Issue 181
Adventures in Remote Simplicity: Four Distinct Community Styles
Posted on January 28, 2019 byExperiences in wildly differing intentional communities suggest that the more egalitarian, interactive, and focused its members are on shared labor, the stronger and more long-lasting the community will be.
Climate Change Activists’ Community
Posted on January 21, 2019 byRichmond Vale Academy provides an immersion in collective living and activist education for those who want to not only understand climate change, but respond to it in their own lives.
Narcissism, Dependence, and Culture Change
Posted on January 14, 2019 byTwo aspects of the cultural transition we are working toward are little discussed but directly impact our daily relationships: narcissism and dependence dynamics. By unpacking them, we can turn the tide.
Skill Building for a Culture of Collaboration
Posted on January 7, 2019 byTo build a healthy cultural infrastructure, it’s important to clarify your cooperative decision-making process, adopt conflict tools, and commit to the ongoing development of collaborative skills in your group.
About That Clothesline…
Posted on December 28, 2018 byAfter a communitarian’s love affair with line drying starts to wane, and eventually withers, she leaves community—partly to pursue an evolving relationship with a clothes dryer.
The Shaker “Culture of Cleanliness”
Posted on December 21, 2018 byBecause of their commitment to a culture of personal and community cleanliness, the Shakers largely escaped the cholera epidemics which plagued the rest of the country in the 1800s.
Planted in Good Soil: Cultural Roots and Community
Posted on December 14, 2018 byA community may achieve an ideal balance by drawing upon deep cultural roots to inform its structures and common life, while remaining vitally open to fresh insight and creativity in response to the present.
Mind the Gap: How the Cultural Difference between Incoming Residents and the Community Can Indicate Whether They Will Stay
Posted on December 7, 2018 byA small culture gap between a new resident and the community correlates with greater chances of a long-term fit; a large culture gap makes this much less likely, but not impossible.
An Evolution in Community
Posted on November 30, 2018 byFull immersion in a residential intentional community transforms over the course of a decade and a half into a much wider experience of community.
A Day in the Life
Posted on November 29, 2018 byA day’s interactions in a rural intentional community in central Virginia show that it is much more than a “hippie subdivision.”
Changing Skies
Posted on November 27, 2018 byThe culture of intentional community is about the commitment to venture out together into the blue skies and the grey; it’s about not only joy, but also the hard work of growth.
Introducing This Issue: A Culture of Cooperation
Posted on November 25, 2018 byA certain way of being in the world creates a cultural bond and sense of the familiar among those who live in intentional community.
The Culture of Intentional Community, #181 Contents and Free/By Donation Digital Download
Posted on November 23, 2018 byHow does living in intentional community shape our daily experience? What distinguishes a culture which emphasizes “community” from one that does not? What skills and awareness do we need to co-create a resilient collaborative culture? How can lessons and wisdom from intentional communities benefit the world at large? What can we learn from organically-emerging “unintentional” communities? In Communities’ Winter 2018 issue, “The Culture of Intentional Community,” authors explore all these questions and more, sharing insights they’ve gained from their own wide-ranging experiences.
GaiaYoga: The Art and Wisdom of Living Holistically—Unifying Spirit, Self, Community, and Earth
Posted on November 10, 2018 byThe cofounder of GaiaYoga Gardens traces the life journey that led him through various intentional community experiences and teachers to seven “yes”’s—ultimately forming a comprehensive vision of a new “Domain 9” culture consciously designed to be in alignment with all of who we actually are.
