Reflections on Community Living

Hold the date: NICA Spring Gathering, April 24, 2010

NICA-Admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:19:50 +0000

Ravenna Kibbutz will be hosting this gathering focused on Food as Celebration. Watch for additional details!

Panel Discussion: Intentional Communities, Models for Sustainable Living

NICA-Admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:00:47 +0000

Do you long to recapture a sense of true community, where friends know and help one another? Learn why intentional communities are attracting increasing interest as models of cooperation, friendship and sustainable living. Tonight, members of NICA (Northwest Intentional Communities Association) from local communities share experiences and perspectives on the benefit of community life and [...]

NICA Fall Gathering Report

NICA-Admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:03 +0000

About 25 people representing five northwest intentional communities from as far as Olympia attended the NICA Fall Gathering, hosted by the Ananda Community. You might recognize a few of the attendees in the slideshow above.

While the theme of the event was, “What makes your community hum?”, the overall experience was celebrating the harvest of our [...]

Agenda and directions for NICA Fall Gathering

NICA-Admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:28:11 +0000

Here is the agenda for this Saturday’s gathering at the Ananda Community in Lynnwood, WA.

Click here for a printed agenda.

9:30 – Sign-in and gathering time with tea/coffee and juice 10:00 – Welcome and a song 10:05 – Welcome from Ananda Community – logistics 10:10 – Singing/Introduction of individuals and communities 10:40 – Reports – FIC, COHO, and NICA 10:55 – [...]

10 days and counting to October Event, lunch to be provided!

NICA-Admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:30:26 +0000

The NICA October Gathering is just 10 days away, and Ananda, the hosting community, has offered to provide lunch for all participants.

We are also suggesting a $10 donation.

Agenda details will be available soon, but tentative activities include a tour of Ananda, sharing around the theme of “What makes your community hum?” with the subtitle, “What [...]

Fall Gathering warm-ups

kgillgren — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:17:04 +0000

Here are some questions to prime the pump for the NICA Fall Gathering, to be hosted by the Ananda Community in Lynwood, WA:

What are the spoken or unspoken values that guide your relationships and your decision-making processes? What gives your community strength? How does your community wrestle with a culture that is built on spirit even if [...]

Open Forum Invitation

NICA-Admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:03:47 +0000

Add your comments to this message to present issues, concerns, or opportunities related to the establishment or ongoing operation of intentional communities as places of ecological and cultural sustainability.

Selected topics will be pulled out for expanded conversation depending on interest.

Fall Gathering Scheduled!

NICA-Admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:01:23 +0000

Set the date to join us for a day of community stories, singing and Universal Dances of Peace as well as a tour of Ananda, our hosting community. Ananda is located at: 20715 Larch Way, Lynnwood, WA. Guided by the theme, “What makes your community hum?,” we will explore together the question, “What creates and [...]