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Intentional Communities Newsletter: July 2007
Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles
Communities magazine, Directory, Video and more
1 Communities Directory 2007 New Edition!
2 New Website Feature - Intentional Communities Wiki
3 New Feature in the Online Directory - Comments On Communities
4 Community Bookshelf Title At Sale Prices
5 Communities Magazine Summer Issue
6 Twin Oaks Communities Conference
7 NASCO Anti-Oppression Action Camp
8 More Guests At Our Fellowship's Potluck Table
1 Communities Directory 2007 New Edition!
The Fifth print edition of the Communities Directory (2007) was sent to the printer in late June and should be available for sale in late July. We are taking pre-orders now at our online store
http://store.ic.org/directory
The new edition has almost 1250 communities listed worldwide and over 900 in North America. For the first time we have included maps of community locations throughout the world, in addition to those within the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
This new version is available for $24 plus shipping when purchased directly from the FIC (a 20% discount off the cover price). For more information and to order your copy go to
http://store.ic.org/directory
Note the previous Fourth edition (2005, reprinted 2006) is still available on our website as well, for customers who need a copy of the Directory right away.
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4.00 S/H for first Directory 2007
1.00 S/H for each additional Directory 2007
Community Bookshelf
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Rutledge MO 63563
800-995-8342
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2 New Website Feature - Intentional Communities Wiki
By Tony Sirna
We are proud to present the Intentional Communities Wiki (ICWiki), a major new feature to our Intentional Communities Website. Explore this new feature here
http://wiki.ic.org/wiki/
Wikis are user-created web sites; written and edited by their online community of users; http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia is the best known example. Our hope is that our website readers will use the wiki to share information that is useful to those living in, wanting to live in, or wishing to start intentional communities and those seeking more community in their lives.
You can browse or search the ICWiki for articles on different types of community, legal options for incorporation, sample community documents, decision-making systems, community design options, and much more. Even more, if you have information to share on any topic related to community you can add or edit an article or even just fix typos and grammar.
The ICWiki is brand new so there is a lot of room for new material and we would love to have a wide group of people contribute to this shared knowledge repository. We see this as an amazing chance to use web technology to cooperatively share information about cooperation!
We see this as a continuing step for the Intentional Communities website from what was originally a one way conduit on information from the FIC to the movement, to what is becoming a more and more collaborative environment where information can flow from all who have it to all who seek it.
We hope you enjoy browsing the ICWiki and look forward to many of you contributing to it as well.
http://wiki.ic.org/wiki/
3 New Feature in the Online Directory - Comments On Communities
By Tony Sirna
In further efforts at promoting information flow we are proud to offer a system for visitors to our Online Directory site to make public comments on community listings. The goal is for those with personal experience with a community to share their thoughts so that other site visitors can get a better sense of a group. We are hopeful that this ability to share information and opinions will be a boon to anyone seeking a community home or wanting to find out more about community.
To make a comment on a community you must be registered on our site http://login.ic.org/signup.php
Once you have registered and logged in you can go to their listing on our Online Directory http://directory.ic.org and at the bottom of the page you can post a comment.
You can also read comments from other readers at the bottom of each listing. Since this a new feature there are very few comments at this time so we encourage you to leave yours.
http://directory.ic.org
4 Community Bookshelf Title At Sale Prices
Featured by Catherine Nicosia, Community Bookshelf Manager
The Zen Of Listening: Mindful Communications in the Age of Distractions
by Rebecca Z. Shafir; 2003; 263 pages; 9" x 6"; paperback; ISBN: 0-83560-826-8
Titles that begin "The Zen Of..." often make me run the other way, signaling another superficial gloss on a subject. However, I was persuaded to take an in-depth look at this book when it was recommended to me by three different individuals with strong group process backgrounds. After reading it, which included taking a lot of notes, I am glad that I took the time. The book is very enjoyable and it does a great job of teaching the fundamentals as well as the nuances of being a good listener.
Dr. Shafir, who is a speech pathologist, makes her points in a crisp, clear way and avoids repetition. The chapters of the book focus on specific areas, such as listening to yourself as you speak, focusing on listening to others, listening in difficult situations, speaking in a way that encourages listening and methods to make your listening more effective by improving your memory.
There might be more in-depth books on all these individual subjects, but it is hard to imagine an author doing a better job of blending the topics together and presenting them in such a well-written manner. The author's choice of words are as insightful as the message she is telling us. A great book for readers wanting to expand their skills in this important area of interpersonal communication.
Price $16.00 Special Price $13.00
http://store.ic.org/catalog/specials.php
Shipping/handling on mail or phone orders
4.00 S/H for first item
1.00 S/H for each additional item
S/H prices shown are for Standard Mail postal delivery within US.
Community Bookshelf
RR 1 Box 156
Rutledge MO 63563
800-995-8342
Shop online for lower shipping rates, more shipping options, and more sale items. Information, catalog, ordering:
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5 Communities Magazine Summer Issue
Current Issue #135
Food self-reliance in communities and organized neighborhoods is the theme of the Summer issue of Communities magazine: "What Do You Eat? Where Does it Come From?"
Contributors touch on the satisfying and often spiritual processes of growing, raising, wildcrafting, fermenting and preserving food in "Celebrating the Food Revolution" by Alyson Ewald of Red Earth Farms, and "Food, Glorious Food!" by Stan Hildebrand of Sandhill Farm, both in Missouri.
Others describe how their communities are becoming more food self-reliant as they un-hook from the fossil fuel-based food system: "Making New Choices, Planting New Seeds," by Lynn Farquhar at Lama Foundation in New Mexico; "A New Root Cellar, Bulk Buying, and Two CSAs" by Marty Hiller of EcoVillage at Ithaca in New York; and "Gardening in the Alentejo" by Leila Dregger at Tamera in southern Portugal.
Neighbors in the Anderson Valley Foodshed in Mendocino, California, are "relocalizing"--eating only food grown in their bioregion and supporting local farmers and growers--described in "Eating Local" by Sara McCamant.
And neighbors in Seattle glean, gather, grow, trade for, or dumpster-dive for food in a local "take what you need, pay what you can" food co-op, described in "Stocking our Community Pantry" by Mitchell Johnson. Is this the .urban harvest. of the future?
The summer issue also contains articles about one community seeker's travels (to Camphill Kimberton Hills, Heathcote Community, and Innisfree Village), and how a group of ecological activists in Ireland founded a large-scale ecovillage in an existing rural town.
"If you wonder how communities, and organized neighbors, are planning their food future--and how you can--you'll live the 'delicious' articles in this issue," says editor Diana Leafe Christian.
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6 Twin Oaks Communities Conference
August 17-19 near Louisa, VA
An FIC co-sponsored event
Twin Oaks is pleased to invite you to participate in our annual Communities Conference, August 17 - 19, in Louisa, Virginia (2.5 hours south of Washington DC).
Featured workshop topics this year include Peak Oil and Community, CoHousing, Effective Conflict Resolution, Creating your Tour of Communities, Running a Business in your Community and more. You'll also have a chance to Create-Your-Own-Workshop and network with others who share your passions.
Our "Meet The Communities" event creates space for representatives from over 25 communities to tell you about their community, and give seekers (like you) a chance to explore prospective community homes.
No Communities Conference would be complete without our Saturday night extravaganza including dessert party, talent show, auction and all-ages Dance Party. So mark your calendar now, and visit this site for more information:
We have a brand new website devoted to this event
http://www.communitiesconference.org/
7 NASCO Anti-Oppression Action Camp
[NASCO and the FIC have a long history of collaboration and cooperation. In view of that relationship, we've offered to announce their upcoming event.]
NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation) presents
Anti-Oppression Action Camp
August 6-10, 2007
Rainbow Camp, near Albany, NY
http://www.nasco.coop/campwww.nasco.coop/camp
Created specifically for members of co-ops and other democratically run communities, the Anti-Oppression Action Camp utilizes popular education methods and techniques from Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed to provide five days of in-depth trainings on privilege, power, and anti-oppression work.
Together, participants and faculty develop programs and strategies for transforming community, specific to the groups from which they come. Camp graduates return home ready to take action, with concrete ideas and strategies to challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, ableism, & other dimensions of oppression in their communities.
Visit http://www.nasco.coop/camp
for online registration, and information regarding program, food, sleeping arrangements, climate, and more
8 More Guests At Our Fellowship's Potluck Table
Do you have the sense that more and more people are seeking and finding community in their lives? You're right!
This year the FIC served up fresh and tasty community fare to more people than ever before. In the past we could offer only our print directory to those looking for a community home, or to communities hoping to attract new members. Now, the number of communities listed in our searchable online database continues to grow, meaning better information that's accessible to more of our audience. Even the media seems to be noticing our communities more lately.
We've been offering a more appealing menu by adding interactive maps to our online database, streamlining our print Communities Directory, and upgrading the relevance and appearance of Communities magazine. You, our friends and supporters, have responded by purchasing our products and joining our nonprofit. This in turn helps cover the costs of providing our products and services.
What are you bringing to the table now? Please consider making a donation to FIC today--or joining us as a member. The more the merrier!
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