Communities #198 Spring 2023 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #198, Building from the Ground Up, shares stories and guidance about natural building, starting new groups from scratch, and developing communities both ecologically and socially....
Communities #197 Winter 2022 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. In Communities #197, The Long Haul, authors look at what it takes to endure as a communitarian and/or as a community over the long term, as well as what it will take for our species to weather...
Communities #192 Fall 2021 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. In issue #192, “Consent,” authors examine how this theme applies within our personal lives, our lives in community, and in the wider culture. Stories explore how to learn healthy...
By Amber Jones Life is different in intentional community. You’ll see big differences between caring for one small family or your individual self and the level of accountability asked in a group full of needs and preferences that don’t always match yours. You’ll see...
By Chris Roth Issue #185’s “Seizing the Torch” (pages 38-42) described Maple Creek’s near-collapse from an ill-advised torch-seizure, and promised a future article about the community’s recovery. Space constraints do not allow that story to be told in its entirety...
By Daniel A. Brown Thirty years after the demise of the Renaissance Community (see Communities #184, Fall 2019: “Whatever Happened to the Renaissance Community?”), its hundreds of former members are still trying to figure out what happened. There is no unified...
