“Appropriate” Technology and Community on the Path to Resiliency
At Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, efforts to foster a renaissance in land-based living go hand in hand with judicious use of modern design and communication technologies.
Technology, Nature, and Community
How does modern technology affect our ecological and social literacy? Are computers and their kin suppressing or enhancing the awareness, skills, and qualities essential to our nature as humans?
Radical Governance Changes in Two North American Ecovillages
Earthaven and Dancing Rabbit embrace their groups’ evolution and growth with innovative new governance and decision-making methods.
Seeing the Good in the World, Part II: Transformative Learning Experiences at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
While helping communitarians measure their progress toward sustainability goals, a college student finds herself unexpectedly changed.
From Conversation to Community: How a Bunch of Mates Bought Some Land Together
“Wouldn’t it be great to buy a block of land together in the bush?” Dinner party conversations yield unexpected fruit.
Meta-Conversation: an Exercise in Whimsical and Critical Facilitation
When they crave an especially deep or challenging discussion, Gesundheit!’s meta-conversers excuse themselves (from the mundane)—then stir the collective pot, lie down, or go for a walk.