ICs as culture change agents: Sky Blue makes an appeal to intentional communities to operate in ways that address core needs for social change.
The following links contain lengthy descriptions of current challenges that many intentional community creators and residents are attempting to resolve. There are many links to a variety of authors. These may be a resource for exploring your founders’ team core values as you create your vision and mission statements.
Timebanking and time tracking apps
Loomio decision-making app
These podcasts have many current and relevant discussions about intentional communities, bringing in experienced community builders and workshop providers. Resources and funding for intentional communities are mentioned in some interviews.
SEEDS. (2019). Creating community: A conversation with Diana Leafe Christian (Part I). https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=x9ikKRczAxI
Local Futures. (2021). The economics of happiness [Documentary film]. https://www.localfutures.org/programs/the-economics-of-happiness/
Aside from this must-see documentary noted above, which you can view (free) at the link provided, we’ve put together a growing list of IC-related videos.
Practical guides from the Foundation for Intentional Community: Their many affordable options include the following.
ATSDR. (2015a). Models and frameworks for the practice of community engagement. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/pce_models.html
Stolz, C. J. (2020). Intentional communities as drivers of societal change towards sustainability? Understanding community advocates’ social representations of change. https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16332/1/stolz_c_j_201211.pdf
The State of the Intentional Communities Movement: a working paper is authored by life-long communitarian and former Executive Director of the Foundation for Intentional Communities, Sky Blue, who maintains an active role guiding founders’ teams
Platforms for In-person Intentional Community: describes global or national organizations focused on ic creation, networks that include IC-adjacent projects, temporary community as on-site room & board workstay
Needs of the Intentional Community Movement: Discussion and resource listings
Intentional Community Elders: a beginning list of long-term contributors age 50+
Do you have resources for residential intentional communities that you’d like to share? We would love to hear about it. Send suggestions to ICmatchhelpdesk@gmail.com
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Read more →This list is limited to people over age 50, not only to honor those intentional community elders who have spent several decades (if not a lifetime) of focus on ICs, but because fortunately there are so many great young upstarts that a full list of who’s who would be far too long for our modern […]
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We have permission from the Next Big Step to share a list from the collective wisdom of intentional community founders and advocates. It’s part of an ongoing discussion that at least 10 long-term members of the movement are involved in, about opportunities to foster the creation and well-being of re
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The following icons identify functions of the listed platforms. The functions are listed in order of which are most well-developed for the site. Residential Intentional Community Listings Foundation for Intentional Community Global Ecovillage Network CohoUS See also Co-operative Housing Federation o
Read more →This page lists the references used for a collection of writings titled Intentional Communities as Culture Change Agents. A Sustainable Mind. (2016, April 26). 018: Building community through urban farming With Greg Peterson [Audio podcast episode]. https://asustainablemind.com/018-building-communit
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photo by Mishaal Zahed Many residential intentional communities favor egalitarian labor structures. By leveraging established platforms, these groups can more easily transition to timebanking. Prioritize searching for local communities, as they offer the most practical value. When looking for “time
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