Auburn, CA city council proposes cohousing

A co-owner of Heart-Culture Farm Community explores ways to use her privilege to help create a society where people are truly equal.

Lots of intentional communities are connected with the WWOOFing network (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms). It’s a great way for volunteers to gain experience living and working on an organic farm in exchange for room and board. But have you heard of the POOSH network, which connects peo…

For intentional community members, community comes with added benefits, unique challenges, and a call to authenticity.

5 ​R​easons ​W​hy ​I​ntentional ​C​ommunities are ​More Relevant Than Ever In the 70’s and 80’s there was a flurry of intentional communities that then seemed to lose their relevance, and less followed. Interest and developments have once again mushroomed for obvious reasons. Here is a brief countd…

“We’re all in this together” is the headline of a recent article in the Real Estate section of the TimesOnline that looks favorably on the rise in sustainable communities in the UK. What do you share with your neighbours? A cup of sugar? A dividing wall? Despair over the way that your recycling boxe…

Intentional communities are not immune to the Fair Housing Act – and for many good reasons. However, it also impacts how we create safe spaces and small living groups. Read a brief history of the FHA, how it impacts IC’s, and how the FIC is responding to it.

Aspiring communitarians rally support and navigate the legal hoops to establish an ecovillage in Bloomington, Indiana.

More and more people are talking about senior and elder cohousing as well as multi-generational cohousing as a way for seniors to live out their later years in a supportive community. This talk is not just from cohousing activists but from mainstream realtors and elder activists. For many Seniors a…

Clearly Canadian answered the call! Thanks to our new Communities Directory Sustainer we have been able to start shifting our website to a more reliable server, ensuring that community seekers can continue to access our online Communities Directory for much needed connection and inspiration.…

Time spent at Lost Valley and La’akea inspires a passion not just for community and its heart-opening, communication-deepening, earth-connecting effects, but also for communal networking and the difference it can make in the world.