Author: Joshua Lockyer

Joshua Lockyer teaches anthropology and environmental studies at Washington University in St. Louis, including classes on intentional communities. He would like to thank the following students who provided quotations used in this article: LeeAnn Felder, Annie Rose Fondaw, Gabriella Torcise, and John Wargofchik. He would also like to thank all the communities and communitarians who have helped him and his students along this journey.

Articles by Joshua Lockyer include:

  • Seeing the Good in the World (Issue # 147)

Seeing the Good in the World

Posted on June 7, 2010 by

After several years teaching about community in the abstract, an anthropologist and environmental studies teacher finds that direct student engagement with intentional communities provides the spark needed for personal inspiration, connection, and the potential for social transformation.

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Communities Articles, Finding Community, Issue 147, Life in Community, Sustainability