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Intentional Communities Newsletter: August 2008
Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
Communities magazine, Directory, Video and more
1 Events Coming Up, FIC and Related
2 Communities Magazine Current Issues, and More
3 Community Bookshelf Titles At Sale Prices
4 How To Multiply Your Good Works For The Planet: Share!
1 Events Coming Up, FIC and Related
NASCO Action Camp
Communities Conference at Twin Oaks
Fall FIC Organizational Meeting, Rutledge MO
NASCO Action Camp
August 10-15
Circle Pines Center, Delton, MI
Each August, the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) puts on a week-long training program called Action Camp for leaders in co-ops and other democratic communities. The program rotates locations, and this year's program will be held at the Circle Pines Center in Delton, MI---just 3 hours drive from Chicago and 4.5 hours from Urbana!
Experienced trainers utilize popular education and Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to facilitate interactive dialogue. Action Camp is limited to 30 participants, which creates a trusting environment for people to strategize around topics such as:
- Effective member education on issues related to safe spaces, sexual assault, accessibility, mental health, class issues, and diversity
- Meeting facilitation
- Conflict resolution
- Member and leader recruitment and retention
- Building a more inclusive culture within our organizations
By networking and sharing with leaders who represent democratically-run communities from campuses across the country, participants leave Action Camp with tools to challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, ableism, & other dimensions of oppression in their communities and themselves.
Please consider sending a representative of your co-op!
$350 (NASCO member fee) includes lodging, meals, professional training for five days. There is a $50 discount for participants who opt for tent camping instead of the lodge. Tips on Grassroots Fundraising are available online.
A bunch of co-ops here in Ann Arbor are putting together fundraisers to send members. Tips on Grassroots Fundraising are available online!
For more information, visit www.nasco.coop/camp, and don't hesitate to contact me.
If you'd like to subscribe to Co-op Voices, NASCO's bimonthly e-newsletter, send an email with the word "subscribe" in the subject line to info - [at] - nasco.coop.
-- Neily Jennings Director of Educational Programs North American Students of Cooperation
Registration for Action Camp is Open!
http://www.nasco.coop/camp
734.663.0889 office
734.678.1821 mobile
734.663.5072 fax
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Communities Conference at Twin Oaks Community
An FIC Co-Sponsored Event | August 15-17, 2008
Twin Oaks Community near Louisa, Virginia
With over 25 different communities represented, this conference is a prime opportunity to network amongst other community-minded folks. It is an ideal event for people who are looking for community, as well for those already living in community, to share and learn from each others' experiences. We'll be delving into the nuts and bolts of community with a variety of workshops on topics such as:
- Cooperative Decision-Making
- Intentional Relationships
- Forming Community
- Community Economics
- and many more.
Children are welcome. The weekend includes a multitude of networking and socializing opportunities, including "Meet the Communities", swimming, and the mudpit. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Conference is co-sponsored by:
The Fellowship for Intentional Community http://www.ic.org
The Federation of Egalitarian Communities http://www.thefec.org
Twin Oaks Community
http://www.communitiesconference.org/
http://www.twinoaks.org
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Fall FIC Organizational Meeting, Rutledge, Missouri
Join Us This Fall in the Heartland!
For the first time, we'll be having an FIC organizational meeting within walking distance of our main office in Rutledge MO. The meetings will take place at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Oct 24-26, 2008, and you're invited.
In addition to the chance to visit not one, not two, but three area communities--Dancing Rabbit, Sandhill Farm, and Red Earth Farms--you'll get to meet the people who pilot the FIC and find out what we're doing. Highlights of the agenda include:
- Refining the FIC Events program (where will we go next?)
- Report on the Communities magazine staff summit happening in Sept
- Set the production schedule for the next book edition of Communities Directory
- Craft the 2009 budget
Join us for up-tempo meetings amidst the gorgeous fall colors of the Midwest. We'll save you a seat in the circle and you can learn first-hand what's happening in the North American Communities Movement, and where you might fit in.
For details about attending the FIC meetings contact Jenny Upton:
jenny - [at] - ic.org or 434-361-1417.
This page should be updated soon with further info
http://fic.ic.org/org_mtgs.php
We hope to see you in Rutledge this fall.
2 Communities Magazine Current & Upcoming Issues
#139 (Summer): Green Building in Community
#140 (Fall): Politics in Community
#141 (Winter): Scarcity and Abundance
Summer Issue: Green Building
The latest edition of Communities magazine covers green building and natural building around the world. With contributions from Canada, the US, Israel, Denmark, Italy, and Australia, this issue is packed with 
ideas and news on strawbale building, re-purposing old buildings, marrying natural building with conventional building, and many other related topics--plus articles on seeking community, sustainable community living, cooking collaboratively, and more.
Ask for Communities at your favorite local cafe or natural foods store, or subscribe today. The Green Building issue is #139--make sure your subscription starts with this one!
Fall issue: In tribute to election season, our fall issue (#140) will focus on Politics in Community
. We'll hear from communitarians who have become involved in local, national, and international politics, as well as from those who have focused on improving internal community politics. We'll learn how cooperative groups are contributing to political change with new models of decision-making and an emphasis on sustainability, and we'll also hear some honest assessments of political activity and inactivity within existing communities. "We Refuse to Be Enemies" (by a peacewalking communitarian),
"Every Politician Should Live in a Commune" (from one who did), and "Email, Politics, and Permaculture" (by people passionate about all three) are just a few of the dozen-plus articles featured.
Winter issue: The theme for the winter issue (#141) is Scarcity and Abundance. If you're interested in submitting articles, photos, or illustrations to future issues of Communities, please see
http://communities.ic.org/submit.php for details.
Contact the Communities editor.
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3 Community Bookshelf Titles At Sale Prices
Featured by Catherine Nicosia, Community Bookshelf Manager
This month we are having a very special sale featuring some great titles from our current lineup of books. Please note that these prices are only available through the first week of September, so be sure to take advantage of the savings.
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Ecological Design And Building Schools: Green Guide to Educational
Opportunities in the United States and Canada
By Sandra Leibowitz Earley
2005; 165 pages; paperback; ISBN: 0-97660-541-4
Ecological Design and Building Schools offers a current and comprehensive resource covering the scope of offerings available for those wanting to further their education in the areas of natural and green building. It covers every type of course from hands on workshops to more formal college and university programs.
Regular Price $20.00 Special Price $16.00
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Messages: The Communication Skills Book
By Matthew McKay, Martha Davis and Patrick Fanning
1995; 310 pages; paperback; ISBN: 1-57224-022-9
Messages presents the concepts of effective communication at all levels, covering such topics as body language, making contact, assertiveness, negotiation, public speaking, and active listening. Highly recommended for those wanting to improve their skills in this critical area.
Regular Price $17.00 Special Price $14.00
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Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life
By Marshall B. Rosenberg
2003; 212 pages; paperback; ISBN: 1-89200-503-4
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. It can help us transform judgment and criticism, break out of unproductive patterns of thinking, resolve conflicts peacefully, reduce stress and develop relationships based on mutual respect.
Regular Price $18.00 Special Price $15.00
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Reinventing Community: Stories from the Walkways of Cohousing
By David Wann
2005; 270 pages; paperback; ISBN: 1-55591-501-9
Cohousing spread from Scandinavia to the United States in the 1980s and there are now numerous cohousing communities throughout this country in more than thirty states. Reinventing Community is the first anthology that tells real-world stories from the perspectives of the unique people who live in these communities whether they are in urban, suburban or rural areas.
Regular Price $18.00 Special Price $15.00
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Superbia:
31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods
By Dan Chiras and Dave Wann
2003: 228 pages; paperback; ISBN: 1-86571-490-8
The dream of creating sustainable cities is a noble and inspiring one, but the reality is that many people currently live in the suburbs. Transforming these areas to serve people better and to reduce human impact on the environment is a process that can start right away. Superbia provides dozens of real-life examples from all over North America to show you how.
Regular Price $25.00 Special Price $20.00
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4 How To Multiply Your Good Works For The Planet: Share!
Q: How can I save energy and money around the house and also help the climate?
A: Switch to compact fluorescent lightbulbs.
Q: But how can I do more than that, and have more fun too?
A: Start an eating co-op! Host a sewing circle! Join a car-sharing group! Share stuff!
Many of us are examining our lives to find ways we can reduce our impact on the overheating, overfished, eroded, paved and poisoned planet. Of course there are lots of little things we each can do that will make a small change in our individual footprint, and those are good places to start. But we're realizing that we've reached a time when big changes are called for--and lots of them.
Are we up to it? Well, the good news is that many of the changes we need to make will also improve our quality of life. They don't mean more drudgery and boredom--they mean more companionship, support, freedom, and downright fun. I'm talking, of course, about joining our lives with other people: about community.
More and more people now understand that community and cooperation are a central part of the way forward to a healthier planet and a thriving society. Our communities are even getting positive coverage in places like USA Today and US News & World Report. Over 5,500 people are reading this enewsletter with you, and new communities are constantly appearing online at directory.ic.org--and in the beautiful new print edition of the Communities Directory.
Who talks to the media about community, distributes this enewsletter, and keeps improving that directory? The FIC does. Who refers callers to communities they might like, publishes Communities magazine, and hosts regular events offering the tools and skills needed for cooperative living? The FIC does.
Who needs your membership support in order to keep offering these things? The FIC does! Please join today, and keep multiplying your good works through sustaining the cooperative spirit. For more info on member benefits and to join online using our secure server go to
http://store.ic.org/membership
To request a membership form by mail, or to email, or to talk with a human,
contact us at:
RR 1 Box 156
Rutledge MO 63563
800-995-8342
To learn more about the mission of the organization visit
http://fic.ic.org
Many thanks from all of us in the Fellowship.
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