Cohousing and Peak Oil Video on Peak Moment TV

An article this week in The Oregonian describes the flourishing artistic community at Milepost 5. When the Milepost 5 dream – a development where artists could work, and rent or buy affordable condos – took flight in 2007, Portland’s condo market was still healthy. City leaders were getting serious …

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Community Bookstore Featured Group Works card deck by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore Manager Group Works card deck A Pattern Language for Bringing Life to Meetings and Other Gatherings created by the Group Pattern Language Project NEW! $35 Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the organ…

The Canadian Press (not sure what it is) has an article on the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp and how they communicate with the dead. Read the article.

There wasn’t much chance that her lifelong dream of owning a bookstore would come true in her rural Missouri community. So Alline Anderson set off down the exciting and terrifying path of launching the Milkweed Mercantile–creating jobs, providing a market for community products, and offering a warm…

A recent NY Times article profiles several urban households that are currently forming small collectives. FIC’s Laird Schaub shares details about the recent surge in community. JOHANNA BRONK wants to make communal vegetarian meals and keep chickens. Mariel Berger hopes for social, artistic and polit…

Communities #162 looks at gender, sexual identity, gender relationships, and much more.

Common Conceptions of Community How can we create community connection — including more support, belonging, smiles, and growth — in our lives? Bianca Heyming gave a TED talk based on her experiences, affectionately called ‘Intentional Communities – 50% Less Hippie Than You’d Expect.’ …

Activists and communitarians gather to ask: “How do we respond to our current global crisis?”

What’s the difference between a cult and a community? How, when seeking community, can you avoid hooking up with a cult? Helen Zuman explores these questions based on her experience with “a cult, a community, and something in between.”