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<subtitle>Communities Magazine: Life in Cooperative Culture - A selection of articles from our magazine about intentional community (ecovillages, cohousing, co-ops, and more) are posted online.</subtitle>
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<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:27-05:00</updated>
<entry>
<title>The Lighter Side of Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1553/The_Lighter_Side_of_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cdbbda11-f837-da80-ca33-0eb2e80bf0a1</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[<b>Web Special:</b> Our critic-at-large finds both humor and surprising insight in this cinematic journey into a fictional intentional community. <i>(An excerpt from our forthcoming Summer 2012 print edition, #155.)</i>]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Church of Fermentation</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1552/The_Church_of_Fermentation" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e20ac12f-4337-e159-4076-40e22b4970fc</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In a world in which food choices
and dietary preferences can
become quasi-religions,
lactic-acid fermentation wins
a new convert.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Spirit in the Woods</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1541/Spirit_in_the_Woods" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f765cfcd-9c30-163c-88dd-710ee1a7ff1a</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[At New View Cohousing, practicing consensus, navigating illness, and simply
sharing lives are continuing spiritual exercises.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Inviting God to Dance</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1539/Inviting_God_to_Dance" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b606f89e-4646-5763-b761-359c80b5a3cf</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A dancer's year at Currents community opens and transforms both her and the group.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Common Ground in an Uncertain World</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1535/Common_Ground_in_an_Uncertain_World" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3ec3440b-bd80-b1ca-5fd5-36edc67e214f</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A journey through various flavors of spiritually eclectic community brings
us face to face with cursed seeds, the White Brotherhood Team, mystery,
and stardust.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Creating Spiritual Community at the Hermitage</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1534/Creating_Spiritual_Community_at_the_Hermitage" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d51d386d-f6ef-aea5-e5d3-d2390d944b06</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[To these communitarians, all work was holy--but overwhelmed by "the
accumulating weight of such holiness" and other disappointments, they
eventually adjust their aspirations.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Monasticism, Community, and &quot;The Great Work&quot;</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1532/Monasticism_Community_and_The_Great_Work" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4bfd6824-3b10-39c6-ec5f-153412e53920</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The former Elderhostel coordinator at Holy Cross Monastery explores
personal and monastic history to explain her unlikely presence there.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Creative Spirituality in American Communities of the Past</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1531/Creative_Spirituality_in_American_Communities_of_the_Past" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:95bec140-6ea4-f553-680c-8504ec8269c1</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[If you haven't heard of hollow earth theory, zig-zag-and-swirl, B-FICs, or
bathing bans, you've missed out on some of the more distinctive contributions
of communal spirituality.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Sharing the Path</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1529/Sharing_the_Path" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d191724b-7a65-5573-7934-4b4301e8ec75</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Even "non-spiritual" groups can benefit through a multitude of simple practices that deepen participants' connections with themselves, one another, and the sacred.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Creating Community Ritual</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1526/Creating_Community_Ritual" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:95ffc3e7-d363-fc2a-b3e4-a5e285a5d033</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ritual can connect us more deeply to place, mark the passages of our lives,
comfort us in times of grief, and link us in the pure joy of celebration. It
works best when created collectively.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Communal Studies Association Honors &lt;i&gt;Communities&lt;/i&gt;</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1520/Communal_Studies_Association_Honors_Communities" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:00c627d7-5d2b-9962-1108-8dc204dcbb91</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>How Permaculture Stole My Community!</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1517/How_Permaculture_Stole_My_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fca8bfe0-6b2d-0461-3355-d9de50481bbb</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After a painful period stranded in "permaculture heaven," an Earthaven founder finds her community finally moving back towards balance with its eco-spiritual roots.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Doing It, or Are We?</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1514/Doing_It_or_Are_We" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:139d29f4-183b-ef08-aeb9-7d8efd81a9d9</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[On Hawaii's Big Island, La'akea Community explores sustainability through myriad experiments--from keeping wild pet pigs in the garden to eating 100 percent locally to mowing with sheep.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Sharing Gardens</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1513/The_Sharing_Gardens" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0f0d14ce-d4a9-43a8-4a8c-e23e3a2c821c</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An innovative approach to collective community gardens nurtures a culture of giving while allowing participants to feed both themselves and those in need.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Growing a Culture of Gratitude in Argentine Patagonia</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1511/Growing_a_Culture_of_Gratitude_in_Argentine_Patagonia" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:75811bf1-600b-68e6-9ddd-3ede205994f4</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An organic farming volunteer learns surprising new lessons from his Argentinian hosts--such as how to relax, how to enjoy practical labor, and how to contribute more sustainably by putting personal work first.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Hugelkultur on the Prairie, or Learning from Our Mistakes</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1507/Hugelkultur_on_the_Prairie_or_Learning_from_Our_Mistakes" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6c58fc43-edce-acac-1e60-071a1f2187a8</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Degraded slopes, crumbling logs, plenty of trench-digging, seven blueberry plants, and an unanticipated drought combine to teach some important lessons.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Permaculture at The Farm</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1505/Permaculture_at_The_Farm" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:66fb312e-0c45-ac73-5e3c-e87aab823aad</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Drawing on its long association with permaculture, The Farm in Tennessee institutes on-the-ground projects designed to provide resilience in times of climate change.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Sociocracy</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1504/Sociocracy" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cce347a9-d120-de56-383f-dba8152f2cfd</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Lost Valley Educational Center avoids collapse and reinvigorates itself by applying a new approach to governance combining the best of diverse models.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Social Permaculture</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1502/Social_Permaculture" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8ce647cd-6adf-98fb-63e5-36d6600b6603</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While expert at understanding ecological connections, permaculturalists often founder in relating with one another. Applying permaculture principles to group dynamics can help us work together more effectively.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Permaculture 101 and Attending to Zone Zero</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1501/Permaculture_101_and_Attending_to_Zone_Zero" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:df7079d3-f657-d4b7-ea7d-c4d6a9c2b019</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The editor provides a refresher on our theme and suggests some new Zone Zero guidelines to help keep permaculturalists in the game for the long haul.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Unto the Second Generation</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1498/Unto_the_Second_Generation" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3f07737b-ee0a-c6e9-5829-ce7817b3777c</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[When a cohousing group's honeymoon ends, and economic stress dictates selling units to any willing buyers, can a community's core values and connections endure?]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Buddha Being...Buddha Doing</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1497/Buddha_BeingBuddha_Doing" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:21f0d11c-37ec-494b-42ff-e9af51e76e65</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Overcoming her resistance to waking up at 5 a.m., a veteran community seeker learns transformative lessons at Deer Park Monastery.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Lenox Place News</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1490/The_Lenox_Place_News" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:50b10c7b-00b1-3d04-38c0-cb18bbd031a6</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A fifth-grader takes initial steps toward right livelihood by creating a neighborhood newspaper that embodies and helps bring together her local community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Gift of Compost</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1486/The_Gift_of_Compost" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d440fffb-751d-4328-3e7c-a1fa9b6687f7</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[To the Compostmeister at a collective house, the cycles of compost embody a new economics that focuses upon human needs and relationships.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Which Comes First, My Community or My Career?</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1485/Which_Comes_First_My_Community_or_My_Career" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3350134c-cf70-e784-444f-18f4a86861c8</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Believing that the next phase in human evolution involves a return to the "local" and to community with neighbors, the author focuses his job search close to home, and includes any useful type of work.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Crowdfunding</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1484/Crowdfunding" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8f5ef76e-3f55-2b96-94a2-7b93b26251dc</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A collective financial approach that allows individuals to pool their resources in support of favorite projects, crowdfunding both encourages and thrives upon community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Remade in Edinburgh</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1483/Remade_in_Edinburgh" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:36972d3d-657b-aeaa-a15c-276a36f37de9</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In Brixton, South London, and Edinburgh, Scotland, right livelihood finds a home in innovative, resource-conserving, grassroots projects.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Work Less, Simplify More</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1479/Work_Less_Simplify_More" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e592b5a9-3921-1c65-294f-1353f3dee820</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[By reducing our economic impact, we can shrink our ecological footprint, while freeing up time and energy to contribute to community and a more sustainable world.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Right Lively 'Hood</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1478/Right_Lively_Hood" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6d279036-de3f-67d9-405f-9478db537715</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Finding meaningful, socially and ecologically responsible work cannot be done in a vacuum. Right livelihood depends on networks of relationship.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>A Communitarian Conundrum</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1467/A_Communitarian_Conundrum" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:00251b2c-b9f6-169f-469a-4faf4960b32d</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Despite widespread desire for community, structural and cultural obstacles to intentional community in the modern world loom large.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Fascinating Selfhood</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1466/Fascinating_Selfhood" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f2dd2bd7-eb99-2471-e7c4-2529aa82e38e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Do you think a  half-century-old book on proper "womanhood," much of whose advice is guaranteed to cause feminists to scream out in indignation, has nothing to teach us? Think again.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Solace of Friends in Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1465/The_Solace_of_Friends_in_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:050d9897-6449-28c4-704e-83da2c544d6b</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Women's Empowerment Circles offer community-within-community, building trust, caring, and mutual support.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Intimacy in the Village Setting</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1464/Intimacy_in_the_Village_Setting" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:29e319f7-7230-6faa-0cb6-c52653f3865e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After a journey from nuclear family life through student coops, an ecovillager finds rich opportunities for intimacy, in many diverse forms--not just with lovers and family.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Three Perspectives on Intimacy in Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1463/Three_Perspectives_on_Intimacy_in_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9f02b29c-bcbe-1e41-7296-a850967abb4e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A starter marriage, a spouse's health crisis, and the small details that define each person shed light on the meaning of intimacy.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Relationship of Relationships to the Group</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1462/The_Relationship_of_Relationships_to_the_Group" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:01ce38e0-77da-b598-c7ec-826ba8b76d7d</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Relationships don't exist in a vacuum. Through a culture of communication and support, communities can create the healthy container which relationships need in order to flourish.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Honesty and Intimacy</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1459/Honesty_and_Intimacy" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:91ccee1a-82d2-ee5e-bb94-393ae4b5ae09</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In the author's first, very intense intentional community immersion, revealing the truth led to love and intimacy. He left that group, but, in many spheres of life, emotional and intellectual honesty became his religion.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>A Nomad Ponders Family and the Ecstasy of the Group</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1458/A_Nomad_Ponders_Family_and_the_Ecstasy_of_the_Group" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:13602a24-f72f-dbe2-89a0-a0eeb1b8681b</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[To a  former communitarian and long-time student of community, utopian experiments--some sweet, some gone sour--offer valuable lessons about oneness, diversity, and intimacy.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Hopeful New Stories from the Old World</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1456/Hopeful_New_Stories_from_the_Old_World" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:041b764d-a098-cded-1372-0e873d01da46</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ten European ecovillages show the way to a brighter future.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Nurturing Healthy Minds</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1452/Nurturing_Healthy_Minds" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:28f2e436-3d94-6afb-42e4-12a8d03c3491</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Living in community can provide all the elements necessary for promoting mental well-being, from kinship and useful work to recreation and beauty.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Rx for &quot;Mental Illness&quot;</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1445/Rx_for_Mental_Illness" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:07ac3aa0-0ac2-b332-1ed1-b336032a0c62</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[How can we best support mental health? Caring attention--even from amateurs--can promote healing unattainable through impersonal approaches or drugs.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Prescription Facebook</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1444/Prescription_Facebook" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8c4f8eb5-cd95-bbe6-766a-86f91e40ddbd</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ex-members of the Emissaries of Divine Light reflect on their shared past and discover more holistic approaches to inner wellness as they reunite online.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Shadow Sides of NVC and Co-Counseling</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1443/Shadow_Sides_of_NVC_and_Co_Counseling" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3e946722-b63d-fecf-2902-118ecde50924</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[To make best use of nonviolent communication and co-counseling, avoid these traps.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Hand in Hand, Heart to Heart</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1442/Hand_in_Hand_Heart_to_Heart" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c8973140-9249-8127-19b8-db56d4f5603e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[With loving help from others, the old emotional distresses that can sabotage both our mental health and our relationships in community can be cleared and permanently resolved.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Tough Grace</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1440/Tough_Grace" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4580f7fb-f6d9-5438-f2de-0ddb15a42a8f</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[For 12 years, a once-proud career woman struggled with manic depression, becoming a "bag lady" and experiencing more than a dozen hospitalizations, before entering recovery.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Communicable Gifts</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1439/Communicable_Gifts" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:49f086e2-23f3-baa5-8112-58b442821308</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Both healthy ideas and unhealthy ideas can take hold and spread like viruses. Suicidal tendencies and eating disorders provide invaluable lessons to one communitarian.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Gifted, Mad, and Out of Control</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1437/Gifted_Mad_and_Out_of_Control" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a73800bb-6d9d-85bd-23ca-e10e29113951</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The author recounts his personal history with the "mentally ill"--social misfits who can show us the way to a better world, if they are allowed to make the journey.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Poor Minutes Lead to Wasted Hours</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1434/Poor_Minutes_Lead_to_Wasted_Hours" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:675d9b8a-3ff8-a92e-f97e-4106922daf48</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Remembering Jane Owen</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1418/Remembering_Jane_Owen" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a2054b5e-1d16-ee8f-4bbb-8d6f0be48c90</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In reviving and restoring the site of two historical intentional communities, a town's benefactor revitalized its sense of present-day community as she continued to dream, create, grow, and give.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>And I Listen</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1417/And_I_Listen" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7fee5c8a-28b2-4e91-c51c-3a4ffc0107a0</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Howling, shouting, cries of despair, and The Pierced One greet a parent on her first visit to her daughter's adopted community. Luckily, through lots of talking and listening, things improve.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>On Becoming Elders</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1415/On_Becoming_Elders" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:95f22645-bdce-df44-e917-6cb07638d0e4</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[For many baby boomers, taking on the mantle of eldership means transforming the sometimes rambunctious, in-your-face, empowerment-obsessed energy they worked so hard to sustain.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Further Thoughts on a Community's Changes</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1414/Further_Thoughts_on_a_Communitys_Changes" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9c788e09-155f-f74b-fafb-31000c802541</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[This companion piece to <a href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1413/Elderhood_In_and_Out_of_Community">Elderhood, In and Out of Community</a> gives further reflections from community members.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Elderhood, In and Out of Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1413/Elderhood_In_and_Out_of_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3175d571-380c-0660-86bf-5be41983b17c</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A disenchanted community founder leaves her group, and finds that her rural hometown farming community and international travel and service better match her vision of honorable elderhood.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>It Takes a Community to Grow an Elder</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1412/It_Takes_a_Community_to_Grow_an_Elder" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:401b11f2-0b86-0164-3a5d-bc10a1d5c03e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After confronting an identity crisis worthy of adolescence, a 65-year-old finds a new home in community and discovers that elderhood is a blessing, not a curse.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Community that Dines Together, Aligns Together</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1411/The_Community_that_Dines_Together_Aligns_Together" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:020313de-8d73-497a-68cb-f23eeacc4796</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Call in the Experts?</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1405/Call_in_the_Experts" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1c2d127b-73fa-585d-bd03-6d03b3f74a71</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Power and Disempowerment on the Ecobus</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1397/Power_and_Disempowerment_on_the_Ecobus" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:669e7fd5-a6f6-df03-f35d-24872c05863e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Some saw this radical environmental education program as a "cult," others as an intensely focused experience of challenge and growth. Had participants lost their individuality, or gained a new sense of self?]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Power and Powerlessness in Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1395/Power_and_Powerlessness_in_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5df430e2-d297-3158-791f-4b09da3c9aaf</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A community member transcends a feeling of powerlessness when he inadvertently comes up with a brilliant idea about how to organize cooking groups, and others join him in implementing it.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>More Perspectives on Leadership and Followship</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1394/More_Perspectives_on_Leadership_and_Followship" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:784fc0d6-f915-5c67-3a61-f0ae9df951fb</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The author identifies additional leadership skills, cautions against blind followship, and reflects on the many types of power in cooperative groups.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Balancing Powers</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1393/Balancing_Powers" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7a438656-cb98-f265-5fff-3f90fb107908</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In a healthy community, leadership and followship are equally important roles, each with vital skill sets that can assure effective teamwork.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Being &quot;Overthrown&quot;--A Celebration</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1390/Being_OverthrownA_Celebration" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c4422b0d-5751-4b19-6e1e-d8306b28f0f7</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The founder of Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage describes what it's like to be criticized, marginalized, stripped of leadership responsibilities, and given the opportunity to explore a new role.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Open Meetings: Worth the Risk?</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1387/Open_Meetings_Worth_the_Risk" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:07146dcf-b448-4d36-b0b2-19a60a8862d1</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>How to Add Zest to Your Sustainability Education Program</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1381/How_to_Add_Zest_to_Your_Sustainability_Education_Program" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:de782e7f-0ea8-2fd1-0880-60444916e625</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A permaculture teachers hits upon a gold mine of effective methods for enlivening her teaching--by drawing from the principles of permaculture itself.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Seeing the Good in the World</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1373/Seeing_the_Good_in_the_World" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a6563f88-3158-cffa-dc02-0bdd50caa412</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After several years teaching about community in the abstract, an anthropologist and environmental studies teacher finds that direct student engagement with intentional communities provides the spark needed for personal inspiration, connection, and the potential for social transformation.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>To Learn Sustainability Is To Learn Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1372/To_Learn_Sustainability_Is_To_Learn_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:38cceb17-6698-732f-35a5-bcf53523dd0c</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Strained by difficult economic and ecological conditions, farmers Claudio and Fernando discover new avenues toward prosperity and land restoration through alliances with a peace community dedicated to regional renewal.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Live and Learn</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1370/Live_and_Learn" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:79291379-7ef7-bcd2-aefc-35d1bc787231</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The residents of an eco-oriented, education-focused intentional community and demonstration site wear many hats, both public and private.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Education for Sustainability</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1369/Education_for_Sustainability" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a8fa7e7b-3c63-c6ae-937b-84ee94cbd243</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Together and Apart; Eden Within Eden</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1368/Together_and_Apart_Eden_Within_Eden" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7c387447-fcb8-faa0-5340-3f055aac3c96</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Reviews of two great books on community living, one on life in a convent with surprising insights even for the most secular, and one on the history of utopian experiments in Oregon.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>From &lt;i&gt;Visions of Utopia&lt;/i&gt; to &quot;The Many Faces of Community&quot;</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1358/From_Visions_of_Utopia_to_The_Many_Faces_of_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5e3ce9c1-261a-d93b-932e-cb9187ab5b3f</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Geoph Kozeny's community documentary brings forth reflections on Hearthaven, discussions among neighbors and friends, and ultimately a new intergenerational family community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Exploring Family</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1357/Exploring_Family" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:80b9897f-1a66-1517-91b6-17c4f5d8b134</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[What do Hopi Indians, John Keats, lost loves, intentional community, and family have in common? For better or worse, they've combined to befuddle, enlighten, dismay, and inspire our author.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Second Family</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1353/Second_Family" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0f7c2f77-8fcd-5a41-74fe-a928aad26bae</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A mother responds to empty-nest syndrome by discovering her new family in community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Growing Family in Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1351/Growing_Family_in_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b1be9bd3-d109-3637-83b1-812fef9d074d</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Twelve-year-old Jibran has always lived with fuzzy boundaries between "family" and "community." They became even fuzzier when he came home to discover his mom's positive pee test.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Parenting in Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1350/Parenting_in_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ac88e0b2-1104-8882-38e2-de9aa2171cb6</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Though "baby having" had not been a consensus decision, a small community embraces a newborn, survives his infancy, and bonds like any other family: doing each other's dishes, snuggling on the couch, and fighting over who gets a shower before the hot water runs out.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Nudging at Boundaries</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1346/Nudging_at_Boundaries" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:33964ee7-92c7-99ea-025b-6e6001fb6af3</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Easing themselves in and out of each other's houses, yards, and chicken coops, members of White Hawk Ecovillage find traditional borders becoming more porous.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>An Abundance of Dads</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1345/An_Abundance_of_Dads" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a3991220-4ed3-02da-7ecf-39742204fd2f</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Four very different father figures help guide a communitarian son into adulthood, as he combines distinctive traits of each.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Health and Quiet</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1342/Health_and_Quiet" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4188a888-a509-df85-af9a-dde37f81ba12</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Noise and quiet can both affect well-being profoundly. Gordon Hempton's <i>One Square Inch of Silence</i> offers ear-opening stories and perspectives, practical suggestions, and simple, radical wisdom.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Gut Health</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1330/Gut_Health" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b982c9b9-f889-a9d3-6640-f7987e72c667</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Both in traditional cultures and at La'akea, close loving relationships, consistent community connection, a life close to nature, fresh non-processed food, satisfying work, regular exercise, clean air and water, attunement to biological rhythms, joy, and laughter all support health.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Garden as Therapist and Community Organizer</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1328/Garden_as_Therapist_and_Community_Organizer" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e2ad1f1f-a9e4-3211-9d7f-67719210254d</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Neither the therapist diagnosing Major Depression nor the psychiatrist prescribing an antidepressant asked the fundamental question: <i>Do you like to garden?</i> When the author discovers this doorway into the natural world, he also finds community and inner and outer health.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Embracing a Terminal Illness</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1327/Embracing_a_Terminal_Illness" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:037aea01-7b2a-df3b-e3cc-5d5acaedf5aa</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A community rallies in support of a long-time member diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, discovering opportunities and possibilities for new connections with each other and becoming more present to the priceless experiences of both living and dying.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Growing a Culture of Community Health and Well-Being at Earthaven Ecovillage</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1324/Growing_a_Culture_of_Community_Health_and_Well_Being_at_Earthaven_Ecovillage" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0bea8207-da59-7a6b-8dc5-92fe8b8fc117</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[At a permaculture-based ecovillage in North Carolina, care for the earth, care for people, and care for inner health all benefit from a dynamic culture based on local self-reliance, holism, and community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Health and Well-Being</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1323/Health_and_Well_Being" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9713b2f5-9f7c-56be-9878-465bf3fe836e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Cultural Etiquette</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1024/Cultural_Etiquette" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fd80b430-9f83-e66b-082c-8078cac55356</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Getting Elder All the Time</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/214/Getting_Elder_All_the_Time" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7a9232ca-be01-f35c-b2a8-08fb67cb65c2</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Community can be balm for the discomforts of aging, just as elders' wisdom and caring can soothe the growing pains of youth.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Throwing in the Founder's Towel</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/203/Throwing_in_the_Founders_Towel" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8deca8c2-e77e-4998-8000-057eb6181ccf</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After many years of dealing with the unique struggles inherent in starting a community, a community founder discovers her vision manifested elsewhere, and becomes a community joiner.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Householding: Communal Living on a Small Scale</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/201/Householding_Communal_Living_on_a_Small_Scale" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e67b479a-6429-eefb-aa34-3a28cb7a20b6</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Especially in financially uncertain times, those seeking the advantages of intentional community living can often find them within a single shared house.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Shared Living--When Home Is a Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/200/Shared_LivingWhen_Home_Is_a_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f98eca8b-cbc9-1937-fa24-3b1d5d10a7f9</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An ex-resident of Casa Caballeros reflects on the wealth she found in the realms of personal growth, shared resources, spontaneous celebration, and financial freedom even in economic downturns.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Emergency Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/199/Emergency_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:718c1367-1878-4d76-26a5-7e184df85c97</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After serving thousands of meals, a community of  post-Katrina relief kitchen volunteers moves to the West Coast and acquires a mortgage, a baby, full-time jobs, and the challenges of the mundane.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Hard Times at Orinda</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/195/Hard_Times_at_Orinda" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:51a46994-e755-f0ce-7a2c-6761e91bd9f8</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Watching their collective fortunes decline, the members of Orinda adopt a new spirit of frugality, find that they are living more sustainably, and discover true wealth in relationships with friends and family.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Lighten Up</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/188/Lighten_Up" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d1be18d6-1dc3-ef55-b884-2071bab4ea04</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Organized around common ecological values and a shared appreciation for the epic of evolution, a group of neighbors reduces its collective energy consumption by 25 percent.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Environmental Activism</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/185/Environmental_Activism" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:071c67bf-155c-127e-6b72-e8abd50c2ea9</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[With a long history of protecting the local watershed, Trillium Farm Community in southern Oregon grows not only organic food, but ecological activists.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>How Ecology Led Me to Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/181/How_Ecology_Led_Me_to_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:89389fbb-7601-f287-be84-6578d7f25bca</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The author recounts some of the off-beat marching orders he received from an eco-oriented "different drummer"--and how, instead of becoming a hermit, he became a communitarian.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Sharing and Climate Change</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/175/Sharing_and_Climate_Change" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fe69ee3a-cca9-1b89-3807-fa589ac301ed</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A simple solution could drastically reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of the modern citizen, and it does not require new technology or a drastic reduction in quality of life. We all learned about it in Kindergarten, and statistics from Twin Oaks prove its effectiveness.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Visions of Utopia, Part Two</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/173/Visions_of_Utopia_Part_Two" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:71121754-8039-e3c9-0a9f-35ec734c02d5</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Chicken a la West Birch Avenue</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/162/Chicken_a_la_West_Birch_Avenue" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:095b71c4-8d29-4306-476e-86e60dd20352</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Network for a New Culture Camps</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/153/Network_for_a_New_Culture_Camps" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:912c4ac7-8383-9714-7419-1a35d60415cf</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Participants in NFNC's Summer Camps explore intimacy, transparency, freedom of choice, personal responsibility, sexuality, and new ways of being, teaching, and learning.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Festivals and Gatherings on The Farm</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/148/Festivals_and_Gatherings_on_The_Farm" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6aaf7fcf-aa7d-c4e0-d984-97a8fe39f187</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A long-time events organizer reflects on the rewards, challenges, logistics, and community dynamics involved in hosting gatherings large and small.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>When Some of Us Don't Support an Existing Agreement</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/132/When_Some_of_Us_Dont_Support_an_Existing_Agreement" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:20070ee9-4f47-ec03-925b-10e88214cb6a</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Expert advice from five community process and communication consultants.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Natural Building Blues</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/130/Natural_Building_Blues" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ab9b13f7-7168-ff14-0756-e954999d165e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Natural building teacher Mark Mazziotti looks at how what could have been a stellar intern program went awry.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Hello, Goodbye</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/129/Hello_Goodbye" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7d866fe9-bc07-be71-a0b9-150e74719023</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Jules Pelican of OAEC in northern California examines the mutual influence of interns and community members. Is it painful to invest emotional energy in people who will soon leave? Does living in community, even temporarily, nevertheless benefit people?]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>What Interns &amp; Work Exchangers Say...About Us</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/127/What_Interns_Work_Exchangers_SayAbout_Us" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:da94372a-3cfa-685c-2d81-2d81470bb65e</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[<i>Communities</i> magazine asks interns, work exchangers, and residential course participants what they think of us. Do our programs deliver what our websites promise? Are they comfortably housed and fed? Do we treat them well?]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Making New Choices, Planting New Seeds</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/121/Making_New_Choices_Planting_New_Seeds" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7ea0b596-ec81-f1dc-a5d4-0996e78279ea</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In the mountains of New Mexico, Lama Foundation is making new food decisions to unhook from the fossil fuel-based agricultural systems.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Celebrating the Food Revolution</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/120/Celebrating_the_Food_Revolution" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ac445259-b186-dc1d-005f-2fea32385343</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Red Earth Farms cofounder Alyson Ewald loves it that her rural community wildcrafts, grows, processes, ferments, pickles, and celebrates food.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Privacy and Transparency</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/116/Privacy_and_Transparency" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8388c4c6-90e0-90bd-7ebe-02f54da7baa2</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>When Someone Blocks Far Too Frequently</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/100/When_Someone_Blocks_Far_Too_Frequently" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4631fb48-90e9-86f9-cd24-6c1fa7dc3491</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our consensus trainers and communication and process experts advise what to do about "repeat blockers" in community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Meandering Paths of Arcadia</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/99/The_Meandering_Paths_of_Arcadia" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d691d7d2-09cf-c12e-b11d-92acd163547c</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Builder and old-house renovator Alex Daniell fell in love with the charming, old-world village atmosphere of 8-year-old Arcadia Cohousing. He asks Giles Blunden, the group's architect, how he did it.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Does It Really Matter What It Looks LIke?</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/94/Does_It_Really_Matter_What_It_Looks_LIke" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:84b2727e-b3a2-d998-29b2-ff193788a327</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We asked 50 communitarians about attitudes about beauty in their communities. Did they value aesthetics in their buildings and landscape? Would they trade environmental or economic needs for beauty? their answers may surprise you.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>A &quot;Wife Swapping&quot; Adventure</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/92/A_Wife_Swapping_Adventure" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:99ce5426-be25-8a87-dfe7-9691a778af12</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Can an ecovillage gal live for a week in a mainstream household--with a microwave oven, processed food on paper plates,five SUVs, and six tiny pedigreed show dogs--and make a difference?]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>From Eco-Kooks to Eco-Consultants</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/90/From_Eco_Kooks_to_Eco_Consultants" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9f8193ec-6e96-5423-5fd4-0dae04a4659d</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ecovillages are increasingly being sought for their expertise--in wastewater treatment, environmental education, renewable energy, organic agriculture, leadership skills, communication training, and more.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Preventing &quot;Tyranny of the Minority&quot;</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/86/Preventing_Tyranny_of_the_Minority" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7a4eb828-b13b-acbf-bce1-242ea509eed3</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our consensus trainers and communication and process experts advise what to do about inadvertent "minority rule" in community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Building a Business in Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/75/Building_a_Business_in_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2e1afacf-9631-9462-2dcd-5a553a4b1326</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[There wasn't much chance that her lifelong dream of owning a bookstore would come true in her rural Missouri community. So Alline Anderson set off down the exciting and terrifying path of launching the Milkweed Mercantile--creating jobs, providing a market for community products, and offering a warm place for visitors to put up their feet.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>What's Masculine, What's Feminine, and What Am I?</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/72/Whats_Masculine_Whats_Feminine_and_What_Am_I" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:dd709f54-37d1-8d4c-cabf-70dd2a1acf02</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Mollie Curry hoists a chainsaw and finds herself entangled in a perplexing webs of sticky questions. Here she attempts to untangle the threads, both within herself and within her community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Power Balance</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/67/The_Power_Balance" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:618014cf-168e-2d1c-2975-0b88948ca033</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[What can you do if some people in your group seem to have more power than others? Our consensus trainers and group process experts respond.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Marriage of Natural Building with Conventional Building</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/59/The_Marriage_of_Natural_Building_with_Conventional_Building" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:45e5aaf1-7218-5eb6-21f3-397c92e6401d</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[O.U.R. Ecovillage has audaciously invited inspectors, architects, and regulatory officials to participate in their green building programs for the past eight years. In the process, they have fostered cooperative social connections--and received full approval for an eco-housing cluster.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Natural Building and Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/53/Natural_Building_and_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fa708c3e-6b28-78bb-bd1a-63e3c2aff0a2</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The communities movement and the natural building movement share the goal of forming meaningful relationships--with other people and with one's own home. In fact, natural building practically demands community.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Quest for Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/50/The_Quest_for_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a1260bb7-9e29-f860-fe10-11df461302fc</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Tree Bressen traces her own path of exploration from commune to collective household, discovering that community isn't always drawn in black and white.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Running for Office from the Commune</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/38/Running_for_Office_from_the_Commune" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:498ec7bb-421c-962c-4de3-ded01a17972b</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Every Politician Should Live in a Commune</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/26/Every_Politician_Should_Live_in_a_Commune" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ab131723-b8df-7d57-a7a3-1cc06b5309fd</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After living in the PRAG House collective for 25 years before running for office, a Seattle City Councilor recommends that anyone entering politics consider experiencing intentional community first.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Business and Well-Being</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/7/Business_and_Well_Being" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c0303743-0821-82d8-4882-b80956329082</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Searching for Republicans...and Other Elephants in the Community Living Room</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/6/Searching_for_Republicansand_Other_Elephants_in_the_Community_Living_Room" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c8e4f0bf-f8ac-4c2d-8a2f-1d1a0dd418c1</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An informal survey raises several compelling questions: Can communitarians
learn to focus on larger-scale politics as much as on internal politics? Should they? What's proper political etiquette in community? And have <i>you</i> ever met a communitarian who is not left of center?]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Richness of Giving</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/5/The_Richness_of_Giving" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ee5705a7-a5bd-3b37-3b80-176e1c8a12fe</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Many traditional cultures around the world have an economy based not on buying and selling, but on giving, which fosters an intricate network of social connections.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>All We Have Is All We Need</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/4/All_We_Have_Is_All_We_Need" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7fac6584-7ccd-0152-16aa-a3c2e1f8ebb5</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A group of North Americans establishes a community in Costa Rica and
learns new lessons about simplicity, wealth, change, growth, balance,
and happiness.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Best Meetings</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/3/Best_Meetings" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:60ea91db-336f-79ea-c7a3-5d49d75b17a4</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Three group-process experts answer the question: "Please tell us a story of one of the best meetings you ever attended (as participant or facilitator). What was great about it? What do you think made it turn out so well?"]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Abundance and Scarcity in the Goodenough Community</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/2/Abundance_and_Scarcity_in_the_Goodenough_Community" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f09ae466-d670-2f47-7c42-927f87fe1981</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A community confronts economic adversity by remaining constant in relationship, holding financial losses in common, and working together in fundraising, educational programs, and new projects.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Free to Serve</title>
<link href="http://communities.ic.org/articles/1/Free_to_Serve" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:542f7c57-0cfd-37f6-6751-ed78a98e0459</id>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While in similar circumstances to his neighbors from Clan Super Size, our author replaces a desperate sense of scarcity and need for low-cost goods with feelings of hope and abundance.]]></summary>
<updated>2012-05-16T20:46:28-05:00</updated>
<author><name>Communities Magazine</name>
</author>
</entry>
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