Several folks on my Facebook fan page have been asking: How do I get started with living outside the Flat World in sustainable community? What are some resources?
Well, here’s one. A website called Intentional Communities serves the growing communities’ movement, providing resources for starting a community, finding a community home, living in community, and creating more community in your life.
And Intentional Community is simply an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing communities, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, intentional living, alternative communities, cooperative living, and other projects where people strive together with a common vision.
Let me know if you find the site helpful.
Jilllian says
July 28, 2011 at 10:55 pmI’m living in cohousing right now and I love it, the main differences between cohousing and single-family housing is that I have neighbors that I know, cook with, drink wine with, spend hours on the patio talking about everything and nothing.
People who end up unhappy in their cohousing communities often didn’t have accurate expectations (or were not completely informed) going into it. Set yourself and your future neighbors up for success; give them a copy of Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett.
Spread the word.
Build it up.
William Powers says
August 15, 2011 at 5:30 pmThanks for that excellent feedback Jillian!