Intentional Communities Newsletter: July 10, 2010
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@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:
- Cooking Co-ops in the New York
Times
- Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm featured
in Harvard Magazine
- BBC News looks at Cohousing
- Twin Oaks on CNN!
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:
* July 18 - 25 Women's
Beginning Building Workshop, Missouri
* July
18 to July 24 Nature-Based Sustainable Living Skills for Schools, New Mexico
* July
21 to August 6 Permaculture Design Course, Costa Rica
We invite you to visit the Resources section of
the www.ic.org website today!
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