Three Kinds of Community—Three Kinds of Experience and Learning
Whether with refugees, in the inner city, or in intentional groups, community holds life-long lessons.
Whether with refugees, in the inner city, or in intentional groups, community holds life-long lessons.
Even an anti-authoritarian household needs agreements—but who and how to enforce them is another question.
After nearly three decades of activity, a pioneering eco-community collapses under the weight of legal attacks by a small group of neighbors.
Breitenbush has a long history of dealing with legalities and illegalities, from installing a volcano as their “boiler” and blocking old-growth logging to successfully petitioning for a zoning variance.
An unconventional family fights to stay in their collective house in the face of antiquated local ordinances which suppress community living.
Communal living is no escape from dealing with legal issues and challenges coming from both within and outside the group.