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An intentional community is a planned residential community with a much higher degree of social interaction than other communities. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political or spiritual vision and share responsibilities and resources. Intentional communities include cohousing, residential land trusts, ecovillages, communes, kibbutzim, ashrams, and housing cooperatives.
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It is important to note that in the context of intentional communities the above terms have different meanings compared to the legal forms of real estate ownership that may have the same name. For example the members of a cohousing intentional community may own their homes by owning shares in a housing cooperative.
The purposes of intentional communities vary. They may include sharing resources, creating family-oriented neighborhoods and living ecologically sustainable lifestyles (ecovillages). Some communities are secular; others have a spiritual basis. Commonly there is a focus on egalitarian values. Other themes are voluntary simplicity, interpersonal growth and self-reliance. Some communities provide services to disadvantaged populations, for example, war refugees, the homeless, or people with developmental disabilities. Some communities operate learning or health centers.
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@nonvanilla "Poems, Animals and Vaginas: A Postcolonial Reading of Mid-century Womyn's Intentional Communities"
apocalypsecakes (Apocalypse Cakes) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:27:36 -0000
@nonvanilla "Poems, Animals and Vaginas: A Postcolonial Reading of Mid-century Womyn's Intentional Communities"
I'll be here facilitating a workshop on neo-monasticism/ intentional communities - http://ow.ly/Mv4l
eliacin (EliacÃn) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:26:58 -0000
I'll be here facilitating a workshop on neo-monasticism/ intentional communities - http://ow.ly/Mv4l
Sitting on the dock at Treasure Cay in Abacos/Bahamas; thinking about co-writing something about intentional communities... sun finally here
npro (Dan Burnstein) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:11:37 -0000
Sitting on the dock at Treasure Cay in Abacos/Bahamas; thinking about co-writing something about intentional communities... sun finally here
Triad Intentional Communities Network: FREE RENT: Stages of mortgage delinquency ⢠Foreclosure prevention ⢠Opt... http://bit.ly/6VCjql
JASDAVIS1 (JIM DAVIS) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:01:59 -0000
Triad Intentional Communities Network: FREE RENT: Stages of mortgage delinquency • Foreclosure prevention • Opt... http://bit.ly/6VCjql
Exploring conscious / intentional communities, such as Findhorn, Damanhur and Auroville... Has anyone visited one of these?
IsobelShih (Isobel Shih) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:41:34 -0000
Exploring conscious / intentional communities, such as Findhorn, Damanhur and Auroville... Has anyone visited one of these?
AC Travel: Intentional Communities: Life at Oregon's Lost Valley http://bit.ly/6GrO9w #AC #travel
AC_Travel (Associated Content) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:00:44 -0000
AC Travel: Intentional Communities: Life at Oregon's Lost Valley http://bit.ly/6GrO9w #AC #travel
Global Ecovillage Network - Information about communities of people striving to live sustainably, including directory, news, resources, educational programs.
Intentional Communities - Provides information and resources for seekers of community, including large directory, classified ads, Communities Magazine, Communities Directory, sale of community-related books and materials.
Meta Description: [ Intentional Communities (ecovillages, community, communes, cohousing, coops...) ]
.coop - Central site for .coop top-level domain, including whois, list of registrars.
Communal Studies Association - Scholarly group which studies present and past communal societies of the United States. Includes membership information, fellowships and awards, publications, conferences, links, and bibliography.
EcoNomads - Down to earth nomads in quest of future civilization. Travelogue reports on visits to ecovillages, intentional communities, communes, and other co-living projects around the world.
Meta Description: [ Home(less)page of Erika, OfeK and Momo - We are an eco-nomadic family (community?) eco-traveling and experiencing eco-villages, eco-communes, eco-projects, a little sight-seeing and great raw/vegan/organic food! Our website includes our complete travelogue (EvoluLog) with many photos and a Librar... ]
Federation of Egalitarian Communities - Network of communal (income-sharing) groups in North America, includes information about member communities, articles about communal life, and related resources.
International Communal Studies Association - ICSA - Multidisciplinary, academic organization for scholarly exchange regarding communes, intentional communities, collective settlements and kibbutz.
Meta Description: [ The International Communal Studies Association is a multidisciplinary, academic organization for scholarly exchange regarding communes, intentional communities, collective settlements and kibbutz. It encourages comparative studies, research projects, and maintains a list of communal organizations... ]
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Managing the Spiritual Neighborhood - A program for creating community in the place where you live, including spirituality, back-to-the-earth civic responsibility, and neighborhood management.
Meta Description: [ Garden Zone Management is a program for
constructive social activism; creating community in the place where you live.
It includes a spiritual aspect and involves back-to-the-earth civic responsibility
and neighborhood management. It proposes an alternative grass-roots government that
does not... ]
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