On the Road to a Solar Future
By Debbie Piesen On I-40 West in New Mexico, 200 miles from our destination, Cheryl blew a tire. Cheryl is our trailer, and she was heavily loaded down with the solar equipment that we planned to install in Tsaile, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation. When we pulled over we...Communities #187: Climate Justice through Community
Communities #187 Summer 2020 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Climate disruption, global health crises, and social/racial injustice are all intertwined. In our “Climate Justice through Community” issue, created mostly before the COVID-19 pandemic and...
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...Village-Building Stumbles: A few of the things Earthaven Ecovillage has gotten wrong
Those of us privileged enough to find ourselves in an intentional community often imagine that our environment will be free of the horrors and evils of the world. But alas, we bring it all with us.
Does Community Heal Trauma, or Reproduce It?: Challenges for abuse survivors living in community
Survivors of traumatic abuse face many problems in trying to form and participate in community. Trauma-informed community commits to keeping the survivor safe in wide zones of ambiguity, as challenging as that might be.