An open letter to the Intentional Communities Movement – January, 2024 A couple quick notes:  This is focused on the movement in the US and Canada (though I think there are some significant differences between those two as well). This has nothing to do with nationalist sentiments. It’s purely practical. It is by far what… Read More

Preventing and Mending the Fissures with Dr. Jessica Plancich Shinners Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 026 We’re closing out our second season with an examination of how to navigate inevitable interpersonal conflict and move towards restored connection. Social architecture can be what makes or breaks a community, business, or organization. How we process our own… Read More

Embracing Diversity and Inclusion with Crystal Byrd Farmer Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 025 There’s a rich opportunity to push the needle forward when it comes to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, but navigating Race, Class, Privilege, Ability, and all the ways folks face different levels of adversity can be vulnerable and uncomfortable.  Sometimes we need… Read More

by Åsa Isacson The tools for groups of people to find, manage and develop their own communities just as they want them has radically changed in the last 20 years. We first try to understand communities, then look at what prevents us from using new tools, and finally give tips towards a tentative toolbox to try out, a la carte. Because… Read More

by Harvey Baker Watch the video to hear FIC board member, Harvey Baker, talk about FIC’s history using our community beads!

by Celastrina My name is Celastrina and I’m a 29 year old dreamer and artist from Sweden. Nine years ago, my life took an extraordinary turn when I made the choice to move to Damanhur, an intentional community in the foothills of the Italian alps. I’m convinced that the future of human societies are to… Read More

Rodrigo Braga IT Director Technology as a bridge between people and places — I have a strong connection with water—especially the oceans—which led me to connect with sustainability and permaculture in my early twenties at the very beginning of my career as an IT professional. As you can probably imagine, the routine of an IT… Read More

Daniel Greenberg, FIC Co-Director A wise person once told me, “At every level of the nested hierarchy of life, we can look down for function and up for purpose.” For example, as individuals, our hearts, kidneys, and other organs are functionary to us. We are their purpose. Going deeper, our organs have functionary tissues, cells, organelles and so… Read More

I’m not a big fan of the word “inclusion”. As someone raised by scientists and fascinated with geology, it always makes me think of amber with a water bubble, or a bug, or tiny piece of wood caught in it; frozen in time. It is beautiful, but it is beauty that comes from emphasizing the… Read More

FIC Programs Director Lauren Hugel We just finished our 2023 FIC retreat at Shannon Farm Community in rural Virginia. What a beautiful time of year to be here with the changing leaves and chill in the air. And, of course, big thank you to Shannon Farm community for being incredible hosts 🙏 While at the… Read More

Kim Kanney, FIC Co-Director The smartest person in the room is the group. Would you agree? The FIC team does and we think you, as a communitarian, probably do too. Here’s the thing: we don’t presume to know what you want. We want you to be a part of the conversation and support us in… Read More

by Kim Kanney & Daniel Greenberg — FIC Co-directors We humbly ask for your immediate support to ensure the FIC will survive in 2023 and thrive in 2024 and beyond. Every year, close to half a million people visit ic.org seeking insights and community through FIC’s directory, bookstore, and our online programs, forums, and resources.… Read More

FIC at the GEN Europe Gathering 2023 By Daniel Greenberg, FIC Co-Director Radical Self-Love, Eldership in Community, Solidarity Economy, Regenerative Lifestyles, Sociocracy, Embodied Climate Dialogue, Net Zero Power, Indigenous Insights, Birthing the New Humanity…. Interested? These were just a few of the workshop topics presented at the recent GEN Europe Gathering that took place at… Read More