Community Living
by William Metcalf,
Published by Findhorn Press,
2004
APPENDIX
Books and Articles Cited, and Suggested Further
Reading
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English and Spanish at: http://www.iifac.org)
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Shared Lives: Communal Living Around the Globe. Findhorn, UK:
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Christian, D. (2003) Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to
Grow Ecovillages and Intentional
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Directories
Communities Directory:
A Guide to Intentional Communities and Cooperative Living. (2000),
Rudedge, USA: Fellowship for Intentional Communities. Covers North
American intentional communities with some international coverage.
(http://fic.ic.org)
Diggers &
Dreamers: The Guide to Communal Living. (2003), London, UK: D&D
Publications. (Compiled by S. Bunker, et al). Covers intentional
communities in Great Britain and Ireland with some international
coverage. (http://www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk)
Directory of Communal
Living in Aotearoa. (forthcoming), Christchurch, New Zealand: STRAW
Umbrella Trust. Will describe and provide contacts for a wide range
of intentional communities in New Zealand, (email:
straw@paradise.net.nz)
Directory of
Ecovillages in Europe. (1999), Ginsterweg, Germany: Global
Ecovillage Network. (Compiled by B. Grindheim and D. Kennedy),
Global Eco-village network. Excellent coverage of European
ecovillages but not other types of intentional communities, (email:
info@gen-europe.org)
Eco-Villages &
Communities in Australia and New Zealand. (2000) Maleny, Australia:
Global Ecovillage Network. (Compiled by B. Knudson).
(http://genoa.ecovillage.org/genoceania/ products/index.html)
Ecovillage Travels in
Europe. (2002), offers a booking service and advice on how to visit
and stay at numerous European ecovillages ranging from Suomineito
Yhteiso in Finland and S6lheimer in Iceland, to Kibbutz Lotan in
Israel and Ekofoca in Turkey, (compiled by L. Borio and S.
Reichmuth) (email: info@gen-europe.org)
Encyclopedia of Large
Intentional Communities. (2003) Compiled and regularly updated by
R. Gering. This compilation is the project of a very dedicated
German academic, and contains information not easily available
elsewhere.
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/INTENTIONALCOMMUNITIES/files/DIRECTORIES)
Eurotopia: Directory
of Intentional Communities and Ecovillages in Europe. (2000)
Poppau, Germany: Silke Hagmaier Verlag. (Compiled by S. Hagmaier,
et al). A wide ranging directory of all sorts of intentional
communities throughout Europe. A new edition of Eurotopia is
expected in April, 2004 (http://www.eurotopia.de)
From Here to Nirvana:
The Yoga Journal Guide to Spiritual India. (1998) New York, USA:
Riverhead Books (by A. Cushman and J. Jones). Coverage of
spiritually based intentional communities in India.
(http://www.amazon.co.uk)
Global Ecovillage
Network Information Service. This web-based directory lists
ecovillages, associated events and other relevant information.
(http://gen.ecovillage.org/iservices/)
Global Ecovillage
Network Living and Learning Centres. A small brochure helping
people who wish to visit European ecovillages. Compiled by Marti
Mueller, (email: info@gen-europe.org)
Rural Landsharing
Community Association. This provides a directory to a wide range of
intentional communities in northern New South Wales, Australia.
(http://www.jindibah-community.org/rlca)
Spiritual Britain: A
Practical Guide to Todays Spiritual Communities, Centres and Sacred
Places (1998) Hong Kong: Pilgrims' Travel Guides (Compiled by P.
Lloyd). (http://www.amazon.co.uk or email: pilgrim@iohk.com)
International Scholarly Research
Groups
International Communal
Studies Association, with headquarters in Israel, includes people
from intentional communities and those interested in studying
historical and contemporary communal groups around the globe.
(http://www.ic.org/icsa)
The ICSA conference,
held at ZEGG, Germany, in 2001, was called Communal Living on the
Threshold of a New Millenium: Lessons and Perspectives. The
proceedings are available at: http:
//www.ic.org/icsa/conference.html
Communal Studies
Association, with headquarters in USA, includes people interested
in studying historical and contemporary intentional communities, as
well as some intentional community members. They publish the
scholarly journal, Communal Societies.
(http://www.communalstudies.org)
Society for Utopian
Studies, mainly in USA and Canada, consists of scholars and lay
people who are interested in utopianism in literature and
psychology, as well as how utopianism is implemented within
intentional communities. They publish the scholarly journal,
Utopian Studies. (http://www.utoronto.ca/utopia)
Utopian Studies
Society Europe, mainly in Europe, comprised of people who are
interested in European Utopian literature and intentional
communities. (http://www.utopianstudieseurope.org)
Scholarly Intentional Community Research
Centres
Center for Communal
Studies, Director: Dr Don Pitzer,At University of Southern Indiana,
Evansville, USA. web site: http://www.communalcenter.org, email:
dpitzer@usi.edu
Department of Communal
Research, Director: Professor Yaacov Oved, At Yad Tabenkin Research
and Documentation Center of the Kibbutz Movement, Ramat
Efal,Israel, no web site email: ruthsy-t@bezeqint.net
Academic, Scholarly Journals
Communal Societies
contains scholarly research articles about intentional communities
around the globe. It is published annually by the Communal Studies
Association.
(http://www.communalstudies.org/journals/csvoll.shtml)
Utopian Studies
contains scholarly research articles about utopianism and Utopian
endeavours, including intentional communities. It is published
annually by the Society for Utopian Studies.
(http://www.utoronto.ca/utopia/journal)
Major Magazines and Newsletters
Chip 'N' Away
newsletter. Covers intentional communities in New Zealand, (email:
dave.chipnaway@inet.net.nz)
Cohousing. This is
produced by the Cohousing Association of United States, and reports
on cohousing communities from around the world.
(http://www.cohousing.org/services/journal)
Communes at Large
Letter. Published in Israel by kibbutzniks, with witty and
insightful international coverage of all forms of intentional
communities. (http://www.communa.org.il)
Communities. Published
by the Fellowship for Intentional Community (USA), with great
coverage of intentional community matters, some of which is
international, (http://www.ic.org/ cmag)
Global Ecovillage
Network News Service. Contains articles about the broad range of
ecovillages, and ecovillage networking around the world.
(http://gen.ecovillage.org/iservices/)
Permaculture Activist.
Mainly about perrnaculture, but occasionally has articles about
intentional communities.
(http://www.permacultureactivist.net)
Permaculture Magazine.
Mainly UK coverage but with increasing international scope. Has
some coverage of intentional communities, and has a regular section
discussing ecovillage issues.
(http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/home.html)
Videos & CD Roms
Crystal Waters
Permaculture Village. (1999) Producer: Global Ecovillage Network.
Fourteen minutes, describes Crystal Waters, a large intentional
community in Australia, and identifies the key tenets of ecovillage
design. Available as CD Rom or video (NTSC or PAL format).
(http://genoa.ecovillage.org/genoceania/products/index.html)
Damanhur: A Great
Adventure. (2003) Producer: SynerGea. Covers the story of Damanhur,
Italy, with fantastic pictures of their underground chambers, The
Temple of Mankind. (http://www.synergea.it)
Ecovillages in Europe.
(2002) Producers: Agnieszka Komoch and Eduard Gonzalez. A CD Rom
which looks at many European ecovillages including Findhorn
Foundation and Torri Superiore, and provides information about
ecovillage design, economy, conflict resolution, education, etc.
(http://www.gen-europe.org/e-shop)
Ecovillages: The Dream
and the Dreamers. (2001) Producer: Michael Tarkowski. Documentary
of an ecovillage meeting in Poland.
(http://www.gen-europc.org/e-shop)
The Findhom
Foundation: Straight From the Heart. (1995) Producer: Sam O'Brien.
Covers daily life as well as the spiritual basis for this
intentional community in Scotland.
(http://www.findhorn.org/store)
Follow the Dirt Road:
An Introduction to Intentional Communities in the 1990s. (1991)
Producer: Monique Gauthier. Examines life within a wide range of
intentional communities including The Farm, Twin Oaks, Ananda, Celo
and Shannon Farm. (email: monique@ic.org)
The Future of
Paradise. (2000) Producer: Michael Murray. This video is based on
the tour of ten successful European ecovillages by David Kanaley,
the Planning Director of Byron Bay Shire Council, Australia. It
examines, from a town planners perspective, what works/fails,
practically and socially. (email:
michael@byronpropertysearch.com.au)
Habitat Revolution.
(1998) Producer: Global Village Video. Offers an overview, plus
many insights into ecovillages such as The Farm, Crystal Waters and
Findhom Foundation, in several countries, and addresses intentional
community issues such as spirituality, sustainability and
decision-making. (http://www.farmcatalog.com/community.htm)
Visions of Utopia:
Experiments in Sustainable Culture. (2002) Producer: Geoph Kozeny.
During 94 minutes, this profiles seven intentional communities:
Camphill Special School, Twin Oaks, Breitenbush Hot Springs, Purple
Rose Collective, Earthaven Ecovillage, Ananda Village, and Nyland
Cohousing. (http://fic.ic.org/video)
ZEGG: A Presentation
of a Cultural Model. (1997) Producers: Heidi Snel and Malcolm St
Julian-Brown. A superb insight into ZEGG, Germany, one of the most
interesting intentional communities in the world today. (email:
ramona.stucki@t-online.de)
Tertiary Education Within Intentional
Communities
Ecological Solutions.
Based at Crystal Waters, a large Australian ecovillage, they offer
a range of tertiary level courses which are accredited by
institutions such as Pacific Lutheran College (USA), Chuo
University (Japan), and Stellenbosch University (South
Africa).
(http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au)
Findhom Foundation
College. Offers tertiary level courses in a range of subjects, some
direcdy relevant to intentional community, within the experiential
context of life in the Findhom Foundation community. Most courses
are accredited by Findhom Foundation College. The Findhom Community
Semester is a study abroad program accredited at bachelors level by
Pacific Lutheran University, USA.
(http://www.findhorncollege.org)
Living Routes -
Ecovillage Education. Offers residential educational experiences
and accredited tertiary courses at intentional communities in
Europe, India, Australia, Senegal, Brazil and the USA.
(http://www.livingroutes.org)
Organisations of and for Intentional
Community
Cohousing Association
of the United States. Lists cohousing groups, details resources,
information, classified ads, cohousing news, etc. They also publish
the bimonthly Cohousing Journal, (http://www.cohousing.org)
Federation of
Egalitarian Communities (FEC) is a network of income-sharing
communal groups in North America, (http://www.thefec.org)
Fellowship for
Intentional Community (FIC). Members come mostly from North
American intentional communities. FIC publishes the magazine,
Communities, and Communities Directory, (http://fic.ic.org)
FIC also has a mail
order service for books and videos about intentional community,
(http://store.ic.org)
Global Ecovillage
Network (GEN) has offices throughout the world, to represent and
promote the interests of ecovillages on all continents.
General Gen contact: http://gen.ecovillage.org
Ecovillage Network of the Americas: http://ena.ecovillage.org
GEN Europe/Africa: http://www.gen-europe.org
GEN Oceania/Asia, including Australia and New Zealand:
http://genoa.ecovillage.org
Websites
There are numerous internet sites where people can discuss all
aspects of intentional community
life. Some of those known to me are:
Intentionalcommunities:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intentionalcommunities/join
Intentional Communities:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intentional-communities/join
Global Ecovillage Network:
http://www.ecovillage.org/ecobalance
For scholars and members of intentional communities:
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/lists/
subscribe.cgi
For scholarly discussion of Utopias and utopianism:
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/-utopia/
Australian National Intentional Communities Association:
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/
anica
Many websites offer general information about intentional
communities. Some of these, with
web site or email address, are:
Asociacion Gaia - Argentina Communities Network:
http://www.gaia.org.ar
Austrian National Ecovillage Network, email:
martin.kirchner@gmx.net
Bangladesh Ecovillage Network, email: mccoy@bdonline.com
Bolivian Ecovillage Network:
http://groups.msn.com/ilppictures
Brazilian Ecovillage Network:
http://ena.ecovillage.org/English/news/2002/wsf-br-report.html
Centre for Alternative Technology, UK: http://www.cat.org.uk
CoHousing Company, USA: http://www.cohousingco.com
CoHousing Association of the United States:
http://www.cohousing.org
Czech Republic Ecovillage Network: http://www.permalot.cz
Danish Association of Sustainable Communities - LOS:
http://europe.ecovillage.org/denmark/
network
Dutch Ecovillage Network, email: kyrakuitert@hotmail.com
Ecovillage Network of Canada: http://ena.ecovillage.org/enc
Ecovillage Network of the Americas: http://ena.ecovillage.org
Ecovillage Resource Links: http://www.eco-village.cjb.net
Ecovillages Around the World: http://gen.ecovillage.org
European intentional communities: http://www.eurotopia.de
Finnish Ecovillage Network, email: kataja.maki@sci.fi
Findhorn spiritual community, ecovillage, education centre http://www.findhorn.org/
Forming and facilitating intentional community:
http://www.creating-a-life-together.org
French Ecovillage Network (Reseau Francais des Ecovillages). email:
jeanmi3@hotmail.com
Gaia Trust, Denmark: http://www.gaia.org
GEN Europe: http://www.gen-europe.org
GEN Oceania and Asia: http://genoa.ecovillage.org
German Communities Network (Come Together Netzwerk). email:
flein@gmx.de or
d.federlein@gmx.de
Global Ecovillage Network Information Service:
(http://gen.ecovillage.org/iservices)
Hungary, Ecovillage Gyiirufu. email: gyurufu@mail.matav.hu or
tarkaret@freemail.hu
Intentional communities in UK:
http://www.utopia-britannica.org.uk
IPEC - Permaculture and Ecovillages Institute of Cerrado, Brazil:
http://www.permacultura.org.br/ipec
Israel National Ecovillage Contact, email:
ml-lotan@zahav.net.il
Italian Ecovillage Network (Rete Italiana dei Villagi Ecologici).
email: aam-red@greenplanet.net
Locating Intentional Communities: http://www.ic.org
Mexican Ecovillages - Red de Ecoaldeas de Mexico:
http://www.laneta.apc.org/rem
New Zealand Ecovillage and Cohousing Network:
http://www.converge.org.nz/evcnz
Nippon Ecovillage Network, Japan:
http://www.ap-world.com/nenproject
Norwegian Ecovillage Network (Alternativt Nettverk). email:
osolum@online.no
Permaculture Centre of Japan, email: bzbO3643@nifty.ne.jp
Polish Ecovillage Network - WAS. email: wasnicole@wp.pl
Portuguese Ecovillage Network, email: comunidade.verde@mail.pt or
pedro.macedo@mail.pt
Romanian National Ecovillage Contact, email: visator@home.ro
Russian Ecovillage Network, email: vasudeva@mail.spb.org
Spanish Ecovillages - Red Iberica de Ecoaldeas:
http://selba.solidaragon.org
Sri Lankan Ecovillages - Sarvodaya Dhamsak:
http://www.sarvodaya.org
Swedish National Association for Ecological Living (Ekoboforeningen
Njord).
email:njord@telia.com or gunlaug@arch.kth.se
Turkish Ecovillage Network - Ekilat. email:
idemet@metu.edu.tr
UK Ecovillage Network:
http://europe.ecovillage.org/uk/network
Urban Ecology, Australia: http://www.urbanecology.org.au
Urban Ecology Center, USA: http://my.execpc.com.-uec/
U.S. East Ecovillage Network:
http://ena.ecovillage.org/english/region/USEast/index.html
U.S. West Ecovillage Network:
http://ena.ecovillage.org/english/region/USWest/index.html
