Exploring Cooperative Futures, Part Three: The Ties that Bind
By Paul Freundlich Excerpted in Communities #192 (available here). See Communities #191 for Parts One and Two of this article series. Community, both as ideal and reality, has the capacity to transcend the usual boundaries. Not only in shared living, it flourishes in...
Communities #191: Ecological Culture
Communities #191 Summer 2021 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Our Summer 2021 issue of Communities, #191, focuses on Ecological Culture. Articles range from in-depth stories of ecovillage life, to examinations of the role of language in culture, to...
Los Angeles Eco-Village: The Ups and Downs of Reinventing How We Live in Cities
By Lois Arkin I’m vulnerable. At 83, with the COVID-19 surge, I am told to stay in, get help for my groceries, mask myself before opening my apartment door. Since I plan to live to be 100, and the future incarnations of this and similar viruses are uncertain, I wonder...
Change, Challenge, and New Directions in Cohousing
By Karen Gimnig Resilient communities must adapt to change. The Cohousing Association of the United States, as a community of communities, is no different. Change is all around us and within us. The factors that lead to a successful cohousing movement, and even the...Entrepreneurship and Long-Term Planning in an Income-Sharing Community: A Report from the Frontlines
The pace of running a competitive multi-million-dollar business like East Wind Nut Butters can clash with the often slow and seemingly disinterested pace of the community at large.