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Ananda
Village ('68, Nevada City CA)
A large spiritual meditation/yoga community in the Sierra
foothills,with several sister communities worldwide. Disciples of
Yogananda.
http://www.ananda.org |
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Camphill
Special Schools ('61, Glenmoore, PA)
Residential village providing rehabilitation and community for
disabledchildren, who live with the staff families. Inspired by
Rudolf Steiner.
http://www.beaverrun.org/homepage/home.php |
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Catholic
Worker House ('85, San Antonio TX)
Urban ministry to the poor, including a soup kitchen and
temporary shelter, support, and referrals for families in need. |
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The
Farm ('70, Summertown TN)
Originally a '60s hippie spiritual commune, now reorganized with a
hybrid economy with over 30 nonprofits & businesses.
http://www.thefarmcommunity.com/ |
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Rural
Egalitarian Communities |
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Back
to the Land
('78, Hundred miles from nowhere, CA)
A pioneer village of five families on 40 acres in the middle of
nowhere. Simple living, permaculture, outdoor survival skills. |
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Sandhill
('74, Rutledge MO)
Secular, egalitarian, family-style community with organic farm,
shared income and labor and resources, consensus process.
http://www.thefec.org/brochure/sandhill.htm |
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Twin
Oaks ('67, Louisa VA)
Egalitarian community creating an alternative village culture,
with a labor credit system and a planner/manager system of
governance.
http://www.twinoaks.org/ |
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Urban
Communities |
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Ganas
('80, Staten Island NY)
Urban, income-sharing core group, with five community-owned
businesses. primary focus on group "feedback" process.
http://www.ganas.org |
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Goodenough
('81, Seattle WA)
Non-residential community: personal & social transformation;
shared
spirituality; offering extensive workshops; community businesses.
http://www.wolfenet.com/~goodenuf/ |
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Hearthaven
('87, Kansas City MO)
Close-knit cooperatively owned household of close friends; faith
based,with Christian/pagan influences; environmental
organizers/activists. |
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Purple
Rose Collective ('78, San Francisco CA)
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An urban collectively owned household with shared meals, chores,
expenses, and weekly house meetings. |
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Cooperative
Communities |
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Breitenbush ('77,
Detroit OR)
New age retreat & conference center, run by a worker-owned
collective, with hot springs, hydro power, and geothermal heat.
http://breitenbush.com |
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Community
Alternatives ('77, Vancouver BC)
Cooperatively owned urban apartment house with 9 residential
"pods." Each unit decides its own internal structure and
systems.
http://fic.ic.org/video/communityaltsinfo.php |
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Fraser
Common Farm ('77, Aldergrove BC)
Cooperatively owned organic farm with worker-owned gourmet salad
business. Sister community to Community Alternatives (1 hr. away). |
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Miccosukee
Land Cooperative ('73, Tallahassee FL)
Land Co-op with private houses and community-owned roads and
common land. Many voluntary programs among the members.
http://directory.ic.org/768/Miccosukee_Land_Co-op |
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Cohousing
Communities & Ecovillages |
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Earthaven
Rural ecovillage under construction, teaching permaculture and
natural building technologies, operating by consensus.
http://www.earthaven.org/ |
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N
Street
Retrofit cohousing in a 1950s urban neighborhood. 13 households tore down back yard fences for common gardens & play areas.
http://www.cohousing.org/ |
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Nyland
Cohousing
Suburban, large (42 units),very diverse cohousing community built
from the ground up. Consensus based pedestrian village.
http://www.nylandcohousing.org/ |
