40+ Years of Communities magazine Back Issue Yard Sale!
Posted on February 28, 2015 by40+ Years of Communities magazine Back Issues Yard Sale Christopher Kindig, Business Manager Communities magazine has chronicled the challenges and celebrations of community living since 1972. This stacks up to 165 issues where “C-mag” has brought you lessons learned, methods for solving problems as groups, and inspiration that thriving through cooperation is possible! While staff… Read More
The New Communities
Posted on February 26, 2015 byOur new format features 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper, as well as color throughout the issue—better reflecting both our ecological values and the richness of life in cooperative culture.
New Beehive Design does not disturb Bees to Harvest Honey!
Posted on February 22, 2015 byFor those who harvest honey, “the worst part of being a beekeeper is pulling out the honey-laden frames from the box and tearing them up to get the honey. The bees hate it and so do I. That’s why this new hive design, called Flow, is so cool.” Check out this New Beehive Design does… Read More
Community for Baby Boomers, #166 Contents
Posted on February 20, 2015 byWhat role can baby boomers (born 1946-1964) play in a new resurgence of intentional community living? Where can they find and offer support to meet their and others’ needs over their final decades of life? How can aging baby boomers regain the sense of community that defined much of their generation as youth and young adults? What gifts do baby boomers offer to younger generations? In “Community for Baby Boomers,” our contributors explore these questions and many more.
Mass Mosaic helps people connect to share in abundance
Posted on February 13, 2015 byWouldn’t it be great if you could share your skills and what you have in abundance, and receive help from those who have what you are lacking? This is how a new network called Mass Mosaic helps people connect to share in abundance. “Your skills, things, interests, experiences, passions, and dreams make you unique. Each… Read More
Smart Water Pipes that Harvest Power
Posted on February 11, 2015 byNew smart infrastructure! The innovative city of Portland has unveiled plans for new smart water pipes that harvest power. They will generate electricity for streetlights, and in addition are equipped with sensors to monitor pressure, flow, and safety. Alerts will be triggered in real time if for example unsafe chemicals or bacteria are detected in… Read More
Best of Communities III. Leadership, Power and Membership
Posted on February 10, 2015 byCommunity Bookstore Special Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop Leadership, Power, and Membership by Erica, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Volume III Leadership, Power, and Membership Digital downloadable compilation PDF The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased to offer the third volume of the selection of the best articles that have appeared over… Read More
Why should you care about Intentional Communities?
Posted on February 9, 2015 byWhy should you care about Intentional Communities? FIC Board Member Sky Blue reviews the successful systems and culture Twin Oaks has built to allow it to thrive. “Twin Oaks Community has been my home off and on for the last 15 years. It’s one of the flagships of the Intentional Communities movement, and yet is… Read More
Where to Find Happiness?
Posted on February 8, 2015 byWhere to Find Happiness? Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and editor in chief of Yes Magazine, has adapted an article from her book, Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference, to address what actually makes us happy? From A Brief History of Happiness: How America Lost Track of the Good Life—and Where to Find… Read More
Beautiful Tiny Home costs couple $22,000
Posted on February 1, 2015 byHow much space do you really need? This brave couple decided to radically change their approach to housing, to create something beautiful, elegant, functional, and affordable. “Andrew and Gabriella Morrison spent decades in the rat race, with their lives revolving around their finances and paying off a huge mortgage. They were sick of this lifestyle,… Read More
Life with the Solar Kitchen
Posted on January 30, 2015 byThe Tamera Solar Village combines solar thermal and biogas technologies to create a kitchen that not only promotes responsible relationships to the earth and sky, but also builds human community.
Commons Transition Project
Posted on January 27, 2015 byLast week, commons advocates the P2P Foundation, Guerilla Translation, and their partners launched Commons Transition, a public forum to further commons-oriented policy-making. Commons Transition is based on the groundbreaking work of the Free/Libre Open Knowledge (FLOK) Society in Ecuador. Read the full article here.
YES Youth Europe Self-Empowerment Cooperative
Posted on January 21, 2015 byParticipants: 28 young people (18 – 30 Years) – 1 from each EU country and 8 from other continents as guests Date: 26th April to 3rd May 2015 Place: Schloss Tempelhof – Germany Final Application Day: 15th February 2015 More details about the event here.
Social Media or Social Isolation? Or is there a third way?
Posted on January 19, 2015 byAvoiding computers can mean losing out on connecting with others when one is desperate for connection, yet a rich, computer-free, community-based social life is also possible.
Reasons why Comfrey is perfect for permaculture
Posted on January 13, 2015 byComfrey is a fairly humble looking plant. It has large hairy green leaves and small bell-shaped flowers, typically colored either purple or white. However, what it may lack in striking appearances, it certainly makes up for in the myriad benefits it can give to a permaculture plot. Read the full article here.
Kindista: Technology for Living More Freely
Posted on January 9, 2015 byBorn of collaboration, an innovative technology helps build community by encouraging trust, appreciation, and giving from the heart.
Best of Communities II: Seeking and Visiting a Community
Posted on January 6, 2015 byCommunity Bookstore Special Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop Seeking and Visiting a Community by June, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Volume II Seeking and Visiting a Community Digital downloadable compilation PDF The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased to offer you the cream of our crop–the very best articles that have appeared… Read More
6 fascinating people who own almost nothing
Posted on January 4, 2015 byMost of us can only handle stacking, storing and stepping over our stuff for so long before we start to feel claustrophobic. We go on a cleaning spree and give (or sell) it all away. But that’s only a temporary fix. Living small requires a more permanent shift. You might find it hard to believe, but… Read More
Followup: Are People Happier Living in Community?
Posted on December 30, 2014 byAre people happier living in community? Three intentional communities who responded won cash prizes! Laird Schaub FIC Executive Secretary Researcher Bjorn Grinde (top left, visiting Findhorn Community.) Who’s Happier Now? Durham Central Park (Durham NC), Daybreak (Portland OR), and Bellingham Cohousing (Bellingham WA), that’s who! These three intentional communities listed in our online directory received early… Read More
Technology on the Path to Reality: Snapshots from the Pre-Post-Digital Age
Posted on December 29, 2014 by1 Comment
Misadventures with a cell phone help the author dial into more enduring, meaningful adventures and relationships not dependent on an electronic-communications hamster wheel.
Back to Life: Returning from the Virtual to the Real
Posted on December 19, 2014 byTo shake our addiction to modern technology, we must understand its true costs. Stillwaters Sanctuary works to create a culture of greater connection, where it is easier to live without industrial society.
What Would You Give for World Peace?
Posted on December 13, 2014 bySeasons Greetings from all of us at FIC! from Laird Schaub, FIC Executive Secretary SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ALL OF US AT FIC! This is the time of year when we receive cards from friends and loved ones that extol the dream of Peace on Earth. Well, the Foundation for Intentional Community works at that goal… Read More
Technology: Our External Thumb
Posted on December 8, 2014 by2 Comments
Instead of asking whether technology is a “friend or foe,” perhaps we should be asking how to better help friends and reduce foes through the use of technology.
“Appropriate” Technology and Community on the Path to Resiliency
Posted on November 28, 2014 by1 Comment
At Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, efforts to foster a renaissance in land-based living go hand in hand with judicious use of modern design and communication technologies.
Best of Communities: Intentional Community Overview & Starting a Community
Posted on November 25, 2014 by1 Comment
Community Bookstore Special Best of Communities ― The Cream of Our Crop Intentional Community Overview And Starting A Community by June, Community Bookstore Manager Best of Communities Vol. I Intentional Community Overview plus Starting A Community Digital downloadable compilation PDF The Foundation for Intentional Community is pleased to offer you the cream of our crop–the very… Read More
Technology, Nature, and Community
Posted on November 21, 2014 byHow does modern technology affect our ecological and social literacy? Are computers and their kin suppressing or enhancing the awareness, skills, and qualities essential to our nature as humans?
Technology: Friend or Foe?, #165 Contents
Posted on November 14, 2014 byIn our issue on “Technology: Friend or Foe?,” authors examine the impacts of modern technology on their experience of community. Has the digital age brought us closer together, or moved us apart? How has it impacted our relationship with the rest of the living world? What does “appropriate use of technology” look like, and what is “appropriate technology”? We explore the full range of sentiment from technological optimism to technological skepticism.
Radical Governance Changes in Two North American Ecovillages
Posted on October 31, 2014 byEarthaven and Dancing Rabbit embrace their groups’ evolution and growth with innovative new governance and decision-making methods.
Seeing the Good in the World, Part II: Transformative Learning Experiences at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
Posted on October 26, 2014 by1 Comment
While helping communitarians measure their progress toward sustainability goals, a college student finds herself unexpectedly changed.
From Conversation to Community: How a Bunch of Mates Bought Some Land Together
Posted on October 21, 2014 by“Wouldn’t it be great to buy a block of land together in the bush?” Dinner party conversations yield unexpected fruit.
