Land Use Regulations, Urban Planners, and Intentional Communities
A century since the United States’ first citywide zoning ordinance, community founders can find support in unexpected places when navigating land use laws.
My Struggle to Legalize Sustainable Living
After nearly three decades of activity, a pioneering eco-community collapses under the weight of legal attacks by a small group of neighbors.
It Takes All Kinds to Raise a Village
After an engaged local citizenry creates cultural shifts, a city endorses rather than prosecutes code-bending strategies that promote resilient community.
My Intentional Community and the Law
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.
Zoning Nightmare: Hartford’s Scarborough Street House
An unconventional family fights to stay in their collective house in the face of antiquated local ordinances which suppress community living.
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.