Issue 144


Find Issue #144, (Fall 2009) – “Community in Hard Times” of Communities Magazine here!

Throwing in the Founder’s Towel

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After many years of dealing with the unique struggles inherent in starting a community, a community founder discovers her vision manifested elsewhere, and becomes a community joiner.


Householding: Communal Living on a Small Scale

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Especially in financially uncertain times, those seeking the advantages of intentional community living can often find them within a single shared house.


Shared Living—When Home Is a Community

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An ex-resident of Casa Caballeros reflects on the wealth she found in the realms of personal growth, shared resources, spontaneous celebration, and financial freedom even in economic downturns.


Emergency Community

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After serving thousands of meals, a community of post-Katrina relief kitchen volunteers moves to the West Coast and acquires a mortgage, a baby, full-time jobs, and the challenges of the mundane.


Hard Times at Orinda

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Watching their collective fortunes decline, the members of Orinda adopt a new spirit of frugality, find that they are living more sustainably, and discover true wealth in relationships with friends and family.