Intentional Communities Newsletter: December 2008
Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
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1 Visions of Utopia Video Volume II to be released very soon
2 Community Bookshelf Titles At Sale Prices
3 Communities Magazine Current & Upcoming Issues
4 Shining Brightly in the Season of Light

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1 Visions of Utopia Video Volume II slated to be released January 1 

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Six years after release of Volume I, we're now wrapping up the second and final DVD of Geoph Kozeny's award-winning documentary video about intentional community. The target release date is January 1. 

Volume II will feature profiles of 10 contemporary North American groups (each about 10 minutes long):

Catholic Workers (San Antonio TX)
Community Alternatives (Vancouver & Aldergrove BC)
Ganas (Staten Island NY))
Goodenough (Seattle WA)
Hearthaven (Kansas City MO)
Miccosukee (Tallahassee FL))
N Street Cohousing (Davis CA)
River Spirit (northern CA)
Sandhill (Rutledge MO)
The Farm (Summertown TN)

A special email announcement will appear in your inbox as soon as we have stock ready for sale.

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2 Community Bookshelf Titles At Sale Prices
  Featured by Catherine Nicosia, Community Bookshelf Manager

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Depletion And Abundance: Life on the New Home Front by Sharon Astyk
2008; 288 pages; 8.9" x 6"; paperback

Everyone who is concerned about the current economic crisis turning into something worse than a "deep recession" and how that will affect themselves and their families will find Depletion and Abundance a excellent read. Almost every conversation I have had lately has touched on this crisis and worry has been a underlying current in most of the discussions. Sharon Astyk covers a lot of territory to bring many of her readers up to speed on the various causes of this situation, but she is offering invaluable knowledge and understanding. This will empower all of us to realize that we can choose a certain amount of independence. If we invest our time and effort into sustaining ourselves, our families and our communities, we can begin to build a more viable economy.

One of the things I appreciated about this book is the fact that it is one of the few in this vein that has been written by a woman. It is good to have her insight and the balance that it brings. The second part of the book's title, Life on the New Home Front, says a lot. Our present predicament doesn't just reverberate in the stock exchanges, banks and capitals of the world. It is also personal and local and real, long-lasting solutions will have to begin on the level where we all live. I guarantee that readers will find the ring of authenticity in this author's writing to be very compelling.

Regular price $19.00 Special price $16.00


The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide And Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times
by Albert Bates; 2006; 286 pages; 7.5 " x 9 "; paperback

I am also offering this book from our regular inventory at a special price for the next month only since it complements Depletion and Abundance so well. Albert Bates is a teacher of permaculture and natural building and uses his wide range of practical skills to produce this inspirational manual on surviving oil peak and moving into energy descent. Bates offers detailed practical advice in sections on saving water, managing waste, creating energy, growing and storing food, and re-building community.

Even better, it really is a cookbook, with dozens of recipes accompanying the text that emphasize fresh, locally-grown food. This up-beat but down to earth guide to preparing and thriving in a world beyond oil is definitely a book to have on your shelf as an indispensable reference during the coming years.

Regular price $20.00 Special price $17.00


We'moon Date Book 2009: At The Crossroads
2008; 240 pages; 5.5" x 8"; spiral bound paperback

We still have stock of this wonderful calendar and planner available, but only until they are sold out. We'Moon 2009: At The Crossroads is more than an appointment book, it's a way of life. It is a lunar calendar, a handbook of natural rhythms and comes out of international women's culture. Art and writing from many lands give a glimpse of the great diversity and uniqueness of a world that we create in our own image. Women share how they live their truth, what inspires them and how they envision their reality in connection with the whole earth and all their relations.

Regular price $18.00 Special price $15.00

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3 Communities Magazine New Issue and More
  #141 (Winter): Scarcity and Abundance
  #142 (Spring): Festivals and Gatherings
  #143 (Summer): Ecology and Community

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Winter Issue: Scarcity and Abundance

Our winter issue (#141) will arrive in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands in late December. In this time of widespread economic challenges, the theme is, appropriately enough, Scarcity and Abundance . Here's some of what readers will find:

All We Have is All We Need by Joshua Canter. A group of North Americans establishes a community in Costa Rica and learns new lessons about simplicity, wealth, change, growth, balance, and happiness.

Ecobarrios: A Chilanga’s Dream by Noelle Romero. An urban ecovillage movement in Mexico aims to organize communities to improve their quality of life and nurture human well-being in harmony with the environment.

Nashira Eco-Village by Angela Dolmetsch. On a three-acre property where lemon, orange, tangerine, plantain, and nonie trees are in full production, 88 low-income women and their families work the land.

Abundance and Scarcity in the Goodenough Community by Kirsten Rohde. A community confronts economic adversity by remaining constant in relationship, holding financial losses in common, and working together in fundraising, educational programs, and new projects.

Taking the SCARE out of Scarcity by Kiesa Kay. A teacher, her students, and fellow ecovillagers learn to appreciate simplicity, abundance, and community even on frigid midwinter school days.

As Is: Secrets to Having Enough by Ethan Hughes with Les Stitt and the Possibility Alliance. A group of cultural innovators discover two radical truths: we are not dependent upon any object or thing for our contentment, joy, or effectiveness, and almost all scarcity is a creation of the mind.

The Richness of Giving by Elizabeth Barrette. Many traditional cultures around the world have an economy based not on buying and selling, but on giving, which fosters an intricate network of social connections.

Potlucks: From Scarcity to Abundance by Ken Cameron-Bell. At Daybreak Cohousing potlucks, individual offerings become a feast and individual lives become abundant in the richness of community.

Free to Serve: Notes from a Needs-Based Economy by Chris Foraker. While in similar circumstances to his neighbors from Clan Super Size, our author replaces a desperate sense of scarcity and need for low-cost goods with feelings of hope and abundance.

From Car and House, to Bicycle and Tent by Mandy Creighton and Ryan Mlynarczyk. The authors shed their comfortable middle-class lives and hit the road after asking themselves, “Is all this stuff what I really need and want, or is it something else?”

Ecologically Speaking Communities by Kate Reidel. Awakening to their society’s environmental impacts, residents of Enright Ridge Urban Eco-Village build community while fostering a sustainable urban neighborhood.

The issue also includes letters, a publisher's note on "My Journey with Money," notes from our new business manager, the debut of our "Community 101" column, a Good Meetings panelist discussion of "Best Meetings," articles on ecovillage economics and private ownership of community land, and a look back at our fall issue's P olitics in Community theme.

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Spring and Summer issues: The theme for the spring issue (#142) is Festivals and Gatherings and the theme for the summer issue (#143) is Ecology and Community. If you're interested in submitting articles, photos, or illustrations to future issues of Communities, please follow this link for details.

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