Words of Experience: Starting a Community
Posted on March 1, 2016 by1 Comment
A founder shares a well-learned lesson: “It is a LOT of work to start an intentional community. A LOT.”
The New Communities Directory: A Star Chart for Seekers and Founders
Posted on February 25, 2016 by4 Comments
Whether you’re starting a community or looking to join one, the new Communities Directory is an essential resource.
Finding or Starting a Community, #170 Contents
Posted on February 22, 2016 byThose seeking an intentional community are often faced with a choice: find it, or found it? Whether looking to join an existing community or working to start a new one, aspiring communitarians can glean invaluable lessons from the experiences of other seekers and pioneers. Our Spring issue is full of success stories, cautionary tales, adventures, reflections, advice, and resources for anyone interested in Finding or Starting a Community.
Let’s Get Sustainable!
Posted on February 1, 2016 byCommunity Bookstore Feature Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop Sustainable Food, Energy, and Transportation by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Volume X Sustainable Food, Energy, and Transportation A special selection of articles from Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture magazine $10 Digital, $15 Print The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased… Read More
Intentional Communities: Something Old, Something New
Posted on February 1, 2016 byIntentional communities—people gathering to share life together, to discover meaning, and to have an impact beyond themselves—have been part of the human landscape for centuries. Many predate Christianity. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism have all had communal aspects which many have chosen. Sufism (Islam), Protestantism, Anglicism, and Catholicism have had and continue to have thriving communities… Read More
Offerings to the Land
Posted on January 21, 2016 byBefriend the land where you are, and you will never be lonely.
Community for Elders
Posted on January 16, 2016 byCommunity Bookstore Special Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop Community for Elders by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Volume IX Community for Elders A special selection of articles from Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture magazine $10 Digital, $15 Print The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased to offer you the… Read More
The Unexpected Journey
Posted on January 11, 2016 by1 Comment
A three-month living/learning seminar in alternative communities still resonates three decades later.
Getting to Community and Life after Community: Collectivism vs. Individuality
Posted on January 1, 2016 by1 Comment
Togetherness and solitude, action and reflection—our lives give us times for each.
Why intentional communities matter!
Posted on December 29, 2015 byWhy do intentional communities matter? A message from Sky Blue, FIC Executive Director Dear friends of the FIC, It’s been a big year for us, and as the new Executive Director, I want to ask for your help. Why do intentional communities matter? Humanity faces an enormous challenge: How to equitably and peacefully share finite resources and… Read More
An Evolving Movement
Posted on December 21, 2015 by1 Comment
The FIC’s new Executive Director reflects on his and the organization’s converging paths.
One of the hardest things you’ll ever do
Posted on December 17, 2015 byLiving in an intentional community is one of hardest things you can do. Why? Well, despite our social nature we’ve managed to create a hyper-individualized society. The luxury is that you don’t have deal with people very much, and people are hard to deal with! The downside is we’re left empty, turning to unsustainable pastimes… Read More
Finding Community Outside of “Community”
Posted on December 11, 2015 by1 Comment
Myriad groups and connections on “the outside” don’t call themselves intentional—but sometimes are.
How a New Generation is Finding Education Abroad- Without A Tuition
Posted on December 10, 2015 byA 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 all before; spend some time in school, get a career helping some corporation produce and market some product or service, buy a house, start a… Read More
Three Kinds of Community—Three Kinds of Experience and Learning
Posted on December 1, 2015 byWhether with refugees, in the inner city, or in intentional groups, community holds life-long lessons.
New Directory, New Manager
Posted on November 28, 2015 byEditor’s note: Earlier this year as we began planning the overhaul of the online Communities Directory and the publication of the 7th print edition, we learned that our Directory Manager was going to be leaving us. It was unfortunate timing, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It led us to hiring… Read More
What is a CLT? Your complete guide is waiting.
Posted on November 27, 2015 byCommunity Bookstore Featured Title Community Land Trust Reader by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Community Land Trust Reader edited by John Emmeus Davis Hardcover; 616 pages $35 “The community land trust (CLT) arrived quietly on the American scene in the late 1960s, an outgrowth of the civil rights movement in the Deep South.” Throughout the… Read More
Many Faces
Posted on November 26, 2015 byOur new issue, supported by High Wind Association, explores the many forms community can take.
The Many Faces of Community, #169 Contents
Posted on November 24, 2015 by4 Comments
Community can take many forms other than “intentional.” In our Winter issue, veterans of the High Wind Association network and others share their experiences exploring and cultivating community both within and outside of intentional community settings.
The Legacy of the Communities Directory
Posted on November 17, 2015 byToday the Foundation for Intentional Community is launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise $6000—the funds needed to assemble a new print version of our flagship publication, Communities Directory. This will be our seventh edition, and first since 2010. If this FIC resource—which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month—is important to you, I urge you… Read More
Children in Community
Posted on November 5, 2015 byCommunity Bookstore Special Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop Children in Community by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Volume VIII Children in Community A special selection of articles from Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture magazine $10 Digital, $15 Print The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased to offer you the… Read More
Nobody Likes Bosses
Posted on November 1, 2015 byEven an anti-authoritarian household needs agreements—but who and how to enforce them is another question.
Local Money: What difference does it make?
Posted on October 31, 2015 byCommunity Bookstore feature Local Money by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Local Money What difference does it make? by John Rogers Digital Edition $10 Local currencies ― sometimes referred to as “local money” or “community currencies” ― allow cities, towns and intentional communtiies to strengthen and protect their own local economy. Local money often highlights community… Read More
My Squat Law Journey
Posted on October 21, 2015 byAfter years of advocacy, social justice work, and on-the-ground experience, a squatter passes the bar exam.
What if we were Thriving?
Posted on October 17, 2015 byCommunity Bookstore feature Thrivability by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Thrivability Breaking Through to a World that Works by Jean M. Russell Print Edition $20 Digital Edition $15 “What would our lives and the sum of our society be like if we said they were thriving?” Thrivability sets out to challenge the “breakdown thinking” that… Read More
Land Use Regulations, Urban Planners, and Intentional Communities
Posted on October 11, 2015 by1 Comment
A century since the United States’ first citywide zoning ordinance, community founders can find support in unexpected places when navigating land use laws.
Thanks to Contributors to the Website and Communities Directory
Posted on October 2, 2015 byThanks 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 Intentional Community. This website is funded by donations and sales of online ads and all labor is provided volunteer and/or at very low rates by… Read More
My Struggle to Legalize Sustainable Living
Posted on October 1, 2015 by8 Comments
After nearly three decades of activity, a pioneering eco-community collapses under the weight of legal attacks by a small group of neighbors.
What is a healthy relationship?
Posted on September 26, 2015 byCommunity Bookstore Special Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop Relationships, Intimacy, Health, and Well-being by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Volume VII Relationships, Intimacy, Health, and Well-being A special selection of articles from Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture magazine $10 Digital, $15 Print The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased to… Read More
It Takes All Kinds to Raise a Village
Posted on September 21, 2015 byAfter an engaged local citizenry creates cultural shifts, a city endorses rather than prosecutes code-bending strategies that promote resilient community.
