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Cycling toward Sustainable Community
Posted on December 7, 2012 by1 Comment
After 6,500 miles of pedaling and 100 community visits, a couple documents the promise of intentional community and cooperative living.
New Beginnings at Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing
Posted on December 7, 2012 byA forming cohousing group experiences its share of bumps, but comes together to move forward.
Greening Your ’Hood
Posted on December 7, 2012 byKibbutzes, ecovillages, cohousing communities, and pocket neighborhoods offer us opportunities to make a new start.
Journeying on the Ark
Posted on December 7, 2012 byQuestioning her community’s philosophy and practices, a live-in caregiver ends her involvement there in order to focus on greater self-expression and self-care.
Community for a Minute
Posted on December 7, 2012 by1 Comment
Children in outdoor programs face—and often overcome—three major obstacles to learning and growth.
Gratitude, Loss, Rebirth, and Community
Posted on December 7, 2012 byEndings and beginnings grow from one another and make personal and group renewal possible.
The Bookends of Community
Posted on December 7, 2012 byMarking endings and beginnings with ritual can add intentionality, understanding, and connection to our lives.
Crossing over the Threshold
Posted on December 7, 2012 by1 Comment
An older generation learns to let go as a younger generation steps forward.
The Hermitage Now and To Come
Posted on December 7, 2012 byTwo community founders recognize that it’s time to hand over the reins and move on.
My Advice to Others Planning to Start an Ecovillage
Posted on September 7, 2012 by4 Comments
An ecovillage founder offers 10 guidelines for success, including “Start with people.”
Vision and Reality in Ecotopia
Posted on September 7, 2012 byInnovative ecovillagers turn challenges into opportunities.
Living the Questions
Posted on September 7, 2012 byBelfast Cohousing & Ecovillage grapples with obstacles to create a visionary housing project in rural Maine.
Dandelion Village
Posted on September 7, 2012 byAspiring communitarians rally support and navigate the legal hoops to establish an ecovillage in Bloomington, Indiana.
Coming of Age
Posted on September 7, 2012 by1 Comment
In Ithaca, New York, a pioneering project continues to break new ground in ecological design, education, and community.
Creating eCohousing
Posted on September 7, 2012 by1 Comment
The Yarrow Ecovillage uses the cohousing model to create ecological buildings that meet their occupants’ needs.
Aspiring to the Working Class
Posted on September 7, 2012 by2 Comments
By learning necessary physical skills, these ecovillagers transcend the limitations of their middle-class educations.
Ecovillage Infrastructure
Posted on September 7, 2012 by1 Comment
Water supply, human waste treatment, zoning regulations, legal structure, homeownership models, and other core technical issues are essential in ecovillage planning.
An Ecovillage Future
Posted on September 7, 2012 by1 Comment
For the health of our species and the planet, we need ecovillages.
Busting the Myth that Consensus-with-Unanimity Is Good for Communities
Posted on June 7, 2012 by5 Comments
How can a diverse group best make decisions? After many years advocating it, the author concludes that consensus is not the answer.
Busting the Myth, or Changing the Terms?
Posted on June 7, 2012 byWant a “problem” person to behave differently? Give a different response.
“Busting the Myth”
Posted on June 7, 2012 byWhen assessing why a community is struggling to make decisions, we need to ask first how they handle conflict resolution, group-process training, and entrenched patterns.
The Art and Ethics of Visitor Programs
Posted on June 7, 2012 by2 Comments
To create a thriving, diverse community, we need to learn how to host and integrate new people in ways that support them as multi-dimensional human beings.
Real Diversity Is Internal
Posted on June 7, 2012 by3 Comments
What happens if, despite all outer appearances, one finds one’s worldview radically different from the mainstream?
The Limits of Diversity
Posted on June 7, 2012 by1 Comment
If we are truly committed to diversity, we need to stop labeling people who hold religious ideas unlike our own as “cultists,” and start practicing the tolerance we preach.
Diversity Issues in Los Angeles Eco-Village
Posted on June 7, 2012 by3 Comments
A longtime ecovillage activist moves beyond denial to recognize the institutional racism affecting not only her society and her community, but her own way of thinking.
The Paralysis of Racism in Social Change Groups
Posted on June 7, 2012 byWhen a member of a minority population claims racism, how does a group committed to racial nondiscrimination respond?
The Lighter Side of Community
Posted on June 7, 2012 by4 Comments
This Hollywood movie offers both surprising insight and fond parody while taking viewers far from the beaten path, into the world of intentional community.
The Church of Fermentation
Posted on March 7, 2012 byIn a world in which food choices
and dietary preferences can
become quasi-religions,
lactic-acid fermentation wins
a new convert.
Spirit in the Woods
Posted on March 7, 2012 byAt New View Cohousing, practicing consensus, navigating illness, and simply
sharing lives are continuing spiritual exercises.
Inviting God to Dance
Posted on March 7, 2012 by1 Comment
A dancer’s year at Currents community opens and transforms both her and the group.
