Intentional Community Resource Hub

Katie McCamant, cofounder of the North American cohousing movement, and one of the most experienced and accomplished professionals in the field led a one-hour webinar to exploring the role of various professionals in the world of collaborative development, the importance of expanding the professional world, and how people can begin working in the field.

Building community membership can be hard work and takes intention. 500 Communities graduate and consultant, Shelly Parks, led an informative webinar on branding, messaging and engaging to build your membership.

A free digital supplement to Communities magazine Summer 2021 issue: Ecological Culture! Includes over a dozen articles, poems and more.

Author, organizer and consultant, Crystal Byrd Farmer, teaches you how you can mindfully address microaggressions in your community. A microaggression is a subtle but offensive comment or action that causes a marginalized person to feel like the “Other”. These small acts can have a big impact, causing harm and contributing to a culture where marginalized people feel unwelcome. In Addressing Microaggressions in your Community, you will gain a greater understanding of microaggressions and how you can create a more inclusive community.

Get your community project started in the best possible way!

This online workshop draws on years of knowledge from community founders, and Yana’s own 23 years of cooperative living, including four community start-ups, to lay out the most important considerations for making a new intentional community a success.

Presented by Yana Ludwig, FIC Board Member and Author

Learn about how to mitigate climate change with a unique model of interaction among a trio of local cooperatives. In this 60-minute webinar we take a look into a new, dynamic model for saving local communities’ environments while establishing rainwater harvesting techniques, food forestry for the commons, and clean water reservoirs for both people and local wildlife.

Join Ted Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez of Sociocracy for All for a 1-hour introduction to how using nonviolent communication and sociocracy TOGETHER provides us with a container for becoming the type of community members we know we can be.

This session will provide an introduction of how values and agreements shape our relationships and impact community living for our upcoming 4-week Values and Agreements course.

In this session, you’ll learn about:
-Some of the core elements for setting up easier pathways to alignment
-Power dynamics faced by groups as they move toward alignment
-Why balancing rights and responsibilities is critical for community vibrancy
-Common challenges around values and agreements

Twin Oaks is an income-sharing community of 100 people living on 485 acres of farm and forestland in Virginia. They were founded in 1967, and their lifestyle reflects our values of egalitarianism, ecology, and nonviolence. This is a look into part of their organizational structure.

Pioneer Valley Cohousing is the home of 32 households. Built in 1994, it was one of the first cohousing communities to be built in the eastern United States. This is a look at their behavior expectations of their members.