Natural Building and Community
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.
The Quest for Community
Tree Bressen traces her own path of exploration from commune to collective household, discovering that community isn’t always drawn in black and white.
Building a Business in Community
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.
What’s Masculine, What’s Feminine, and What Am I?
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.
The Power Balance
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.
A "Wife Swapping" Adventure
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?