Transition towns in the USA!

Born of collaboration, an innovative technology helps build community by encouraging trust, appreciation, and giving from the heart.

This is an interview with Eris Weaver, a presenter at the National Cohousing Conference in Nashville May 19-21. Eris will be leading several workshops and at the event, including Cohousers in Politics and Let’s Talk About Money. Check out our overview of the event to learn more, and be sure to visit…

This post was first published on Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage’s blog here. If this account stirs you, get your application in now to join their final visitor session of the year, happening Oct 8-29! This fall I’m experiencing some pleasant full-circle memories that I’d like to share with you. Liz h…

“We’re all in this together” is the headline of a recent article in the Real Estate section of the TimesOnline that looks favorably on the rise in sustainable communities in the UK. What do you share with your neighbours? A cup of sugar? A dividing wall? Despair over the way that your recycling boxe…

Community Bookstore Within Reach DVD Price Drop plus Free Ground Shipping with Coupon A Journey to Find Sustainable Community Reviewed by Erica Gentile Within Reach A DVD About an Incredible Journey DVD Region Code: 0 (international) Run Time: 99 Minutes Release Date: 2013 Mandy …

Both in traditional cultures and at La’akea, close loving relationships, consistent community connection, a life close to nature, fresh non-processed food, satisfying work, regular exercise, clean air and water, attunement to biological rhythms, joy, and laughter all support health.

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…

Two community founders recognize that it’s time to hand over the reins and move on.

Community can be balm for the discomforts of aging, just as elders’ wisdom and caring can soothe the growing pains of youth.

There are lots of great events coming up this year. FIC is proud to sponsor events that help bring people together to build your communities and build the movement. Info about all the events we’re sponsoring. Here are some of the new events on the schedule. The Farm’s Conference on Community…