Communities Magazine #144 (Fall 2009) - Community in Hard Times

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Community in Hard Times

Publisher’s Note: How Collaboration Falls Short: With Hints About How To
Help It Go Long by Laird Schaub
Cooperative Group Solutions: Avoiding Abundance’s Traps by Tree Bressen
& Laird Schaub & Diana Leafe Christian
Note From The Editor: Community In Hard Times by Chris Roth
HARD TIMES AT ORINDA – Watching their collective fortunes decline, the members of Orinda adopt a new spirit of frugality, find that they are living more sustainably, and discover true wealth in relationships with friends and family. by Kristina Jansen
Building Community In Hard Times by Randa Johnson
Hard Times, Good Life, Community by Joan Valles
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY – After serving thousands of meals, a community of post-Katrina relief kitchen volunteers moves to the West Coast and acquires a mortgage, a baby, full-time jobs, and the challenges of the mundane. by Jesika Feather
SHARED LIVING—WHEN HOME IS A COMMUNITY – An ex-resident of Casa Caballeros reflects on the wealth she found in the realms of personal growth, shared resources, spontaneous celebration, and financial freedom even in economic downturns. by Carol Pimentel
HOUSEHOLDING: COMMUNAL LIVING ON A SMALL SCALE – Especially in financially uncertain times, those seeking the advantages of intentional community living can often find them within a single shared house. by Elizabeth Barrette
Birthing A New Order In A Chaotic World by NiÃƒ¡nn Emerson Chase
THROWING IN THE FOUNDER’S TOWEL – After many years of dealing with the unique struggles inherent in starting a community, a community founder discovers her vision manifested elsewhere, and becomes a community joiner. by Ma’ikwe Schaub Ludwig
Establishing Community In Hard Times: A Swedish Case by Robert Hall
Somerville Ecovillage: Culture And Creating Spaces by Vida Carlino
Somerville Ecovillage: Statutory Approvals And Finance by Karen Moore
The Transition Initiative Comes To Cohousing by Sonja Eriksson
Food Security In Community by Blake Cothron
Svanholm In Denmark Goes Carbon-Neutral by Christina Adler Jensen
Creating Community: Making Home by Jon Kohl
Cohousing Life: Cohousing For Non-Cohousers by Charlene Dicalogero
Community Economics: Financial Benefits Of Communal Living by Alison
Rosenblatt
Gardens Of Gratitude: A Two-Day Garden Party Blitz In L.A. by Ginny
Blades