Intentional Communities Newsletter: October 1, 2011

Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
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Our latest Communities issue on Right Livelihood proving to be one of our most popular issues. If you haven't seen it yet, by subscribing now or ordering a sample.

Communities' Fall issue focuses on Right Livelihood. How do we support ourselves economically in ways that, instead of compromising our values, bring us into more responsible, meaningful relationship with one another and the earth? How do we develop sustainable, human-scale economies that allow us to thrive? Our authors find that community—whether “intentional” or formed among neighbors or coworkers—is key. Please join us! 

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Articles Featured Online―Just published at our site!

These and more articles from our current fall issue are posted at communities.ic.org

Work Less, Simplify More 
by Kim Scheidt

By reducing our economic impact, we can shrink our ecological footprint, while freeing up time and energy to contribute to community and a more sustainable world.

Crowdfunding: A Communal Business Model
by Elizabeth Barrette

A collective financial approach that allows individuals to pool their resources in support of favorite projects, crowdfunding both encourages and thrives upon community.


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The Lenox Place News
by Nancy Roth 

A fifth-grader takes initial steps toward right livelihood by creating a neighborhood newspaper that embodies and helps bring together her local community.

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Also in This Issue

• Note From The Editor―Right Lively 'Hood by Chris Roth
• Publisher's Note―Left Livelihood: Doing the Rights Thing by Laird Schaub
• Fellowship Events―Art of Community: An Experience Centered Around the Values of Right Livelihood in Community by Molly Reed and Susan Frank
• Balancing Act: How Much Are You Willing to Share? by Janel Healy
• Active Communities: Why working towards improving our world should be a defining part of any intentional community by Michael Kenny
• Apple Trees in Winter by Russ Purvis
• Remade in Edinburgh: The Story of a Community Vision for a Reuse and Repair Centre in Scotland by Sophie Unwin
• Which Comes First, My Community or My Career? For an Out-of-Work Philosopher, Suddenly It's Not So Theoretical by Stephen Wing
• The Gift of Compost by Jesse Harasta
• Redefining Work by Brandy Gallagher
• The Irony of Livelihood by Arty Kopecky
• Right Livelihood at The Farm by Melvyn Stiriss
• Right Livelihood, Wrong Volunteerism by Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig
• Right Livelihood in the Belly of the Beast―Bringing community, cooperation, and ecological responsibility into the practice of real estate by Cassandra Ferrera
• Community Work―Managing Management by Laird Schaub
• Spiritual Community―Buddha Being...Buddha Doing by Karina Sabot
• Cohousing Life―Unto the Second Generation: Can Cohousing Survive and Thrive? by Judith Bernstein
• Review―A Surprise at Dancing Fields by Arjuna da Silva
• Creating Cooperative Culture―How Recreational Therapy Helps Fun Happen by Vivian Vaillant

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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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