Intentional Communities Newsletter: May 21, 2011
Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
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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 free
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:
- Transition Towns
in The Atlantic
- Eco-commune
movement in Russia in Russia
Beyond The Headlines
- Huffington
Post profiles
a Christian community
with a social
agenda
- New York Times
showcases emerging collectives in
Brooklyn
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:
* May
27-29 The
Farm Communities Conference
* June 1-12
Permaculture
Design Course
* June 3-19
Optical Surveying
for Earthworks and Water
* June 4 San
Francisco
Bay Area Cohousing Bus Tour
We invite you to visit the Resources section of the
www.ic.org website today!
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