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.
It’s the Law
Communal living is no escape from dealing with legal issues and challenges coming from both within and outside the group.
Urban Flex Farms: Farming on a Bicycle
In the face of structural challenges, some urban farmers are finding innovative ways to serve their neighborhoods.
The Balancing Act of Farming in Community
Is Cobb Hill a model of how to do community and farming cooperatively, or a case study in their challenges?
The Community’s Garden Orchestra
Engaging in collective food-production is like making our own music together: it’s both difficult and rewarding, especially with diverse players involved.
We Got An Egg!: A Study in Scarcity
At the Global Village, schoolchildren get a taste of impoverished peoples’ struggles to feed themselves.
Hot Topic, Raw Emotion, and the Spice of Life: Chewing over Food Choice in Community
At La’akea, members’ various approaches to food reflect the quest for emotional as well as physical sustainability.
How the Kitchen Is the Heart of a Community
A shared kitchen provides not just physical sustenance, but emotional benefits and greater connection to our food and one another.
Cookin’ Dinner for the Revolution
A vibrant, reliable, and nourishing home-base can provide activists with a much-needed feeling of sustainability.