
Enjoy a new podcast offering an inside look at the beautiful and messy realities of creating and sustaining an intentional community.
Recent Episodes
Ep 2: Vision and Values with Dave Henson
Ep 3: Becoming a Steward of the Commons with Lee Warren
Ep 4 [Part I]: Finding Co-Founders and Creating Cooperative Culture with Yana Ludwig
Ep 4 [Part II]: Facilitation and Politics Bonus Conversation with Yana Ludwig
Ep 5: Demystifying Legal Frameworks with Clifford Paulin & Jonah Mesritz
Ep 7: Governance & Decision Making with Diana Leafe Christian
Ep 9: Skillful Facilitation for Any Situation with Laird Schaub

Ep 11: Exploring Cohousing with Trish Becker
Ep 13: Visiting Communities with Anthony ‘Campo’ Campbell

About the Podcast
The Inside Community Podcast brings folks along for an inside look at all of the beautiful and messy realities of creating and sustaining a community. We provide useful and inspiring content to support people on their quest for resilience, sustainability, and connection.
Through essays and interviews with experts, we examine a variety of topics related to communal living — from governance and decision making to ownership models, from navigating coparenting to navigating finances, from how to find your people to how to actually live with them. Whether you are wondering what it would be like to live with friends, share resources, and explore a more interconnected way of being, or live in community, and are looking for tips and tricks to overcome your community’s latest hurdle, the Inside Community Podcast will meet you where you are on your journey with topical episodes and fearless investigations.

Meet Your Host
Inside Community Podcast host Rebecca Mesritz is a community builder living in Williams, Oregon. In 2011, Rebecca co-founded the Emerald Village (EVO) in North County San Diego, California. During her ten years with EVO, she supported and led numerous programs and initiatives including implementation and training of the community in Sociocracy, establishment of the Animal Husbandry program, leadership of the Land Circle, hosting numerous internal and external community events, and participation in the Human Relations Circle which holds the relational, spiritual and emotional container for their work.
In June of 2021, with the blessing of EVO, Rebecca and 3 other co-founders relocated to begin a new, mission- driven community and learning center housed on 160 acres of forest and farmland. Rebecca is passionate about communal living and sees intentional community as a tool for both personal and cultural transformation. In addition to her work in this field, she also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Diego State University and creates functional, public, and interactive art in metal, wood, and pretty much any other material she can get her hands on. She is a mother, a wife, an educator, a nurturer of gardens, an epicurean lover of sustainable wholesome food, and a cultivator of compassion and beauty.


The Inside Community Podcast is sponsored by the Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC). Reach out if you are interested in sponsorship or advertisement opportunities on the podcast.