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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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#ecologic Why Intentional Communities are Important: I'm in Berea KY, attending the Fellowship for Int.. http://bit.ly/3E71tl
myo_o (Rainbow Dragon) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:06:14 -0000
#ecologic Why Intentional Communities are Important: I'm in Berea KY, attending the Fellowship for Int.. http://bit.ly/3E71tl
new short video about quantifying intentional communities and communitarians in North America - http://bit.ly/1HmklQ
davidsheen (David Sheen) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:11:53 -0000
new short video about quantifying intentional communities and communitarians in North America - http://bit.ly/1HmklQ
searching for photos of communes/intentional communities to use for a video to show my students...got some? email me angela.abbas@gmail.com
anabbas (Angela Abbas) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:16:27 -0000
searching for photos of communes/intentional communities to use for a video to show my students...got some? email me angela.abbas@gmail.com
@RogueReverend I don't do intentional communities.
BrianMerritt (BrianMerritt) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:54:03 -0000
@RogueReverend I don't do intentional communities.
At a workshop on multifaith intentional living communities #IFYC09
adriennefriend (adriennefriend) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:28:16 -0000
At a workshop on multifaith intentional living communities #IFYC09
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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