Intentional Communities Newsletter: December 3, 2011

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Our new Communities issue on Permaculture is on its way to subscribers and in stores now. You can subscribe now or order a sample and we'll ship you a copy today!

Communities ' winter issue focuses on Permaculture, an approach to designing resilient, ecologically integrated human settlements and communities, incorporating not only "permanent agriculture" but all aspects of "permanent culture." Articles address a wide range of permacultural concerns, from social permaculture to hugelkultur methods, and (mostly) that middle ground where human and nature, social organization and ecological living skills, "people care" and "earth care," intersect. We hope you find them both instructive and inspiring.  

Articles Featured Online

The following articles from our new issue have been posted at communities.ic.org

Social Permaculture by Starhawk 

While expert at understanding ecological connections, permaculturalists often founder in relating with one another. Applying permaculture principles to group dynamics can help us work together more effectively.

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Hugelkultur On The Prairie, Or Learning From Our Mistakes by Alyson Ewald

Degraded slopes, crumbling logs, plenty of trench-digging, seven blueberry plants, and an unanticipated drought combine to teach some important lessons.

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FIC News: Communal Studies Association Honors Communities 





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Notes From The Editor: Permaculture 101 And Attending To Zone Zero by Chris Roth

The editor provides a refresher on our theme and suggests some new Zone Zero guidelines to help keep permaculturalists in the game for the long haul.

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Also in This Issue

• Publisher’s Note--Changeaculture by Laird Schaub
• Lessons in Building Resilient Neighborhoods: Reflections on the PROUT Institute Community SEED Program by Ryan Dubas
• Sociocracy: A Permaculture Approach to Community Evolution by Melanie Rios
• Permaculture at The Farm: Climate Prophylaxis by Albert Bates
• eCOOLvillages Comic by Albert Bates and friends
• The Future of Water: Halting Desertification, Restoring Ecosystems, and Nourishing Communities by Jeff Anderson
• Permaculture on Low to No Budget by Elizabeth Barrette
• Nature’s Friends Wait for Human Companionship by Rev. Marjani Dele
• Growing a Culture of Gratitude in Argentine Patagonia: A WWOOFer Experiences Community Living by James Collector
• Cultivating Hope: Using Permaculture to Feed the Orphaned Children in Kenya by Victor Omondi
• The Sharing Gardens by Llyn Peabody
• Doing It, or Are We? by Tracy Matfin with Dona Willoughby
• Farming with Horses...Not Tractors by Bernd Riechelmann
• Permaculture as a Tool for Ecological Community Design by Ethan Hirsch-Tauber
• How Permaculture Stole My Community! by Arjuna da Silva
• UMass Amherst Permaculture: Leading by Example by Ryan Harb
• Community Living Worldwide Tasman Village, Australia by Bill Metcalf
• Cultivating The Neighborhood Creating Family Where We Are Now by Zane Hamm
• Creating Cooperative Culture Reunion Under the Redwoods by Diana Leafe Christian
• Reviews The Growing Edge, Additional Permaculture Resources, and Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth by Chris Roth and Kim Crieger Goodwin

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Since 1972, Communities has been the primary resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities in North America - from urban co-ops to cohousing groups to ecovillages to rural communes. Communities now also focuses on creating and enhancing community in the workplace, in nonprofit or activist organizations, and in neighborhoods, with enhanced coverage of international communities as well. We explore the joys and challenges of cooperation in its many dimensions.

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