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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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The Top Party School Shoots For A Lower Ranking
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400
The University of Florida in Gainesville is the No. 1-ranked party school. It's a distinction that surprises some students, and administrators hope new policies will help the school change that reputation.
Pick Of Palin Sets Up Battle For Female Voters
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:41:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the first woman picked for a Republican presidential ticket, appeals to social and economic conservatives — and possibly disgruntled Clinton supporters. But it appears that John McCain will forfeit a chance to question Barack Obama's relative lack of experience.
McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400
Sen. John McCain surprised a lot of people Friday by picking Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. McCain is in Dayton, Ohio to make the announcement. Madeleine Brands talk to David Schaper who's at the McCain rally in Dayton.
The Talk of the Town
Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
Hendrik Hertzberg: What Barack Obama is up against.
Hendrik Hertzberg Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The week before the week before this week’s scheduled gathering of the delegates and their media camp followers in Denver, the nominee-presumptive of the Democratic Party did something that is strongly recommended, and ought to be mandatory, for anyone who has just logged a year and a half’s worth . . .
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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