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Communitas #1 (July 1972) A New Community Journal

Communitas #2 (September 1972) Life on a Country Commune and More

Communities #1 (December 1972) Directory 1972

Communities #2 (February 1973) Law, Communes, Land Trusts

Communities #3 (Spring 1973) Community Market Development

Communities #4 (Summer 1973) Schools and Community

Communities #5 (October 1973) Personal Change and Social Change

Communities #6 (January 1974) Overseas Community

Communities #7 (March 1974) Directory 1974

Communities #8 (May 1974) Individuality and Intimacy

Communities #9 (July 1974) Children in Community

Communities #10 (November 1974) Work

Communities #11 (December 1974) Land Reform

Communities #12 (January 1975) Directory 1975

Communities #13 (March 1975) Spiritual Life in Community

Communities #14 (May 1975) Therapy in Community

Communities #15 (July 1975) Research and Education in Community

Communities #16 (September 1975) Community Planning

Communities #17 (November 1975) Family, Sex, and Marriage

Communities #18 (January 1976) Directory 1976

Communities #19 (March 1976) Urban Communities

Communities #20 (May 1976) Middle Class Communes

Communities #21 (July 1976) Kibbutzim and More

Communities #22 (September 1976) Networking in the Ozarks

Communities #23 (November 1976) Women and Work in the Kibbutz

Communities #24 (January 1977) Building Community

Communities #25 (March 1977) Don’t Start a Commune in 1977!

Communities #26 (May 1977) Rebuilding the City

Communities #27 (July 1977) Movement for a New Society

Communities #28 (September 1977) Seabrook and More

Communities #29 (November 1977) Democratic Management

Communities #30 (January 1978) Directory 1978

Communities #31 (March 1978) Learning in Community

Communities #32 (May 1978) The Future of Community

Communities #33 (July 1978) Women’s Issue

Communities #34 (September 1978) West Coast Communal Movement

Communities #35 (November 1978) Consumer Co-op Bank

Communities #36 (January 1979) Circle of Gold, Kerista, and More

Communities #37/38 (Summer 1979) A Guide to Cooperative Alternatives

Communities #39 (August 1979) Federation Women

Communities #40 (October 1979) Worker-Owned Businesses

Communities #41 (December 1979) Relationships: Friendships, Family, and Sexuality

Communities #42 (February 1980) Regionalism: Federations, Networks, and Cooperation

Communities #43 (April 1980) Health and Well-Being

Communities #44 (June 1980) Consumer Cooperative Alliance

Communities #45 (October 1980) Art Collectives

Communities #46 (December 1980) Directory 1981

Communities #47 (February 1981) Community Stories

Communities #48 (April 1981) Communities Around the World

Communities #49 (June 1981) Tempeh Production

Communities #50 (October 1981) Dying

Communities #51 (December 1981) Political Paradigms

Communities #52 (February 1982) Barter Network

Communities #53 (April 1982) Spiritual Communities

Communities #54 (June 1982) Peace

Communities #55 (October 1982) Building Economic Democracy

Communities #56 (December 1982) Directory 1983

Communities #57 (February 1983) Women in Business

Communities #58 (April 1983) Co-op America

Communities #59 (July 1983) Computers

Communities #60 (October 1983) Gatherings 1983

Communities #61 (Winter 1983-4) Parenting, Childcare, and Education

Communities #62 (Spring 1984) Progressive Economics and Politics

Communities #63 (Summer 1984) Living in Community

Communities #64 (Fall 1984) Relationships

Communities #65 (Winter 1984) Greenham Women’s Peace Camp

Communities #66 (Spring 1985) Directory 1985

Communities #67 (Summer 1985) Technology in Community

Communities #68 (Fall 1985) Historic Communal Societies

Communities #69 (Winter 1986) International Communities

Communities #70 (Spring 1986) Traveling in Community

Communities #71/72 (Summer/Fall 1986) Model Communities

Communities #73 (Winter 1987) Federation of Egalitarian Communities: 10 Years Together

Communities #74 (Summer 1987) Urban Middle-Class Communes

Communities #75 (Summer 1988) Planetization

Communities #76 (Spring 1990) Education in Community

Communities #77/78 (November 1990) Directory 1990

Communities #79 (Winter 1993) We’re Back!

Communities #80/81 (Spring/Summer 1993) Vision and Leadership

Communities #82 (Spring 1994) Women in Community—Yesterday and Today

Communities #83 (Summer 1994) Celebration of Community

Communities #84 (Fall 1994) Growing Up in Community

Communities #85 (Winter 1994) Passages: What Have We Learned?

Communities #86 (Spring 1995) Nurturing Our Potential

Communities #87 (Summer 1995) Love, Romance, and Sex

Communities #88 (Fall 1995) Intentional Communities and Cults

Communities #89 (Winter 1995) Growing Older in Community

Communities #90 (Spring 1996) Diversity and Homogeneity in Community

Communities #91 (Summer 1996) Ecovillages

Communities #92 (Fall 1996) Christian Communities, Then and Now

Communities #93 (Winter 1996) Celebrating Arts and Creativity

Communities #94 (Spring 1997) Making a Living

Communities #95 (Summer 1997) Sustainable Building and Design

Communities #96 (Fall 1997) Breaking Bread in Community

Communities #97 (Winter 1997) 25th Anniversary Issue

Communities #98 (Spring 1998) Values, Vision, and Money

Communities #99 (Summer 1998) Sustainable Communities

Communities #100 (Fall 1998) Political Activism in Community

Communities #101 (Winter 1998) Communities, the Millennium, and Y2K

Communities #102 (Spring 1999) Health and Healing

Communities #103 (Summer 1999) Walden Two Communities

Communities #104 (Fall 1999) Conflict and Connection

Communities #105 (Winter 1999) Transition and Change

Communities #106 (Spring 2000) Cohousing: Building Community One Neighborhood at a Time

Communities #107 (Summer 2000) Song, Dance, and Celebration

Communities #108 (Fall 2000) Learning in Communities

Communities #109 (Winter 2000) Decision Making in Community

Communities #110 (Spring 2001) Student Co-ops: What I Really Learned in College

Communities #111 (Summer 2001) Creating Magic Culture

Communities #112 (Fall 2001) Multigenerational Community

Communities #113 (Winter 2001) Communication and Process

Communities #114 (Spring 2002) What Do Children Learn in Community?

Communities #115 (Summer 2002) The Heart of Sustainability

Communities #116 (Fall-Winter 2002) Can We Afford to Live in Community?

Communities #117 (Spring 2003) Ecovillages

Communities #118 (Summer 2003) Lovers in Community

Communities #119 (Fall 2003) Right Livelihood in Community

Communities #120 (Special 2003) Directory Update

Communities #121 (Winter 2003) Thriving in Community

Communities #122 (Spring 2004) Community Seeker’s Guide

Communities #123 (Summer 2004) A Day in the Life

Communities #124 (Fall 2004) Spiritual Community

Communities #125 (Winter 2004) Life After Student Coops

Communities #126 (Spring 2005) The Arts in Community

Communities #127 (Summer 2005) The Face of Cohousing in 2005

Communities #128 (Fall 2005) Resolving Conflict in Community

Communities #129 (Winter 2005) Urban Communities and Ecovillages

Communities #130 (Spring 2006) Peak Oil and Sustainability

Communities #131 (Summer 2006) Good Works in Community

Communities #132 (Fall 2006) Will You Live Your Elder Years in Community?

Communities #133 (Winter 2006) Helping Your Local Economy Thrive

Communities #134 (Spring 2007) Temporary Community

Communities #135 (Summer 2007) What Do You Eat?

Communities #136 (Fall 2007) Is Beauty Important?

Communities #137 (Winter 2007) Communities Making a Difference

Communities #138 (Spring 2008) Women in Community

Communities #139 (Summer 2008) Green Building

Communities #140 (Fall 2008) Politics in Community

Communities #141 (Winter 2008) Scarcity and Abundance

Communities #142 (Spring 2009) Festivals and Gatherings

Communities #143 (Summer 2009) Ecology and Community

Communities #144 (Fall 2009) Community in Hard Times

Communities #145 (Winter 2009) Health and Well-Being

Communities #146 (Spring 2010) Family

Communities #147 (Summer 2010) Education for Sustainability

Communities #148 (Fall 2010) Power and Empowerment

Communities #149 (Winter 2010) Elders

Communities #150 (Spring 2011) Mental Health: Challenges and Hope

Communities #151 (Summer 2011) Intimacy

Communities #152 (Fall 2011) Right Livelihood

Communities #153 (Winter 2011) Permaculture

Communities #154 (Spring 2012) Spirituality

Communities #155 (Summer 2012) Diversity

Communities #156 (Fall 2012) Ecovillages

Communities #157 (Winter 2012) Endings and Beginnings

Communities #158 (Spring 2013) Affordability and Self-Reliance

Communities #159 (Summer 2013) Community Wisdom for Everyday Life

Communities #160 (Fall 2013) Youth in Community

Communities #161 (Winter 2013) Renewable Energy

Communities #162 (Spring 2014) Gender Issues

Communities #163 (Summer 2014) Business Ventures

Communities #164 (Fall 2014) Community Conversations

Communities #165 (Winter 2014) Technology: Friend or Foe?

Communities #166 (Spring 2015) Community for Baby Boomers

Communities #167 (Summer 2015) Food and Community

Communities #168 (Fall 2015) Community and the Law

Communities #169 (Winter 2015) The Many Faces of Community

Communities #170 (Spring 2016) Finding or Starting a Community

Communities #171 (Summer 2016) Ecovillages around the World

Communities #172 (Fall 2016) Service and Activism

Communities #173 (Winter 2016) Social Permaculture

Communities #174 (Spring 2017) Communities and Climate Change

Communities #175 (Summer 2017) Economics in Cooperative Culture

Communities #176 (Fall 2017) Learning from the Past

Communities #177 (Winter 2017) Urban Communities

Communities #178 (Spring 2018) Class, Race, and Privilege

Communities #179 (Summer 2018) Eco-Building

Communities #180 (Fall 2018) Networking Communities

Communities #181 (Winter 2018) The Culture of Intentional Community

Communities #182 (Spring 2019) Community Land

Communities #183 (Summer 2019) Sexual Politics

Communities #184 (Fall 2019) The Shadow Side of Cooperation

Communities #185 (Winter 2019) Passing the Torch: Generational Shifts in Community

Communities #186 (Spring 2020) Picking Up the Pieces: New Beginnings

Communities #187 (Summer 2020) Climate Justice through Community

Communities #188 (Fall 2020) Scaling Up, Scaling Down

Communities #189 (Winter 2020) Community in the Age of Coronavirus

Communities #190 (Spring 2021) Faith in Community

Communities #190.1 (Special Digital Supplement) Faith in Community

Communities #191 (Summer 2021) Ecological Culture

Communities #191.1 (Special Digital Supplement) Ecological Culture: The Long Haul

Communities #192 (Fall 2021) Consent

Communities #193 (Winter 2021) Children in Community

Communities #194 (Spring 2022) Looking Back, Looking Forward

Communities #195 (Summer 2022) Place and Planet

Communities #196 (Fall 2022) The Language of Community

Communities #197 (Winter 2022) The Long Haul

Communities #198 (Spring 2023) Building from the Ground Up

Communities #199 (Summer 2023) Freedom and Responsibility

Communities #200 (Fall 2023) Adaptation

Communities #201 (Winter 2023) Privacy and Transparency

Communities #202 (Spring 2024) Finding Community

Communities #203 (Summer 2024) Conflict and Connection

Communities #204 (Fall 2024) Politics

Communities #205 (Winter 2024) Across the Generations