Growing a Successful Ecovillage or Intentional Community
Consensus and Facilitation
How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community
Diana Leafe Christian, Author of Finding Community and Creating a Life Together, offers these three 1- or 2-day workshops, and she is also available to create a tailor-made workshop for you. She offers her workshops around the country, some open to the public and some specifically for the people/groups that hire her.
The Twin Oaks Communities Conference
This is a weekend of workshops on topics ranging from group-decision making and natural building to intentional relationships and sustainable living. “In addition to structured workshops and sharing circles, there is plenty of time to network, swap stories and play together at beautiful Twin Oaks Community in Louisa, VA.” Held in the late summer every year.
Starting and Sustaining Intentional Communities
This course offered by the OAEC focuses on “locating land, finding the right people, financing a purchase, financial models, decision-making structures, group process and agreements, legal forms for holding real property in common, and working with zoning and county or city regulations.” The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center is located in Marin County, north of San Francisco, CA, and the course is usually offered a couple times a year.
The NASCO Institute
This institute offers a wonderful variety of great trainings that are often relevant for people from all kinds of co-ops, but especially housing co-op and intentional communities. It’s offered every fall in Ann Arbor, MI. Sponsored by the North American Students of Cooperation, many of the hundreds of people who attend are young, but it is beneficial for folks of all ages.
Trainings