Author: Moumita Chakraborty
New Report Explores How to Rethink Cities of the Future
Posted on October 27, 2017 byThis post by Nithin Coca first appeared on Shareable. In 2009, the world hit a watershed moment. For the first time in human history, a majority of people were living not… Read More
Want to Change the System? ‘Become the System’
Posted on October 27, 2017 byThis article first appeared on Shareable . We live in turbulent times: many certainties are disappearing and changes are difficult to understand. Can transition management help us to explain where the… Read More
Cohousing’s Diversity Problem
Posted on September 29, 2017 byThis article by Amanda Abrams first appeared in CityLab here. The topic, however, is not new; take a walk back through FIC’s archives to read Adriane Dellorco’s take from 2001 here. Small… Read More
Full Circle Memories from Dancing Rabbit
Posted on September 29, 2017 byThis post was first published on Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage’s blog here. If this account stirs you, get your application in now to join their final visitor session of the year, happening Oct… Read More
Standing in Love in the Face of Hatred
Posted on September 29, 2017 byThis post by David Spangler first appeared on the Findhorn Foundation’s blog here. There is a dramatic moment in the Fellowship of the Ring, the first book in J.R.R. Tolkien’s acclaimed trilogy, Lord… Read More
Intentional Eco-Village Communities: Are Geodomes A Sustainable Answer to Homelessness?
Posted on September 29, 2017 byNote: We acknowledge that homelessness is a complex sociopolitical and community issue, and aim to be respectful of all the various causes and experiences of homelessness. We also believe that… Read More
A New Look at Modern Aging
Posted on September 18, 2017 by1 Comment
This article first appeared on Cohousing USA’s blog here. By Charles Durrett. The last nails are being hammered in. Fresh paint still clings to the damp air. In Port Townsend,… Read More
Providing Regenerative Ecovillage Solutions for the Bonn Climate Summit
Posted on September 15, 2017 byThis November the UN Climate Summit (COP23) will be held in Bonn, Germany, where the imperative will be how to massively scale-up and effectively implement the Paris Climate Agreement. The… Read More
Public Banks and Credit Unions: What’s the Difference?
Posted on July 24, 2017 byAs we’ve been thinking about intentional communities as alternative loci for power, the question of money and other ways for storing and using it naturally also came up. This article… Read More
Fifty Years of Commune Life
Posted on July 6, 2017 by1 Comment
This article first appeared on Commune Life. For a more theoretical take on the Twin Oaks project, we recommend reading Allen Butcher’s excellent article here. When Twin Oaks was founded… Read More
Climate Change Needs Community-Based Action
Posted on June 15, 2017 byby Ma’ikwe Ludwig This post originally appeared on Cowboys on the Commons. To read Ma’ikwe’s forthcoming book on local environmental activism, Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate… Read More
