Communities #211: Affordability and Inclusivity

Communities #211 Summer 2026 Affordability and Inclusivity Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. How affordable is life in an intentional community? How inclusive of people of different means and identities? The answers are as varied as communities...

Communities #210: Leadership, Democracy, and Autocracy

Communities #210 Spring 2026 Leadership, Democracy, and Autocracy Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #210, Spring 2026, “Leadership, Democracy, and Autocracy,” explores how communities address questions of authority, influence, governance, and...

Lost and Found in the Valley

By Emily Grubman (excerpted from Communities #202, Spring 2024, pages 16-17; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) The following is adapted from a blog entry titled “Letter *to* Lost Valley” posted September 11, 2023 at...

Journey To and Through Communities

By Riana Good (excerpted from Communities #202, Spring 2024, pages 10-12; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) It was July of 2016, a damp, cool day in the foothills of the White Mountains. I poured a steaming mug of tea and nestled into a pale, overstuffed...

Communities #202: Finding Community

Communities #202 Spring 2024 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. In Communities #202, Finding Community, authors reflect on personal journeys and offer guidance on finding a wide array of different forms of community, from residential intentional community...