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...

Communities #209: CommunITy or DystopAIa?

Communities #209 Winter 2025 CommunITy or DystopAIa? Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #209, Winter 2025, “CommunITy or DystopAIa?,” explores the intersections of Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Intentional Community....

Communities #208: Fire and Rain

Communities #208 Fall 2025 FIRE AND RAIN Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #208, Fall 2025, Fire and Rain, explores the impacts of climate change, natural disasters, climate anxiety, and related mental health struggles on intentional...

Communities #206: Ecovillage Visions

Communities #206 Spring 2025 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. The stories in Communities #206, Ecovillage Visions, explore what a viable future might look like, both for intentional communities and for the wider world. We take an in-depth look at a...

Communities #204: Politics

Communities #204 Fall 2024 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. The stories in Communities #204 explore the theme of Politics from many different angles. We learn about a communitarian’s US Senate run, an international community threatened by an...

Confronting Conflict

By Tracy Matfin (excerpted from Communities #203, Summer 2024) Last week I was having garden fresh mint tea with a visitor to our community. She was talking about her daughter, who was home with her dad, and asked me how my family group dealt with conflict with our...