Intentional Communities Newsletter: January 2009
Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
Communities magazine, Directory, Video and more 

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1 Community Bookshelf Titles At Sale Prices
2 Communities Magazine Current & Upcoming Issues
3 Visions of Utopia Video Volume II Release Very Soon
4 Shining Brightly in the Season of Light

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

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To celebrate the new year, we are having a sale featuring some outstanding titles from our current lineup of books and our How to Build Community poster. With the idea of change being at the forefront these days, I have picked the specials to support that theme. Please note that these prices are only available through the first week of February, so be sure to take advantage of these savings.

We still have some stock of the We'Moon 2009 Date Book and this will be the last time this season that we feature it.

How To Build Community Poster
Painting by Karen Kerney; Words by the Syracuse Cultural Workers
1998; 12" x 36"; Printed on 100% post consumer content recycled
dioxin free, no chlorine bleached paper.

Watercolor images by Karen Kerney complement a great text. The bright and beautifully illustrated design lists dozens of ways to build community:

• Turn Off Your TV
• Buy From Local Merchants
• Read Stories Aloud
• Start A Tradition
• Ask A Question
• Seek To Understand
• Know That No One Is Silent Though Many Are Not Heard. Work To Change This.

This is a long-time customer favorite here at Community Bookshelf.

Regular price $14.00 Special price $12.00

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Creating Community Anywhere: Finding Support and Connection in a Fragmented World by Carolyn R. Shaffer and Kristin Anundsen
2005; 334 pages; paperback; ISBN: 0-97538-642-5

Whether you live in an urban or rural area, are single or married, reside near or far from your family, you will find the many opportunities explored here to be exciting sources of community. Covers support groups, workplace teams, new forms of residence sharing, social clubs, neighborhood associations, discussions groups and spiritual communities. Profiles successful communities in the United States, offering a look at what works and realistic solutions to overcome difficulties.

Regular price $20.00 Special price $18.00

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Getting A Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad.
by Frances Moore Lappe
2007; 208 pages; paperback; ISBN: 0-97941-424-5

Getting a Grip is a beacon of hope that serves to remind us that we can all make choices everyday that positively impact the communities we live in, both local and global. Frances Moore Lappe does a wonderful job of showing readers how they can link their personal passions with effective action to help to create the world they want.

Regular price $15.00 Special price $13.00

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Passion As Big As A Planet: Evolving Eco-Activism in America
by Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig
2007; 219 pages; paperback; ISBN 1-43032-196-2

The author of this engaging book gives those wishing to translate their core beliefs to the wider community around them excellent guidance and support. It shows how to combine personal growth and spiritual exploration with social and political activism.

Regular price $17.00 Special price $15.00

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2 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 current issue (#141), focusing on Scarcity and Abundance, reached subscribers and newsstands just before Winter Solstice. Articles include:

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.

Contact Communities Editor.

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