Intentional Communities Newsletter: December 31, 2011

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Our latest Communities issue on Permaculture is proving to be one of our most popular issues. If you haven't seen it yet, get a copy by subscribing now or ordering a sample.

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.


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Articles Featured Online

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

Sociocracy: A Permaculture Approach to Community Evolution  by Melanie Rios 

Lost Valley Educational Center avoids collapse and reinvigorates itself by applying a new approach to governance combining the best of diverse models.

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Permaculture At The Farm: Climate Prophylaxis  by Albert Bates

Drawing on its long association with permaculture, The Farm in Tennessee institutes on-the-ground projects designed to provide resilience in times of climate change. 

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The Sharing Gardens by Llyn Peabody

An innovative approach to collective community gardens nurtures a culture of giving while allowing participants to feed both themselves and those in need.


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Also in This Issue

• FIC News―Communal Studies Association Honors Communities
• Publisher’s Note―Changeaculture by Laird Schaub
• Permaculture 101 and Attending to Zone Zero by Chris Roth
• Social Permaculture by Starhawk
• Lessons in Building Resilient Neighborhoods: Reflections on the PROUT Institute Community SEED Program by Ryan Dubas
• eCOOLvillages Comic by Albert Bates and friends
• Hugelkultur on the Prairie, or Learning from Our Mistakes by Alyson Ewald
• 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
• 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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