Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional CommunitiesCreating a Life Together is the only resource available that provides step-by-step practical information distilled from numerous firsthand sources on how to establish an intentional community. It deals in depth with structural, interpersonal and leadership issues, decision-making methods, vision statements, and the development of a legal structure, as well as profiling well-established model communities. This exhaustive guide includes excellent sample documents among its wealth of resources. Diana Leafe Christian is the editor of Communities magazine and has contributed to Body & Soul, Yoga Journal, and Shaman’s Drum, among others. She is a popular public speaker and workshop leader on forming intentional communities, and has been interviewed about the subject on NPR. She is a member of an intentional community in North Carolina. |
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User Review - CohoTurtle - LibraryThingJane: I have read this book. There is a lot of good information in this book but unfortunately because the primary audience is ecovillages and other types of intentional communities, you really have ... Read full review
Contents
YOUR ROLE AS FOUNDER | 14 |
GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START | 20 |
Getting Real about Finances | 29 |
COMMUNITY VISION WHAT IT IS WHY YOU NEED IT | 35 |
CREATING VISION DOCUMENTS | 42 |
Sharing from the Heart | 52 |
What You Need to Make Consensus Work | 58 |
What Decisionmaking Method Should You Use? | 65 |
DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS | 142 |
The Risks of Community Businesses | 155 |
Can People Afford to Join You? | 168 |
Condominium Associations | 182 |
THRIVING IN COMMUNITY ENRICHING THE SOIL | 199 |
High Woundedness High Willingness | 205 |
Threshing Meetings | 212 |
SELECTING PEOPLE TO JOIN YOU | 218 |
Your Communitys Agreements and Policies | 71 |
The Proactive Land Search | 84 |
FINDING THE RIGHT PROPERTY | 99 |
Taking Property Off the Market While You do Further Research | 112 |
FINANCING YOUR PROPERTY LOANS YOU CAN LIVE WITH | 126 |
Private Financing | 129 |
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Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and ... Diana Leafe Christian No preview available - 2003 |