Intentional Communities Newsletter: October 26, 2009
Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
Communities magazine, Directory, Video and more
Explore our website: FIC resources.
edited by McCune Porter, eNews staff
The Fellowship for Intentional
Community nurtures connections and cooperation among communitarians and their
friends. We provide publications, referrals, support services, and sharing
opportunities for a wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups,
ecovillages, community networks, support organizations, and people seeking
a home in community.
Looking for more information, in more depth, in your quest for community? The Resources section at www.ic.org presents an array of services to help deepen your understanding of intentional community life, including the following:
- Community Buzz Blog
- Reference Articles
- REACHBook bulletin board
- Events Calendar
COMMUNITY BUZZ BLOG. Community Buzz provides you with updates whenever Intentional Communities are in the news. We monitor the web looking for news articles about intentional communities including ecovillages, cohousing, communes, co-ops, and more. If you find any stories that we haven't noticed please send them to communitybuzz -[at]- ic.org
Part of our goal is to help Intentional Communities get wider recognition on the web and in the mainstream media. You can get the blog sent by email (signup on the buzz blog page) or RSS feed.
Some recent news stories featured on the blog:
* Missouri’s Dancing Rabbit
featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
* NY Times brings attention to emerging collectives in urban centers
* Preparing for UN conference on climate change, international bloggers are focused on community
* Couple embark on a
bike tour/documentary film project exploring Intentional Communities
REFERENCE ARTICLES. The FIC has permanently posted in the reference article section a number of particularly valuable articles of general interest to those interested in intentional community, including a complete set
of the 30+ articles which were printed in the print 2000 Communities Directory.
A few examples:
* What's True About Intentional Communities: Dispelling the Myths
* Permaculture: The Path to a Sustainable Future
* Intentional Communities: Lifestyles Based on Ideals
REACHBOOK Bulletin Board. REACHbook is a public forum for people looking for community, communities forming, and communities looking for people, as well as a place to post about resources directly relevant to intentional community. Posting is free.
The bulletin board is a very active one--thousands of postings have been made. Posts are found in the following categories: Community Forming -- Community With Opening -- Comments -- Other -- Resources -- Seeking Community.
Instructions for posting your message can be found here.
EVENTS CALENDAR. The Community Events Calendar
contains listings of gatherings, festivals, conferences, workshops and other community related events. There is no charge to post your community-related event here. Follow the simple instructions found here to post your event.
A few of the most recently posted events:
* October 31 Cohousing Association Bus Tour: San Francisco Bay Area
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October 31 CHUVA's Haunted Chase
* November 1 Green Bridge Farm Open House
We invite you to visit the Resources section of the www.ic.org website today!
Combination directory, magazine and video deals are on still on sale, until October 31: Check them out here.
Coming up in NEXT WEEK'S eNews: featured Community Bookshelf title at a special price.
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