The Culture of Intentional Community

How does living in intentional community shape our daily experience? What distinguishes a culture which emphasizes “community” from one that does not? What skills and awareness do we need to co-create a resilient collaborative culture? How can lessons and wisdom from intentional communities benefit the world at large? What can we learn from organically-emerging “unintentional” communities?

In Communities’ Winter 2018 issue, “The Culture of Intentional Community,” authors explore all these questions and more, sharing insights they’ve gained from their own wide-ranging experiences.

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Articles in “The Culture of Intentional Community”

• Introducing This Issue: A Culture of Cooperation by Marty Klaif
• Notes from the Editor: Slices of Life in Community by Chris Roth
• Changing Skies by Karen Gimnig
• Cat Karma by Troy Matthews
• Reflections from a Communitarian Entrepreneur by Larry Stopper
• A Day in the Life by Marty Klaif
• An Evolution in Community by Chris Roth
• Mind the Gap: How the Cultural Difference between Incoming Residents and the Community Can Indicate Whether They Will Stay by Colin Doyle
• Planted in Good Soil: Cultural Roots and Community by Julian Washio-Collette
• The Shaker “Culture of Cleanliness” by Susan M. Matarese
• About That Clothesline… by Josina Guess
• My Unintentional Community by Sheryl Grassie
• Bringing a Little Fairy Dust to Corporate America by Allie Stafford
• Musings on the Culture of Connection by Joan McVilly
• Skill Building for a Culture of Collaboration by Joe Cole
• Narcissism, Dependence, and Culture Change by Yana Ludwig
• Building a Culture of Care at Black Bulga by Geoff Evans
• Climate Change Activists’ Community by Camille Bru
• Adventures in Remote Simplicity: Four Distinct Community Styles by Philip Mirkin
• Many Shades of Green: Establishing a Culture of Sustainability in a Diverse, by Developer-driven Expatriate Community Nermin Dessouky, Angela Sanguinetti, Alan Meier, Sarah Outcault, and Richard Tutwiler
• Turning It Around: Culture, Compassionate Inquiry, and Transformation in a Community by Michael Johnson
• Growing at Ganas by Jessica Curtis
• The False Dichotomy of Urban Life versus Community Life: Small Community Culture within Big City Culture by Leon Tsao
• Life’s Little Victories: Twin Oaks Version by Valerie Renwick