Foundation for Intentional Community https://www.ic.org/ Ecovillages, Communes, Cohousing, and Co-ops Sat, 31 Dec 2022 16:09:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Ep 014: State of the Communities Movement with Yana, Sky and Cassandra https://www.ic.org/podcast-state-of-communities-movement/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:24:28 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=515442 State of the Communities Movement with Cassandra, Sky and Yana Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 014 Join communities experts Yana Ludwig, Sky Blue, and Cassandra Ferrera for a panel discussion… Read More

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]]> Ep 013: Visiting Communities with Anthony ‘Campo’ Campbell https://www.ic.org/podcast-anthony-campo-campbell/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:01:53 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=498637 Visiting Communities with Anthony ‘Campo’ Campbell Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 013 Listen to ideas on how to best engage with communities you would like to visit, so you and… Read More

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]]> Creating Inclusivity with Sociocracy with Ted Rau https://www.ic.org/podcast-ted-rau/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:25:51 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=489569 Creating Inclusivity with Sociocracy with Ted Rau Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 012 Hear Ted Rau share how sociocracy brings an incredible opportunity to cooperative groups to embody higher levels… Read More

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]]> Episode 11: Exploring Cohousing with Trish Becker https://www.ic.org/podcast-trish-becker/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-trish-becker/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:24:29 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=476291 Exploring Cohousing with Trish Becker Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 011 Cohousing benefits include autonomy, resource sharing, social and emotional connection, and a model for engagement and democracy that reaches… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-trish-becker/feed/ 0 Episode 10: Navigating Conflict and Restoring Connection with Alyson Ewald https://www.ic.org/podcast-alyson-ewald/ Fri, 20 May 2022 08:23:47 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=461848 Navigating Conflict and Restoring Connection with Alyson Ewald Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 010 Conflict is inevitable. Alyson Ewald shares how to have a good fight and transform harm into… Read More

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]]> Skillfull Facilitation for Any Situation with Laird Schaub https://www.ic.org/podcast-laird-schaub/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-laird-schaub/#respond Fri, 06 May 2022 14:19:33 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=452134 Skillful Facilitation for Any Situation with Laird Schaub Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 009 Moving groups through tough decisions can be tricky, if not impossible, without a skilled and well-trained… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-laird-schaub/feed/ 0 Income Sharing & Innovating Economy with Sky Blue https://www.ic.org/podcast-sky-blue/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-sky-blue/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:50:39 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=448565 Income Sharing & Innovating Economy with Sky Blue Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 008 In this episode, I’m joined by Sky Blue to discuss income sharing and innovating economic models… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-sky-blue/feed/ 0 Governance & Decision Making with Diana Leafe Christian https://www.ic.org/podcast-diana-leafe-christian/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-diana-leafe-christian/#respond Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:13:17 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=447332 Governance & Decision Making with Diana Leafe Christian Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 007 When it comes to deciding who gets to make decisions and how decisions get made, the… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-diana-leafe-christian/feed/ 0 Facilitation and Politics with Yana Ludwig https://www.ic.org/podcast-yana-ludwig-bonus/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-yana-ludwig-bonus/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:24:07 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=445868 Facilitation and Politics with Yana Ludwig Inside Community Podcast — Episode 004 [Part II] This is a bonus conversation from episode 004 on Finding Co-Founders and Creating Cooperative Culture. Enjoy!… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-yana-ludwig-bonus/feed/ 0 Finding Your Land with Jonah Mesritz https://www.ic.org/podcast-jonah-mesritz/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-jonah-mesritz/#respond Sat, 26 Mar 2022 15:12:38 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=445724 Finding Your Land with Jonah Mesritz Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 006 Sometimes the community dream only starts to “feel real” when the time finally comes for forming groups to… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-jonah-mesritz/feed/ 0 Demystifying Legal Frameworks with Clifford Paulin & Jonah Mesritz https://www.ic.org/podcast-clifford-jonah/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-clifford-jonah/#respond Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:10:23 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=444024 Demystifying Legal Frameworks with Clifford Paulin & Jonah Mesritz Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 005 Do legal structures and documents make your head spin? Fear not! In this episode we’re… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-clifford-jonah/feed/ 0 Finding Co-Founders and Creating Cooperative Culture with Yana Ludwig https://www.ic.org/podcast-yana-ludwig/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-yana-ludwig/#respond Sat, 26 Feb 2022 16:12:02 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=441259 Finding Co-Founders and Creating Cooperative Culture with Yana Ludwig Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 004 [Part I] Thinking of starting an intentional community? The first step is finding “your people”… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-yana-ludwig/feed/ 0 Becoming a Steward of the Commons with Lee Warren https://www.ic.org/podcast-lee-warren/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-lee-warren/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 22:58:29 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=439978 Becoming a Steward of the Commons with Lee Warren Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 003 There are many communities out there looking for capable and eager new members to become… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-lee-warren/feed/ 0 Vision and Values with Dave Henson https://www.ic.org/podcast-dave-henson/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-dave-henson/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:24:30 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=438981 This episode explores the topic of Mission, Vision, and Values in community. These guiding principles and founding documents help communities determine who they are and what they do.  In many ways, this is the “intention” part of intentional community. Joining me on a deep dive into this topic is Dave Henson. 

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-dave-henson/feed/ 0 Why me? Why now? The Introduction https://www.ic.org/podcast-introduction/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-introduction/#respond Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:19:58 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=437046 Why me? Why now? The Introduction Inside Community Podcast — Ep. 000 In this episode, I take a moment to introduce myself, tell you a little bit about my journey… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-introduction/feed/ 0 What is Community? Fantasy vs. Reality https://www.ic.org/podcast-what-is-community/ https://www.ic.org/podcast-what-is-community/#respond Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:14:33 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=437022 Hello friends and welcome to the Inside Community Podcast where I bring you along for an inside look at what it takes to create and sustain community.  In this episode we are going to take a look at what we actually mean when we say "community."

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]]> https://www.ic.org/podcast-what-is-community/feed/ 0 Timeline of Intentional Communities https://www.ic.org/timeline-of-intentional-communities/ https://www.ic.org/timeline-of-intentional-communities/#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:24:24 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=426296 Content below was originally published by Peace News and author Lauren Kelley. Search for communities in our directory. This is not in any way intended to be a definitive statement… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/timeline-of-intentional-communities/feed/ 0 It’s a wrap! — Greeting and 2020 Update from FIC Core Team https://www.ic.org/annual-report-2020/ https://www.ic.org/annual-report-2020/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:01:10 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=399758 Friends and supporters, We put together the video above as our way of saying hello, showing appreciation for your support, and giving some updates on how 2020 was for FIC.… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/annual-report-2020/feed/ 0 New! 🌟Intentional Community t-shirts, hoodies, masks and more! https://www.ic.org/ic-merch/ https://www.ic.org/ic-merch/#respond Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:36:41 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=399513 All new t-shirts, tanks, hoodies, bags and masks so you can show the world how much you love intentional community. Happy shopping ya’ll! Get a jump start on your holiday… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/ic-merch/feed/ 0 BIPOC Intentional Communities Fund: show your support! https://www.ic.org/bipoc-fund/ https://www.ic.org/bipoc-fund/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:22:12 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=376139 Dear friends and supporters, We have a big announcement to share with all of you… The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) is now contributing 10% of all donations to the… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/bipoc-fund/feed/ 14 How have intentional communities fared through the pandemic? https://www.ic.org/intentional-communities-fared-pandemic/ https://www.ic.org/intentional-communities-fared-pandemic/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2020 23:05:37 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=374079 New research shows how intentional communities have responded to the coronavirus crisis. With people’s lives upended across the globe, we can’t help but wonder, how would we have responded to… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/intentional-communities-fared-pandemic/feed/ 1 Examining White Supremacy Culture in Intentional Community https://www.ic.org/white-supremacy-intentional-community/ https://www.ic.org/white-supremacy-intentional-community/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:52:19 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=373697 When white people ask the question, why aren’t there more POC living in intentional communities, one of the answers some speculate is that “they find community in other ways.” I… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/white-supremacy-intentional-community/feed/ 0 Black Lives Matter https://www.ic.org/black-lives-matter/ https://www.ic.org/black-lives-matter/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2020 23:15:19 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=370328 We at FIC are grieved and outraged by the recent police killing of George Floyd, one incident in an ongoing pattern of police abuse towards black people and people of… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/black-lives-matter/feed/ 0 Fifty Shades of Community https://www.ic.org/fifty-shades-of-community/ https://www.ic.org/fifty-shades-of-community/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2020 21:02:48 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=363255 What’s the difference between a cult and a community? How, when seeking community, can you avoid hooking up with a cult?  I can’t answer these questions with certainty or authority—but… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/fifty-shades-of-community/feed/ 0 Thank you Clearly Canadian https://www.ic.org/thank-you-clearly-canadian/ https://www.ic.org/thank-you-clearly-canadian/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:07:07 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=357836 Clearly Canadian answered the call! Thanks to our new Communities Directory Sustainer we have been able to start shifting our website to a more reliable server, ensuring that community seekers… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/thank-you-clearly-canadian/feed/ 0 COVID-19 Resources https://www.ic.org/covid-19-resources/ https://www.ic.org/covid-19-resources/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:59:29 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=353909 Here you will find COVID-19 resources submitted to us by intentional communities across the US, including examples of Community Safety Protocols. Please use the information to stay healthy and keep… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/covid-19-resources/feed/ 0 Loneliness is an Epidemic, Community is the Antidote https://www.ic.org/loneliness-epidemic-community-antidote/ https://www.ic.org/loneliness-epidemic-community-antidote/#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:04:55 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=339389 I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I’ve been pretty lonely lately.  Here I am, Executive Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community, and while technically I am living in a… Read More

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]]> https://www.ic.org/loneliness-epidemic-community-antidote/feed/ 2 On Community: A Graduated Series of Consequences and the “Community Eye” https://www.ic.org/on-community-a-graduated-series-of-consequences-and-the-community-eye/ https://www.ic.org/on-community-a-graduated-series-of-consequences-and-the-community-eye/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2019 06:00:58 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=324214 Just knowing the community has this process in place deters people from breaking agreements. People don’t want to get a knock at the door by one fellow community member, much less three or four.

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]]> https://www.ic.org/on-community-a-graduated-series-of-consequences-and-the-community-eye/feed/ 0 Raising Troubled Children in Cohousing https://www.ic.org/raising-troubled-children-in-cohousing/ https://www.ic.org/raising-troubled-children-in-cohousing/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:00:26 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=324208 When the antisocial behavior of adopted boys at Takoma Village Cohousing begins to impact the larger community, their parents find open communication essential in identifying a path forward.

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]]> https://www.ic.org/raising-troubled-children-in-cohousing/feed/ 0 Discovering the communities of Quebec, on bicycle! https://www.ic.org/discovering-communities-quebec-bicycle/ https://www.ic.org/discovering-communities-quebec-bicycle/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:58:10 +0000 https://www.ic.org/?p=336900 Written by Thumbs. Originally published on November 11, 2019 at communelifeblog A RURAL PENINSULA IN QUEBEC IS A HIDDEN GEM OF THE COMMUNITIES MOVEMENT Gaspésie Quebec is the Olympic Peninsula… Read More

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