Communities #185: Passing the Torch: Generational Shifts in Community
Communities #185 Winter 2019 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. How do intentional communities navigate generational change? What structures what help them outlast the founding generation? How are major responsibilities transferred as members age? Stories...
Sharing Knowledge through Generations
By Blake Wilson Of all the work and teaching I do, social permaculture is perhaps the most vital, because it offers tools to make all of our work more successful and joyful. In these times of chaos and crisis, we need effective groups that can make change. And we need...
Passing the Torch from Indigenous Past to Communal Present in Hawaii
Old Hawaii’s Sustainable Practices Inspire a New Approach to Living on the Big Island By Emily Gleason In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian Archipelago lies thousands of miles from any major continent. These eight volcanic islands form the most remote and...
Future Visions at Villaggio Verde
By Etta Madden “We are only actors in a script already written.” These words glowed like a guiding lamp on my computer screen as I read responses to questions I had sent to Francesca and Mirai about “passing the torch” at Villaggio Verde, a spiritual ecovillage in...On Community: A Graduated Series of Consequences and the “Community Eye”
Just knowing the community has this process in place deters people from breaking agreements. People don’t want to get a knock at the door by one fellow community member, much less three or four.