Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional CommunitiesEverything you need to know to create and manage an intentional community from scratch. |
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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