Family? “Love makes us a Family.” The Scarborough Street mansion is home to 8 adults who live together by choice in a small community. Their local zoning… Read More


Family Grows 3 Tons of Food on 1/10th Acre

Posted on April 4, 2015 by
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Family Grows 3 Tons of Food! The Dervaes family turned a “regular city home” into a thriving garden ecosystem that provides more than enough food for their family, and plenty… Read More


Improve Your Soil – Bury Yard Waste

Posted on April 1, 2015 by

What can you do to repair or improve your soil? Hugelkultur is a technique that works by burying logs, sticks, and yard waste, which then decomposes into fertile, aerated, moist… Read More


Couple Builds Cabin of Windows for $500

Posted on March 23, 2015 by

A Cabin of Windows Wouldn’t it be cool if a house had a wall of windows, so it couldn’t confine the sunset to just one little space?   Lilah Horwitz… Read More


Which stage is your tribe?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by

Which stage is your tribe? It turns out that by listening to the way people speak to each other in working and social groups one can tell a great deal… Read More


Kindista helps you share with people nearby

Posted on March 16, 2015 by
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Kindista helps you share with people nearby Looking for a plot to garden in, or someone to landscape your yard? Wishing for a dog walker, or offering mural painting skills?… Read More


How to Thrive on 10%

Posted on March 13, 2015 by

How to Thrive on 10% It is often taken for granted that the United States consumes and wastes 5 times more than the rest of the planet. At the same… Read More


Free Land on a Tropical Island!?

Posted on March 6, 2015 by
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Free land on a tropical island!? Pitcairn, a small remote paradise-like island in the South Pacific is running out of people. They are giving land for free to people who… Read More


UN Report says Organic Farming is Key

Posted on March 3, 2015 by

UN Report says Organic Farming is Key In a new report, with the dramatic title, ‘Wake up Before it’s too Late’, “the United Nations is once against sounding the alarm… Read More


Southern Exposure Seed Cooperative Nurtures Community Gardeners

Posted on March 1, 2015 by

Southern Exposure Seed Cooperative Nurtures Community Gardeners Acorn Community Farm is an intentional community a few miles from Twin Oaks in Mineral, Virginia. It was founded in 1993 as an… Read More


New Beehive Design does not disturb Bees to Harvest Honey!

Posted on February 22, 2015 by

For those who harvest honey, “the worst part of being a beekeeper is pulling out the honey-laden frames from the box and tearing them up to get the honey. The… Read More


Mass Mosaic helps people connect to share in abundance

Posted on February 13, 2015 by

Wouldn’t it be great if you could share your skills and what you have in abundance, and receive help from those who have what you are lacking? This is how… Read More


Smart Water Pipes that Harvest Power

Posted on February 11, 2015 by

New smart infrastructure! The innovative city of Portland has unveiled plans for new smart water pipes that harvest power. They will generate electricity for streetlights, and in addition are equipped… Read More

Filed Under: Sustainability

Why should you care about Intentional Communities?

Posted on February 9, 2015 by

Why should you care about Intentional Communities? FIC Board Member Sky Blue reviews the successful systems and culture Twin Oaks has built to allow it to thrive. “Twin Oaks Community… Read More


Where to Find Happiness?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by

Where to Find Happiness? Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and editor in chief of Yes Magazine, has adapted an article from her book, Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a… Read More

Filed Under: Happiness, Health, Inspiration

Beautiful Tiny Home costs couple $22,000

Posted on February 1, 2015 by

How much space do you really need? This brave couple decided to radically change their approach to housing, to create something beautiful, elegant, functional, and affordable. “Andrew and Gabriella Morrison… Read More