''The Communities Directory, A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Community'' provides listing of
intentional communities
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to foster a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, which may be politica ...
primarily from North America but also from around the world. The ''Communities Directory'' has both an online
and a print edition,
which is published based on data from the website.
History
The first version of the ''Communities Directory'' appeared in issue #1 of
''Communities'' magazine
in December 1972. In all, ten versions were published in the magazine over the next 18 years. The
Fellowship for Intentional Community
The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), formerly the Fellowship of Intentional Communities then the Fellowship for Intentional Community, provides publications, referrals, support services, and "sharing opportunities" for a wide range o ...
became publisher of the magazine in 1989, and in 1990 released the first self-contained book-format edition of the directory (also distributed to magazine subscribers, counted as double issue #77/78).
The ''Communities Directory'' is now in its 7th edition.
Intentional Community website, ''Communities Directory Book, Edition VII (2016)''
/ref> Editions were published in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2016. The production cycle has been shortened due to the online collection of data. The 4th edition lists 600 communities in North America and another 130 worldwide. The 5th edition lists almost 1250 communities worldwide.
There is also a companion video ''Visions of Utopia: Experiments in Sustainable Culture'' that outlines the history of intentional shared living and profiles a diverse cross-section of contemporary groups (external link included below).
The Online ''Communities Directory'' database is shared by members of th
Intentional Community Data Collective
which includes the Fellowship for Intentional Community
The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), formerly the Fellowship of Intentional Communities then the Fellowship for Intentional Community, provides publications, referrals, support services, and "sharing opportunities" for a wide range o ...
an
Coho/US's Cohousing Directory
Publisher
The ''Communities Directory'' is published by Fellowship for Intentional Community
The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), formerly the Fellowship of Intentional Communities then the Fellowship for Intentional Community, provides publications, referrals, support services, and "sharing opportunities" for a wide range o ...
, which also publishes the quarterly magazine ''Communities
A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place (geography), place, set of Norm (social), norms, culture, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Ide ...
''.
See also
* Cohousing
Cohousing is an intentional, self-governing, cooperative community where residents live in private homes often clustered around shared space. The term originated in Denmark in the late 1960s. Families live in attached or single-family homes wi ...
* Commune (intentional community)
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to foster a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, which may be politi ...
* Diggers and Dreamers
''Diggers and Dreamers'' is a group that promotes intentional communities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
History
''Diggers and Dreamers'' started out as a book based directory, first published in 1989 as a resource for inform ...
* Ecovillage
An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community that aims to become more socially, culturally, economically and/or environmentally sustainable. An ecovillage strives to have the least possible negative impact on the natural environment ...
* Fellowship for Intentional Community
The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), formerly the Fellowship of Intentional Communities then the Fellowship for Intentional Community, provides publications, referrals, support services, and "sharing opportunities" for a wide range o ...
* Intentional Community
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to foster a high degree of group cohesiveness, social cohesion and teamwork. Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, wh ...
* List of intentional communities
References
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External links
Video: Visions of UtopiaCohousing DirectoryIntentional Communities WikiIntentional Communities Wiki page
– on ''Communities Directory''
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Urban planning
Rural community development