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At the RareBirds Housing Co-operative, community life and outside activism deepen and strengthen each other.

Kara Huntermoon of Heart-Culture Farm shares her community’s affordability strategies.

So sad to learn today of the death of Michel Desgagnes. We crossed paths many time with Michel, and always, he was kind, intelligent and cared deeply about this movement. He will be missed, and the Canadian sustainable communities scene just lost a good one. Rest well, brother.

Raising children in community has different impacts than in a single family home. Alicia J. George from Takoma Village shares the most significant ways our three adopted boys’ behavior affected our cohousing community and how we worked jointly to deal with the impact.

See the film: Earth Day Screening of Within Reach Movie In Your Town! www.withinreachmovie.com http://p0.vresp.com/GFDN5u

4 weeks and 6 communities later My first cross-country communities tour of the year ended with a 3 day training on Tools for Collective Self-Governance in Oakland, CA with the Nonprofit Democracy Network. I got to spend 3 days with a bunch of badass organizers working for awesome organizations tryi…

Community grows when we make time to share our stories, enjoy one another, take care of one another, and work on building a better world together.

A recent article on RenewableEnergyAccess.com does a great profile on Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, a cohousing community in New Hampshire. The article focuses on the communities Green Buildings (which will receive a LEED Platinum rating) and on their wood pellet boilers which provide heat and ho…

Ten European ecovillages show the way to a brighter future.

Community Bookstore Special Best of Communities The Cream of Our Crop Consensus by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Volume V Consensus A special selection of articles from Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture $15 in print; $10 digital The Foundation f…