Starting an Intentional Community [Course Info Session]
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Starting an Intentional Community, starting on May 20th. Instructor Yana Ludwig will answer your questions about this course and help you determine whether or not it is a good fit for you. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Thriving in Community [Course Info Session]
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Thriving in Community, starting on May 21st. Instructor Lee Warren will answer your questions about this course and help you determine whether or not it is a good fit for you. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Community Connect — an online networking event!
Community Connect is a fun and informative virtual coffee hour for people who love intentional community. Imagine a sweet gathering in the common house, but online and with communitarians across the world. There will be opportunities for you to share about your project, community-themed games and networking activities.
Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities [Panel]
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. Come travel to communities around the world without leaving your armchair!
How Housing Policies of the Past Impact Diversity in Intentional Communities Today [Webinar]
Join us for an enlightening webinar on the history of land distribution in the US and how you can be a better ally to marginalized people within your intentional community. Please bring your curiosity and questions!
Intro to Sociocracy — a Dynamic Governance Model for Communities [Workshop]
Sociocracy has a strong focus on equality and effectiveness, and is used worldwide in a variety of organizations, particularly intentional communities. Join us for an interactive workshop on the basic concepts of sociocracy including how we make decisions, how we empower and connect teams, and how we can improve continuously over time.
Participatory Design Processes for Starting Community [Workshop]
A lot of intentional communities want to participate in the design when renovating or creating their own space. Join us for this session on participatory design to learn about the tools and intentional processes developed by architects, designers, and professional facilitators that help communities achieve their goals.
Authentic Self-Expression as a Foundation for Community [Workshop]
The more authentic and connected we are to ourselves and one another, the more creative, cohesive, and resilient a community will become. Join Conscious Relating Coach and Expressive Therapist, Teri Lynn Grunthaner, for a workshop exploring how to create authentic relating within your community.
Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities [Panel]
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. Come travel to communities around the world without leaving your armchair!
Intro to Intentional Communities and Quick Global Tour [Webinar]
Are you thinking about joining an intentional community and want to get your search underway? You’ve come to the right place! This 90-min webinar will cover all the basics about intentional communities — where they are, why they matter, and how to find one that's a good fit for you. Get your questions answered and leave with practical tips.
Eric Jackson on Reparations, Reparatory Justice & Community Land Trusts [Webinar]
Join us for this critical session on reparatory justice and race within intentional community. We will explore how community land trusts can help with retaining existing lands with Black ownership and transitioning more land into Black hands.
The Art of Facilitation for Cooperative Groups — Course Info Session
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course The Art of Facilitation for Cooperative Groups, starting on July 15th. Instructor Laird Schaub will answer your questions about this course and help you determine whether or not it is a good fit for you. Looking forward to seeing you there!
How to Find and Join the Intentional Community for You — Course Info Session
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course How to Select and Join Intentional Community, starting on July 14th. Instructor Cynthia Tina will answer your questions about this course and help you determine whether or not it is a good fit for you. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Creating an Affordable Cohousing Community — Course Info Session
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Creating an Affordable Cohousing Community, starting on July 16th . Charles Durrett will impart his decades of experience so that you can finance and maintain the affordability of your dream residential community.
Designing Communities for Inclusivity [2-part Training]
Are you a community leader or committee member interested in helping your community do The Work for diversity and inclusion? Join this two-part intensive training for strategies to help your community recruit people of different backgrounds, write inclusive policies, and respond to challenging situations related to diversity.
Joining an IC: Resolving Hidden Obstacles to Help You Make the Leap [Workshop]
Have you wanted to join an intentional community but something keeps preventing you from making the leap? Join Danielle Williams for a virtual workshop to explore your hidden obstacles and how to overcome them so you can make a joyful leap into community living.
Practicing Wise Democracy [Workshop]
Wise Democracy is a growing and evolving field of study exploring the history of democratic principles in various cultures and civilizations. Join us for this interactive session to learn about the history of democracy and how we can cultivate Wise Democracy now.
Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities [Panel]
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. Come travel to communities around the world without leaving your armchair!
Community Connect — an online networking event!
Community Connect is a fun and informative virtual coffee hour for people who love intentional community. Imagine a sweet gathering in the common house, but online and with communitarians across the world. There will be opportunities for you to share about your project, community-themed games and networking activities.
Legal Basics for Forming Communities — Course Info Session
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Legal Basics for Forming Communities, starting on August 25th. Clifford Paulin Esq. has been advising communities on legal aspects of community living for 15 years. Don't let your intentional community fail because of legal barriers. This online course will show you how.
Co-Buying Property with Friends [Webinar]
Are you interested in starting an intentional community but don't know how to buy property as a group? Learn all about co-buying with buddies! From the challenging beginning through to the rewarding end, Phil Levin will walk you through learning to love the process of co-buying with friends.
Cultivating a Relational Culture: Tools for Regenerative Communities [Workshop]
Join us in learning and practicing truthful, mutually respectful relating that fosters deep interconnectedness and collective power. We will explore some of the most important principles for cultivating this essential relational skill.
Regenerative Process and Living Systems Design for Cohousing Communities [Workshop]
Never before has the whole of humanity needed such a transformational course correction when we face multiple planetary emergencies and existential crises. Join us for this informative and interactive 2-hour workshop to explore the the theory and examples of regenerative development and living systems design thinking, and how this can be applied in practical ways with your own housing communities.
Conversation with Communitarian Lee Warren [Interview]
Join us for a conversation with Lee Warren, community resident, founder, and educator with 25 years and counting as a communitarian. We'll hear about what it means to be a communitarian, how the intentional communities movement has evolved over the years, and nuggets of advice for those of you who want to start or join a community yourself.
Intro to Circle Work: Bridging the Gap Between Conflict and Community
What would it be like to spend time together in your community that is meaningful, fulfilling, and fun, even if there are unresolved issues and disagreements? Join us for this workshop to learn how creating a safe space facilitates meaningful conversations, healing in your relationships, and unconditional acceptance, support, and belonging.
Fundamentals of Equity & Inclusion in Community [Course Info Session]
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Building Diverse and Inclusive Communities, starting on August 27th. Instructor Crystal Farmer will answer your questions about this course and help you determine whether or not it is a good fit for you. Hope to see you there!
Legal Basics for Forming Communities [Course Info Session]
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Legal Basics for Forming Communities, starting on August 25th. Clifford Paulin Esq. has been advising communities on legal aspects of community living for 15 years. Don't let your intentional community fail because of legal barriers. This online course will show you how.
Starting an Intentional Community [Course Info Session]
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Starting an Intentional Community, starting on August 28th. Instructor Yana Ludwig will answer your questions about this course and help you determine whether or not it is a good fit for you. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Working Constructively with Conflict in Community [Course Info Session]
Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Working Constructively with Conflict in Community, starting on August 26th. Laird Schaub will cover what conflict represents, why work on it in the dynamic moment, why work on it as a group, how to work with it, why work on it unilaterally, and the options people have when they’re in reaction.
Intro to Intentional Communities around the Globe [Webinar]
Are you thinking about joining an intentional community and want to get your search underway? You’ve come to the right place! This 90-min webinar will cover all the basics about intentional communities — where they are, why they matter, and how to find one that's a good fit for you. Get your questions answered and leave with practical tips.