Getting to Community and Life after Community: Collectivism vs. Individuality
Togetherness and solitude, action and reflection—our lives give us times for each.
Three Kinds of Community—Three Kinds of Experience and Learning
Whether with refugees, in the inner city, or in intentional groups, community holds life-long lessons.
Nobody Likes Bosses
Even an anti-authoritarian household needs agreements—but who and how to enforce them is another question.
My Struggle to Legalize Sustainable Living
After nearly three decades of activity, a pioneering eco-community collapses under the weight of legal attacks by a small group of neighbors.
My Intentional Community and the Law
Breitenbush has a long history of dealing with legalities and illegalities, from installing a volcano as their “boiler” and blocking old-growth logging to successfully petitioning for a zoning variance.
Zoning Nightmare: Hartford’s Scarborough Street House
An unconventional family fights to stay in their collective house in the face of antiquated local ordinances which suppress community living.