Intentional Communities Newsletter: February 7, 2010

Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
Communities magazine, Directory, Video and more

We've added a new feature to our Communities Directory listings. On each community page you will find a map showing the approximate location of the community (if available). Locations are not shown to actual street addresses but the map will give you a general sense of the community's location.

And of course we still have a map of all intentional communities in our database for those who want to browse geographically through the entire world. You can also map the results of custom searches or use some of the maps from these pre-formatted searches:

• Map of Ecovillages - Displays communities with the words 'ecovillage' or 'eco-village' in their listing. Ecovillages are generally communities with a strong ecological focus.
• Map of Cohousing Communities - Displays communities with the words 'cohousing' or 'co-housing' in their listing which also indicated that they use the cohousing model. Cohousing communities generally incorporate both private homes and shared common facilities and support neighborly connections.
• Map of Communes - Displays communities which indicated that they are 100% income sharing.
• Map of Co-ops - Displays communities with the words 'co-op' or 'coop' in their listing. Co-ops are cooperative, generally expense sharing, often urban, shared housing communities. Many of those listed are focused on college students.
• Map of Christian Communities - Displays communities with the words 'Christian' in their listing.

We've now added a Share button to every page on our site which allows you to post lnks to our site on such services as Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Digg, or even email a page to a friend. Please share links to our site often as it helps more people find our site and find out about intentional community.