Community Where You Are
Bodies in Isolation
Posted on May 18, 2019 byBeing immersed in mainstream culture and isolated from supportive, body-positive communities can prevent choice and body-awareness exploration. But living in a supportive community can make alternative choices and attitudes easier to sustain.
What Can We Learn from the Amish?
Posted on April 23, 2019 byTouch the soil, live simply, and be satisfied with “enough”: it’s worked for the Amish for almost 300 years and it can work for us as well.
Communities of Intention in Peru, Ecuador, and Beyond: A Summer of Travel and Rediscovering Communal Roots
Posted on August 27, 2018 byAs a college project, a child of intentional community explores how others define community, discovering that organic community spaces are possible everywhere.
Notes from the Editor: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Posted on August 24, 2018 byIt’s still possible to make it a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
It’s Not Just the Curtain: Crossing the Class Divide at the Bloomington Catholic Worker
Posted on March 28, 2018 by1 Comment
Distinctions and boundaries between community members and their homeless guests can be problematic sometimes, but they are also what allow the sharing and caring to continue.
Growing Inclusivity in Cohousing: Stories and Strategies
Posted on March 16, 2018 byFamiliar with both privilege and marginalization, a queer Latina cohouser shares experiences and perspectives on confronting racial and ethnic homogeneity.
Moving Beyond White Fragility: Lessons from Standing Rock
Posted on March 12, 2018 byBonded by a shared mission, indigenous water protectors and their white allies find a safe space for giving and receiving honest feedback about white privilege and unconscious acts of racism.
Moving Beyond Diversity Towards Collective Liberation: Weaving the Communities Movement into Intersectional Justice Struggles
Posted on March 8, 2018 byThe co-organizer of the People of Color Sustainable Housing Network shares strategies for deepening your community’s work on issues of race, class, and privilege.
Beauty and Brokenness: Digesting Grief into Gratitude for Justice
Posted on March 7, 2018 byA child of the Indian middle class immerses herself in the grassroots sustainability movement in Portland, Oregon and shares lessons learned on her journey.
Green and Resilient Neighborhoods: Portland, Oregon and Beyond
Posted on January 11, 2018 byColumbia Ecovillage, Cully Grove Garden Community, Kailash Ecovillage, River Road Neighborhood, and elsewhere embody diverse, promising approaches to re-greening our lives.
Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage: A 13-Year-Old Retrofit Ecovillage in Cincinnati, Ohio
Posted on December 21, 2017 byWhile it involves inevitable struggles, this replicable model both forms community and provides an ecological framework for living in the city.
Honoring the Conversation: Turning a Neighborhood into a Community in Intown Atlanta
Posted on December 11, 2017 byFace-to-face conversation strengthens the sense of community among the diverse constituencies of a nonprofit Land Trust.
Towards a Joyful Economics
Posted on May 28, 2017 byFrom Gift Circles in Brooklyn to the sharing economy at an ecovillage-based collective house, the author explores practical applications of Sacred Economics.
Variations on a Theme: Low-Carbon Communities of All Sorts
Posted on May 1, 2017 by2 Comments
Three innovative non-residential groups use community as a tool to address climate change.
Soil, Communities, and Climate Change: An Interview with Nikki Silvestri
Posted on April 11, 2017 byAs a climate solutions advocate explains, carbon is not a bad thing; it’s often just in the wrong places right now.
The Question I Get Asked the Most
Posted on April 1, 2017 by“What can I do?” It’s the right question—almost.
Nine Traditions that Draw Us Together: How a Small Town Nurtures Community
Posted on February 1, 2017 byThe art of creating community spirit within mainstream towns and neighborhoods has much potential to change the world for the better.
The Case for Mass Civil Disruption and Resistance: The story of how 15 intentional communities and experiments came together to form a national coalition to defend life, come hell or high water
Posted on October 21, 2016 by1 Comment
Activists and communitarians gather to ask: “How do we respond to our current global crisis?”
Grassroots Activism Starts at Home
Posted on October 11, 2016 byAt the RareBirds Housing Co-operative, community life and outside activism deepen and strengthen each other.
Not the Last of the Mohicans: Honoring Our Native Predecessors on the Land
Posted on September 30, 2016 by1 Comment
How can we do right by the native peoples whose ancestral homelands now host our intentional communities?
Rediscovering Community: A family’s journey back to appreciating Home
Posted on March 11, 2016 by1 Comment
An active search for a new community allows one family to explore core questions.
Offerings to the Land
Posted on January 21, 2016 byBefriend the land where you are, and you will never be lonely.
The Unexpected Journey
Posted on January 11, 2016 by1 Comment
A three-month living/learning seminar in alternative communities still resonates three decades later.
Getting to Community and Life after Community: Collectivism vs. Individuality
Posted on January 1, 2016 by1 Comment
Togetherness and solitude, action and reflection—our lives give us times for each.
An Evolving Movement
Posted on December 21, 2015 by1 Comment
The FIC’s new Executive Director reflects on his and the organization’s converging paths.
Finding Community Outside of “Community”
Posted on December 11, 2015 by1 Comment
Myriad groups and connections on “the outside” don’t call themselves intentional—but sometimes are.
Three Kinds of Community—Three Kinds of Experience and Learning
Posted on December 1, 2015 byWhether with refugees, in the inner city, or in intentional groups, community holds life-long lessons.
My Squat Law Journey
Posted on October 21, 2015 byAfter years of advocacy, social justice work, and on-the-ground experience, a squatter passes the bar exam.
Land Use Regulations, Urban Planners, and Intentional Communities
Posted on October 11, 2015 by1 Comment
A century since the United States’ first citywide zoning ordinance, community founders can find support in unexpected places when navigating land use laws.
It Takes All Kinds to Raise a Village
Posted on September 21, 2015 byAfter an engaged local citizenry creates cultural shifts, a city endorses rather than prosecutes code-bending strategies that promote resilient community.
