Class 5: Types of Communities

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Curious about intentional communities but not sure where to begin? Learn how they work, explore your options, and find out if community living is right for you.

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Yana Ludwig

Community-founder and author, Yana Ludwig has dedicated her life to fostering cooperative cultures. She is the author of Building Belonging: Your Guide to Starting a Residential Intentional Community, released in May 2023; Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption; and co-author of The Cooperative Culture Handbook.

Yana lived in community for 26 years and was a founder four times – all of her work is grounded in deep community experience. She served on the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Intentional Community for over a decade and is the former Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable and Cooperative Culture at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Commonomics USA and North Coast Food Web.

She is a dynamic, compassionate and thoughtful speaker and teacher, committed to creating a more just and resilient world.

Learn more about Yana here.

Class 5: Types of Communities

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May 6 – June 3, 2025

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“The courses gave me the confidence to finally start my own community. The teachers truly understand what it takes.”
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John Doe
Sunrise Collective
“The courses gave me the confidence to finally start my own community. The teachers truly understand what it takes.”
Smiling young woman in hoodie and glasses against blue wall.
John Doe
Sunrise Collective
“The courses gave me the confidence to finally start my own community. The teachers truly understand what it takes.”
Smiling young woman in hoodie and glasses against blue wall.
John Doe
Sunrise Collective

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Communities

A residential project: people live here as their primary home.

Organizations

An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).

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