Ecovillage Education US

It was a time of great change and social experimentation. Groups of like-minded people pooled their money to buy property in what one writer called a kind of “socialist land mania.” Another philosopher said that it was impossible to find a well-read man without “a draft of a new community in his wai…

Want a “problem” person to behave differently? Give a different response.

Those of us privileged enough to find ourselves in an intentional community often imagine that our environment will be free of the horrors and evils of the world. But alas, we bring it all with us.

Here is a recent video bringing attention to East Wind Nut Butters, produced by KOLR news in Springfield, Missouri.

In this video, the BBC’s David Sillito checks out the co-housing movement, talking to members of a community in Dorset, England. Watch the video here.

A clearly articulated evolutionary purpose, a welcoming of the whole self, and governance through self-management are keys to collective success.

Diana Leafe Christian shares Earthaven Ecovillage’s “graduated series of consequences” and how it works. Originally published in Communities magazine.

Intergenerational Cohousing Some may assume that if retirees are moving into a community or shared housing, it must consist only of other retirees. However, “some older adults are challenging that notion by choosing intergenerational cohousing, living side by side with people of all other ages, i…

Together—but only together—we can afford to keep publishing Communities.

Author: Laird Schaub Published in Communities Magazine Issue #149 Good records of what happened at meetings are important for a variety of reasons: ● Informing members who missed the meeting what happened. The minutes should include sufficient detail that people will be able to tell if point…