Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong

Plenty Magazine has a short article on Eco Neighborhoods and urban ecology. Back-to-the-landers have been making a comeback of sorts, what with the rise of the farmers’ markets and localvores and organic lettuce-obsessed gourmands. But the bucolic visions that once drove folks to isolated rural str…

Whether with refugees, in the inner city, or in intentional groups, community holds life-long lessons.

Gleaning Wisdom from the Nonprofit Democracy Network In late March, Cassandra Ferrera, FIC Board member, and I participated in a training by the Nonprofit Democracy Network titled Tools for Collective Self-Governance. It was a 3 day exploration in how nonprofit organizations working can better embo…

Statistics don’t lie: communal living seems to help people be happier.

Organized around common ecological values and a shared appreciation for the epic of evolution, a group of neighbors reduces its collective energy consumption by 25 percent.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an interview with Coho/US Executive Directory Craig Ragland of Songaia Cohousing. Ragland gives the basics of cohousing touching on its appeal to the mainstream and its ecological possibilities: Part of what makes cohousing attractive is that it specifically attem…

Life in and out of community offers valuable lessons about governance, membership, vision, struggles, and deepening connections.

An interesting article on how communication and community are essential in surviving in a post collapse post peak oil world is being posted on various blogs titled “We Can Survive, But Can We Communicate?” While I don’t personally go in for survivalism, the article is a great piece on how creating …

UPDATE from the organizers: “This year’s conference has unfortunately been cancelled. We are postponing until 2017 to have more prep time and invite even more speakers and guests. Stay tuned!” **** Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage has announced the dates and workshop lineup for the Midwest Sustainabl…

My personal journey of discovering Intentional Communities and attempting to form one, the chance circumstances that connected me to the FIC, the path to reinvigorating the organization, and the exciting future of the legendary Communities Directory. – Christopher Kindig, FIC Business Manager. …