Cohousing in Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Placeholder image for Foundation for Intentional Community website.
Molly
  • September 30, 2007
  • Sustainability

AJC writes about green communities in the Home Finder section. One of them is East Lake Commons, a cohousing community in Decatur, GA.

See the article.

Comments

Featured Blogs

Keep the conversation going with these pieces

BrentLevin
Fri Sep 2013
  • Living in community
  • Relationships
Thanks to a magic borne of community, a five-year-old overcomes her fears.
Christopher Kindig
Mon Mar 2013
  • Sustainability
Read some more here: http://organicgardening.about.com/od/vegetablesherbs/a/shadeveggies.htm
Molly
Mon Apr 2008
  • New to community
The Yale Daily News has an article on how study-abroad programs are beginning to focus on sustainability and highlights Living Routes which takes students to ecovillages around the world. The sudden interest at Yale in trying to make study-abroad activities sustainable – both environmentally and cul…
Christopher Kindig
Tue Mar 2015
  • Economics & Law
Which stage is your tribe? It turns out that by listening to the way people speak to each other in working and social groups one can tell a great deal about their stage cultural of development. David Logan, a researcher and professor of management and leadership at USC, and co-founder and senior…
Cynthia Tina
Tue Oct 2019
LIFE TOGETHER is a video series created by members of the Bruderhof, a Christian movement of intentional communities. The first six videos in the series are focused on intentional community – what it is, resources for potential problems, and Q&A. The videos draw from experiences and challeng…
Erin McMichael
Tue Aug 2023
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, bookst…
Michael McClellan
Tue Apr 2019
  • Living in community
  • Economics & Law
Touch the soil, live simply, and be satisfied with “enough”: it’s worked for the Amish for almost 300 years and it can work for us as well.
Christopher Kindig
Fri Mar 2015
  • Searching for community
  • Sustainability
Free land on a tropical island!? Pitcairn, a small remote paradise-like island in the South Pacific is running out of people. They are giving land for free to people who want to settle there. Could it make a good Ecovillage location? “With an aging population of around 50 people, this British …
Sylvan Bonin
Tue Jun 2019
  • New to community
  • Governance
Previously on the path to community acceptance, an applicant experiences for the first time “the direct sting of bigotry, the shock of exclusion based on stereotypes” when her family is denied on the basis of polyamory.
Ted Sterling
Tue Jun 2011
  • Living in community
  • Relationships
After a journey from nuclear family life through student coops, an ecovillager finds rich opportunities for intimacy, in many diverse forms—not just with lovers and family.

Insights & Stories from the Communities Movement

Subscribe to our newsletter for fresh stories and community updates delivered to your inbox.

Join the Communiversity Community

Get unlimited access to courses, exclusive member events, and a supportive network of community builders

Unlimited Learning

Access all courses, books, and premium content

Community Network

Member-only workshops and community builders

Exclusive Events

Member-only workshops and gatherings

Update to a Public Profile

  • Log in
  • Go to your profile page
  • Toggle on the "Add my profile to the directory"
  • Save your profile

Information

Communities

A residential project: people live here as their primary home.

Organizations

An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).

Plus Community Membership

  • Find people with Profile Match
  • Access to your community listing statistics
  • Create Discussion Groups
  • Access to our affiliate program
  • Member badge on your community profile
I am an official member of this community
Disclaimer
I affirm that my information is accurate and I am authorized to manage this listing
Foundation for Intentional Community FIC Member badge logo.

Free Plan

Free Membership
Free

Intentional Advertising

  • Subtotal

    {{ currencyFormat( pricing_summary.total_amount ) }}

Icon representing community connections and collaboration for intentional communities.

Plus Membership

  • Find communities with Profile Match
  • View detailed reviews about communities
  • Create free listings in Needs & Offers
  • Plus Member resources in CommUniversity
  • View communities detailed reviews
  • Plus Member badge on your profile