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intentional communities An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision and often follow an alternative lifestyle. They typically share responsibilities and resources. Intentional communities include collective households, co-housing communities, co-living, ecovillages, monasteries, communes, survivalist retreats, kibbutzim, ashrams, and housing cooperatives. For directories, see external links below.

Africa

* Awra Amba in the

Amhara Region The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Re ...

, Ethiopia *

Orania Orania () is an Afrikaner separatist town founded by Afrikaners in South Africa. It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. The town is split in two halves by the R369 road, and is from Cape Tow ...

near Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa

Asia and Oceania

Auroville Auroville (; City of Dawn) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with some parts in the Union Territory of Pondicherry in India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (known as "the ...

in India

Australia

* Gondwana Sanctuary, via Byron Bay,

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* House of Freedom,

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

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, founder

Athol Gill William Athol Gill (1937–1992), often known as ''Athol Gill'' or Dr. Athol Gill, was an influential Australian theologian and one of the leaders of the Australian radical discipleship movement. Education Gill attended the NSW Baptist Theologica ...

* House of the Gentle Bunyip,

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, founder

* House of the New World, Sydney,

, founder John Hirt. * Rocky Cape Christian Community,

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* Moora Moora, near

Healesville Healesville is a town in Victoria, Australia, 52 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Healesville recorded a population of 7,589 in the 2021 census. H ...

, Victoria

Israel

* Kibbutz Ketura *

Neve Shalom Neve Shalom ( he, נְוֵה שָׁלוֹם, ''lit.'' Oasis of Peace), also known as Wāħat as-Salām ( ar, واحة السلام) is a cooperative village in Israel, jointly founded by Israeli Jews and Arabs in an attempt to show that the two p ...

or Wahat al-Salam

Japan

Atarashiki-mura , is a Japanese utopian community founded by the author, artist and philosopher Saneatsu Mushanokōji, which has been approved as a foundation by the local government after its establishment. History The village was founded in 1918 in Hyūg ...

* Owa Hutterite Colony

New Zealand

* Centrepoint (founded 1977) * Gloriavale Christian Community (founded ) * Jerusalem/Hiruharama (1970-1972) *

Maungapohatu Maungapohatu is a settlement in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. Located in a remote area of the Urewera bush country about north of Lake Waikaremoana, it was founded by Rua Tapunui Kenana in 1907 and was substantially reb ...

(founded 1907) * Ohu communities (1974- ) *

Parihaka Parihaka is a community in the Taranaki region of New Zealand, located between Mount Taranaki and the Tasman Sea. In the 1870s and 1880s the settlement, then reputed to be the largest Māori village in New Zealand, became the centre of a major camp ...

(founded ) *

Rātana Pā Rātana Pā, or Ratana Community, is a town in the North Island of New Zealand, near Whanganui and Marton in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The locality was the farm of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of a Maori religious and political m ...

(founded ) * Riverside Community, New Zealand (founded 1941)

Europe

* Community of the Ark in La Borie Noble, France *The Humaniversity in The Netherlands
Ängsbacka
in Sweden
Montelibero
a libertarian community in

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, based on ideas of the Free State Project

Denmark

* Det Nødvendige Seminarium (DNS) in Denmark * Freetown Christiania in Denmark * Svanholm in Denmark

Italy

* Federation of Damanhur in

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, Italy * Nomadelfia in Italy

Germany

Bruderhof Communities The (; 'place of brothers') is an Anabaptist Christian movement that was founded in Germany in 1920 by Eberhard Arnold. The movement has communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Paraguay, and Australia. The Bru ...

, originally in Germany but spread to other countries since *

Kommune Niederkaufungen Kommune Niederkaufungen is one of the largest intentional communities in Germany. Founded in 1986, it is an egalitarian, left-wing, income-sharing commune with consensus decision-making. It is situated in a complex of former farm buildings in the h ...

in Germany * ZEGG in Germany

Greece

* Eutopia project Greece * Free and Real in Greece

Portugal

* Tamera in Portugal * Ecoaldeia vegetariana in North of Portugal

Slovakia

* Integrated Information Society IIS, concept originally comes from former Czechoslovakia since 1982 by Dusan Stigel to replace all aspects of the Communist regime past 1989 * Community in Martin Slovakia * IIS in Slovakia

Spain

* in Lacabe, Spain * Global Tribe - Andalucia Spain

United Kingdom

* Braziers Park in South Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom * Brithdir Mawr in Pembrokeshire, Wales * New Creation Christian Community in the United Kingdom (closed) *

Findhorn Findhorn ( gd, Inbhir Èir or ''Inbhir Èireann'') is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located on the eastern shore of Findhorn Bay and immediately south of the Moray Firth. Findhorn is 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Kinloss, and about 5 ...

in Scotland * Tinker's Bubble in England

North America

Canada

* Community Farm of the Brethren, Ontario, Canada * Hutterite Christian Communities, existing in Australia, Canada, and the United States, but founded in Frenchman Butte,

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

* Lifechanyuan International Family Society, Vancouver, B.C. * Orthodox Mennonites, existing throughout Canada and the United States but founded in Ontario *

Yarrow Ecovillage The Yarrow Ecovillage is an intentional community in Yarrow, British Columbia, Canada. Yarrow is a settlement of 3,000 population within the municipal boundaries of Chilliwack, British Columbia. The Ecovillage is a member-designed community that ai ...

Chilliwack, British Columbia Chilliwack ( )( hur, Ts'elxwéyeqw) is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains and home to recreational areas such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are numerous outdoor ...

* Poole's Land,

Tofino Tofino ( ) is a town of approximately 2,516 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The District of Tofino is located at the western terminus of Highway 4 on the tip of the Esowista Peninsu ...

Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest by ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

United States

Midwestern United States

* Bishop Hill Colony, Bishop Hill, Illinois, founded by Swedish

pietist Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life, including a social concern for ...

Eric Jansson Eric or Erik Jansson or Janson (19 December 1808 – 13 May 1850) was the leader of a Swedish Radical Pietism, Radical Pietist sect that emigrated to the United States in 1846. Early and family life Jansson was born in Biskopskulla Church, Biskops ...

* Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Rutledge, Missouri * Dreamtime Village, West Lima, Wisconsin *

East Wind Community East Wind Community is an intentional community located in the Missouri Ozarks. Founded in 1974, it is a secular and democratic community in which members hold all community assets in common. Each member is also given food, shelter, clothing, medic ...

, Tecumseh, Missouri * Elmendorf Christian Community, Mountain Lake, Minnesota *

Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage The Enright Ridge Urban Eco-village, Inc. (ERUEV) is a registered 501(c)(3) organization located in the East Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. About ERUEV was founded in 2004 by 19 residents who came together to establish "a communi ...

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...

The Homestead at Denison University The Homestead at Denison University ( Granville, Ohio) is a student-run intentional community with a focus on environmental sustainability and voluntary simplicity. Founded in 1977 under the guiding vision of biology professor Dr. Robert W. Al ...

, Granville,

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

* Jesus People USA (JPUSA),

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

* Nottingham Housing Cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin * Reba Place Fellowship is an intentional Christian community located in

Evanston, Illinois Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, ...

within the Chicago metro area * Stelle,

, until 1982 an intentional community of the Stelle group *

Sunward Cohousing Sunward Cohousing is an intentional community located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Sunward's founders were pioneers in bringing the cohousing model to Michigan. Demographics The community is made up of 40 households including single individuals ...

, Ann Arbor,

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

* Sunrise Colony, Saginaw, Michigan

Northeastern United States

* The Abode of the Message,

New Lebanon, New York New Lebanon is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, southeast of Albany. In 1910, 1,378 people lived in New Lebanon. The population was 2,305 at the 2010 census. The town of New Lebanon is in the northeastern corner of Columbia ...

New York * Bryn Gweled Homesteads, Southampton, Pennsylvania * The Free State Project, a state where libertarians concentrate their numbers in the state of New Hampshire to influence democracy * Ganas, Staten Island, New York * Mohegan Colony, Mohegan Lake, New York * Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester, Maine

Southern United States

Acorn Community Acorn is a farm-based, anarchist, egalitarian, intentional community located in rural Louisa County, Virginia, United States. It is a member of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Acorn was started in 1993 as a spin-off community of the ...

, Mineral, Virginia * Adelphi,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

* Alleluia Community,

Augusta, Georgia Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgi ...

* Believers in Christ, Lobelville, Tennessee * Caneyville Christian Community,

Caneyville, Kentucky Caneyville is a home rule-class city in Grayson County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 608 at the 2010 census. Named for its location on Caney Creek, Caneyville had a post office by 1837 and a town charter by 1840 and was in ...

* Celo Community, Burnsville,

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

, United States * The Farm, Summertown,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

* Heathcote Community Freeland, Maryland *

Koinonia Farm Koinonia Farm is a Christian farming intentional community in Sumter County, Georgia. History The farm was founded in 1942 by two couples, Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England, as a "demonstration plot for the Kingdom of Go ...

, near Americus, Georgia *

Living energy farm Living or The Living may refer to: Common meanings *Life, a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms ** Living species, one that is not extinct *Personal life, the course of an individual human's life * Hu ...

, Louisa,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

Miccosukee Land Co-op The Miccosukee Land Cooperative (MLC) is a cohousing community (a kind of intentional community). It is located near Tallahassee, in northeastern Leon County, Florida. Administration The community consists of about 120 households and is go ...

, Tallahassee, Florida * Noah Hoover Mennonites, existing in Belize, Canada, and the United States, but centered on

Scottsville, Kentucky Scottsville is a home rule-class city in Allen County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 4,226 during the 2010 U.S. Census. History The site along Bays Fork was settled in 1797 and developed into ...

* Paulville, Texas, a planned community for supporters of Ron Paul *

Serenbe Serenbe is a neighborhood within the city limits of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. Serenbe is an example of New Urbanism. Steve Nygren, who had previously opened a Bed & Breakfast in the area, developed Serenbe. The name "Serenbe" was his wife ...

Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia Chattahoochee Hills (formerly Chattahoochee Hill Country) is a city in southern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,378 living in an area of just over . The population in 2019 was estimated to ...

* Twelve Tribes communities, existing worldwide but founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee *

Twin Oaks Community Twin Oaks Community is an ecovillage and intentional community of about one hundred people living on in Louisa County, Virginia. It is a member of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Founded in 1967, it is one of the longest-enduring and ...

, Louisa,

Vernon Community, Hestand Vernon Community in Hestand, Kentucky is home to a Anabaptist Christian community, that was founded in 1996 by Simon Beachy, former leader of the "Believers in Christ" in Lobelville, Tennessee. The Christian community is classified as " para-Ami ...

, Kentucky *

The Werehouse The Werehouse is the center of an artist collective in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2 ...

Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in ...

, North Carolina

Western United States

* Two Acre Wood Co-Housing Community, intentional community in northern California
Stone Curves
Tucson, Arizona * Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, founded by the ''Global Community Communications Alliance'',

Tumacacori, Arizona Tumacacori (; ood, Cemagĭ Gakolig) is an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, which abuts the community of Carmen, Arizona, Carmen. Together, the communities constitute the Tumacacor ...

* Halcyon, California *

Kaliflower Commune The Friends of Perfection Commune is an American Utopian community in San Francisco, California. The commune was founded in 1967 on principles of a common treasury, group marriage, free anonymous art, gay liberation, and selfless service. They ...

, San Francisco, California * Lafayette Morehouse, Lafayette, California * The Seasteading Institute, an attempt to create artificial land in the ocean for libertarian migration. It is trying to build its first seastead in the San Francisco Bay, California. * Alpha Farm, Deadwood, Oregon *

Black Bear Ranch Black Bear Ranch is an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California, about 25 miles from Forks of Salmon. It was founded in 1968, with the watchword "free land for free people". It has been considered by some participant ...

, an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California

Latin America

Gaviotas Gaviotas is an ecovillage located in the Llanos of the Colombian department of Vichada. It was founded in 1971 by Paolo Lugari who assembled a group of engineers and scientists in an attempt to create a mode of sustainable living in one of the ...

in Colombia * Mazunte in Mexico

References

External links

* {{Curlie, /Society/Lifestyle_Choices/Intentional_Communities/, intentional communities
Foundation for Intentional Community database

Links to Christian Intentional Communities

Diggers & Dreamers UK Directory

Gondwana Sanctuary
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