Finding Community

by Diana Leafe Christian

dianaleafechristian.org

Finding Community presents a thorough overview of ecovillages and intentional communities and offers solid advice on how to research thoroughly, visit thoughtfully, evaluate intelligently and join gracefully. Useful considerations include:

• important questions to ask (of members and of yourself)
• signs of a healthy (and not-so-healthy) community
• cost of joining (and staying)
• common blunders to avoid.

Finding Community provides intriguing possibilities to readers who are seeking a more cooperative, sustainable and meaningful life.

"Finding Community is well organized, well thought-out, and easy to access. The information is of high quality, being based on good research and long experience. The reader will learn from members of a wide range of ecovillages, communes, co-housing developments, and co-ops, discovering the range of options, and getting a sense of what it takes to successfully make the leap from "normal" urban life to intentional community living."

Richard Heinberg, Peak Oil activist and author, The Party's Over, Powerdown, The Oil Depletion Protocol

Diana Leafe Christian is the author of Creating a Life Together and editor of Communities magazine. She lives at Earthhaven Ecovillage in North Carolina.