Communities Directory
The Communities Directory, A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Community provides listing of
History
The first version of the Communities Directory appeared in issue #1 of
The Communities Directory is now in its 6th edition. Editions were published in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2007. The production cycle has been shortened due to the online collection of data. The 4th edition lists 600 communities in North America and another 130 worldwide. The 5th edition lists almost 1250 communities worldwide.
There is also a companion video Visions of Utopia: Experiments in Sustainable Culture that outlines the history of intentional shared living and profiles a diverse cross-section of contemporary groups (external link included below).
The Online Communities Directory database is shared by members of the Intentional Community Data Collective which includes the
Publisher
The Communities Directory is published by
See also
- Cohousing
- Commune (intentional community)
- Diggers and Dreamers
- Ecovillage
- Fellowship for Intentional Community
- Intentional Community
- List of intentional communities
References
- Fellowship for Intentional Community. Archived from the original(Online) on September 8, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- OCLC 32605029. Archived from the original(Print) on April 15, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- OCLC 3130385. Archived from the original on November 2, 2005. Retrieved August 5, 2010.)
Since 1972, Communities has been the primary resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities in North America – from urban co-ops to cohousing groups to ecovillages to rural communes. Communities now also focuses on creating and enhancing community in the workplace, in nonprofit or activist organizations, and in neighborhoods, with enhanced coverage of international communities as well
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Intentional Community is 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.
External links
- Video: Visions of Utopia
- Cohousing Directory
- Intentional Communities Wiki
- Intentional Communities Wiki page – on Communities Directory