Wednesday, December 4, 2024
View your local time here.
How can communities build regenerative economies within our capitalist societies? Come learn about and discuss successful models (and perhaps a few warnings) from community-based businesses.
Whether through farming the land, building structures, or sharing resources, intentional communities have always striven to develop socially just and economically viable systems. It can be a challenge to sustain local economies that uphold community values and livelihoods within capitalist societies, but building regenerative businesses within intentional communities is not only possible, it’s a reality for many.
Using local resources to grow your own food, craft and sell products, barter with each other, and offer skill-sharing are ways to remain self-reliant and sustainable. These pockets of innovation often begin as grass-roots efforts, but can lead to lasting and widespread transformations.
Join the Developing Regenerative Community Businesses webinar to hear real-life examples of successful community businesses and see for yourself how to design your own local economy using community resources at your disposal.
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The FIC provides the resources people need to thrive in community and in collaborative ways. We make our offerings accessible for all to support them on their journey. Now we need your support.
Thor moved to East Wind in April of 2023. He started in nut butter production and moved on to be a coordinator for tub shifts shortly after. Began helping and plugging into East Wind Nut Butter’s office and administration work a few months later. Joined a marketing team aimed to help improve website presence. Created new system for tracking and forecasting raw material needs and later becoming purchasing manager. Began leading marketing projects and teams then eventually moving into the Sales and Marketing position officially in Spring of 2024.
Molly (she/her) is a founding member of Abundant Ponds, a forming community in the San Francisco Bay Area, which recently bought a restaurant, The Rainbow Junction, on 147 acres. She has been on a lifelong mission to live in a regenerative community and is excited to support others bringing their dreams to life. She works as a licensed real estate agent to create infrastructure to support communities. Her community business The Rainbow Junction Farm is a destination restaurant and wilderness experience that offers income to support Abundant Ponds community members..
Allan is a resident of the Ithaca Ecovillage and a serial entrepreneur focused on bringing the principles of sustainable bio-ecosystems to businesses and intentional communities In his professional life, Allan is Managing Partner at Digital Bridge Partners which specializes in unlocking the ecosystem potential for technology companies. As Allan began to explore Intentional Communities which landed him in Ithaca, he began the Sustainable Community Life podcast that focuses on the intersection of sharing, caring, and trusting which are the foundations of all relationships – personal, communal, business and society. In August he began working with the FIC on a work stream called Regenerative Businesses for Intentional Communities.
Allan has worked for Deloitte, the Boston Consulting Group, and is a Baker Scholar graduate of the Harvard Business School where he earned his MBA. He is also a casual-professional jazz saxophonist.
Nathaniel Nordin-Tuininga is a long-time environmental educator. He spent much of his childhood learning directly from 1200 acres of meadows and forests and from the elders who helped him cultivate a deep reverence for the more-than-human world. His life has been an ongoing exploration of alternative educational models, including indigenous practices still used in many “developing” nations, which rely heavily on the interaction between children and the natural world.
He holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon, two degrees in Early Childhood and Grades Education from Waldorf Teacher Education Eugene, and an Ecovillage and Permaculture Certification from Lost Valley Educational Center. Nathaniel has been the Education Director at Lost Valley since 2021. He has also been in charge of outreach and marketing 2006-2007 and 2021-present. Nathaniel brings patience, joy, and an intimate appreciation for the ecological interdependence of life.
Daniel (he/him) is the Co-Executive Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community. Back in 1998, following his Ph.D. dissertation on Growing up in Intentional Communities, Daniel founded Living Routes, which ran study abroad programs in ecovillages around the world. In 2012, he started Earth Deeds, which offers online tools to account for our unavoidable CO2 emissions.
You’ll get a Zoom link after you register. Please check your spam folder if you don’t receive it.
We also send out the event recording the next day in case you miss it.
Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.
All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.
You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
View your local time here.
How can communities build regenerative economies within our capitalist societies? Come learn about and discuss successful models (and perhaps a few warnings) from community-based businesses.
Whether through farming the land, building structures, or sharing resources, intentional communities have always striven to develop socially just and economically viable systems. It can be a challenge to sustain local economies that uphold community values and livelihoods within capitalist societies, but building regenerative businesses within intentional communities is not only possible, it’s a reality for many.
Using local resources to grow your own food, craft and sell products, barter with each other, and offer skill-sharing are ways to remain self-reliant and sustainable. These pockets of innovation often begin as grass-roots efforts, but can lead to lasting and widespread transformations.
Join the Developing Regenerative Community Businesses webinar to hear real-life examples of successful community businesses and see for yourself how to design your own local economy using community resources at your disposal.
—
The FIC provides the resources people need to thrive in community and in collaborative ways. We make our offerings accessible for all to support them on their journey. Now we need your support.
Thor moved to East Wind in April of 2023. He started in nut butter production and moved on to be a coordinator for tub shifts shortly after. Began helping and plugging into East Wind Nut Butter’s office and administration work a few months later. Joined a marketing team aimed to help improve website presence. Created new system for tracking and forecasting raw material needs and later becoming purchasing manager. Began leading marketing projects and teams then eventually moving into the Sales and Marketing position officially in Spring of 2024.
Molly (she/her) is a founding member of Abundant Ponds, a forming community in the San Francisco Bay Area, which recently bought a restaurant, The Rainbow Junction, on 147 acres. She has been on a lifelong mission to live in a regenerative community and is excited to support others bringing their dreams to life. She works as a licensed real estate agent to create infrastructure to support communities. Her community business The Rainbow Junction Farm is a destination restaurant and wilderness experience that offers income to support Abundant Ponds community members..
Allan is a resident of the Ithaca Ecovillage and a serial entrepreneur focused on bringing the principles of sustainable bio-ecosystems to businesses and intentional communities In his professional life, Allan is Managing Partner at Digital Bridge Partners which specializes in unlocking the ecosystem potential for technology companies. As Allan began to explore Intentional Communities which landed him in Ithaca, he began the Sustainable Community Life podcast that focuses on the intersection of sharing, caring, and trusting which are the foundations of all relationships – personal, communal, business and society. In August he began working with the FIC on a work stream called Regenerative Businesses for Intentional Communities.
Allan has worked for Deloitte, the Boston Consulting Group, and is a Baker Scholar graduate of the Harvard Business School where he earned his MBA. He is also a casual-professional jazz saxophonist.
Nathaniel Nordin-Tuininga is a long-time environmental educator. He spent much of his childhood learning directly from 1200 acres of meadows and forests and from the elders who helped him cultivate a deep reverence for the more-than-human world. His life has been an ongoing exploration of alternative educational models, including indigenous practices still used in many “developing” nations, which rely heavily on the interaction between children and the natural world.
He holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon, two degrees in Early Childhood and Grades Education from Waldorf Teacher Education Eugene, and an Ecovillage and Permaculture Certification from Lost Valley Educational Center. Nathaniel has been the Education Director at Lost Valley since 2021. He has also been in charge of outreach and marketing 2006-2007 and 2021-present. Nathaniel brings patience, joy, and an intimate appreciation for the ecological interdependence of life.
Daniel (he/him) is the Co-Executive Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community. Back in 1998, following his Ph.D. dissertation on Growing up in Intentional Communities, Daniel founded Living Routes, which ran study abroad programs in ecovillages around the world. In 2012, he started Earth Deeds, which offers online tools to account for our unavoidable CO2 emissions.
You’ll get a Zoom link after you register. Please check your spam folder if you don’t receive it.
We also send out the event recording the next day in case you miss it.
Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.
All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.
You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
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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