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Creative Ideas: The Community of Light


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The Community of Light: in a nutshell:
We want to form a community in a rural area, grow a large portion of our own food, create a profitable cottage industries and be self employed. We want to respect the land we live on and enjoy the benefits of right livelihood. We want to contribute to or society and the world. Our over all purpose is to benefit our immediate community as well as our society in general. Ideally, if we were near enough to a population center of 50 thousand, we could barter and or provide goods and services. Currently we have many interested persons, some of whom have assets, so although we're not legally organized, we are more than an idea.
Where to begin?

First, you should look over this page, for example you could look at we've already decided, see our Agreements.

You could then look at our News Log, which is updated as needed, usually monthly.

If you would like to learn something about the individuals who are already involved see our: Subscriber Profiles .

After that, you could write Dan for some introductory information or join our YahooGroup to get the occasional email.

You should also look for communities around your area. To do that there is a great resource, see our links from The F.I.C. Once at their site you can find communities all over the world and, of course, find ones near to you. You can also see our listing with the F.I.C. as the Community of Light, United States, forming.

If you want to know a bit of our history, see the links to the newsletters below. These issues all preceded the News Log, see above link.

We have begun exchanging email to find common ground and occasionally we've had chat sessions Our focus at this time is to encourage discussion and contact between those involved. Also, know that building a group over the internet is challenging, so you should also talk with friends and family members. There may be persons in your life who are also interested. 

Current Agreements

1) Social and Interpersonal Objectives

  • Community governance by a 90% or better consensus
  • Openness and availability to special needs members
  • Racial, cultural and spiritual diversity through honesty, trust, education and cooperation

    2) Sustainability Objectives

  • Energy: decreased dependence on fossil fuels and unsustainable energy practices
  • Using more people power and decreasing dependence on machine power
  • Using more energy efficient and alternate energy fueled machines
  • Growth and development of a variety of sustainable fuel sources

    3) Food and Water

  • Reduction of our need on outside commercial agricultural systems for food and water
  • Growth of most or all of our food using a variety of sustainable gardening and agricultural practices and systems
  • Each participant or family would have a large "personal" garden
  • Utilization of rain catchments, springs, wells and other non-municipal water sources for potable and non-potable water
  • Recycling of food and animal waste back into food systems

    4) Shelter

  • Reduction of our need on commercial energy intensive building systems, practices and materials for shelter
  • Use of recycled and "Old World" traditional and untraditional building practices, materials and to create energy efficient buildings and shelters.

    5) Economics

  • Creation of spaces where 'right livelihood' will be encouraged and pursued
  • Cultivation of plant and animal life that will enable a sustainable income from the land
  • Creation of enough public awareness that will enable groups and individuals to utilize our property for public and personal uses

    6) Activism Objectives

  • Engagement with our neighbors in a mutually beneficial barter system
  • Looking for opportunities to present and teach alternatives to the modern consumptive lifestyle

    7) Ecology Objectives

  • Raising awareness of the impact on nature with our processes and consumption patterns
  • Seeking out systems and practices that will lessen the impact on our environmental infrastructure, both in and outside the community utilizing the guidelines of: --no resources in the defined area consumed faster than their natural replenishment --the enclosed system continuing indefinitely, without degradation of its ecosystem or internal resource base, without degradation to the standard of living of the people in it, and without contributing to the non-sustainability of ecosystems outside the collective
  • Choosing recycled materials when possible and practical and encouraging our neighbors in doing the same
  • Choosing energy efficient and sustainable systems when possible and practical

    8) These are some other considerations we've come to value:

    1) The Community of Light is an intentional community dedicated to following the principles of environmental responsibility, sustainability, and a holistic approach to health and living.

    2) The Community of Light seeks energy independence, food independence and community-based forms of income generation.

    3) The Community of Light is open to persons from all walks of life. We do not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, age, or socioeconomic background. The Community of Light encourages personal spiritual growth, however, we do not subscribe to a particular spiritual or religious tradition.

    4) We embrace the principles of multiculturalism, activism for positive change, cooperation, and the interdependence of its members based on mutual trust and honesty. We value improving interpersonal communication and deepening our connections to each other as well as with the world around us.

    5) Currently we have a committee that meets on line to discuss issues. We use a simple majority rule to make decisions in this setting. However, we intend to have a consensus model of leadership for the community. Consensus, for the time being, will consist of a super majority of 90%. We will create provisions, a community meeting to hear dissenting opinions and resolve differences.

    Those applicants with special needs or physical impairments shall be considered individually based on the ability of the Community to meet their needs. Members shall be afforded health care based on a holistic approach incorporating many healing traditions and the resources available to the community.

    They'd have a responsibility to be honest and open with us, as we would have to be with them

    I am assuming that we would be learning as we went, find experts who we'd work with, or even have a conventional health plan if financing allowed it.

    6) There will be a place or area set aside for celebrations and services which will be maintained both by and for the community. Everyone will have an opportunity to make use of the space.

    Practical matters:

    At some point we'll have to determine the capital we as a group have. I'd estimate that by the time we have substantial capitalization, say over one million dollars, just to be optimistic, we will have organized our selves legally, as an entity, and have begun meetings in person as well as sent out explorers for sites.

    We might like a property as large as 500 acres, with good water, wells, or springs. It is possible to work with dry or even desert land as long as the property had some seasonal flooding, indicated by dry washes. In these locations however the work would be more difficult, but, as might be imagined, the price per acre would be less. We prefer land below the snow line.

    Other items:

  • If you would like to know more about community life we have a few resources. I have a listing of communities with web sites which are from The Fellowship for Intentional Community web site. This organization publishes information that gives a good overview of what community living is like. You may write to them at: F.I.C. .
  • The following link The Northwest Intentional Communities Association has a great deal of good information if you are considering forming a community or want to know more about them
  • Or if you'd like to search for the other communes or organizations that support them here the links to some of the best search engines on the Net. I am near certain that you will find what you are looking for through these links, if it is on the web!

Newsletters

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Newsletter #15 F.02

Newsletter #16 W.02

Newsletter #17 Spr.03

Newsletter #18 S.03

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Newsletter #22 S.04

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Newsletter #35 F.07

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Newsletter #37 Spr.08

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Newsletter #41 Spr.09

News Log,

Links to Communities from F.I.C. (Fellowship of Intentional Communities)
 
The F.I.C. is an organization that is dedicated to supporting new and existing communes. 

Community links below are here because people ask me for communes with websites, this information, from the FIC, is dated. but you can find the most up to date information at
F.I.C.'s Web Listings. They also have a good printed resources: a directory of communities which is very informative see: F.I.C. Directory a periodical and much, much more.

Legend

Forming: Any community describing itself as such, any community with fewer than four adult members and any group that has not lived together for at least a year. MOW: Missing On the Web. We've lost track of the current web address for this group. Please update us if you know where they are.

Abeyance, Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States
Abode of the Message, New Lebanon, New York, United States
Abundant Dawn, Floyd, Virginia, United States
Abundant Freek, Palo Alto, California, United States   Forming
Acme Artists Cooperative, Chicago, Illinois, United States   Forming
Acorn Community, Mineral, Virginia, United States
Adirondack Herbs, Caroga Lake, New York, United States
AinaOla, Hawaii, United States, 2nd website   Forming
AlohaArt Artist's Way art village - , Kona, Hawaii, United States   Forming
Alpha Farm, Deadwood, Oregon, United States
Alpha Omega Christian Communities For The Chemically Injured, San Antonio, Texas, United States   Forming
Alpha Village, undecided   Forming
Amadea Cohousing Communities , various, United Kingdom   Forming
Amazonia, Washington, United States   Forming
American Ideal, Golden Eagle, Illinois, United States
Amish Church, Florida, United States   Forming
Amopie, France [5/18/2002]
Anahata, Auckland, New Zealand   Forming
Ananda, Nevada City, California, United States
Andelssamfundet, Hjortshøj, Denmark
Apollo (Fellowship of Friends), California, United States
Aquarian Concepts, Sedona, Arizona, United States
Ash Grove Community Farm, Corning, New York, United States
Aspenwood, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Auroville International USA, United States
Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
Avatar Meher Baba Intentional Community,   Forming
 
BFG Tunnan, Borås, Sweden
Beacon Hill Friends House, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beacon Hill House, S. Seattle, Washington, United States
Beaver Lodge (OR), Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Begleitforschung Oekosiedlung, Obritzberg, Austria   Forming
Beis Aharon, Manchester, England, United Kingdom   Forming
Beit Hashita, Hashita, Israel
Bella Campo, Sebastapol, California, United States   Forming
Bellingham Cohousing, Bellingham, Washington, United States
Black Cat Cooperative, Kansas, United States   Forming
Blue Heron Farm, Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States   Forming
Blueberry Hill, Vienna, Virginia, United States   Forming
Bolin Creek Cohousing, Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
Boston Cohousing Network, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Breitenbush Hot Springs, Detroit, Oregon, United States
Bright Morning Star, Seattle, Washington, United States
Bruderhof Communities, The, International
Bryant's Bend Co-op, Palo Alto, California, United States
Bryn Gweled Homesteads, Southampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Buddhist CoHousing, United States [5/18/2002]   Forming
Burlington Cohousing, Burlington, Vermont, United States   Forming
 
Cambridge Cohousing, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
CamphillVillage Kimberton Hills, Kimberton, Pennsylvania, United States [4/7/2002]
Camphill Communities in Britain and Ireland, Association of, England, United Kingdom
Camphill Soltane, Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, United States
Canadian Cohousing Network, Canada
Canberra Cohousing, Cnaberra, ACT, Australia [5/18/2002]
Cantine's Island Cohousing, Saugerties, New York, United States
Cardiff Place Cohousing Community, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Cascade Cohousing, South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Cascadia Commons, Portland, Oregon, United States
Castle On A Cloud, Clinton, Massachusetts, United States [5/18/2002]   Forming
Catholic Worker Communities, International
Cedar Village, Washington, United States   Forming
Central Austin Cohousing, Austin, Texas, United States   Forming
Central Coast Community, New South Wales, Australia   Forming
Cerro Gordo, Oregon, United States
Ceu do Planalto, Santo Daime, Brazil
Champlain Valley Cohousing, Charlotte, Vermont, United States, 2nd website   Forming
Chateau Student Housing Cooperative, Minnesota, United States
Chesapeake Cohousing Group, Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Chicago Cohousing Network, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Children for the Future, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Christiania, Denmark
Church Universal and Triumphant, Montana, United States
Cincinnati Ecovillage, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States [4/29/2002]   Forming
Circle of the Earth,   Forming
Circle of the Sacred Path, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States   Forming
Clays Lane Co-Operative, London, England, United Kingdom
Cobb Hill, Hartland, Vermont, United States
Cohousing 2000, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom   Forming
Cohousing Austrailia, Australia
Cohousing Network Japan, Japan   Forming
Cohousing Network of South Austrailia, Australia
Cohousing Research and Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Colorado Springs Cohousing Community, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States   Forming
Commons on the Alameda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Communauté du Chemin Neuf , France
Community of Urbana-Champaign Cooperative Housing), Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
Community of Hospitality, Decatur, Georgia, United States
Community of Light, United States   Forming
Concord Village, at the corner of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland , United States   Forming
Concord, Hutterian Brethren, Manitoba, Canada
Congregation Of The Firstborn, Grapeland, Texas, United States
Cornerstone Housing Co-op, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Cornerstone Village Cohousing, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States   Forming
Cotati Cohousing, Cotati, California, United States   Forming
Council of New York Cooperatives, New York, United States
Covenant House Faith Community, New York, New York, United States
Coyote Crossing, Santa Crux, California, United States [4/7/2002]
Cranberry Commons, North Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Creekside Cohousing (VA), Charlottesville, Virginia, United States   Forming
Crossroads Medieval Village, Yass, NSW, Australia   Forming
Crowell Gardens, Ashville, North Carolina, United States   Forming
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Queensland, Australia
Culver Way, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
 
Damanhur, The Temple of Mankind, Italy
Dancing Rabbit Project, Rutledge, Missouri, United States
Dapala Farm, Elk, Washington, United States
Dearborn Commons Cohousing, Seattle, Washington, United States [4/7/2002]
DeerHaven Hills, Southwestern North Carolina, United States
Delaware Street Commons, Lawrence, Kansas, United States   Forming
Denver Space Center , Denver, Colorado, United States
Divine Life Society, The, Uttar Pradesh, Himalayas, India
Domes, The, Davis, California, United States
Dos Pinos, Davis, California, United States
Doyle Street , Emeryville, California, United States
Dragon Belly Farm, Pt. Ludlow, Washington, United States
Dragonvale, Southern Massachusetts, United States   Forming
Dreamtime Village, LaFarge, Wisconsin, United States
Drumlin Co-operative, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Du-má, Eugene, Oregon, United States
Durika Foundation, Buenos Aires, Costa Rica
Duwamish Cohousing, Seattle, Washington, United States, 2nd website   Forming
 
ELIM, Doorn, Netherlands, The
Earth Heart Center, East Johnson, Vermont, United States   Forming
Earth Re-Leaf, Naalehu, Hawaii, United States
EarthArt Village, Moffat, Colorado, United States
EarthLight, Marshall, North Carolina, United States
EarthSky, Monmouth, Oregon, United States
Earthaven, Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States
Earthlands, Petersham, Massachusetts, United States
Earthship Communities, SW United States
Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood, Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand   Forming
East Bay Cohousing, Oakland/Berkeley, California, United States   Forming
East Lake Commons, Decatur, Georgia, United States   Forming
East Wind Community, Tecumseh, Missouri, United States
Eco Carabane Center, Ziguinchor, Senegal
Eco-Village Directory, International
Eco-Village de la Paix-Dieu, Jehay, Belgium
EcoFarm Community, Plant City, Florida, United States
EcoVillage at Ithaca, Ithaca, New York, United States
EcoVillage of Kyiana, Louisville, Kentucky, United States   Forming
EcoVillage of Loudoun County, Taylorstown, Virginia, United States   Forming
Ecovillage at Burdautien, Eire, Ireland
Ecovillagio Upacchi, Anghiari, Italy
Eden Project, The, Mendocino County, California, United States   Forming
Eden Ranch Community, Paonia, Colorado, United States   Forming
Edenvale, British Columbia, Canada
Edges Community, Southeast Glouster, Ohio, United States, 2nd website
Ekone Ranch and the Sacred Earth Foundation, near Goldendale, Washington, United States
Eleusis Project, Lake County, California, United States   Forming
Elysian Fields, United States   Forming
Emmanuel, France
Eno Commons, Durham, North Carolina, United States   Forming
Essene Cooperative, Boulder, Colorado, United States
 
Faerie Camp Destiny, Brattleboro, Vermont, United States   Forming
Fair Oaks Cohousing, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Falcon Blanco, Ibiza, Spain, 2nd website
Family, The, Whittier, California, United States
Farm, The, Summertown, Tennessee, United States, 2nd website
Federation of Egalitarian Communities, North America
Finca Buena Vida, Panama   Forming
Findhorn Foundation, Scotland, United Kingdom
Finkhof, Germany
Flowering Desert, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Foreningen EKBO, Skondal, Sweden
Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, United States
Frankleigh House Cohousing Community, South West Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Franklin Student Housing Cooperative, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
FreedomTown, Ohio, United States   Forming
Freyr's Kindred, Walla Walla, Washington, United States   Forming
Fullersta Backe, Stockholm, Sweden
Fælleshave, Haderslev, Denmark
 
GW-project Cohousing, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands,
Ganas, New York, United States
Garden 'o Vegan, Hilo, Hawaii, United States   Forming
Garden, The, San Ignacio , Cayo District, Belize   Forming
Gentle World, Kapa'au, Hawaii, United States   Forming
Gesundheit! Institute, West Virginia, United States
Global Village of Bagni di Lucca, Bagni di Lucca, Italy
Goodenough Community, Seattle, Washington, United States
Goolawah, New South Wales, Australia   Forming
Grail Farm, Missouri, United States   Forming
Great Oak Cohousing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States   Forming
Greater Hartford Cohousing, Hartford Area, Connecticut, United States   Forming
Green Kibbutz National Movement, Israel
Greenwood, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States   Forming
Gregory House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States [5/18/2002]
Greyrock Commons, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Gut Stolzenhagen, Germany [4/29/2002]   Forming
Gyûrûfû Project, The, Hungary
 
Hakibbutz Hadati, Israel
Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, California, United States
Harm Free, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom   Forming
Harmony Village, Golden, Colorado, United States
Harvest Hills, Independence, Missouri, United States
Hawk Circle Co-op, Tipton, Iowa, United States
Heart of Mary Priory, Grenaa, Denmark
Hearthstone, Denver, Colorado, United States
Heartsease, Tennessee, United States   Forming
Heartwood Cohousing, Durango, Colorado, United States   Forming
Heartwood Institute, Garberville, California, United States
Heathcote, Freeland, Maryland, United States
Hei Wa House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Hengrave Community of Reconciliation , Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
High Flowing Community, Floyd, Virginia, United States
High Wind Community/Plymouth Institute, Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States
HighPoint , HighPoint , Illinois, United States   Forming
Highline Crossing, Littleton, Colorado, United States   Forming
Hilltop Cohousing, San Marcos, Texas, United States   Forming
Hocamköy, Turkey   Forming
Hokshichankiya Community, Creola, Ohio, United States
Homefires, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Homeport Collective, The, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Homestead, The, Granville, Ohio, United States
Homewood Cohousing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States   Forming
Honey Creek Cohousing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States   Forming
Horizons ecoVillage, Nellysford, Virginia, United States   Forming
Huehuecoyotl, Morelos, Mexico
Hundredfold Farm, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States   Forming
 
IC Houston, Houston, Texas, United States   Forming
ICC Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
IDA, Smithville, Tennessee, United States
ISLOVE, Ben Lomond, California, United States
Ibsgården, Roskilde, Denmark
Innisfree Village, Crozet, Virginia, United States
Inter-Cooperative Council (TX), Austin, Texas, United States
Inter-Cooperative Council, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Intersection Community Association, San Diego, California, United States   Forming
Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Island Cohousing, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States
 
Jackson Place Cohousing, Seattle, Washington, United States   Forming
Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston, Massachusetts, United States   Forming
Jesus Christians, Sydney, Queensland, Australia
Jesus People USA, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jewish Unviersal Spiritual IC, unknown   Forming
Jindibah, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia   Forming
Jolly Ranchers, Seattle, Washington, United States
Jubilados, Tesuque, New Mexico, United States   Forming
 
Kadesh-biyqah, Arvika, Sweden
Kashi Ashram, Sebastian, Florida, United States
Kenney Ridge, Athens, Georgia, United States   Forming
Kibbutz Lotan, D.N. Chevel Eilot, Israel
Kibbutz Tamuz, Beit Shemesh, Israel
Kindness House, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Kitezh Children's Eco-Village Community, Kaluga, Russia
Knoxville Ecovillage Project, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States   Forming
Kollektivhuset Kupan, Älvsjö, Sweden
Komaja, International
KommFrei, Germany   Forming
Kommune Niederkaufungen, Kaufungen, Germany
Kookaburra Park Eco-Village, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia   Forming
Kvutsat Yovel , Israel
KynHeartH, Floyd, Virginia, United States   Forming
 
Land co-operative tourist and craft village in Austrialia Leigh writes from: tilbery@bigpond.com forming.
 
L'Arche Australia, Australia
L'Arche Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
L'Arche Canada, Canada
L'Arche, International
LaVida, Leimen, Germany   Forming
Ladakh Project, Ladakh, India
Lama Foundation, Sangre de Cristo Mountains Taos, New Mexico, United States
Le Novalis, Montréal, Québec, Canada   Forming
Lebensgarten, Lower Saxony, Germany
 
 
Lebenshaus Schwäbische, Gammertingen, Germany
Liberty Village, Libertytown, Maryland, United States
LifeWay Covenant Community, Hungerford, Texas, United States
Light & Color Foundation, Southern Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States   Forming
Los Angeles Eco-Village, Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Horcones, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Lost Valley Community, Dexter, Oregon, United States
Lothlorien, Palmeiras, Brazil
Lovinglight Center, The, United States   Forming

Madison Community Cooperative, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Magic, Palo Alto, California, United States
Malkuth, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Malu 'Aina, Ola'a , Hawaii, United States
Manitou Arbor Ecovillage, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States   Forming
Manzanita Village, Prescott, Arizona, United States
Mariposa Group, Bivins, Texas, United States   Forming
Marsh Commons, Arcata, California, United States   Forming
Meadowdance, Springfield, Vermont, United States
Meadowood Cohousing, Lansing, Michigan, United States, 2nd website   Forming
Melbourne Cohousing Network, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne Cohousing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   Forming
Merri Cohousing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Michigan State University Student Housing Corporation, Lansing, Michigan, United States
Middle Road Community, The, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Milagro, Tucson, Arizona, United States   Forming
Millstone Co-op, Somerville,, Massachusetts, United States
Monkton Wyld Court, Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Monos Escondidos, Costa Rica   Forming
Monterey Cohousing, Minneapolis/St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
Montie House, Lansing, Michigan, United States
Moora Moora Co-operative Community, Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Morning Light, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 2nd website   Forming
Mosaic Commons, Metro-West, Massachusetts, United States
Mothership Cooperative, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Motse Wa Badiri, Otse, Botswana
Mount Madonna Center, Watsonville, California, United States
Muir Commons, Davis, California, United States
Murchison River Project, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia   Forming
Mystic Christ Community, Missouri, United States   Forming
 
N Street Cohousing, Davis, California, United States
NASCO List of Member Co-ops, North America
Nahziryah Monastic Community, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Nasalam , Fair Grove, Missouri, United States   Forming
Nature's Spirit, Salem, South Carolina, United States   Forming
Network for a New Culture, Philomath, Oregon, United States
Nevo Ecoville, Republic of Karelia, Russia
New Creation Christian Community, England, United Kingdom
New View Cohousing, Acton, Massachusetts, United States
New World Rising, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 2nd website
Niramaya, Taichung, Taiwan ROC
Nivedin, Boston, Massachusetts, United States   Forming
Nomad Cohousing, Boulder, Colorado, United States   Forming
Nomadelfia, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
North Star Cohousing, Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States   Forming
Nova Terra, Mallorca, Spain   Forming
 
O.U.R Ecovillage, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada [4/7/2002]   Forming
OBSHINA, Northern Russia
Oak Creek Commons, Paso Robles, California, United States   Forming
Oak Park Village, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, Oberlin, Ohio, United States
Ojito Farm, Alcalde, New Mexico, United States   Forming
Old Mill Farm, Mendocino, California, United States   Forming
OldNewWay, Brighton, Massachusetts, United States
OnGoing Cohousing, NE Portland, Oregon, United States
One Community, Venice, California, United States   Forming
One World Family Commune, California, United States
Order of Saint Benedict, International
Orenda North Fellowship, Minnesota, United States   Forming
Osho Mevlana Residential Community, near Byron Bay Australia
Othona Community, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Ozark Avalon, Columbia, Missouri, United States
 
PERCH, Mountain View, California, United States   Forming
PIC, Costa Rica   Forming
Pacha Mama, Costa Rica
Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Padanaram Settlement, Williams, Indiana, United States
Pangaia, Pahoa, Hawaii, United States, 2nd website   Forming
Paracelsian Order, The, United States
Paradise Gardens, Hilo, Hawaii, United States   Forming
Pathways CoHousing, Florence, Massachusetts, United States
Pennine Camphill Community, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
People's Place, The, Okanogan, Washington, United States   Forming
Phoenix Rising Farm, Gympie, Queensland, Australia   Forming
Pika at M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Pinakarri Community, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Pioneer Valley, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Piñon Ecovillage, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States   Forming
Plants for a Future, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom   Forming
Pleasant Hill Cohousing, Pleasant Hill, California, United States   Forming
Plow Creek, Tilkilwa, Illinois, United States [5/18/2002]
Podunk Farm, Trumansburg, New York, United States
Ponderosa Village, Goldendale, Washington, United States
ProWoKultA, Frankfurt, Germany
Proximity Cohousing, Taylorstown, Virginia, United States
Proyecto Eco-Villas - Asociación GAIA, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Forming
Puget Ridge Cohousing, Seattle, Washington, United States
Pumpkin Hollow Community, Liberty, Tennessee, United States   Forming
 
Quaker House Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Quaker House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Quayside Village, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Qumbya Cooperative (Haymarket and Bowers House), Chicago, Illinois, United States
 
Rainbow Family Gatherings, International
Rainbow Ridge Ecovillage, Ellijay, Georgia, United States   Forming
Raw Food Eco-Village, Genal Valley, Spain, 2nd website   Forming
Reba Place Fellowship, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Redfield, North Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Reevis Mountain, Roosevelt, Arizona, United States
River Ridge, Minnesota, United States   Forming
River Rock Commons, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States   Forming
River Way, Lyons (Boulder), Colorado, United States   Forming
Riverside, near Nelson, New Zealand
Riverton Community Housing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Roberts Creek Cohousing, Roberts Creek (Sunshine Coast), British Columbia, Canada
Rocky Hill Cohousing, Northhampton, Massachusetts, United States   Forming
Rocky Mountain Survival Group, Colorado, United States   Forming
Rose Hill Cohousing, Redmond, Washington, United States   Forming
RoseWind, Port Townsend, Washington, United States
Rosneath Farm, Dunsborough, Western Australia, Australia
Rysovo Eco-Village, Novgorodskii Oblast, Russia
 
SEADS, Harrington, Maine, United States   Forming
Sacramento El Dorado Cohousing, Sacramento, California, United States   Forming
Sacred Hedonic Conspiracy, The, Illinois, United States   Forming
Sacred Mountain Ranch, Phoenix, Arizona, United States   Forming
Sages of the Sacred, Charleston, South Carolina, United States   Forming
Saggiguard,   Forming
Samenhuizen (Belgian Cohousing Network), Belgium
San Mateo Cooperative, San Mateo, California, United States   Forming
Sandhill Farm, Rutledge, Missouri, United States
Santa Cruz Student Housing Cooperative, Santa Cruz, California, United States   Forming
Scargill House, Kettlewell, England, United Kingdom
Seattle Group House, NE Seattle, Washington, United States
Servants of Jesus, Sydney, Queensland, Australia
Seven Points Crossing Cohousing, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Shadowlake Village, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States, 2nd website
Shannon Farm, Afton, Virginia, United States
Sharingwood Cohousing, Snohomish County, Washington, United States
Shasta Village, Mt. Shasta City, California, United States   Forming
Shiloh, Arkansas, United States
Shining Spirit, Tucson, Arizona, United States   Forming
Silkwood Park, Nelson, New Zealand   Forming
Sirius Ecovillage, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States
Skovsgaard, Brovst, Denmark
Skyhouse, Rutledge , Missouri, United States
Solborg, Jevnaker, Norway
Solterra, Durham, North Carolina, United States   Forming
Songaia Cohousing, Bothell, Washington, United States   Forming
Sonora Cohousing, Tucson, Arizona, United States, 2nd website   Forming
South Florida Cohousing, Delray, Florida, United States   Forming
South Sound Cohousing, Tacoma, Washington, United States   Forming
Southwest Intentional Communities Coalition, United States
Southwest Sufi Community, New Mexico, United States
Space Environments Ecovillage, Texas, United States   Forming
Spirit of the Earth Centre and Collective Community, London, Ontario, Canada
St. Clare's Monastery, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Stelle Community, Stelle, Illinois, United States
Stepping Stones Housing Co-op, Yeovi, Wales, United Kingdom
Steward Community Woodland, Devon, England, United Kingdom   Forming
Stewart Little Co-Op, Ithaca, New York, United States
Stolplyckan, Linköping, Sweden, 2nd website
Stone Curves, Tucson, Arizona, United States   Forming
Stroud Cohousing, Stroud, England, United Kingdom   Forming
Students' Cooperative Association, Eugene, Oregon, United States
Sugar Mountain, Missouri, United States   Forming
Suncoast Cohousing, Tampa Bay, Florida, United States
Sunflower House, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Sunward Cohousing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
SurrealEstates, Sacramento, California, United States   Forming
Susan B. Anthony Memorial Unrest Home, Athens, Ohio, United States
Svanholm Collective, The, Skibby, Denmark
Swan's Market, Oakland, California, United States
Swedish Collective Housing Network, Sweden
Synergy, Stanford, California, United States
Sólheimar , Iceland
TOOLS, Scotland, United Kingdom   Forming
Taizé, an ecumenical, monastic community, France
Takoma Village, District of Columbia, United States   Forming
 
Tamera , Colos, Portugal
Tara Mandala, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States
Tekiah, Floyd, Virginia, United States
The Community Project, Lewes, England, United Kingdom [4/7/2002]
The Gathering Place, central/southern Utah, United States   Forming
The Hermitage, Pitman, Pennsylvania, United States
The Spirit of 76, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Venus Project, Venus, Florida, United States   Forming
Tierra Nueva, Oceano, California, United States   Forming
Tolstoy Farm, United States
Tree House, The, New York, New York, United States [4/29/2002]
Trillium Community Land Trust, Jacksonville, Oregon, United States
Trillium Hollow, Portland, Oregon, United States
Trinity Farms, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States   Forming
Tsion Hadashah, Selmer, Tennessee, United States
Tui, Takaka, New Zealand
Tullstugan Collective housing unit, Stockholm, Sweden
Turanga Farm Cohousing, Panmure, New Zealand [5/18/2002]   Forming
Tweed Eco-Village Project, Murwillumbah , NSW, Australia   Forming
Twelve Tribes, The, International, 2nd website
Twin Cities Cohousing Network, Minnesota, United States   Forming
Twin Oaks, Louisa, Virginia, United States
Two Echo Cohousing, Brunswick, Maine, United States   Forming
Two Piers, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
 
UFA-Fabrik, Germany
UK Cohousing Network, United Kingdom
Udgaarden, Lading, Denmark
Unahwi Ridge, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States   Forming
Union Acres, Whittier, North Carolina, United States
University Students' Cooperative Association, Berkeley, California, United States
Utopia Springs,
Utopian EcoVillage Network, Ecuador
 
VOL Community, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
Vallersund Gård, Vallersund, Norway
Valley Farm Ecovillage, New Zealand   Forming
Valley Oaks Village, Chico, California, United States
Vecino Cohousing, Los Angeles, California, United States [5/18/2002]   Forming
Vessels of Christ Covenant, East Fallowfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Village in the City, St. Louis, Missouri, United States   Forming
Village of Harmony, Bosque, New Mexico, United States, 2nd website
Villaggio Ecologico Solidale, Italy   Forming
Von Cramm Co-op, Ithaca, New York, United States
 
WOGENO München eG, München, Barvaria, Germany
Walden Two Campaign , San Francisco, California, United States   Forming
Wasatch Commons , Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Waterknot, Vermont, United States   Forming
Westport Kingdom House, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Westwood Cohousing, Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Whole Health Foundation, Cardiff, California, United States
Whole Village, Caledon, Ontario, Canada   Forming
WholeLife Housing, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Whyalla Ecocity, Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
Wikwan Mayoksuwi, Northern Arizona, United States   Forming
Wild Sage Cohousing, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Wildflower Christian Community, Ohio, United States
WindSong, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
WindTree Ranch, Douglas, United States
Windward Foundation, Klickitat , Washington, United States
Winslow, Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
Wolvenwold, Elk Creek, Missouri, United States   Forming
Woodburn Hill Farm, Mechanicsville, Maryland, United States
 
Yesss Center, Venice, California, United States
Yogaville, Buckingham, Virginia, United States
Yulupa Cohousing , Santa Rosa, California, United States
 
ZEGG - Center for Experimental Cultural Design, Belzig, Germany
Zendik Farm, Mill Spring, North Carolina, United States
Zim Zam Vegan Community, Asheville, North Carolina, United States   Forming
Zion UCC Intentional Community, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Zuni Mountain Sanctuary, Ramah, New Mexico, United States
 
Ökodorf Sieben Linden, Germany
ØKOBO, near Copenhagen, Denmark
Økologisk Landsbysamfund, Torup, Denmark
Sparrow Hawk Village, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States
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