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Are they more stable and even generous during this time?&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>To find out the answers, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foundation for Intentional Community (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.ic.org\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation for Intentional Community</a> (FIC) partnered with the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Intentional Communities Desk (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http://www.communa.org.il\" target=\"_blank\">Intentional Communities Desk</a> in May 2020 and sent out a survey to intentional communities in our Communities Directory so we could learn how they have responded to the pandemic.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>Of the 75 intentional communities that responded to the survey 68% are based in the United States, with others spread out from the UK to Peru and all the way to Australia and New Zealand.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>The stories these communities share are fascinating. With some rural communities basically unaffected or even experiencing positive changes since coronavirus, and other more urban communities especially challenged to step up together and support each other through crisis. Communities have had to come up with creative ways to keep each other safe and to stay connected even while typical community activities, such as shared meals, are on pause. They have had to navigate internal tensions about how seriously to take the virus and what levels of response are appropriate.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>Intentional communities offer possibilities for how we all can survive and thrive through crisis by coming together.<br></p>\n<p>...<br></p>\n<br/>\n<h2>Survey Results</h2>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Our analysis of the survey results shows that communities have been impacted by the virus in a variety of ways on a pretty clear spectrum.&nbsp;On one end of the spectrum are communities who have been minimally or positively affected by the pandemic (approximately 15% of survey respondents).&nbsp;On other end of the spectrum are communities who have been severely or negatively impacted (approximately 5% of survey respondents). Most communities fall somewhere in between these two ends of the spectrum. </strong></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>A few remote and land-based communities report how for them daily life hasn’t changed all too much. Residents were already used to growing much of their own food, delegating trips to the grocery store to a few individuals in the community and earning an income within the community’s economy or through remote work.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<br/>\n<p>“Nothing has really changed for us.&nbsp; We set up [our community] with a design to ride out these types of events - pandemics, natural disasters, financial meltdowns. We are a closed community on over 1000 acres with private roads and two access points to BLM and state land.&nbsp; We have a full Equestrian Center, Library (books.over 350 DVDs, games, puzzles, magazines), gym, spa and 3 miles of interior roads/trails for walking, biking, riding.&nbsp; We are adding a pool table and probably a pool this year.&nbsp; We have a garden and our permaculture people are getting set up to add an additional 80 acres of food forest, aquaponics, and massive greenhouses.&nbsp; We have a resident only grocery store opening up this fall.&nbsp; We keep chickens and ducks for eggs.&nbsp; We have an Exchange Program for cash/barter/trade for/exchange money within the community and we hire work done from within the community so people still have an income.&nbsp; We are remote so most people stock up on personal supplies.”&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Zhenna, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/1-a-caballos-de-las-estrellas-intelligent-living-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Caballos de las Estrellas Intelligent Living Community (opens in a new tab)\">Caballos de las Estrellas Intelligent Living Community</a>, New Mexico and Arizona, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some community members even report experiencing an improved quality of life since the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“As an urban intentional community focused on social and environmental justice, our members are often all over the city and traveling around the country in service of movements. During the shelter-in-place time there has been a unique magic of all being here together, gathering so much more often than we used to, eating together, growing more food than ever, processing herbal medicine, distributing food, medicine and supplies to our neighbors… To me, it feels in many ways so much more like the 'village' life we've been longing for, that the pressures of our current systems so often pull us away from.”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Morgan H Curtis, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/canticle-farm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Canticle Farm (opens in a new tab)\">Canticle Farm</a>, CA, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have 33 people trapped in paradise, 9 of which are volunteers from many countries. We are enjoying it immensely…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Tom Charles Osher, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/shambalabamba/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chambalabamba (opens in a new tab)\">Chambalabamba</a>, Loja, Ecuador<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are functioning better than in past years, due to circumstances related to the pandemic...There is an apparent feeling of solidarity everywhere inside and outside the community.”</p>\n<p><em>--<a href=\"https://huehuecoyotl.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage (opens in a new tab)\">Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage</a>, Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, Morelos State, Mexico<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are all healthy and agree that we are lucky to live in a beautiful setting with plenty of green space, and plenty of meaningful work and occupation to keep us happy and engaged. We have created a 'new normal' - work teams based on house groups, celebrations too, and leisure time pursuits, all within the same groupings. This has given rise to a buoyant mood, creativity and caring for each other. Our day attendees and some employees are not able to join us at the moment, but each house group is in frequent contact (via Skype, phone or Zoom) with those who belong to their group, and some members have produced a lovely newsletter each fortnight which can be shared with families and friends.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Elisabeth Phethean, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/beannachar-camphill-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Beannachar Camphill Community (opens in a new tab)\">Beannachar Camphill Community</a>, Aberdeenshire, Scottland</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Still other communities have experienced a degree of stability that has enabled them to look beyond caring for their own community and help out in the surrounding area through distributing food to essential workers, sewing free masks and producing medicine.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Those who are younger and healthier kept themselves busy by sewing about 2,000 surgical masks.&nbsp; They would take them out to places where there were elderly people, or to shopkeepers, and offer them for free. &nbsp;Our immediate vicinity was noticeably more protected as a result, and one clinic said there have been no infections here so far.”</p>\n<p>---<em>Dave, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/jesus-christians/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jesus Christians (opens in a new tab)\">Jesus Christians</a>, Victoria, Australia</em></p>\n<p>“As we have a laboratory of medicinal plants, we here daily making a natural tonic to prevent the entry of the virus and to boost our immune system...”</p>\n<p><em>--- Sri Advaita, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/project-taruka/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Willka Hampi (opens in a new tab)\">Willka Hampi</a>, Perú<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Not all communities have had such an easy time, however. Some have had to make major adjustments and even deal with internal disagreement or differing interpretations of coronavirus itself. Much of the public divisiveness over the degree of seriousness and action required in the pandemic has played out in the microcosm of intentional communities. Residents have had to wrestle with issues such as wearing masks or not, requiring heightened levels of cleanliness and sanitation, restricting visitors and more. All of this has created tension and additional anxiety in some communities.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Being at the epicenter of the crisis in NYC, we have stopped our short term sublets and guest room rentals. Our long term residents have worked together to come up with&nbsp; social distancing and disinfecting guidelines used throughout the house. We have had one resident with Covid 19.&nbsp; He was quarantined for 20 days.&nbsp; We were diligent in providing him with food and a private bathroom.&nbsp; The virus did not spread through the house.&nbsp; WooHoo!! &nbsp; It is a work in progress and has been emotionally exhausting.\"</p>\n<p>-- <em>Robin Drake, <a href=\"https://www.penington.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pennington Friends House (opens in a new tab)\">Pennington Friends House</a>, NYC, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“There were tensions.&nbsp; Some people were critical of the efforts of others, and accused them of 'not taking this seriously.'&nbsp; … We also have experienced, well-trained facilitators who guided us through these difficult times with good humour and grace. We started out in an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, but as time passed, we adjusted.&nbsp; I feel incredibly fortunate to be living in such a supportive community during this kind of social upheaval.&nbsp; It bodes well for the future.”<br></p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/pacific-gardens-cohousing-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community (opens in a new tab)\">Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community</a>, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have been seeing conflicts in some of our houses in person differences of how to manage mental and social health vs physical health. Co-op staff and leadership continue to guide houses to follow CDC guidelines when these issues are brought up.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Nola Warner, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/elsworth-cooperative/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MSU Student Housing Cooperative (opens in a new tab)\">MSU Student Housing Cooperative</a>, Greater Lansing Area (Lansing and East Lansing), Michigan, United States<br></em></p>\n<p>“The residents have had a number of meetings and opinions vary from strictly following every single state guideline to looking for ways we could vary some. We've had some contention about acting (example inviting a visitor) without us all agreeing. This has led to good discussion, no perfect resolution but aware that even with our current decision method of Sociocracy this is a unique situation. Do we all have to agree on everything; if one or two disagree how does it feel if they choose to self-isolate in their home? No answers just the impact of this situation. Generally we are being very cautious and careful with protocols to stay healthy.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/goodenough-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Goodenough Community (opens in a new tab)\">The Goodenough Community</a>, Washington, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“There has been stress. Our community has 30 members. About a fourth think we need very disciplined health safety measures, about a fourth think there is no need for them to be extreme, and about half more or less are inclined to to have more safety procedures than not but they're rather relaxed about it. Those estimates may not be completely accurate but they do represent a difference in opinion. This all came to the fore when some from the 'more minimum safety procedures' people wanted to create an exercise room (something to which we have never really given much thought). This horrified the the 'maximum safety people.' In our last community meeting, the issue was not really resolved but the gym people pushed forward, many think in a very heavy handed way, and went ahead and created the gym. The coronavirus situation, therefore, occasioned a discord that probably would have never surfaced without. First, interest in the gym was largely driven my the 'shelter in place' orders and second opposition was strong because it was seen as a risky practice. The good news is that there now is a general agreement that our community should objectify its decision-making process and make it much more clear by putting it in writing. There was never much motivation to do this in the past due to some unique conditions in our community. The fracture making this necessary has appeared precisely because of matters related directly to the virus.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Terry Bergdall, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/greenrise-intentional-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GreenRise Intentional Community (opens in a new tab)\">GreenRise Intentional Community</a>, Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA</em></p>\n<p>“Some of our community members had envisaged to leave for other places/communities. They continued staying with us, as travel or moving was not easy or possible. So we're now stuck here with people that don't fit/want to stay with us…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Rainer von Leoprechting, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/obenaus-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Obenaus Community (opens in a new tab)\">Obenaus Community</a>, Austria, Steiermark</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some communities have come up with creative ways to keep vulnerable members safe or to protect the majority of members from a minority of essential workers living within the community.</strong>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>“The hardest issue has been knowing how to handle the fact that we have a frontline healthcare worker who, by the nature of his job, is put at risk every time he goes to work. As he starting working directly with COVID-19 patients, the anxiety of some of the members with preexisting conditions went sky high. We finally had a meeting in which we discussed how we could keep the risk in the community low while still supporting him. We came to an agreement in which he uses a different kitchen (there are two in the building), one bathroom in the house is dedicated for him, he generally doesn't use most of the rest of the house, and if we do see him, we stay six feet apart. In turn, we cook for him and do his chores so that he can rest when he is home. We also leave him flowers and notes. When he is here on community nights or special occasions, we use a very big room that is not our dining room. We set up separate tables, like a restaurant, that are all at least six feet apart. he sits at his own table at the head of the room and we serve him. Then he can still be with us and we can talk. This isn't the perfect solution, but it is what we can all live with for now.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/sophia-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sophia Community (opens in a new tab)\">Sophia Community</a>, IL, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>When coronavirus first became apparent in early spring, numerous intentional communities recognized the threat to their highly communal resident population and were quick to establish ad hoc committees to produce guidelines or safety protocols for the community. Here are a few examples of such protocols </strong></p>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfUn1UDQhGAQWHXm_ImBzu2acmUJXwkwt-F1U-URd50/edit#heading=h.vmrlyfe15csw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus Health Guidelines for Communal Houses</strong></a>&nbsp;– advice from a house community on how to prevent virus the spread</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-StQcllrcxs_xzHLXk951cb-S6Qpfyh_FoBWyIDcDio/edit#heading=h.iymvzgerllls\" target=\"_blank\">Earthaven Ecovillage Pandemic Response Protocol</a>&nbsp;</strong>– example of a protocol to support community residents in staying healthy</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.nasco.coop/news/coronavirus-update-resources-2378#community\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NASCO Recommendations</strong></a>&nbsp;– specific recommendations for communal living spaces</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NotBJRTLNfrUtHEY6idWl862-45VratGSirVBtlMD0I/edit?fbclid=IwAR3C61CUub3bbsIVRPBvnxVwOp4-FgLj_9hajLUDG9yCbgOvBV2gYkF_iU0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kaleidoscope Community’s COVID19 Precautions</strong></a>&nbsp;– coliving guidelines for shelter-in-place</li></ul>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p></p>\n<p>“At the very beginning of the Corona Crisis, a Safety and Health ad-hoc Committee formed, and came up with some guidelines for the community.&nbsp; We met via Zoom, and agreed to basic precepts, such as no meals and no use of the Common House except for essential activities such as laundry, to avoid possible Corona contamination.&nbsp; Basically, we're sheltering in place in our homes, going outside only for exercise and essential activities such as medical appointments and grocery shopping.&nbsp; We're communicating both for meetings and for social events through Zoom, but see each other occasionally on the walkways as we get our mail, and can chat from an appropriate distance.&nbsp; So far, I think people in the community are doing okay, given the strange times we're in.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Laurie Friedman, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/muir-commons/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Muir Commons Cohousing (opens in a new tab)\">Muir Commons Cohousing</a>, Davis, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We held emergency meetings as soon as the B.C. government announced the COVID-19 restrictions, first, using social distancing, and then, via Zoom.&nbsp; We followed the Jamaica Plains Cohousing model as our guide in setting up protocols, moving through stages one through six as the crisis worsened. We have two nurses living here who gave us good advice on disinfecting, social distancing, and other information we needed to keep our vulnerable community members safe. We set a schedule for disinfecting all the touch-points in our building - door handles, light switches, entry phone, mailbox, elevator buttons, etc. - and established a buddy system so that all the residents had someone they could call on for help if needed.&nbsp; We set up a buddy family system so that the children could play together and still maintain the protocols.&nbsp; We let families with children who had to work from home use some of the common rooms as their work-space, with the condition that they had to maintain and disinfect them after every use.”</p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/pacific-gardens-cohousing-community/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community</a>, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“Of our 28 or so members, most of us are sheltered in place.&nbsp; One or two have to work outside. Several others have relocated to family in other states to weather the storm.&nbsp; We have a strict regimen isolating from each other by wearing masks whenever we are in the kitchen (all other commons have been closed, except for a gym we set up), and try to maintain a 6' distance from each other.&nbsp; When we enter the kitchen or other common areas, we immediately wash our hands. &nbsp; We've replace our vinegar/water solution for wiping off counters with a weak bleach/water solution and teams on cleanup duty sanitize all countertops, drawer/cabinet pulls, light switches, faucets, etc. Separate solution spray bottles are kept in the bathrooms and showers to sanitize those facilities. We have gloves for when we go shopping.&nbsp; Upon returning with groceries, we wipe everything down with our bleach solution before bringing it into the kitchen. &nbsp; We have a plan, protocols and a room set aside if anyone comes down with the virus.”</p>\n<p>--- <em>Steve Ediger, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/greenrise-intentional-community/\" target=\"_blank\">GreenRise Intentional Community</a>, Uptown, Chicago, IL</em></p>\n<p>“We have a volunteer pandemic task force that is making recommendations to the community and working to make the building work best for this situation (altering ventilation in some areas, leaving fans on, making signs to leave certain windows on a certain amount for X long, adding whiteboards outside common house rooms to indicate when they are available for use).&nbsp; We wear masks outside and maintain a 6' distance.&nbsp; The Task Force is meeting this evening to make a reco on what kind of gatherings are recommended (how many people at how much distance in what areas) - as we try to get our social mojo going again.&nbsp; Common meals were discontinued in late March.&nbsp; Our Interiors team (with the help of the task force) has set up a list of areas that are sanitized daily by volunteers.&nbsp; Some are helping those at more risk by doing their grocery shopping, or asking around to see if anyone else needs something so fewer people need to go out.&nbsp; Socially, our biz and team meetings have gone to Zoom (with a purchased subscription to allow more than 40 minutes time).”</p>\n<p><em>-- Patricia Boomer, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/mountain-view-cohousing-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mountain View&nbsp;Cohousing Community (opens in a new tab)\">Mountain View&nbsp;Cohousing Community</a>, CA, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Nearly all the communities who responded to the survey reported an increased use of technology to stay in communication with each other. No longer able to participate in shared meals or in-person gatherings (often the essential “community glue”) groups have had to get creative about how to socialize and manage their community while practicing physical distancing.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“Meetings that would otherwise have been held in person in our common house are now held via Zoom or in smaller open-air front porch gatherings with social distancing.&nbsp; E-mail and a village Discourse forum are used for asynchronous communication.&nbsp; An increased emphasis on community supported agriculture in periodic combined bulk orders supplies food that may otherwise have been bought individually from grocery stores.&nbsp; Shared meals served in the common house have been replaced with virtual meals in which smaller groupings of residents eat meals prepared in their individual townhouses while sharing a discussion via Zoom.&nbsp; Some village residents participate in a silent meditative walk through the village in the evening.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Todd Lewis, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/shepherd-village-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Shepherd Village (opens in a new tab)\">Shepherd Village</a>, West Virginia, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>\"We have also tried having Common Meals where one house cooks, then neighbors bring dishes to be filled, which they take home to eat.&nbsp; The cooks find this unfulfilling because most of the fun of Common Meals is the camaraderie of cooking and eating together.&nbsp; We are going to try a Zoom Common Meal where everyone makes the \"same\" meal and shares time with each other via Zoom.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<p><em>-- Kenyon Erickson, <a href=\"https://www.cohousing.org/directory/blueberry-hill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Blueberry Hill Cohousing (opens in a new tab)\">Blueberry Hill Cohousing</a>, Virginia, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>New members recruitment and membership onboarding processes have also had to go virtual in light of the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>\"We've held Virtual Open Houses via zoom.&nbsp; We have one available unit for sale and given the need for physical separation and the need to limit visitors to our lodge we are communicating with potential buyers by telephone and videoconferencing.&nbsp; If a potential buyer has reviewed the available information and indicates an eagerness to proceed with the transaction we will work to set up a safe on-site visit.&nbsp; Most importantly, we are supporting each other as best as we can.&nbsp; Shopping for a neighbor is a great example.&nbsp; We are all looking forward to enjoying common meals again!”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/wolf-creek-lodge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wolf Creek Lodge (opens in a new tab)\">Wolf Creek Lodge</a>, Grass Valley, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Communities that rely on visitors and program participants for their income are now facing financial loss. Some are experimenting with moving in-person programs online.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“We are concerned about our annual budget because we rely on income from our guest rooms.”</p>\n<p><em>--Ellen Kemper, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/the-commons-on-the-alameda/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Commons on the Alameda (opens in a new tab)\">The Commons on the Alameda</a>, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are unable to hold the usual full summer of events, ours and those of other groups who use our center. This will create a very large financial loss for us… We will soon be very short of finances as our contingency fund runs out. Our finances are tied up with the retreat business and function through two nonprofits that have always run on a very tight budget. We are engaging in fundraising.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>We enjoy gardening and working on projects together and feel blessed that we are on these 67 acres while some are cooped up in a single house or apartment in Seattle. It has been an unusually beautiful spring. This has brought us closer through working together but we also feel the weight of what is going on in our country, now with the murder of George Floyd and protests on top of the uncertainty, anxiety, even fear that can free float due to the pandemic.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/goodenough-community/\" target=\"_blank\">The Goodenough Community</a>, Washington, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>An overwhelming number of community residents who responded to the survey shared how grateful they are to be living in an intentional community right now. They talk about being able to care for vulnerable residents, finding creative ways to stay connected and combat isolation, as well as seeing the crisis as an opportunity to strengthen relationships to community and place.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We are very fortunate to have a lovely trail right out our front doors to enjoy a beautiful, shaded walk along our namesake, Wolf Creek. Our gardens our beautiful and provide lots of lovely outdoor gardening time.&nbsp; We are enjoying a great deal of zoom time, be it the daily coffee hour, meetings,&nbsp; yoga and ukulele practice.&nbsp; Lots of reading time such as 'A New Kind of Science' by Stephen Wolfram or our latest book club entry, 'The Words of My Father' by Yousef Bashir.&nbsp; Knitting, sewing, jigsaw puzzles and adult coloring books have been fun.&nbsp; We have enjoyed impromptu drumming concerts on the terrace while practicing physical distancing.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/wolf-creek-lodge/\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf Creek Lodge</a>, Grass Valley, California, USA</em></p>\n<p>“We meet every night - without fail - at 6pm for Happy Hour on the greenway. About 8-15 people attend and we socialize for 30-45 minutes. We meet rain or shine, and we capture every evening in photographs. We had one week long 'fashion week' where the young people dictated how we would dress (many complied). We have celebrated birthdays and anniversaries outside, generally 6' apart, clumped by household.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Anna Newcomb, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.cohousing.org/directory/blueberry-hill/\" target=\"_blank\">Blueberry Hill Cohousing</a>, Virginia, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“Mostly, it is has been a blessing to be in community at this time because we are not so isolated. We have each other. We have game and movie nights on weekends. We used to all be so busy with work and running here and there, but now we are mostly all home.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/sophia-community/\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Community</a>, IL</em>, USA</p>\n<p>“Most importantly, we investigate and appreciate to the fullest extent the hidden meaning of the situation, the 'gift' or learning that it offers us: to increase relational work within the community, to increase efforts for personal and community autonomy and empowerment, to foster the deepest and most effective relationship with the place where we live, to prepare the way to radiate more towards society in general the importance and usefulness of experiences like ours so that other groups and individuals can use it as a stimulus and inspiration, and to detect opportunities for change within the community in tune with the 'winds of change' that are shaking the planet profoundly.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kevin Lluch, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/los-portales/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ecovillage Los Portales (opens in a new tab)\">Ecovillage Los Portales</a>, Sevilla, Spain<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<h3><strong>DONATE TO SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH<br></strong></h3>\n<p>The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) is a non-profit organization relying on the generous support of donors and members to continue critical research and education regarding intentional communities. 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They are typically listened to through your mobile device, often on people's commute, during cooking or chores, or at the gym.\n\nMany include long form conversations with thought leaders about pertinent issues, interlaced with interviews of people involved in the movement, with thoughtful reflections, resources to plug into, and often laughter or inspiration throughout.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.shareable.net/the-response\"><center><img class=\"wp-image-269509  aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-05-at-12.36.39-PM-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"356\" /></center><br/></a>\n\n<strong>Here is a list of 25 Podcasts</strong> focused on some of the values that FIC holds dear: sustainability, cooperation, and social justice, including efforts in cooperative economics, activism, and experiments to live more resiliently:\n<ol>\n <li><a href=\"https://www.shareable.net/the-response\">The Response</a> by Shareable</li>\n <li><a 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href=\"http://news.kgnu.org/category/co-op-power-hour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.kgnu.org/category/co-op-power-hour/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541521843315000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgV3AsuATcLwy-hZJruKKLi6aygQ\">Co-op Power Hour</a> by KGNU.org</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-schumacher-lectures/id1197513890?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-schumacher-lectures/id1197513890?mt%3D2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541521843315000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEZrnrvwONS3cSLohM6RPPfjYpoQ\">The Schumacher Lectures</a> by the Schumacher Center</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://thenextsystem.org/learn/collections/next-system-podcast?mc_cid=e702cf96cb&amp;mc_eid=d93410ccea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thenextsystem.org/learn/collections/next-system-podcast?mc_cid%3De702cf96cb%26mc_eid%3Dd93410ccea&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541521843315000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBwNvzv4RHmaN03m0Pso1z9Eva2g\">The Next System Podcast</a> by the Next System Project</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/lift-economy\">Next Economy Now</a> by Lift Economy</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-laura-flanders-show-lifting-radical-spirits/id959183227?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-laura-flanders-show-lifting-radical-spirits/id959183227?mt%3D2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541521843315000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERbKLtrithsFNZcMNr1heu6RXHqA\">The Laura Flanders Show</a></li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http://www.solcollective.org/sol-life-podcast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.solcollective.org/sol-life-podcast/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541521843315000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSgYdNflFAIeEbTlb7yCmkwwxSMg\">Sol Life Media</a> by Sol Collective</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/gundinstitute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://soundcloud.com/gundinstitute&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541521843315000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGxL0lCkul7Z3Y8Em_g9rrNIcW9g\">Gund Institute</a> by University of Vermont</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/user-961707688/love-and-co-ops-with-tim-huet\">Love and Coops</a> by Grassroots Economic Organizing</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-bites-podcast/\">Local Bites</a> from Local Futures</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://coloradocoops.info/radio/\">Coop Power Hour</a> by Colorado Co-ops Study Circle</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://tinyspark.org/\">Tiny Spark</a> from NonProfit Quarterly</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://strategymadesimple.ca/blog/?category=Podcast\">Strategy Made Simple</a></li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://justworkit.ca/feed/podcast\">Just Work It</a> by the Atkinson Foundation</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http://rplc-capr.ca/rural-routes-podcasts/\">Rural Routes</a> by Rural Policy Learning Commons</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://eachforall.coop/shows/\">Each for All</a> by the Cooperative Connection</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://cooperativesfirst.com/common-share-podcast/\">Common Share</a> by Cooperatives First</li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://www.impactboom.org/blog\">Impact Boom</a></li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http://thesustainabilityagenda.com/\">The Sustainability Agenda</a></li>\n <li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://www.sustainablejungle.com/podcast/\">The Sustainable Jungle</a></li>\n</ol>\n<strong>Thank you 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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/184_Issue_FCweb.jpg</center> <br/><div class=\"pull-right\"><a href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/communities-magazine-the-shadow-side-of-cooperation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/184_Issue_FCweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326160\" width=\"384\" height=\"497\"/></a></div>\n\n<br/>\n<p>A natural follow-up to our <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/communities-magazine-sexual-politics/\">Summer 2019 Sexual Politics</a> issue, <em>Communities</em> #184 (Fall 2019) focuses on <strong>The Shadow Side of Cooperation. </strong></p>\n<p>We explore problems and pitfalls, disappointments and betrayals, unintended outcomes of cooperative attempts ranging in impact from trivial to tragic. </p>\n<p>Authors’ stories describe the clash of idealism with reality, communication breakdowns, cultural patterning, internalized oppression, rights and boundary violations, founder’s syndrome, business and organizational struggles, power, ego, disempowerment, dysfunction, trauma, and strategies to address these and other challenges. </p>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-default\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/communities-magazine-the-shadow-side-of-cooperation/\">Download for free or by donation</a></div>\n<br/>\n<p></p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>See all the articles in this issue...</em></p>\n<h3><strong>The Shadow Side of Cooperation: Issue #184 ● Fall 2019</strong></h3>\n<p><strong>Letters</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p>Readers reflect on sexual politics, naming names, and the case for “co” habituation.</p>\n<p><strong>Publisher’s Note: Facing the Hard Things</strong><em> By Sky Blue</em></p>\n<p>In order&nbsp;to create healthy, thriving communities that are replicable models for a cooperative, sustainable, and just human society, we&nbsp;need to talk about what hasn’t worked.</p>\n<p><strong>Notes from the Editor: Exploring the Shadow Side</strong><strong></strong><em> By Chris Roth</em></p>\n<p>A higher standard for interpersonal accountability and care makes the effect even more devastating when feelings of safety, security, and affection in community turn out to be based on illusion.</p>\n<p><strong>The Shadow Side of Community</strong><strong></strong><em> By Laura Matsue</em></p>\n<p>The&nbsp;more&nbsp;friendliness&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;towards&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;parts&nbsp;of&nbsp;ourselves&nbsp;and&nbsp;difficult aspects of&nbsp;living&nbsp;in&nbsp;community,&nbsp;the&nbsp;easier&nbsp;it&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;the journey&nbsp;together.<em></em></p>\n<p><strong>Community Communication</strong><strong></strong><em> By Blake Wilson</em></p>\n<p>“Can you put the gas in the truck, please?”&nbsp;A seemingly simple request provides a case study in the importance of precise, clear communication.</p>\n<p><strong>Village-Building Stumbles: A few of the things Earthaven Ecovillage has gotten wrong</strong><strong></strong><em> By Lee Warren</em></p>\n<p>Those of us privileged enough to find ourselves in an intentional community often imagine that our environment will be free of the horrors and evils of the world. But alas, we bring it all with us.<em></em></p>\n<p><strong>The Expert</strong><strong></strong><em> By Joan McVilly</em></p>\n<p>Wow! This woman has it all! She’s the answer to so many of our current dilemmas! What could possibly go wrong? A lot.<em></em></p>\n<p><strong>What Rights Do Non-Members Have in Community?</strong><em></em><em> By Anonymous</em></p>\n<p>Having written policies that anticipate human foibles and conform to local, state, and federal law is essential if you are to respect and uphold the rights of members,&nbsp;potential members, and&nbsp;guests.<em></em></p>\n<p><strong>Entrepreneurship and Long-Term Planning in an Income-Sharing Community:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>A Report from the Frontlines</strong><strong></strong><em> By Sumner Nichols</em></p>\n<p>The pace of running a competitive multi-million-dollar business like East Wind Nut Butters can clash with the&nbsp;often&nbsp;slow&nbsp;and seemingly disinterested pace of the community at large.</p>\n<p><strong>Founder’s Syndrome</strong><strong></strong><em> By Graham Ellis</em></p>\n<p>The original founder, visionary, and main public point person for Bellyacres for over a quarter of a century&nbsp;laments that some members came to consider him&nbsp;“the root of all present, past, and future problems in the organization.”<em></em></p>\n<p><strong>Challenges of Self-Organization at </strong><strong>Chambalabamba</strong><strong></strong><em> By Mofwoofoo (Tom Osher)</em></p>\n<p>Believing that meeting&nbsp;the daily needs of the community he founded needs to be a desire, not an obligation, its property owner decides to rescind the group’s anarchical arrangement temporarily to remove anyone lacking a good community attitude.</p>\n<p><strong>Missed Opportunity at the Goat Ranch</strong><em> By Philip Mirkin</em></p>\n<p>Ted and Sally were truthful when they said they had no idea what they were doing, either running the business or establishing a community. 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George</em></p>\n<p>When the antisocial behavior of adopted boys at Takoma Village Cohousing begins&nbsp;to impact the larger community, their parents&nbsp;find open communication essential in&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;a path forward.</p>\n<p><strong>Culture Change or Same Old Society?</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>Consensus, Sociocracy, and White Supremacy Culture</strong><strong></strong><em> By Joe Cole, Hope Horton, and Maria Pini</em></p>\n<p>Many intentional communities reproduce elements of white supremacy culture, sometimes with consensus and sociocracy as unconscious&nbsp;accomplices. But the seeds of change toward greater racial equity are also present.<em></em></p>\n<p><strong>Conflict Resolution and Satisfaction in Today’s Intentional Communities</strong><strong></strong><em> By Zach Rubin, Yana Ludwig, and Don Willis</em></p>\n<p>Having techniques in place to deal with conflict when it inevitably arises is good, but the success of those appears to reflect the community’s overall health as much as the effectiveness of any one technique.<em></em></p>\n<p><strong>On Community</strong><strong>:</strong><strong><em><strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong></em></strong><strong>A </strong><strong>Graduated Series of Consequences and </strong><strong>the </strong><strong>“Community Eye”</strong><strong></strong> <em>By Diana Leafe Christian</em></p>\n<p>Just knowing the community has&nbsp;this process&nbsp;in place deters people from breaking agreements. People don’t want to get a knock at the door by one fellow community member, much less three or four.</p>\n<p><strong>Review</strong><strong>: </strong><strong><em><strong><em>Communes in America, 1975-2000</em></strong></em></strong><strong><em><strong><em></em></strong></em></strong><em> By Deborah Altus</em></p>\n<p>In this engaging final volume of his trilogy, Tim Miller describes&nbsp;the end of the 20th&nbsp;century as bringing out&nbsp;a new communal generation with better organizational skills&nbsp;and greater focus on environmental concerns.</p>\n<p><strong>Creating Cooperative Culture: </strong><strong>Efficiency vs</strong><strong>.</strong><strong>&nbsp;Humanity</strong><strong></strong> <em>By Dan Schultz</em></p>\n<p>Attending to a member’s disconnect&nbsp;rather than taking the most “efficient” path to a community decision represents&nbsp;a valuable, healing&nbsp;paradigm shift, reparation for our deranged western cultural values.<strong><em><strong><em></em></strong></em></strong></p>\n<p><strong>ONLINE ONLY</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Do Communities Need Feminist Dissent?</strong><em> By LK</em></p>\n<p>In the midst of wider social movements in the areas of gender and sexuality, communities everywhere need a place for feminist dissent and a willingness to engage in difficult conversations. Dissent is part of how we build resilience together. <strong>(Article available at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/do-communities-need-feminist-dissent/\" target=\"_blank\">Feminist Dissent</a>.)</strong> </p>\n<p><strong>The Red Flag of Hypocrisy</strong><em> By Peter McGugan</em></p>\n<p>The most troubling thing isn’t when a charismatic leader uses gangster tactics, but when the people in his office, who sing the songs of love and community values, are complicit. <strong>(Article available <a aria-label=\"www.ic.org/redflag (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http://www.ic.org/redflag\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Does Community Heal Trauma, or Reproduce It?: Challenges for abuse survivors living in community</strong><em> By Matt Stannard</em></p>\n<p>Survivors of traumatic abuse face many problems in trying to form and participate in community. 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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Graphic-Design-copy.png</center> <br/><p>Here you will find COVID-19 resources submitted to us by intentional communities across the US, including examples of Community Safety Protocols. Please use the information to stay healthy and keep your community safe. We'll keep updating this page regularly during the coming weeks.&nbsp;<em>Got advice? Send your links our way!</em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Contact us. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Contact us.</strong></a></p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><br/>\n<h4>General Resources</h4>\n<br/>\n<ul><li><a aria-label=\"COVID19 Emergency Funding Sources (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HpM_frKYshC_0f3pwmnZjD3jBqbqUwt2wRxxmDYp92Y/edit?link_id=1&amp;can_id=0e91fac18381c41764a382e88b6958be&amp;source=email-breaking-nec-releases-policy-toolkit-for-2020-and-beyond-2&amp;email_referrer=email_755342&amp;email_subject=this-is-a-fork-in-the-road-moment\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>COVID19 Emergency Funding Sources</strong></a> - national and regional immediate funding opportunities</li><li><a aria-label=\"Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0gz3ONBJvKO-dEEEK00quAO23NPQ3_UZUkQTK-HYYOqkBWk8_21Vr65A8#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering</strong></a> - a realtime updated map of cases, deaths, and recoveries around the world</li><li><strong><a aria-label=\"New Economy Coalition Response Projects (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FoEYqfI1UUiqMVrtUmwbrdF3LVHUMlgCg0Uvo5E8ZYA/edit#gid=598138775\" target=\"_blank\">New Economy Coalition Resource Shee</a></strong><a aria-label=\"New Economy Coalition Response Projects (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FoEYqfI1UUiqMVrtUmwbrdF3LVHUMlgCg0Uvo5E8ZYA/edit#gid=598138775\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>t</strong></a> - list of projects and events under development as a response to coronavirus</li><li><strong><a aria-label=\"Local Future's Resources (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.localfutures.org/covid-19/#1585861956304-f44ed519-4eac\" target=\"_blank\">Local Future's Resources</a></strong> - guides and organizations supporting localization during coronavirus</li><li><a aria-label=\"Mutual Aid and Advocacy Resources (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpMzMzsA83jbVEXS8m7QKOtK4nj6gIUk1U1t6P4wShY/edit\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mutual Aid and Advocacy Resources</strong></a> - collaborative google doc for mutual aid</li><li><a aria-label=\"List of Mutual Aid Networks (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9Y46lhZSVIRyE1Qh74Tj5uu91VKs5nhFCUudnFOqOg/edit#gid=776187552\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>List of Mutual Aid Networks</strong></a> - state by state and online list of aid networks</li><li><a aria-label=\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) videos (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/videos.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</strong></a> - informative videos</li><li><strong><a aria-label=\"Resources for Online Meetings, Classes, and Events  (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NyrEU7n6IUl5rgGiflx_dK8CrdoB2bwyyl9XG-H7iw8/preview?fbclid=IwAR2sP8W0Q8cPz2eJfeLhEMET1JpzZ2mQXOhZ7-LlfsZ8-kur3FymOLhSoVo#heading=h.92rf1h1b0f3o\" target=\"_blank\">Resources for Online Meetings, Classes, and Events </a> </strong>- resource created by the Facilitators for Pandemic Response group</li><li><a aria-label=\"How to Talk about Coronavirus (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.opportunityagenda.org/connect/amp/amp-newsletter-march-10-2020?bblinkid=208974106&amp;bbemailid=19855655&amp;bbejrid=1398356045\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How to Talk about Coronavirus</strong></a> - how to create messaging grounded in inclusion, empowerment, and justice</li><li><strong><a aria-label=\"Flatten the curve - COVID19 (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.flattenthecurve.com/?fbclid=IwAR3V2tPu7PYT3wVJ2SVXa8C1f2zcY_ZVz7MORl5b_ilqt1g24FIdceHyQkE#Yes_This_is_Bad\" target=\"_blank\">Flatten the curve - COVID19</a> </strong>- what you need to know</li><li><strong><a aria-label=\"Addiction Center Resources (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.addictioncenter.com/Covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\">Addiction Center Resources</a></strong> - learn how addiction is being effected by covid-19</li><li><a aria-label=\"Telehealth and Online Mental Health Resources (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/resources/telehealth-addiction-treatment-during-quarantine/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Telehealth and Online Mental Health Resources</strong></a> - how to get your mental health needs met during co</li></ul>\n<br/>\n<h4>Communal Living Resources</h4>\n<br/>\n<p>For those living in intentional communities, especially those with close communal living arrangements, we recommend creating a <strong>community action plan</strong>. Below are examples of plans submitted to us from intentional communities. Use these resources to help plan how you will disinfect communal surfaces, care for those who may become ill and protect those most vulnerable. Also consider... how can your community do even more to support the wider region of communities where you live?</p>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfUn1UDQhGAQWHXm_ImBzu2acmUJXwkwt-F1U-URd50/edit#heading=h.vmrlyfe15csw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus Health Guidelines for Communal Houses</strong></a> - advice from a house community on how to prevent virus the spread</li></ul>\n<ul><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-StQcllrcxs_xzHLXk951cb-S6Qpfyh_FoBWyIDcDio/edit#heading=h.iymvzgerllls\" target=\"_blank\">Earthaven Ecovillage Pandemic Response Protocol</a> </strong>- example of a protocol to support community residents in staying healthy</li></ul>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.nasco.coop/news/coronavirus-update-resources-2378#community\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NASCO Recommendations</strong></a> - specific recommendations for communal living spaces</li></ul>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kaleidoscope Community's COVID19 Precautions (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NotBJRTLNfrUtHEY6idWl862-45VratGSirVBtlMD0I/edit?fbclid=IwAR3C61CUub3bbsIVRPBvnxVwOp4-FgLj_9hajLUDG9yCbgOvBV2gYkF_iU0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kaleidoscope Community's COVID19 Precautions</strong></a> - coliving guidelines for shelter-in-place</li></ul>\n<br/>\n</div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><br/>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Document-791x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357829\"/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/91451386_3040523459326259_6448438592267091968_o-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357831\"/>\n</div>\n</div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTryBxmZH0A&amp;t=\n</div>\n<br/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<br/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Below is the video recording from our March 28 online event that explored:</p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><em> <strong>How can our communities respond with compassion, strength, and responsibility in the face of the coronavirus pandemic?</strong></em></p>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://youtu.be/d8U9Rc9OeNM\n</div>\n<br/>\n <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://www.ic.org/covid-19-resources/ </em><hr/></center>",
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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_1286.jpg</center> <br/><div class=\"pull-right\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-277342 alignright\" src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_1285-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" /></div><br/>I last visited <a href=\"http://www.earthaven.org/\">Earthaven Ecovillage</a> in 2001, when I came down with some other Twin Oakers for an FIC Art of Community conference. I was this fresh faced 20 year old communitarian, and it was my first substantial point of contact with the FIC, visiting a community that at the time was only 7 years old. Now here I am, 18 years later, the Executive Director of the FIC, and Earthaven is now 25 years old and has really become a village. \n\nEathaven just emerging from a 7 year process of restructuring legally and has come up with a creative solution involving a Homeowners Association, neighborhoods organized as Housing Cooperatives, and a Non-Exempt Non-profit corporation, which you can read about in an article by Diana Leafe Christian in the new issue of <i>Communities</i> magazine on Community Land.\n\nThey’ve also changed their decision-making to only require 85% rather than 100% consensus. It sounds like the effort to reach consensus hasn’t really changed, but removing the ability of one person to block seems to have brought a more relaxed, cooperative atmosphere to their process.\n\n<div class=\"pull-right\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-277356 alignright\" src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_0938-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></div><br/>\n\nTheir economy has really developed in the last 18 years. There are numerous agricultural efforts, a couple businesses, and the community uses a combination of US dollars, internal currency called LEAPs, and barter. \n\nIt’s also great to see the outreach and education efforts, as well as the movement building efforts by some of the members of Earthaven. There’s the <a href=\"http://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/\">School Of Integrated Living</a> (SOIL) and <a href=\"https://www.culturesedge.net/\">Culture’s Edge</a>. <a href=\"https://dianaleafechristian.org/\">Diana Leaf Christian</a> is well known for, among other things, her books on starting and finding intentional community and sociocracy trainings. Lee Warren works for the <a href=\"https://organicgrowersschool.org/\">Organic Growers School</a>, who’s Spring Conference this year includes extraordinary community agriculturalists Pam Dawling from Twin Oaks and Ira Wallace from Acorn. And Zev Friendman works with Co-Operate WNC, which is working to apply mutual aid and permaculture principles on a bioregional scale through a network of centers.\n\nSpeaking with Arjuna, one of the founders, she spoke to feeling like the community is still fulfilling its original intention, even if it looks different than they thought it would, which, of course. Earthaven seems to have managed to stay in touch with and maintain a continuity of its sense of purpose that’s engendering a strong level of caring and participation. And with some the new legal structure now in place they’re more able to start bringing on new members and developing new neighborhoods.\n\nOne of the things I’m most struck by seeing this community again after 18 years is now much more relaxed they seem to be around their idealism. They don’t seem to hold their ideals any less strongly, but there’s a flexibility that they’ve matured into that has allowed them to adjust things to suit the circumstances. 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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC03021.jpg</center> <br/><p><em>Article originally published at </em><a href=\"http://cynthiatina.com/\"><em>http://cynthiatina.com/</em></a></p>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC03021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321286\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\"/>\n<p>“I came to Camphill thinking I was going to learn about social therapy for people with special needs, but then I learned it’s actually mainstream society that needs the social therapy,” a Camphill resident shared on stage during an opening plenary for the <a href=\"http://www.communa.org.il/icsa/\">International Communal Studies Association</a> (ISCA) Conference, hosted July 18-21, 2019 in upstate New York. The ICSA Conference takes place in a different part of the world every three years. 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Triform Camphill Community is a youth guidance community that provides special support to young adults with developmental disabilities. Camphill Hudson is an urban community that is immersed in the lively culture of the city of Hudson. And Camphill Ghent is an elder community providing supportive care to older adults of all abilities.</p>\n<p>Set amongst tall forests in the peak of summer lushness, over 200 people from around the world gathered in this rural part of upstate New York to explore strategies for the inclusion and empowerment of persons with diverse abilities, cultures, races, economic backgrounds, religions, ages, genders, and sexualities. A large number of participants were academics and researchers studying intentional community. Others live in intentional community or are interested in visiting/starting a community project.</p>\n<img src=\"http://cynthiatina.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC03164.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\"/>\n<p>Many attendees were hosted in Camphill residential homes during the event. The homestay experience was a glimpse into the unique nature of the Camphill model. People with disabilities live alongside international families of “coworkers,” who serve not as their caretakers per se, but as learning peers, colleagues, and friends. These homes operate like extended families, fully integrated into village life.</p>\n<p>The day starts with a morning circle and breakfast together. Then everyone heads off to school or work in one of the many small workshops, business, and farms onsite. Life is shared together in a way that supports the flourishing of each individual, regardless of ones level of ability and needs. It’s touching to witness the joy and connection amongst residents, especially in contrast to more conventional models of dealing with disabled persons. During the conference we learned that people in mainstream care often don’t have a single friend beyond their family and caretakers. They also have life expectancies shorter than the average life of a Camphill resident.</p>\n<img src=\"http://cynthiatina.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC03196.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1249\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\"/>\n<p>While persons with disabilities may be some of the most marginalized members of society, the Conference also addressed broad issues of inclusion.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.yanaludwig.net/\">Yana Ludwig</a> spoke during the opening night, expounding how critical it is that we all take action to understand our privilege and work to dismantle systems of oppression. She makes the link between racism and one of humanity’s most pressing challenges, climate disruption. She points to the lack of strong action from white leaders in the Global North (especially the US as one of the leading carbon emission emitters) as a form of racism towards those in the Global South (who bear the brunt of climate catastrophe while having done the least to contribute to it). 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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Wisdom4-e1519323302426.png</center> <br/><h1><center>Top 5 Questions to Ask When Building an Ecovillage</center></h1>\n<h3><center>A Look Inside Wisdom of Communities Volume 4</center></h3>\n<p><center>by Kim Kanney, Community Bookstore manager</center></p>\nFinally! Our fourth and final volume of the<strong> <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/wisdom-of-communities-volumes-1-2-3-4-complete-set/\">Wisdom of Communities series</a></strong> has been released! Now you can get your own copy of <strong><a href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/sustainability-in-community/\">Volume 4: Sustainability in Community</a></strong> or order the entire set in both printed books and digital ebooks.\n\n<strong>Wisdom of Communities</strong> compiles hundreds of our favorite articles from <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/communities-magazine-home/\"><em>Communities</em> magazine</a> and distills them into 4 hefty books, serving you a platter of the greatest wisdom our authors can offer on starting, finding, communicating and sustaining in community. This series is an essential set for community founders, seekers, current communitarians, students, and researchers alike.\n\nIn Volume 4: Sustainability in Community we focus on food, water<a href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/sustainability-in-community/\"><div class=\"pull-right\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Wisdom4-e1519323302426.png\" alt=\"Wisdom of Communities Volume 4\" width=\"310\" height=\"386\"></div><br/></a>, shelter, energy, land, permaculture, ecovillage design, eco-education, and resilience in cooperative culture. These areas will prove more and more essential in allowing communities to navigate changing circumstances on our planet, while growing into new, regenerative ways of living and thriving together.\n\nFor example, Gwendolyn Hallsmith lists in her article titled “<strong>Ecovillage Infrastructure: The Skeleton of Community</strong>,” the questions anyone must ask first who desires to build an Ecovillage.\n\n<em>“All too often,” she says, “people try to form ecovillages without a solid understanding of the legal and technical issues associated with large numbers of people living on the same piece of land together. They find a large lot for sale out in the middle of the countryside, buy it, and start to make plans for communal living without first making sure that what they have in mind is even possible.”</em>\n\nHere are the top 5 questions, according to Hallsmith:\n\n1. What is your <strong>water supply</strong> and how will it be appropriately treated?\n\n2. How will you address&nbsp; <strong>human waste</strong> and what are your area’s requirements?\n\n3. What is your area’s <strong>zoning laws</strong> for housing capacities?\n\n4. What type of <strong>legal entity</strong> will your community adopt (i.e. corporation, nonprofit, cooperative, etc)?\n\n5. How will you establish <strong>home ownership</strong>? Through a land trust, cooperatively owned housing, subdivision or condominium?\n\nRead further details about each of these questions in the full article found in <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/sustainability-in-community/\">Wisdom of Communities: Volume 4 - Sustainability in Community</a>. You can also view the <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/intro-and-toc-wisdom-vol-4.pdf\">introduction and entire table of contents here</a>.\n\nWhat else is new in the FIC Bookstore? Visit our <strong><a href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/category/recently-added/\">Recently Added</a></strong> page for all the books, documentaries and games you may have missed. <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://www.ic.org/top-5-questions-building-an-ecovillage/ </em><hr/></center>",
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I knew I would have lots of opportunities to speak and write and so I decided that I would address privilege and oppression every chance I had, and make sure that the FIC was always looking at things with that lens. Two, when I was organizing events I needed to make sure that there were presenters, facilitators, and speakers, especially keynote speakers who were POC. Three, there needed to be a decisive shift in the networking and narrative that I was part of crafting for the FIC and the movement as a whole.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>In all of this, a couple things I learned is that it’s a lot about showing up, going to spaces that are defined and led by POC, and it’s a lot about relationships, being authentic and vulnerable, making personal connections, being friends.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>And that last thing, shifting the networking and narrative, is what really helped me claim that there is white supremacy in the intentional communities movement. And I don’t mean particular individuals or communities out there that hold those attitudes in a more explicit way, which does exist. I mean that it’s part of the DNA of the movement. Here’s how I understand it.<br></p>\n<p>Accessing all the different kinds of resources necessary to start intentional communities takes privilege and is more accessible to white people. When white people start intentional communities they are going to make them, even if unintentionally, so that they are more comfortable to other white people. They are also going to face less discrimination and hostility and be more likely to broadcast their presence. As communities start networking, it’s going to tend to be white communities that connect with each other and support each other. And when organizations start forming out of this network, it’s going to be white people who end up in leadership positions. This means that the movement is going to focus on the concerns of white people. It’s the experiences and stories of white people that define what the movement is about, and this is going to be a self-reinforcing dynamic.<br></p>\n<p>This is what’s happened, and this white supremacy in action.&nbsp;</p>\n<br/>\n<h2><strong>Workshop Recordings on Anti-Racism  </strong></h2>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-column\"><img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20191210_094558-Crystal-Farmer-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368707\" width=\"329\" height=\"329\"/>\n</div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><p><strong>Watch, rent or download these recordings of past workshops hosted by FIC.</strong> <strong>Learn about upcoming events at <a href=\"http://ic.org/events\">ic.org/events</a>.</strong></p>\n<ul><li><strong><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://vimeo.com/ondemand/antiracisminaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anti-Racism in Action</a></strong></li></ul>\n<ul><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://i.vimeocdn.com/vod_poster/368767_372x551.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Examining White Supremacy in Intentional Community</strong></a></li></ul>\n<p></p>\n<ul><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://vimeo.com/ondemand/diversityinic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Creating Diverse Intentional Communities</strong></a></li></ul>\n<p></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<br/>\n<h2><strong>POC Communities &amp; Organizations</strong></h2>\n<br/>\n<p>The list below is by no means exhaustive. I offer it to help others in their quest to learn and find inspiration. It can also offer some ideas about groups that white communities could support to help support the movement beyond their own work of becoming more inclusive and accessible spaces.</p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Intentional communities and community farms:</strong></p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"http://www.wildseedcommunity.org/\">Wildseed Community</a>, Upstate NY</li><li><a href=\"http://www.soulfirefarm.org/\">Soul Fire Farm</a>, Upstate NY</li><li><a href=\"https://www.coopnwj.org/\">Cooperative Community of New West Jackson</a>, Jackson, MS</li><li><a href=\"https://earthseedlandcoop.org/\">Earthseed Land Collective</a>, NC</li><li><a href=\"https://blackoakscenter.blog/\">Black Oaks Center</a>, IL</li><li><a href=\"http://www.soulflowerfarm.com/index.html\">Soulflower Farm,</a> Bay Area, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://theavalonvillage.org/\">Avalon Village</a>, Detroit, MI - <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheAvalonVillage/\">https://www.facebook.com/TheAvalonVillage/</a></li><li><a href=\"http://canticlefarm.wordpress.com/\">Canticle Farm</a>, Oakland, CA - This isn't POC led but is multi-racial, supporting young artists and activists, and includes a house reserved for formerly incarcerated people who were facing life sentences.</li></ul>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Organizations:</strong></p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://neweconomy.net/\">New Economy Coalition</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.blackfoodjustice.org/\">National Black Food &amp; Justice Alliance&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=35.22618180103321%2C-70.90789418320321&amp;z=4&amp;mid=1YvB3PuH8jeR_yoFCLvrKOTQQ3p_5NmkK\">Reparations Land Map</a> - Mapping pieces of land that have been given to BIPOC for farming and community. The link to the map is at the top of <a href=\"https://www.soulfirefarm.org/get-involved/reparations/\">this webpage</a>, and below that is an explanation of the project and then a list of organizations who are also working on land and food for BIPOC.&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://popupvillage.org/\">Pop Up Villages, Oakland, CA</a> - Celebrating and promoting Black arts, culture, and businesses</li><li><a href=\"http://sogoreate-landtrust.com/\">Sogorea Te' Land Trust</a>, SF Bay Area, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://oakclt.org/\">Oakland Community Land Trust,</a> Oakland, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://ebprec.org/\">East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative</a>, Oakland, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://cooperationjackson.org/\">Cooperation Jackson</a>, Jackson, MS - This group has focused on starting cooperative businesses and doing neighborhood organizing, but when I visited they also had several properties that they wanted to turn into small ecovillages.</li><li><a href=\"http://dsni.org/\">Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative</a>, Boston, MA - They created a community land trust in south Boston and developed housing, including a housing co-op to operate a number of the houses. 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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/black-farmers.jpg</center> <br/><p>We at FIC are grieved and outraged by the recent police killing of George Floyd, one incident in an ongoing pattern of police abuse towards black people and people of color across the United States. We stand in solidarity with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://blacklivesmatter.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#BlackLivesMatter</strong></a>&nbsp;and the groundswell of peaceful protests around the world.&nbsp;We support demands for accountability and justice. We continue to reflect on the devastating racism present in our society and our institutions, and how we might become part of the solution.</p>\n<p><strong>Social justice is one of FIC’s core values, yet, admittedly, we could have done more sooner and can do more now to help transform systems of oppression.</strong></p>\n<p><br>We acknowledge that the majority of&nbsp;intentional&nbsp;communities&nbsp;in our network are predominately white, with significant cultural, financial and other barriers existing that make it difficult for people of color to start and/or join&nbsp;intentional&nbsp;communities. It is our responsibility to build a more aware and inclusive organization, as well as aid the&nbsp;communities&nbsp;in our network in addressing issues of racism and oppression.</p>\n<p>We recognize we have a long way to go in these endeavors. Unlearning and dismantling white supremacism and privilege is a continuous practice. We are committed to the long journey of creating a more just world for all.</p>\n<p>Below are upcoming events, past articles and additional resources that may be useful to you, and all of us, as we walk this path together.&nbsp;We very much welcome any ideas you may have on how FIC can help end systemic racism and shine a spotlight on those&nbsp;communities&nbsp;in our network that have social justice at the core of their missions. Please write to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" target=\"_blank\">[email protected]</a>.</p>\n<p>In solidarity,</p>\n<p><strong>FIC Staff and Board of Directors</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<br/>\n<h2><strong>Workshop Recordings on Anti-Racism  </strong></h2>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-column\"><img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20191210_094558-Crystal-Farmer-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368707\" width=\"329\" height=\"329\"/>\n</div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><p><strong>Watch, rent or download these recordings of past workshops hosted by FIC.</strong> <strong>Learn about upcoming events at <a href=\"http://ic.org/events\">ic.org/events</a>.</strong></p>\n<ul><li><strong><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://vimeo.com/ondemand/antiracisminaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anti-Racism in Action</a></strong></li></ul>\n<ul><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://i.vimeocdn.com/vod_poster/368767_372x551.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Examining White Supremacy in Intentional Community</strong></a></li></ul>\n<p></p>\n<ul><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://vimeo.com/ondemand/diversityinic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Creating Diverse Intentional Communities</strong></a></li></ul>\n<p></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<br/>\n<h2><strong>Communities&nbsp;Magazine Issue on Race, Class &amp; Privilege</strong></h2>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-column\"><p>This issue looks unflinchingly at a major “elephant in the room”—the relative lack of racial and class diversity in most ICs, at least in North America—while suggesting ways of recognizing, understanding, and addressing it.</p>\n<p>Authors share stories of obstacles they’ve encountered (from both sides of the privilege equation) and positive steps they and their groups have taken to move toward greater inclusivity and equity.</p>\n<p><strong>Available to download for free or by-donation. &gt;&gt; </strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/communities-magazine-178-spring-2018-class-race-privilege/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download the Magazine Issue</strong></a>.</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/communities-magazine-178-spring-2018-homepage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257202\"/>\n</div>\n</div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<br/>\n<p></p>\n<h2><strong>Resources for the Creation of a \"Black Commons\"</strong></h2>\n<br/>\n<p>Below is a list of resources originally shared in a newsletter from the&nbsp;<strong>Schumacher Center for a New Economics,&nbsp;</strong>in which they describe a proposal for adopting the&nbsp;\"community&nbsp;land trust structure to serve as a national vehicle to amass purchased and gifted lands in a Black Commons with the specific purpose of facilitating low cost access for Black Americans hitherto without such access.\"&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://mailchi.mp/centerforneweconomics.org/a-black-commons?e=28dee9452e\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full newsletter</a>. 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And they’re part of a growing trend in an increasingly lonely country:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ic.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intentional communities</a>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/science-family-connections-commonspace-02.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=85&amp;h=800\" alt=\"CommonSpace\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\"/><br/><i>Brett Carlsen for TIMEExterior view of the Commonspace building, located in downtown Syracuse, New York.<br></i>\n<p>In cities and towns across the U.S., individuals and families are coming to the conclusion that while the commune experiment of the 1960s was&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/03/us/excesses-blamed-for-demise-of-the-commune-movement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelmed by problems</a>, the idea of living in close — but not too close — cooperation with other people has a lot of appeal. An intentional community is a very different beast from the more familiar&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planned communities</a>, which can be big, unwieldy things — hundreds or thousands of families living on small parcels across hundreds of acres of land. While there may be some common facilities — a swimming pool or golf course or community lake — the communities are really just villages writ large or cities writ small, easy places to be anonymous.</p>\n<p>Intentional communities, by contrast, are intimate: a couple dozen apartments or single-family homes, built around central squares or common spaces. And they’re operated in ways intended to keep the community connected — with weekly dinners at a community center or other common area, shared babysitting services, shared gardens or games or even vacations. If you don’t want to participate, fine; no one will come pester you to play a pick-up game you don’t want to play or join a committee you don’t want to join. But when you need the community — because a spouse is away or a baby is sick or you’re just plain lonely and would like some companionship — it’s there for you.</p>\n<p>It’s that business of relieving loneliness that’s key to the popularity of intentional communities. Human beings may not always get along, but the fact is, we can’t get enough of one another. There are currently 7.6 billion of us in the world&nbsp;but we inhabit only about&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.quora.com/How-much-land-on-Earth-in-terms-of-percentage-is-populated-by-humans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10% of the planet’s land</a>, and roughly 50% of us live on just 1% of that land.</p>\n<p>“We evolved to depend on our social connections,” says Dr. Vivek Murthy, former U.S. Surgeon General. “Over thousands of years, this got baked into our nervous systems — so much so that if we are feeling socially disconnected, that places us in a physiologic stress state.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/general/loneliness_2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to a study by AARP</a>, over 40% of American adults suffer from loneliness, a condition that, Murthy warns, is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking 15 cigarettes or <a href=\"https://www.180smoke.ca/eliquid-bottles\">vape juice bottles</a> a day, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and more. Worse, loneliness is a condition that makes no demographic distinctions; it affects millennials just starting their careers, widowed boomers just ending theirs, empty-nesters, new divorcees, first year college students a thousand miles away from family and high school friends. Social media, which ostensibly draws people closer, in fact may be atomizing us further, creating virtual connections that have little of the benefits of actual connections.</p>\n<p>A gusher of studies since the early 1990s have established the health dividends of social ties. Among people with cardiovascular disease, those with more social connections have a 2.4 times lower risk of mortality within an established period than those with poor social ties. Social connections lower the risk of cancer, speed recovery among people who do contract the disease, and reduce the risk of hypertension and other cardiovascular illnesses. Even wound-healing improves with social connections. Multiple studies suggest that part of this may come from the psychological boost—including the sense of responsibility—that meaningful relationships provide. When friends and family members are counting on you to be around, you make better health choices, even if they’re unconscious. Other studies have shown that similar brain structures control both physical pain and social pain—and that pain relief, through analgesics in the first case and relationships in the second, operate similarly as well. Being socially connected doesn’t simply make you healthier, it just plain feels good.</p>\n<p>“Intentional communities are about creating attachment, the feeling that someone has your back,” says Harvard University psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvard Study of Adult Development</a>, a decades-old survey of the health of a population of Harvard graduates and their descendants. “We often ask people in studies, ‘Who would you call in the middle of the night if you were really sick or scared?’ Intentional communities can help you have an answer to that question.”</p>\n<p>It’s not easy to come by a firm count of how many intentional communities are out there.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/opinion/modern-housing-with-village-virtues.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Only about 160 of them</a>&nbsp;have been built from the ground up with co-housing in mind, but the regularly updated&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/listings/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fellowship for Intentional Community</a>&nbsp;lists 1,539 communities in all 50 states that have also used existing housing stock to establish co-housing arrangements.</p>\n<p>There are urban communities like Commonspace in most major cities. There is&nbsp;<a href=\"http://milagrocohousing.org/homes-for-sale-and-rent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milagro</a>&nbsp;in Tucson, Ariz., 28 single-family homes on 43 desert acres built around a central green space with a shared community&nbsp;center and other facilities. There is&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.villagehearthcohousing.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Village Hearth Co-Housing</a>, a similar set-up in Durham, N.C., but one intended for singles, couples and families in the LGBTQ community. There are other communities for seniors or artists or veterans; there are even rural communities for people who want the independence of owning their own homes but the collective experience of farming the same land.</p>\n<p>For each of the communities, the relative compactness of the population is what creates the feeling of togetherness. “You can’t possibly know three hundred people,” says Troy Evans, real estate developer and the co-founder of Syracuse’s Commonspace. “But you can know fifty. What we try to do in Commonspace is create a neighborhood in a building.”</p>\n<p>To all appearance, they’ve succeeded at that. The community’s 25 apartments rent for an average of $850 per month, which is admittedly pricey for a tiny, 200 sq. ft. space, though services like thrice-weekly cleaning of all of the common spaces and the costs of activities like the weekly farm-to-table dinners are included. And the social benefits — which are impossible to measure in dollars and cents — are included too.</p>\n<img src=\"https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/science-family-connections-commonspace-01.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=85&amp;h=800\" alt=\"CommonSpace\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\"/><br/><i>Brett Carlsen for TIMEThe rooftop patio at Commonspace overlooks downtown Syracuse, New York and is available for all tenants to use. Commonspace is an alternative work and housing concept in Syracuse, New York where residents occupy small bedrooms but work and socialize in larger shared spaces throughout the building.</i>\n<p>“We set everything up with a town square feel so when you come out of your door there’s not a long, dark hallway like in most apartment buildings,” says Evans. Town squares, of course, can be noisy — not to the liking of even some people who choose to live semi-communally. That’s why one of the floors has fewer apartments built a quiet lounge where locally roasted coffee is always on offer.</p>\n<p>The mini-apartments are cleverly laid out, with a platform bed built atop storage cabinets and floor-to-ceiling windows that create an open feel. The bathroom is complete —though it has a shower without a tub — and the kitchenette is limited only by the fact that is has two electric burners instead of a full stove, because local regulations forbid open flame in such small quarters. The apartments are all equipped with TVs and high-speed Internet, and a Slack channel allows residents to stay in touch without having to remember 26 other email addresses.</p>\n<p>Still, it’s the 6,000 shared square feet, not the 200 private ones that really defines the Commonspace experience, providing what Evans describes as “a lot of collision space,” which is something people who would otherwise be living alone often crave. “What we’ve found is demand from people who were landing in Syracuse for the first time and not knowing anyone,” he says. “We’ve got people from eight different countries and seven different states. It’s a really cool, diverse group.”</p>\n<p>That diversity is not only cultural but temperamental. Rose Bear Don’t Walk, a 23-year old Native American studying environment and forestry at the State University of New York, Syracuse, moved in to Commonspace over the summer and soon grew friendly with another resident who works in computer coding. His mind operates arithmetically, hers works more emotively, and they took to talking about their different ways of approaching the world.</p>\n<p>“He’s always building something or&nbsp;talking about building something or listening to podcasts,” she says. One day, when she was weaving decorative strands out of plant fibers, she decided to make him a bracelet. “It was just this way that our worlds connected,” she says. “He is very logical and mathematical and was very excited about this little tiny rope bracelet that I was bringing home.”</p>\n<p>Meaningful as those kinds of connections can be, Commonspace residents don’t always have a lot of time to make them. Millennials can be transitory — characteristic of most people early in their careers — and the average length of tenancy is just eight months.</p>\n<p>Things are very different at other intentional communities, like Milagro in Tucson. There, the buy-in is typically for life. The 28 homes in the landscaped desert space are sometimes available for rent, but are typically owned by their residents and have sold for anywhere from $175,000 to $430,000, depending on the market. The investment in house and land means an equal investment in the life of the community.</p>\n<p>Brian Stark, a married father of two, has lived in Milagro since 2003, two years after the community opened, and considers himself a lifer. For him the appeal is not so much the community-wide dinner in the dining room every Saturday, or the happy hours or the stargazing sessions or the shared holiday parties. It’s the easy, collegial pace of the place, unavoidable when neighbors all know one another.</p>\n<p>“You almost have to assume that someone may stop to chat with you when you’re coming or going,” he says. “It took some getting used to but when we’re in a hurry for school or a meeting, we’ve learned to explain our rush and connect another time.”</p>\n<p>Even more important are the benefits that accrue to any community’s most vulnerable members: babies and seniors. “For families with very young children, we do baby care trades,” Stark says. “And having a supportive community to help as you grow older is also a wonderful alternative to assisted care living.”</p>\n<p>Intentional communities are not without stressors. Stark recalls the decade of committee meetings that went into the simple business of deciding whether there should be path lights in the community — important for safety, but murder on the desert’s spectacular nighttime sky. Even when the community agreed that lights were a good idea, there was continued wrangling over cost, wattage and more. A similar struggle ensued when it came time to have all 28 homes painted, as residents debated color schemes for the homes’ stucco, trim and side boards.</p>\n<p>Still, the long meetings and compromises are a small price for those suited to intentional communities. That’s true of diverse, cross-generational communities like Milagro, and it can be even more so when residents come together with a particular shared need for a particular kind of solidarity — as in the LGBTQ or aging Boomer communities.</p>\n<p>Shortly after the opening of Village Hearth, the North Carolina LGBTQ community, one of the founders&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.shareable.net/blog/meet-the-couple-who-are-launching-cohousing-for-lgbtq-seniors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained to a local reporter</a>&nbsp;that she was tired&nbsp;of hearing about this or that intentional community that has “a nice lesbian couple or a nice gay couple.” She and her wife didn’t want to be a curiosity in even the friendliest surroundings, so they founded a community in which nothing would be remarkable about them at all.</p>\n<img src=\"https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/science-family-connections-commonspace-03.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=85&amp;h=800\" alt=\"CommonSpace\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\"/><br/><i>Brett Carlsen for TIMEResidents prepare dinner using ingredients from a community supported agriculture box while another uses his laptop to work on a CAD drawing.<br></i>\n<p>There is little science so far that explicitly addresses the medical benefits of co-housing arrangements, but the benefits of the human connections the communities provide are being powerfully established. In one recent meta-analysis of 148 studies gathered from around the world, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, compared subjects’ reported state of loneliness with their overall life expectancy. The total sample size was more than 300,000 people and produced sobering results: Adults who are socially isolated, she found, have a 50% greater risk of dying from any cause within a given time frame than people who are more connected.</p>\n<p>In a follow-up study in which she used census data to assemble an even larger sample group of 3.4 million, the results were a bit less stark, but no less conclusive, with social isolation and loneliness leading to a 30% increase in risk of mortality on average. “Of course, being alone is not the same as being lonely,” Holt-Lunstad stresses. “Many people enjoy their solitude, and other people can feel lonely even in a group. The key is the subjective experience. If that experience is bad, that’s when health can be affected.”</p>\n<p>More often than not, social media falls into the category of bad rather than good experiences. Even without being trolled or cyberbullied, people can suffer merely as a result of having replaced real relationships with virtual ones. Murthy does not believe social media is all bad, provided it’s often used as what he calls “a way station rather than a destination,” helping to establish real-life connections.</p>\n<p>“Using social media as a way station might mean that if I’m traveling to a different city, in advance of the trip I look on&nbsp;<a href=\"http://fortune.com/fortune500/facebook/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook</a>&nbsp;or LinkedIn to see if I have any friends there,” he says. “Then I reach out to them and we get together.”</p>\n<p>The exact mechanisms that make loneliness so physically damaging are not easy to tease out, but chemical markers in the bloodstream, like cortisol, a stress hormone, or c-reactive proteins, indicators of inflammation, are considered worrisome signs. “They indicate a weakened immune system and metabolic disruption,” says Waldinger. “This is when you start to see signs of illness like rising lipid levels and blood pressure.”</p>\n<p>Residents of intentional communities also see another kind of benefit to health and happiness in co-housing: as a way of alleviating transitions that can be both stressful isolating. Stark, the Milagro resident, recalls that when his older daughter, Maia, was born 12 years ago, the Milagro community was still new. Unbidden, the neighbors pitched in to help the family, cleaning their house, making them meals, even doing their laundry so that he and his wife could have the luxury of doing what&nbsp;few parents can do: focus their attention exclusively on their new baby. Since then, the Stark family has returned the favor, making food for people recovering from surgery and offering to make a pickup at an airport.</p>\n<p>“Everyone at some point needs someone else,” Stark says. Intentional communities, in their quiet way, are helping to make sure that powerful human need gets met.</p>\n <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://www.ic.org/why-americans-of-all-ages-are-coming-together-in-intentional-communities/ </em><hr/></center>",
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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Untitled-design-2-1.png</center> <br/><p><strong><em>New research shows how intentional communities have responded to the coronavirus crisis.</em></strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Copy-of-Copy-of-Dark-Blue-Woman-Photo-Womens-Fashion-Facebook-Post-3-6-1024x307.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374080\"/>\n<br/>\n<p>With people’s lives upended across the globe, we can’t help but wonder, how would we have responded to the coronavirus crisis if we all lived in intentional communities -- ecovillages, cohousing and the like -- instead of our conventional neighborhoods?&nbsp;<br></p>\n<br/>\n<h3><strong>And how have existing intentional communities fared through the pandemic? Are they better off or worse than the mainstream? What can we learn from how they have dealt with this crisis?</strong><br></h3>\n<br/>\n<p>Maybe intentional communities are more financially or materially self-sufficient and therefore more resilient during a pandemic. Perhaps their highly communal living arrangements make them more susceptible to the disease. Could they be suffering less from loneliness and isolation during lockdown? Are they more stable and even generous during this time?&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>To find out the answers, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foundation for Intentional Community (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http://ic.org\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation for Intentional Community</a> (FIC) partnered with the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Intentional Communities Desk (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http://www.communa.org.il\" target=\"_blank\">Intentional Communities Desk</a> in May 2020 and sent out a survey to intentional communities in our Communities Directory so we could learn how they have responded to the pandemic. <br></p>\n<p>Of the 75 intentional communities that responded to the survey 68% are based in the United States, with others spread out from the UK to Peru and all the way to Australia and New Zealand.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>The stories these communities share are fascinating. With some rural communities basically unaffected or even experiencing positive changes since coronavirus, and other more urban communities especially challenged to step up together and support each other through crisis. Communities have had to come up with creative ways to keep each other safe and to stay connected even while typical community activities, such as shared meals, are on pause. They have had to navigate internal tensions about how seriously to take the virus and what levels of response are appropriate.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>Intentional communities offer possibilities for how we all can survive and thrive through crisis by coming together.<br></p>\n<p>...<br></p>\n<br/>\n<h2>Survey Results</h2>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Our analysis of the survey results shows that communities have been impacted by the virus in a variety of ways on a pretty clear spectrum. On one end of the spectrum are communities who have been minimally or positively affected by the pandemic (approximately 15% of survey respondents). On other end of the spectrum are communities who have been severely or negatively impacted (approximately 5% of survey respondents). Most communities fall somewhere in between these two ends of the spectrum. </strong></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>A few remote and land-based communities report how for them daily life hasn’t changed all too much. Residents were already used to growing much of their own food, delegating trips to the grocery store to a few individuals in the community and earning an income within the community’s economy or through remote work.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<br/>\n<p>“Nothing has really changed for us.&nbsp; We set up [our community] with a design to ride out these types of events - pandemics, natural disasters, financial meltdowns. We are a closed community on over 1000 acres with private roads and two access points to BLM and state land.&nbsp; We have a full Equestrian Center, Library (books.over 350 DVDs, games, puzzles, magazines), gym, spa and 3 miles of interior roads/trails for walking, biking, riding.&nbsp; We are adding a pool table and probably a pool this year.&nbsp; We have a garden and our permaculture people are getting set up to add an additional 80 acres of food forest, aquaponics, and massive greenhouses.&nbsp; We have a resident only grocery store opening up this fall.&nbsp; We keep chickens and ducks for eggs.&nbsp; We have an Exchange Program for cash/barter/trade for/exchange money within the community and we hire work done from within the community so people still have an income.&nbsp; We are remote so most people stock up on personal supplies.”&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Zhenna, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/1-a-caballos-de-las-estrellas-intelligent-living-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Caballos de las Estrellas Intelligent Living Community (opens in a new tab)\">Caballos de las Estrellas Intelligent Living Community</a>, New Mexico and Arizona, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some community members even report experiencing an improved quality of life since the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“As an urban intentional community focused on social and environmental justice, our members are often all over the city and traveling around the country in service of movements. During the shelter-in-place time there has been a unique magic of all being here together, gathering so much more often than we used to, eating together, growing more food than ever, processing herbal medicine, distributing food, medicine and supplies to our neighbors… To me, it feels in many ways so much more like the 'village' life we've been longing for, that the pressures of our current systems so often pull us away from.”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Morgan H Curtis, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/canticle-farm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Canticle Farm (opens in a new tab)\">Canticle Farm</a>, CA, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have 33 people trapped in paradise, 9 of which are volunteers from many countries. We are enjoying it immensely…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Tom Charles Osher, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/shambalabamba/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chambalabamba (opens in a new tab)\">Chambalabamba</a>, Loja, Ecuador<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are functioning better than in past years, due to circumstances related to the pandemic...There is an apparent feeling of solidarity everywhere inside and outside the community.”</p>\n<p><em>--<a href=\"https://huehuecoyotl.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage (opens in a new tab)\">Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage</a>, Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, Morelos State, Mexico<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are all healthy and agree that we are lucky to live in a beautiful setting with plenty of green space, and plenty of meaningful work and occupation to keep us happy and engaged. We have created a 'new normal' - work teams based on house groups, celebrations too, and leisure time pursuits, all within the same groupings. This has given rise to a buoyant mood, creativity and caring for each other. Our day attendees and some employees are not able to join us at the moment, but each house group is in frequent contact (via Skype, phone or Zoom) with those who belong to their group, and some members have produced a lovely newsletter each fortnight which can be shared with families and friends.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Elisabeth Phethean, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/beannachar-camphill-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Beannachar Camphill Community (opens in a new tab)\">Beannachar Camphill Community</a>, Aberdeenshire, Scottland</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Still other communities have experienced a degree of stability that has enabled them to look beyond caring for their own community and help out in the surrounding area through distributing food to essential workers, sewing free masks and producing medicine.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Those who are younger and healthier kept themselves busy by sewing about 2,000 surgical masks.&nbsp; They would take them out to places where there were elderly people, or to shopkeepers, and offer them for free. &nbsp;Our immediate vicinity was noticeably more protected as a result, and one clinic said there have been no infections here so far.”</p>\n<p>---<em>Dave, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/jesus-christians/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jesus Christians (opens in a new tab)\">Jesus Christians</a>, Victoria, Australia</em></p>\n<p>“As we have a laboratory of medicinal plants, we here daily making a natural tonic to prevent the entry of the virus and to boost our immune system...”</p>\n<p><em>--- Sri Advaita, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/project-taruka/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Willka Hampi (opens in a new tab)\">Willka Hampi</a>, Perú<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Not all communities have had such an easy time, however. Some have had to make major adjustments and even deal with internal disagreement or differing interpretations of coronavirus itself. Much of the public divisiveness over the degree of seriousness and action required in the pandemic has played out in the microcosm of intentional communities. Residents have had to wrestle with issues such as wearing masks or not, requiring heightened levels of cleanliness and sanitation, restricting visitors and more. All of this has created tension and additional anxiety in some communities. </strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Being at the epicenter of the crisis in NYC, we have stopped our short term sublets and guest room rentals. Our long term residents have worked together to come up with  social distancing and disinfecting guidelines used throughout the house. We have had one resident with Covid 19.  He was quarantined for 20 days.  We were diligent in providing him with food and a private bathroom.  The virus did not spread through the house.  WooHoo!!   It is a work in progress and has been emotionally exhausting.\"</p>\n<p>-- <em>Robin Drake, <a href=\"https://www.penington.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pennington Friends House (opens in a new tab)\">Pennington Friends House</a>, NYC, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“There were tensions.  Some people were critical of the efforts of others, and accused them of 'not taking this seriously.'  … We also have experienced, well-trained facilitators who guided us through these difficult times with good humour and grace. We started out in an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, but as time passed, we adjusted.  I feel incredibly fortunate to be living in such a supportive community during this kind of social upheaval.  It bodes well for the future.”<br></p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/pacific-gardens-cohousing-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community (opens in a new tab)\">Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community</a>, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have been seeing conflicts in some of our houses in person differences of how to manage mental and social health vs physical health. Co-op staff and leadership continue to guide houses to follow CDC guidelines when these issues are brought up.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Nola Warner, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/elsworth-cooperative/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MSU Student Housing Cooperative (opens in a new tab)\">MSU Student Housing Cooperative</a>, Greater Lansing Area (Lansing and East Lansing), Michigan, United States<br></em></p>\n<p>“The residents have had a number of meetings and opinions vary from strictly following every single state guideline to looking for ways we could vary some. We've had some contention about acting (example inviting a visitor) without us all agreeing. This has led to good discussion, no perfect resolution but aware that even with our current decision method of Sociocracy this is a unique situation. Do we all have to agree on everything; if one or two disagree how does it feel if they choose to self-isolate in their home? No answers just the impact of this situation. Generally we are being very cautious and careful with protocols to stay healthy.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/goodenough-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Goodenough Community (opens in a new tab)\">The Goodenough Community</a>, Washington, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“There has been stress. Our community has 30 members. About a fourth think we need very disciplined health safety measures, about a fourth think there is no need for them to be extreme, and about half more or less are inclined to to have more safety procedures than not but they're rather relaxed about it. Those estimates may not be completely accurate but they do represent a difference in opinion. This all came to the fore when some from the 'more minimum safety procedures' people wanted to create an exercise room (something to which we have never really given much thought). This horrified the the 'maximum safety people.' In our last community meeting, the issue was not really resolved but the gym people pushed forward, many think in a very heavy handed way, and went ahead and created the gym. The coronavirus situation, therefore, occasioned a discord that probably would have never surfaced without. First, interest in the gym was largely driven my the 'shelter in place' orders and second opposition was strong because it was seen as a risky practice. The good news is that there now is a general agreement that our community should objectify its decision-making process and make it much more clear by putting it in writing. There was never much motivation to do this in the past due to some unique conditions in our community. The fracture making this necessary has appeared precisely because of matters related directly to the virus.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Terry Bergdall, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/greenrise-intentional-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GreenRise Intentional Community (opens in a new tab)\">GreenRise Intentional Community</a>, Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA</em></p>\n<p>“Some of our community members had envisaged to leave for other places/communities. They continued staying with us, as travel or moving was not easy or possible. So we're now stuck here with people that don't fit/want to stay with us…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Rainer von Leoprechting, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/obenaus-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Obenaus Community (opens in a new tab)\">Obenaus Community</a>, Austria, Steiermark</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some communities have come up with creative ways to keep vulnerable members safe or to protect the majority of members from a minority of essential workers living within the community.</strong>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>“The hardest issue has been knowing how to handle the fact that we have a frontline healthcare worker who, by the nature of his job, is put at risk every time he goes to work. As he starting working directly with COVID-19 patients, the anxiety of some of the members with preexisting conditions went sky high. We finally had a meeting in which we discussed how we could keep the risk in the community low while still supporting him. We came to an agreement in which he uses a different kitchen (there are two in the building), one bathroom in the house is dedicated for him, he generally doesn't use most of the rest of the house, and if we do see him, we stay six feet apart. In turn, we cook for him and do his chores so that he can rest when he is home. We also leave him flowers and notes. When he is here on community nights or special occasions, we use a very big room that is not our dining room. We set up separate tables, like a restaurant, that are all at least six feet apart. he sits at his own table at the head of the room and we serve him. Then he can still be with us and we can talk. This isn't the perfect solution, but it is what we can all live with for now.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/sophia-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sophia Community (opens in a new tab)\">Sophia Community</a>, IL, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>When coronavirus first became apparent in early spring, numerous intentional communities recognized the threat to their highly communal resident population and were quick to establish ad hoc committees to produce guidelines or safety protocols for the community. Here are a few examples of such protocols </strong></p>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfUn1UDQhGAQWHXm_ImBzu2acmUJXwkwt-F1U-URd50/edit#heading=h.vmrlyfe15csw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus Health Guidelines for Communal Houses</strong></a>&nbsp;– advice from a house community on how to prevent virus the spread</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-StQcllrcxs_xzHLXk951cb-S6Qpfyh_FoBWyIDcDio/edit#heading=h.iymvzgerllls\" target=\"_blank\">Earthaven Ecovillage Pandemic Response Protocol</a>&nbsp;</strong>– example of a protocol to support community residents in staying healthy</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.nasco.coop/news/coronavirus-update-resources-2378#community\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NASCO Recommendations</strong></a>&nbsp;– specific recommendations for communal living spaces</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NotBJRTLNfrUtHEY6idWl862-45VratGSirVBtlMD0I/edit?fbclid=IwAR3C61CUub3bbsIVRPBvnxVwOp4-FgLj_9hajLUDG9yCbgOvBV2gYkF_iU0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kaleidoscope Community’s COVID19 Precautions</strong></a>&nbsp;– coliving guidelines for shelter-in-place</li></ul>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p></p>\n<p>“At the very beginning of the Corona Crisis, a Safety and Health ad-hoc Committee formed, and came up with some guidelines for the community.&nbsp; We met via Zoom, and agreed to basic precepts, such as no meals and no use of the Common House except for essential activities such as laundry, to avoid possible Corona contamination.&nbsp; Basically, we're sheltering in place in our homes, going outside only for exercise and essential activities such as medical appointments and grocery shopping.&nbsp; We're communicating both for meetings and for social events through Zoom, but see each other occasionally on the walkways as we get our mail, and can chat from an appropriate distance.&nbsp; So far, I think people in the community are doing okay, given the strange times we're in.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Laurie Friedman, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/muir-commons/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Muir Commons Cohousing (opens in a new tab)\">Muir Commons Cohousing</a>, Davis, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We held emergency meetings as soon as the B.C. government announced the COVID-19 restrictions, first, using social distancing, and then, via Zoom.&nbsp; We followed the Jamaica Plains Cohousing model as our guide in setting up protocols, moving through stages one through six as the crisis worsened. We have two nurses living here who gave us good advice on disinfecting, social distancing, and other information we needed to keep our vulnerable community members safe. We set a schedule for disinfecting all the touch-points in our building - door handles, light switches, entry phone, mailbox, elevator buttons, etc. - and established a buddy system so that all the residents had someone they could call on for help if needed.&nbsp; We set up a buddy family system so that the children could play together and still maintain the protocols.&nbsp; We let families with children who had to work from home use some of the common rooms as their work-space, with the condition that they had to maintain and disinfect them after every use.”</p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/pacific-gardens-cohousing-community/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community</a>, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“Of our 28 or so members, most of us are sheltered in place.&nbsp; One or two have to work outside. Several others have relocated to family in other states to weather the storm.&nbsp; We have a strict regimen isolating from each other by wearing masks whenever we are in the kitchen (all other commons have been closed, except for a gym we set up), and try to maintain a 6' distance from each other.&nbsp; When we enter the kitchen or other common areas, we immediately wash our hands. &nbsp; We've replace our vinegar/water solution for wiping off counters with a weak bleach/water solution and teams on cleanup duty sanitize all countertops, drawer/cabinet pulls, light switches, faucets, etc. Separate solution spray bottles are kept in the bathrooms and showers to sanitize those facilities. We have gloves for when we go shopping.&nbsp; Upon returning with groceries, we wipe everything down with our bleach solution before bringing it into the kitchen. &nbsp; We have a plan, protocols and a room set aside if anyone comes down with the virus.”</p>\n<p>--- <em>Steve Ediger, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/greenrise-intentional-community/\" target=\"_blank\">GreenRise Intentional Community</a>, Uptown, Chicago, IL</em></p>\n<p>“We have a volunteer pandemic task force that is making recommendations to the community and working to make the building work best for this situation (altering ventilation in some areas, leaving fans on, making signs to leave certain windows on a certain amount for X long, adding whiteboards outside common house rooms to indicate when they are available for use).&nbsp; We wear masks outside and maintain a 6' distance.&nbsp; The Task Force is meeting this evening to make a reco on what kind of gatherings are recommended (how many people at how much distance in what areas) - as we try to get our social mojo going again.&nbsp; Common meals were discontinued in late March.&nbsp; Our Interiors team (with the help of the task force) has set up a list of areas that are sanitized daily by volunteers.&nbsp; Some are helping those at more risk by doing their grocery shopping, or asking around to see if anyone else needs something so fewer people need to go out.&nbsp; Socially, our biz and team meetings have gone to Zoom (with a purchased subscription to allow more than 40 minutes time).”</p>\n<p><em>-- Patricia Boomer, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/mountain-view-cohousing-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mountain View Cohousing Community (opens in a new tab)\">Mountain View Cohousing Community</a>, CA, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Nearly all the communities who responded to the survey reported an increased use of technology to stay in communication with each other. No longer able to participate in shared meals or in-person gatherings (often the essential “community glue”) groups have had to get creative about how to socialize and manage their community while practicing physical distancing.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“Meetings that would otherwise have been held in person in our common house are now held via Zoom or in smaller open-air front porch gatherings with social distancing.  E-mail and a village Discourse forum are used for asynchronous communication.  An increased emphasis on community supported agriculture in periodic combined bulk orders supplies food that may otherwise have been bought individually from grocery stores.  Shared meals served in the common house have been replaced with virtual meals in which smaller groupings of residents eat meals prepared in their individual townhouses while sharing a discussion via Zoom.  Some village residents participate in a silent meditative walk through the village in the evening.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Todd Lewis, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/shepherd-village-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Shepherd Village (opens in a new tab)\">Shepherd Village</a>, West Virginia, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>\"We have also tried having Common Meals where one house cooks, then neighbors bring dishes to be filled, which they take home to eat.  The cooks find this unfulfilling because most of the fun of Common Meals is the camaraderie of cooking and eating together.  We are going to try a Zoom Common Meal where everyone makes the \"same\" meal and shares time with each other via Zoom.\" </p>\n<p><em>-- Kenyon Erickson, <a href=\"https://www.cohousing.org/directory/blueberry-hill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Blueberry Hill Cohousing (opens in a new tab)\">Blueberry Hill Cohousing</a>, Virginia, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>New members recruitment and membership onboarding processes have also had to go virtual in light of the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>\"We've held Virtual Open Houses via zoom.  We have one available unit for sale and given the need for physical separation and the need to limit visitors to our lodge we are communicating with potential buyers by telephone and videoconferencing.  If a potential buyer has reviewed the available information and indicates an eagerness to proceed with the transaction we will work to set up a safe on-site visit.  Most importantly, we are supporting each other as best as we can.  Shopping for a neighbor is a great example.  We are all looking forward to enjoying common meals again!”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/wolf-creek-lodge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wolf Creek Lodge (opens in a new tab)\">Wolf Creek Lodge</a>, Grass Valley, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Communities that rely on visitors and program participants for their income are now facing financial loss. Some are experimenting with moving in-person programs online.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“We are concerned about our annual budget because we rely on income from our guest rooms.”</p>\n<p><em>--Ellen Kemper, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/the-commons-on-the-alameda/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Commons on the Alameda (opens in a new tab)\">The Commons on the Alameda</a>, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are unable to hold the usual full summer of events, ours and those of other groups who use our center. This will create a very large financial loss for us… We will soon be very short of finances as our contingency fund runs out. Our finances are tied up with the retreat business and function through two nonprofits that have always run on a very tight budget. We are engaging in fundraising.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>We enjoy gardening and working on projects together and feel blessed that we are on these 67 acres while some are cooped up in a single house or apartment in Seattle. It has been an unusually beautiful spring. This has brought us closer through working together but we also feel the weight of what is going on in our country, now with the murder of George Floyd and protests on top of the uncertainty, anxiety, even fear that can free float due to the pandemic.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/goodenough-community/\" target=\"_blank\">The Goodenough Community</a>, Washington, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>An overwhelming number of community residents who responded to the survey shared how grateful they are to be living in an intentional community right now. They talk about being able to care for vulnerable residents, finding creative ways to stay connected and combat isolation, as well as seeing the crisis as an opportunity to strengthen relationships to community and place.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We are very fortunate to have a lovely trail right out our front doors to enjoy a beautiful, shaded walk along our namesake, Wolf Creek. Our gardens our beautiful and provide lots of lovely outdoor gardening time.  We are enjoying a great deal of zoom time, be it the daily coffee hour, meetings,  yoga and ukulele practice.  Lots of reading time such as 'A New Kind of Science' by Stephen Wolfram or our latest book club entry, 'The Words of My Father' by Yousef Bashir.  Knitting, sewing, jigsaw puzzles and adult coloring books have been fun.  We have enjoyed impromptu drumming concerts on the terrace while practicing physical distancing.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/wolf-creek-lodge/\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf Creek Lodge</a>, Grass Valley, California, USA</em></p>\n<p>“We meet every night - without fail - at 6pm for Happy Hour on the greenway. About 8-15 people attend and we socialize for 30-45 minutes. We meet rain or shine, and we capture every evening in photographs. We had one week long 'fashion week' where the young people dictated how we would dress (many complied). We have celebrated birthdays and anniversaries outside, generally 6' apart, clumped by household.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Anna Newcomb, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.cohousing.org/directory/blueberry-hill/\" target=\"_blank\">Blueberry Hill Cohousing</a>, Virginia, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“Mostly, it is has been a blessing to be in community at this time because we are not so isolated. We have each other. We have game and movie nights on weekends. We used to all be so busy with work and running here and there, but now we are mostly all home.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/sophia-community/\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Community</a>, IL</em>, USA</p>\n<p>“Most importantly, we investigate and appreciate to the fullest extent the hidden meaning of the situation, the 'gift' or learning that it offers us: to increase relational work within the community, to increase efforts for personal and community autonomy and empowerment, to foster the deepest and most effective relationship with the place where we live, to prepare the way to radiate more towards society in general the importance and usefulness of experiences like ours so that other groups and individuals can use it as a stimulus and inspiration, and to detect opportunities for change within the community in tune with the 'winds of change' that are shaking the planet profoundly.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kevin Lluch, <a href=\"https://www.ic.org/directory/los-portales/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ecovillage Los Portales (opens in a new tab)\">Ecovillage Los Portales</a>, Sevilla, Spain<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<h3><strong>DONATE TO SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH<br></strong></h3>\n<p>The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) is a non-profit organization relying on the generous support of donors and members to continue critical research and education regarding intentional communities. If you believe that intentional communities offer models of what a more sustainable and just world can look like, then consider joining us as a member today. As a sign of our appreciation, you will receive complimentary digital issues of Communities Magazine, a 10% discount at our online Bookstore and access to member-only communications and events. <br></p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http://ic.org/membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Join as a FIC Member (opens in a new tab)\">Join as a FIC Member</a></strong></p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Make a donation to support our work\n (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http://ic.org/donate\" target=\"_blank\">Make a donation to support our work<br></a></strong></p>\n<br/>\n <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://www.ic.org/intentional-communities-fared-pandemic/ </em><hr/></center>",
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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Untitled-design-2-1.png</center> <br/><p><strong><em>New research shows how intentional communities have responded to the coronavirus crisis.</em></strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Copy-of-Copy-of-Dark-Blue-Woman-Photo-Womens-Fashion-Facebook-Post-3-6-1024x307.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374080\"/>\n<br/>\n<p>With people’s lives upended across the globe, we can’t help but wonder, how would we have responded to the coronavirus crisis if we all lived in intentional communities -- ecovillages, cohousing and the like -- instead of our conventional neighborhoods?&nbsp;<br></p>\n<br/>\n<h3><strong>And how have existing intentional communities fared through the pandemic? Are they better off or worse than the mainstream? What can we learn from how they have dealt with this crisis?</strong><br></h3>\n<br/>\n<p>Maybe intentional communities are more financially or materially self-sufficient and therefore more resilient during a pandemic. Perhaps their highly communal living arrangements make them more susceptible to the disease. Could they be suffering less from loneliness and isolation during lockdown? Are they more stable and even generous during this time?&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>To find out the answers, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foundation for Intentional Community (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http://ic.org\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation for Intentional Community</a> (FIC) partnered with the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Intentional Communities Desk (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http://www.communa.org.il\" target=\"_blank\">Intentional Communities Desk</a> in May 2020 and sent out a survey to intentional communities in our Communities Directory so we could learn how they have responded to the pandemic. <br></p>\n<p>Of the 75 intentional communities that responded to the survey 68% are based in the United States, with others spread out from the UK to Peru and all the way to Australia and New Zealand.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>The stories these communities share are fascinating. With some rural communities basically unaffected or even experiencing positive changes since coronavirus, and other more urban communities especially challenged to step up together and support each other through crisis. Communities have had to come up with creative ways to keep each other safe and to stay connected even while typical community activities, such as shared meals, are on pause. They have had to navigate internal tensions about how seriously to take the virus and what levels of response are appropriate.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>Intentional communities offer possibilities for how we all can survive and thrive through crisis by coming together.<br></p>\n<p>...<br></p>\n<br/>\n<h2>Survey Results</h2>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Our analysis of the survey results shows that communities have been impacted by the virus in a variety of ways on a pretty clear spectrum. On one end of the spectrum are communities who have been minimally or positively affected by the pandemic (approximately 15% of survey respondents). On other end of the spectrum are communities who have been severely or negatively impacted (approximately 5% of survey respondents). Most communities fall somewhere in between these two ends of the spectrum. </strong></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>A few remote and land-based communities report how for them daily life hasn’t changed all too much. Residents were already used to growing much of their own food, delegating trips to the grocery store to a few individuals in the community and earning an income within the community’s economy or through remote work.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<br/>\n<p>“Nothing has really changed for us.&nbsp; We set up [our community] with a design to ride out these types of events - pandemics, natural disasters, financial meltdowns. We are a closed community on over 1000 acres with private roads and two access points to BLM and state land.&nbsp; We have a full Equestrian Center, Library (books.over 350 DVDs, games, puzzles, magazines), gym, spa and 3 miles of interior roads/trails for walking, biking, riding.&nbsp; We are adding a pool table and probably a pool this year.&nbsp; We have a garden and our permaculture people are getting set up to add an additional 80 acres of food forest, aquaponics, and massive greenhouses.&nbsp; We have a resident only grocery store opening up this fall.&nbsp; We keep chickens and ducks for eggs.&nbsp; We have an Exchange Program for cash/barter/trade for/exchange money within the community and we hire work done from within the community so people still have an income.&nbsp; We are remote so most people stock up on personal supplies.”&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Zhenna, Caballos de las Estrellas Intelligent Living Community, New Mexico and Arizona, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some community members even report experiencing an improved quality of life since the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“As an urban intentional community focused on social and environmental justice, our members are often all over the city and traveling around the country in service of movements. During the shelter-in-place time there has been a unique magic of all being here together, gathering so much more often than we used to, eating together, growing more food than ever, processing herbal medicine, distributing food, medicine and supplies to our neighbors… To me, it feels in many ways so much more like the 'village' life we've been longing for, that the pressures of our current systems so often pull us away from.”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Morgan H Curtis, Canticle Farm, CA, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have 33 people trapped in paradise, 9 of which are volunteers from many countries. We are enjoying it immensely…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Tom Charles Osher, Chambalabamba, Loja, Ecuador<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are functioning better than in past years, due to circumstances related to the pandemic...There is an apparent feeling of solidarity everywhere inside and outside the community.”</p>\n<p><em>--Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage, Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, Morelos State, Mexico<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are all healthy and agree that we are lucky to live in a beautiful setting with plenty of green space, and plenty of meaningful work and occupation to keep us happy and engaged. We have created a 'new normal' - work teams based on house groups, celebrations too, and leisure time pursuits, all within the same groupings. This has given rise to a buoyant mood, creativity and caring for each other. Our day attendees and some employees are not able to join us at the moment, but each house group is in frequent contact (via Skype, phone or Zoom) with those who belong to their group, and some members have produced a lovely newsletter each fortnight which can be shared with families and friends.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Elisabeth Phethean, Beannachar Camphill Community, Aberdeenshire, Scottland</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Still other communities have experienced a degree of stability that has enabled them to look beyond caring for their own community and help out in the surrounding area through distributing food to essential workers, sewing free masks and producing medicine.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Those who are younger and healthier kept themselves busy by sewing about 2,000 surgical masks.&nbsp; They would take them out to places where there were elderly people, or to shopkeepers, and offer them for free. &nbsp;Our immediate vicinity was noticeably more protected as a result, and one clinic said there have been no infections here so far.”</p>\n<p>---<em>Dave, Jesus Christians, Victoria, Australia</em></p>\n<p>“As we have a laboratory of medicinal plants, we here daily making a natural tonic to prevent the entry of the virus and to boost our immune system...”</p>\n<p><em>--- Sri Advaita, Willka Hampi, Perú<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Not all communities have had such an easy time, however. Some have had to make major adjustments and even deal with internal disagreement or differing interpretations of coronavirus itself. Much of the public divisiveness over the degree of seriousness and action required in the pandemic has played out in the microcosm of intentional communities. Residents have had to wrestle with issues such as wearing masks or not, requiring heightened levels of cleanliness and sanitation, restricting visitors and more. All of this has created tension and additional anxiety in some communities. </strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Being at the epicenter of the crisis in NYC, we have stopped our short term sublets and guest room rentals. Our long term residents have worked together to come up with  social distancing and disinfecting guidelines used throughout the house. We have had one resident with Covid 19.  He was quarantined for 20 days.  We were diligent in providing him with food and a private bathroom.  The virus did not spread through the house.  WooHoo!!   It is a work in progress and has been emotionally exhausting.\"</p>\n<p>-- <em>Robin Drake, Penington Friends House, NYC, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“There were tensions.  Some people were critical of the efforts of others, and accused them of 'not taking this seriously.'  … We also have experienced, well-trained facilitators who guided us through these difficult times with good humour and grace. We started out in an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, but as time passed, we adjusted.  I feel incredibly fortunate to be living in such a supportive community during this kind of social upheaval.  It bodes well for the future.”<br></p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have been seeing conflicts in some of our houses in person differences of how to manage mental and social health vs physical health. Co-op staff and leadership continue to guide houses to follow CDC guidelines when these issues are brought up.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Nola Warner, MSU Student Housing Cooperative, Greater Lansing Area (Lansing and East Lansing), Michigan, United States<br></em></p>\n<p>“The residents have had a number of meetings and opinions vary from strictly following every single state guideline to looking for ways we could vary some. We've had some contention about acting (example inviting a visitor) without us all agreeing. This has led to good discussion, no perfect resolution but aware that even with our current decision method of Sociocracy this is a unique situation. Do we all have to agree on everything; if one or two disagree how does it feel if they choose to self-isolate in their home? No answers just the impact of this situation. Generally we are being very cautious and careful with protocols to stay healthy.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, The Goodenough Community, Washington, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“There has been stress. Our community has 30 members. About a fourth think we need very disciplined health safety measures, about a fourth think there is no need for them to be extreme, and about half more or less are inclined to to have more safety procedures than not but they're rather relaxed about it. Those estimates may not be completely accurate but they do represent a difference in opinion. This all came to the fore when some from the 'more minimum safety procedures' people wanted to create an exercise room (something to which we have never really given much thought). This horrified the the 'maximum safety people.' In our last community meeting, the issue was not really resolved but the gym people pushed forward, many think in a very heavy handed way, and went ahead and created the gym. The coronavirus situation, therefore, occasioned a discord that probably would have never surfaced without. First, interest in the gym was largely driven my the 'shelter in place' orders and second opposition was strong because it was seen as a risky practice. The good news is that there now is a general agreement that our community should objectify its decision-making process and make it much more clear by putting it in writing. There was never much motivation to do this in the past due to some unique conditions in our community. The fracture making this necessary has appeared precisely because of matters related directly to the virus.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Terry Bergdall, GreenRise Intentional Community, Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA</em></p>\n<p>“Some of our community members had envisaged to leave for other places/communities. They continued staying with us, as travel or moving was not easy or possible. So we're now stuck here with people that don't fit/want to stay with us…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Rainer von Leoprechting, Obenaus Community, Austria, Steiermark</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some communities have come up with creative ways to keep vulnerable members safe or to protect the majority of members from a minority of essential workers living within the community.</strong>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>“The hardest issue has been knowing how to handle the fact that we have a frontline healthcare worker who, by the nature of his job, is put at risk every time he goes to work. As he starting working directly with COVID-19 patients, the anxiety of some of the members with preexisting conditions went sky high. We finally had a meeting in which we discussed how we could keep the risk in the community low while still supporting him. We came to an agreement in which he uses a different kitchen (there are two in the building), one bathroom in the house is dedicated for him, he generally doesn't use most of the rest of the house, and if we do see him, we stay six feet apart. In turn, we cook for him and do his chores so that he can rest when he is home. We also leave him flowers and notes. When he is here on community nights or special occasions, we use a very big room that is not our dining room. We set up separate tables, like a restaurant, that are all at least six feet apart. he sits at his own table at the head of the room and we serve him. Then he can still be with us and we can talk. This isn't the perfect solution, but it is what we can all live with for now.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, Sophia Community, IL</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>When coronavirus first became apparent in early spring, numerous intentional communities recognized the threat to their highly communal resident population and were quick to establish ad hoc committees to produce guidelines or safety protocols for the community. Here are a few examples of such protocols </strong></p>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfUn1UDQhGAQWHXm_ImBzu2acmUJXwkwt-F1U-URd50/edit#heading=h.vmrlyfe15csw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus Health Guidelines for Communal Houses</strong></a>&nbsp;– advice from a house community on how to prevent virus the spread</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-StQcllrcxs_xzHLXk951cb-S6Qpfyh_FoBWyIDcDio/edit#heading=h.iymvzgerllls\" target=\"_blank\">Earthaven Ecovillage Pandemic Response Protocol</a>&nbsp;</strong>– example of a protocol to support community residents in staying healthy</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.nasco.coop/news/coronavirus-update-resources-2378#community\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NASCO Recommendations</strong></a>&nbsp;– specific recommendations for communal living spaces</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NotBJRTLNfrUtHEY6idWl862-45VratGSirVBtlMD0I/edit?fbclid=IwAR3C61CUub3bbsIVRPBvnxVwOp4-FgLj_9hajLUDG9yCbgOvBV2gYkF_iU0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kaleidoscope Community’s COVID19 Precautions</strong></a>&nbsp;– coliving guidelines for shelter-in-place</li></ul>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p></p>\n<p>“At the very beginning of the Corona Crisis, a Safety and Health ad-hoc Committee formed, and came up with some guidelines for the community.&nbsp; We met via Zoom, and agreed to basic precepts, such as no meals and no use of the Common House except for essential activities such as laundry, to avoid possible Corona contamination.&nbsp; Basically, we're sheltering in place in our homes, going outside only for exercise and essential activities such as medical appointments and grocery shopping.&nbsp; We're communicating both for meetings and for social events through Zoom, but see each other occasionally on the walkways as we get our mail, and can chat from an appropriate distance.&nbsp; So far, I think people in the community are doing okay, given the strange times we're in.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Laurie Friedman, Muir Commons Cohousing, Davis, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We held emergency meetings as soon as the B.C. government announced the COVID-19 restrictions, first, using social distancing, and then, via Zoom.&nbsp; We followed the Jamaica Plains Cohousing model as our guide in setting up protocols, moving through stages one through six as the crisis worsened. We have two nurses living here who gave us good advice on disinfecting, social distancing, and other information we needed to keep our vulnerable community members safe. We set a schedule for disinfecting all the touch-points in our building - door handles, light switches, entry phone, mailbox, elevator buttons, etc. - and established a buddy system so that all the residents had someone they could call on for help if needed.&nbsp; We set up a buddy family system so that the children could play together and still maintain the protocols.&nbsp; We let families with children who had to work from home use some of the common rooms as their work-space, with the condition that they had to maintain and disinfect them after every use.”</p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“Of our 28 or so members, most of us are sheltered in place.&nbsp; One or two have to work outside. Several others have relocated to family in other states to weather the storm.&nbsp; We have a strict regimen isolating from each other by wearing masks whenever we are in the kitchen (all other commons have been closed, except for a gym we set up), and try to maintain a 6' distance from each other.&nbsp; When we enter the kitchen or other common areas, we immediately wash our hands. &nbsp; We've replace our vinegar/water solution for wiping off counters with a weak bleach/water solution and teams on cleanup duty sanitize all countertops, drawer/cabinet pulls, light switches, faucets, etc. Separate solution spray bottles are kept in the bathrooms and showers to sanitize those facilities. We have gloves for when we go shopping.&nbsp; Upon returning with groceries, we wipe everything down with our bleach solution before bringing it into the kitchen. &nbsp; We have a plan, protocols and a room set aside if anyone comes down with the virus.”</p>\n<p>--- <em>Steve Ediger, GreenRise Intentional Community, Uptown, Chicago, IL</em></p>\n<p>“We have a volunteer pandemic task force that is making recommendations to the community and working to make the building work best for this situation (altering ventilation in some areas, leaving fans on, making signs to leave certain windows on a certain amount for X long, adding whiteboards outside common house rooms to indicate when they are available for use).&nbsp; We wear masks outside and maintain a 6' distance.&nbsp; The Task Force is meeting this evening to make a reco on what kind of gatherings are recommended (how many people at how much distance in what areas) - as we try to get our social mojo going again.&nbsp; Common meals were discontinued in late March.&nbsp; Our Interiors team (with the help of the task force) has set up a list of areas that are sanitized daily by volunteers.&nbsp; Some are helping those at more risk by doing their grocery shopping, or asking around to see if anyone else needs something so fewer people need to go out.&nbsp; Socially, our biz and team meetings have gone to Zoom (with a purchased subscription to allow more than 40 minutes time).”</p>\n<p><em>-- Patricia Boomer, Mountain View&nbsp; Cohousing Community, CA, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Nearly all the communities who responded to the survey reported an increased use of technology to stay in communication with each other. No longer able to participate in shared meals or in-person gatherings (often the essential “community glue”) groups have had to get creative about how to socialize and manage their community while practicing physical distancing.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“Meetings that would otherwise have been held in person in our common house are now held via Zoom or in smaller open-air front porch gatherings with social distancing.  E-mail and a village Discourse forum are used for asynchronous communication.  An increased emphasis on community supported agriculture in periodic combined bulk orders supplies food that may otherwise have been bought individually from grocery stores.  Shared meals served in the common house have been replaced with virtual meals in which smaller groupings of residents eat meals prepared in their individual townhouses while sharing a discussion via Zoom.  Some village residents participate in a silent meditative walk through the village in the evening.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Todd Lewis, Shepherd Village, West Virginia, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>\"We have also tried having Common Meals where one house cooks, then neighbors bring dishes to be filled, which they take home to eat.  The cooks find this unfulfilling because most of the fun of Common Meals is the camaraderie of cooking and eating together.  We are going to try a Zoom Common Meal where everyone makes the \"same\" meal and shares time with each other via Zoom.\" </p>\n<p><em>-- Kenyon Erickson, Blueberry Hill Cohousing, Virginia, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>New members recruitment and membership onboarding processes have also had to go virtual in light of the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>\"We've held Virtual Open Houses via zoom.  We have one available unit for sale and given the need for physical separation and the need to limit visitors to our lodge we are communicating with potential buyers by telephone and videoconferencing.  If a potential buyer has reviewed the available information and indicates an eagerness to proceed with the transaction we will work to set up a safe on-site visit.  Most importantly, we are supporting each other as best as we can.  Shopping for a neighbor is a great example.  We are all looking forward to enjoying common meals again!”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, Wolf Creek Lodge, Grass Valley, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Communities that rely on visitors and program participants for their income are now facing financial loss. Some are experimenting with moving in-person programs online.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“We are concerned about our annual budget because we rely on income from our guest rooms.”</p>\n<p><em>--Ellen Kemper, The Commons on the Alameda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are unable to hold the usual full summer of events, ours and those of other groups who use our center. This will create a very large financial loss for us… We will soon be very short of finances as our contingency fund runs out. Our finances are tied up with the retreat business and function through two nonprofits that have always run on a very tight budget. We are engaging in fundraising.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>We enjoy gardening and working on projects together and feel blessed that we are on these 67 acres while some are cooped up in a single house or apartment in Seattle. It has been an unusually beautiful spring. This has brought us closer through working together but we also feel the weight of what is going on in our country, now with the murder of George Floyd and protests on top of the uncertainty, anxiety, even fear that can free float due to the pandemic.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, The Goodenough Community, Washington, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>An overwhelming number of community residents who responded to the survey shared how grateful they are to be living in an intentional community right now. They talk about being able to care for vulnerable residents, finding creative ways to stay connected and combat isolation, as well as seeing the crisis as an opportunity to strengthen relationships to community and place.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We are very fortunate to have a lovely trail right out our front doors to enjoy a beautiful, shaded walk along our namesake, Wolf Creek. Our gardens our beautiful and provide lots of lovely outdoor gardening time.  We are enjoying a great deal of zoom time, be it the daily coffee hour, meetings,  yoga and ukulele practice.  Lots of reading time such as 'A New Kind of Science' by Stephen Wolfram or our latest book club entry, 'The Words of My Father' by Yousef Bashir.  Knitting, sewing, jigsaw puzzles and adult coloring books have been fun.  We have enjoyed impromptu drumming concerts on the terrace while practicing physical distancing.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, Wolf Creek Lodge, Grass Valley, California, USA</em></p>\n<p>“We meet every night - without fail - at 6pm for Happy Hour on the greenway. About 8-15 people attend and we socialize for 30-45 minutes. We meet rain or shine, and we capture every evening in photographs. We had one week long 'fashion week' where the young people dictated how we would dress (many complied). We have celebrated birthdays and anniversaries outside, generally 6' apart, clumped by household.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Anna Newcomb, Blueberry Hill, Vienna, VA, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“Mostly, it is has been a blessing to be in community at this time because we are not so isolated. We have each other. We have game and movie nights on weekends. We used to all be so busy with work and running here and there, but now we are mostly all home.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, Sophia Community, IL, USA</em></p>\n<p>“Most importantly, we investigate and appreciate to the fullest extent the hidden meaning of the situation, the 'gift' or learning that it offers us: to increase relational work within the community, to increase efforts for personal and community autonomy and empowerment, to foster the deepest and most effective relationship with the place where we live, to prepare the way to radiate more towards society in general the importance and usefulness of experiences like ours so that other groups and individuals can use it as a stimulus and inspiration, and to detect opportunities for change within the community in tune with the 'winds of change' that are shaking the planet profoundly.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kevin Lluch, Ecovillage Los Portales, Sevilla, Spain<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<h3><strong>DONATE TO SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH<br></strong></h3>\n<p>The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) is a non-profit organization relying on the generous support of donors and members to continue critical research and education regarding intentional communities. 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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Untitled-design-2-1.png</center> <br/><p><strong><em>New research shows how intentional communities have responded to the coronavirus crisis.</em></strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Copy-of-Copy-of-Dark-Blue-Woman-Photo-Womens-Fashion-Facebook-Post-3-6-1024x307.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374080\"/>\n<br/>\n<p>With people’s lives upended across the globe, we can’t help but wonder, how would we have responded to the coronavirus crisis if we all lived in intentional communities -- ecovillages, cohousing and the like -- instead of our conventional neighborhoods? <br></p>\n<br/>\n<h3><strong>And how have existing intentional communities fared through the pandemic? Are they better off or worse than the mainstream? What can we learn from how they have dealt with this crisis?</strong><br></h3>\n<br/>\n<p>Maybe intentional communities are more financially or materially self-sufficient and therefore more resilient during a pandemic. Perhaps their highly communal living arrangements make them more susceptible to the disease. Could they be suffering less from loneliness and isolation during lockdown? Are they more stable and even generous during this time?&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>To find out the answers, the <a href=\"http://ic.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foundation for Intentional Community (opens in a new tab)\">Foundation for Intentional Community</a> (FIC) partnered with the <a href=\"http://www.communa.org.il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Intentional Communities Desk (opens in a new tab)\">Intentional Communities Desk</a> in May 2020 and sent out a survey to intentional communities in our Directory so we could learn how they have responded to the pandemic. <br></p>\n<p>Of the 75 intentional communities that responded to the survey 68% are based in the United States, with others spread out from the UK to Peru and all the way to Australia and New Zealand. <br></p>\n<p>The stories these communities share are fascinating. With some rural communities basically unaffected or even experiencing positive changes since coronavirus, and other more urban communities especially challenged to step up together and support each other through crisis. Communities have had to come up with creative ways to keep each other safe and to stay connected even while typical community activities, such as shared meals, are on pause. They have had to navigate internal tensions about how seriously to take the virus and what levels of response are appropriate. <br></p>\n<p>Intentional communities offer possibilities for how we all can survive and thrive through crisis by coming together.<br></p>\n<p>...<br></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Our analysis of the survey results shows communities have responded to the virus in a variety of ways on a pretty clear spectrum. On one end of the spectrum are communities who have been minimally or positively affected by the pandemic (approximately 15% of survey respondents). On other end of the spectrum are communities who have been severely or negatively impacted (approximately 5% of survey respondents). Most communities fall somewhere in between these two ends of the spectrum. </strong></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>A few remote and land-based communities report how for them daily life hasn’t changed all too much. Residents were already used to growing much of their own food, delegating trips to the grocery store to a few individuals in the community and earning an income within the community’s economy or through remote work. </strong><br></p>\n<p>“Nothing has really changed for us.&nbsp; We set up [our community] with a design to ride out these types of events - pandemics, natural disasters, financial meltdowns. We are a closed community on over 1000 acres with private roads and two access points to BLM and state land.&nbsp; We have a full Equestrian Center, Library (books.over 350 DVDs, games, puzzles, magazines), gym, spa and 3 miles of interior roads/trails for walking, biking, riding.&nbsp; We are adding a pool table and probably a pool this year.&nbsp; We have a garden and our permaculture people are getting set up to add an additional 80 acres of food forest, aquaponics, and massive greenhouses.&nbsp; We have a resident only grocery store opening up this fall.&nbsp; We keep chickens and ducks for eggs.&nbsp; We have an Exchange Program for cash/barter/trade for/exchange money within the community and we hire work done from within the community so people still have an income.&nbsp; We are remote so most people stock up on personal supplies.”&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Zhenna, Caballos de las Estrellas Intelligent Living Community, New Mexico and Arizona, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some community members even report experiencing an improved quality of life since the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“As an urban intentional community focused on social and environmental justice, our members are often all over the city and traveling around the country in service of movements. During the shelter-in-place time there has been a unique magic of all being here together, gathering so much more often than we used to, eating together, growing more food than ever, processing herbal medicine, distributing food, medicine and supplies to our neighbors… To me, it feels in many ways so much more like the \"village\" life we've been longing for, that the pressures of our current systems so often pull us away from.”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Morgan H Curtis, Canticle Farm, CA, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have 33 people trapped in paradise, 9 of which are volunteers from many countries. We are enjoying it immensely…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Tom Charles Osher, Chambalabamba, Loja, Ecuador<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are functioning better than in past years, due to circumstances related to the pandemic...There is an apparent feeling of solidarity everywhere inside and outside the community.”</p>\n<p><em>--Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage, Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, Morelos State, Mexico<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are all healthy and agree that we are lucky to live in a beautiful setting with plenty of green space, and plenty of meaningful work and occupation to keep us happy and engaged. We have created a 'new normal' - work teams based on house groups, celebrations too, and leisure time pursuits, all within the same groupings. This has given rise to a buoyant mood, creativity and caring for each other. Our day attendees and some employees are not able to join us at the moment, but each house group is in frequent contact (via Skype, phone or Zoom) with those who belong to their group, and some members have produced a lovely newsletter each fortnight which can be shared with families and friends.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Elisabeth Phethean, Beannachar Camphill Community, Aberdeenshire, Scottland</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Still other communities have experienced a degree of stability that has enabled them to look beyond caring for their own community and help out in the surrounding area through distributing food to essential workers, sewing free masks and producing medicine.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Those who are younger and healthier kept themselves busy by sewing about 2,000 surgical masks.  They would take them out to places where there were elderly people, or to shopkeepers, and offer them for free.  Our immediate vicinity was noticeably more protected as a result, and one clinic said there have been no infections here so far.”</p>\n<p>---<em>Dave, Jesus Christians, Victoria, Australia</em></p>\n<p>“As we have a laboratory of medicinal plants, we here daily making a natural tonic to prevent the entry of the virus and to boost our immune system...”</p>\n<p><em>--- Sri Advaita, Willka Hampi, Perú<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Not all communities have had such an easy time, however. Some have had to make major adjustments and even d</strong><strong>eal with internal disagreement or differing interpretations of coronavirus itself. Much of the public divisiveness over the degree of seriousness and action required in the pandemic as play out in the microcosm of intentional communities. Residents have had to wrestle with issues such as wearing masks or not, requiring heightened levels of cleanliness and sanitation, restricting visitors and more. All of this has created tension and additional anxiety in some communities.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Being at the epicenter of the crisis in NYC, we have stopped our short term sublets and guest room rentals. Our long term residents have worked together to come up with&nbsp; social distancing and disinfecting guidelines used throughout the house. We have had one resident with Covid 19.&nbsp; He was quarantined for 20 days.&nbsp; We were diligent in providing him with food and a private bathroom.&nbsp; The virus did not spread through the house.&nbsp; WooHoo!! &nbsp; It is a work in progress and has been emotionally exhausting. “</p>\n<p>-- <em>Robin Drake, Penington Friends House, NYC, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“There were tensions.&nbsp; Some people were critical of the efforts of others, and accused them of \"not taking this seriously.\"&nbsp; … We also have experienced, well-trained facilitators who guided us through these difficult times with good humour and grace. We started out in an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, but as time passed, we adjusted.&nbsp; I feel incredibly fortunate to be living in such a supportive community during this kind of social upheaval.&nbsp; It bodes well for the future.”<br></p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“We have been seeing conflicts in some of our houses in person differences of how to manage mental and social health vs physical health. Co-op staff and leadership continue to guide houses to follow CDC guidelines when these issues are brought up.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Nola Warner, MSU Student Housing Cooperative, Greater Lansing Area (Lansing and East Lansing), Michigan, United States<br></em></p>\n<p>“The residents have had a number of meetings and opinions vary from strictly following every single state guideline to looking for ways we could vary some. We've had some contention about acting (example inviting a visitor) without us all agreeing. This has led to good discussion, no perfect resolution but aware that even with our current decision method of Sociocracy this is a unique situation. Do we all have to agree on everything; if one or two disagree how does it feel if they choose to self-isolate in their home? No answers just the impact of this situation. Generally we are being very cautious and careful with protocols to stay healthy.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, The Goodenough Community, Washington, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“There has been stress. Our community has 30 members. About a fourth think we need very disciplined health safety measures, about a fourth think there is no need for them to be extreme, and about half more or less are inclined to to have more safety procedures than not but they're rather relaxed about it. Those estimates may not be completely accurate but they do represent a difference in opinion. This all came to the fore when some from the \"more minimum safety procedures\" people wanted to create an exercise room (something to which we have never really given much thought). This horrified the the \"maximum safety people.\" In our last community meeting, the issue was not really resolved but the gym people pushed forward, many think in a very heavy handed way, and went ahead and created the gym. The coronavirus situation, therefore, occasioned a discord that probably would have never surfaced without. First, interest in the gym was largely driven my the \"shelter in place\" orders and second opposition was strong because it was seen as a risky practice. The good news is that there now is a general agreement that our community should objectify its decision-making process and make it much more clear by putting it in writing. There was never much motivation to do this in the past due to some unique conditions in our community. The fracture making this necessary has appeared precisely because of matters related directly to the virus.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Terry Bergdall, GreenRise Intentional Community, Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA</em></p>\n<p>“Some of our community members had envisaged to leave for other places/communities. They continued staying with us, as travel or moving was not easy or possible. So we're now stuck here with people that don't fit/want to stay with us…”</p>\n<p><em>-- Rainer von Leoprechting, Obenaus Community, Austria, Steiermark</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Some communities have come up with creative ways to keep vulnerable members safe or to protect the majority of members from a minority of essential workers living within the community.</strong>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>“The hardest issue has been knowing how to handle the fact that we have a frontline healthcare worker who, by the nature of his job, is put at risk every time he goes to work. As he starting working directly with COVID-19 patients, the anxiety of some of the members with preexisting conditions went sky high. We finally had a meeting in which we discussed how we could keep the risk in the community low while still supporting him. We came to an agreement in which he uses a different kitchen (there are two in the building), one bathroom in the house is dedicated for him, he generally doesn't use most of the rest of the house, and if we do see him, we stay six feet apart. In turn, we cook for him and do his chores so that he can rest when he is home. We also leave him flowers and notes. When he is here on community nights or special occasions, we use a very big room that is not our dining room. We set up separate tables, like a restaurant, that are all at least six feet apart. he sits at his own table at the head of the room and we serve him. Then he can still be with us and we can talk. This isn't the perfect solution, but it is what we can all live with for now.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, Sophia Community, IL</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>When coronavirus first became apparent in early spring, numerous intentional communities recognized the threat to their highly communal resident population and were quick to establish ad hoc committees to produce guidelines or safety protocols for the community. Here are a few examples of such protocols </strong></p>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfUn1UDQhGAQWHXm_ImBzu2acmUJXwkwt-F1U-URd50/edit#heading=h.vmrlyfe15csw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus Health Guidelines for Communal Houses</strong></a>&nbsp;– advice from a house community on how to prevent virus the spread</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-StQcllrcxs_xzHLXk951cb-S6Qpfyh_FoBWyIDcDio/edit#heading=h.iymvzgerllls\" target=\"_blank\">Earthaven Ecovillage Pandemic Response Protocol</a>&nbsp;</strong>– example of a protocol to support community residents in staying healthy</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.nasco.coop/news/coronavirus-update-resources-2378#community\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NASCO Recommendations</strong></a>&nbsp;– specific recommendations for communal living spaces</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NotBJRTLNfrUtHEY6idWl862-45VratGSirVBtlMD0I/edit?fbclid=IwAR3C61CUub3bbsIVRPBvnxVwOp4-FgLj_9hajLUDG9yCbgOvBV2gYkF_iU0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kaleidoscope Community’s COVID19 Precautions</strong></a>&nbsp;– coliving guidelines for shelter-in-place</li></ul>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p></p>\n<p>“At the very beginning of the Corona Crisis, a Safety and Health ad-hoc Committee formed, and came up with some guidelines for the community.&nbsp; We met via Zoom, and agreed to basic precepts, such as no meals and no use of the Common House except for essential activities such as laundry, to avoid possible Corona contamination.&nbsp; Basically, we're sheltering in place in our homes, going outside only for exercise and essential activities such as medical appointments and grocery shopping.&nbsp; We're communicating both for meetings and for social events through Zoom, but see each other occasionally on the walkways as we get our mail, and can chat from an appropriate distance.&nbsp; So far, I think people in the community are doing okay, given the strange times we're in.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Laurie Friedman, Muir Commons Cohousing, Davis, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We held emergency meetings as soon as the B.C. government announced the COVID-19 restrictions, first, using social distancing, and then, via Zoom.&nbsp; We followed the Jamaica Plains Cohousing model as our guide in setting up protocols, moving through stages one through six as the crisis worsened. We have two nurses living here who gave us good advice on disinfecting, social distancing, and other information we needed to keep our vulnerable community members safe. We set a schedule for disinfecting all the touch-points in our building - door handles, light switches, entry phone, mailbox, elevator buttons, etc. - and established a buddy system so that all the residents had someone they could call on for help if needed.&nbsp; We set up a buddy family system so that the children could play together and still maintain the protocols.&nbsp; We let families with children who had to work from home use some of the common rooms as their work-space, with the condition that they had to maintain and disinfect them after every use.”</p>\n<p><em>--Kathryn-Jane Hazel, Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada<br></em></p>\n<p>“Of our 28 or so members, most of us are sheltered in place.  One or two have to work outside. Several others have relocated to family in other states to weather the storm.  We have a strict regimen isolating from each other by wearing masks whenever we are in the kitchen (all other commons have been closed, except for a gym we set up), and try to maintain a 6' distance from each other.  When we enter the kitchen or other common areas, we immediately wash our hands.   We've replace our vinegar/water solution for wiping off counters with a weak bleach/water solution and teams on cleanup duty sanitize all countertops, drawer/cabinet pulls, light switches, faucets, etc. Separate solution spray bottles are kept in the bathrooms and showers to sanitize those facilities. We have gloves for when we go shopping.  Upon returning with groceries, we wipe everything down with our bleach solution before bringing it into the kitchen.   We have a plan, protocols and a room set aside if anyone comes down with the virus.”</p>\n<p>--- <em>Steve Ediger, GreenRise Intentional Community, Uptown, Chicago, IL</em></p>\n<p>“We have a volunteer pandemic task force that is making recommendations to the community and working to make the building work best for this situation (altering ventilation in some areas, leaving fans on, making signs to leave certain windows on a certain amount for X long, adding whiteboards outside common house rooms to indicate when they are available for use).&nbsp; We wear masks outside and maintain a 6' distance.&nbsp; The Task Force is meeting this evening to make a reco on what kind of gatherings are recommended (how many people at how much distance in what areas) - as we try to get our social mojo going again.&nbsp; Common meals were discontinued in late March.&nbsp; Our Interiors team (with the help of the task force) has set up a list of areas that are sanitized daily by volunteers.&nbsp; Some are helping those at more risk by doing their grocery shopping, or asking around to see if anyone else needs something so fewer people need to go out.&nbsp; Socially, our biz and team meetings have gone to Zoom (with a purchased subscription to allow more than 40 minutes time).”</p>\n<p><em>-- Patricia Boomer, Mountain View  Cohousing Community, CA, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Nearly all the communities who responded to the survey reported an increased use of technology to stay in communication with each other. No longer able to participate in shared meals or in-person gatherings (often the essential “community glue”) groups have had to get creative about how to socialize and manage their community while practicing physical distancing.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“ Meetings that would otherwise have been held in person in our common house are now held via Zoom or in smaller open-air front porch gatherings with social distancing.&nbsp; E-mail and a village Discourse forum are used for asynchronous communication.&nbsp; An increased emphasis on community supported agriculture in periodic combined bulk orders supplies food that may otherwise have been bought individually from grocery stores.&nbsp; Shared meals served in the common house have been replaced with virtual meals in which smaller groupings of residents eat meals prepared in their individual townhouses while sharing a discussion via Zoom.&nbsp; Some village residents participate in a silent meditative walk through the village in the evening.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Todd Lewis, Shepherd Village, West Virginia, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>We have also tried having Common Meals where one house cooks, then neighbors bring dishes to be filled, which they take home to eat.&nbsp; The cooks find this unfulfilling because most of the fun of Common Meals is the camaraderie of cooking and eating together.&nbsp; We are going to try a Zoom Common Meal where everyone makes the \"same\" meal and shares time with each other via Zoom.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p><em>-- Kenyon Erickson, Blueberry Hill Cohousing, Virginia, USA</em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>New members recruitment and membership onboarding processes have also had to go virtual in light of the pandemic.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>We've held Virtual Open Houses via zoom.&nbsp; We have one available unit for sale and given the need for physical separation and the need to limit visitors to our lodge we are communicating with potential buyers by telephone and videoconferencing.&nbsp; If a potential buyer has reviewed the available information and indicates an eagerness to proceed with the transaction we will work to set up a safe on-site visit.&nbsp; Most importantly, we are supporting each other as best as we can.&nbsp; Shopping for a neighbor is a great example.&nbsp; We are all looking forward to enjoying common meals again!”<br></p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, Wolf Creek Lodge, Grass Valley, California, USA<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>Communities that rely on visitors and program participants for their income are now facing financial loss. Some are experimenting with moving in-person programs online.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>\n<p>“We are concerned about our annual budget because we rely on income from our guest rooms.”</p>\n<p><em>--Ellen Kemper, The Commons on the Alameda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“We are unable to hold the usual full summer of events, ours and those of other groups who use our center. This will create a very large financial loss for us… We will soon be very short of finances as our contingency fund runs out. Our finances are tied up with the retreat business and function through two nonprofits that have always run on a very tight budget. We are engaging in fundraising.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>We enjoy gardening and working on projects together and feel blessed that we are on these 67 acres while some are cooped up in a single house or apartment in Seattle. It has been an unusually beautiful spring. This has brought us closer through working together but we also feel the weight of what is going on in our country, now with the murder of George Floyd and protests on top of the uncertainty, anxiety, even fear that can free float due to the pandemic.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kirsten Rohde, The Goodenough Community, Washington, USA</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>An overwhelming number of community residents who responded to the survey shared how grateful they are to be living in an intentional community right now. They talk about being able to care for vulnerable residents, finding creative ways to stay connected and combat isolation, as well as seeing the crisis as an opportunity to strengthen relationships to community and place.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We are very fortunate to have a lovely trail right out our front doors to enjoy a beautiful, shaded walk along our namesake, Wolf Creek. Our gardens our beautiful and provide lots of lovely outdoor gardening time.  We are enjoying a great deal of zoom time, be it the daily coffee hour, meetings,  yoga and ukulele practice.  Lots of reading time such as \"A New Kind of Science\" by Stephen Wolfram or our latest book club entry, \"The Words of My Father\" by Yousef Bashir.  Knitting, sewing, jigsaw puzzles and adult coloring books have been fun.  We have enjoyed impromptu drumming concerts on the terrace while practicing physical distancing.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Jacque Bromm, Wolf Creek Lodge, Grass Valley, California, USA</em></p>\n<p>“We meet every night - without fail - at 6pm for Happy Hour on the greenway. About 8-15 people attend and we socialize for 30-45 minutes. We meet rain or shine, and we capture every evening in photographs. We had one week long \"fashion week\" where the young people dictated how we would dress (many complied). We have celebrated birthdays and anniversaries outside, generally 6' apart, clumped by household.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Anna Newcomb, Blueberry Hill, Vienna, VA, USA<br></em></p>\n<p>“Mostly, it is has been a blessing to be in community at this time because we are not so isolated. We have each other. We have game and movie nights on weekends. We used to all be so busy with work and running here and there, but now we are mostly all home.”</p>\n<p><em>-- Lisa J Rademacher, Sophia Community, IL, USA</em></p>\n<p>“Most importantly, we investigate and appreciate to the fullest extent the hidden meaning of the situation, the \"gift\" or learning that it offers us: to increase relational work within the community, to increase efforts for personal and community autonomy and empowerment, to foster the deepest and most effective relationship with the place where we live, to prepare the way to radiate more towards society in general the importance and usefulness of experiences like ours so that other groups and individuals can use it as a stimulus and inspiration, and to detect opportunities for change within the community in tune with the \"winds of change\" that are shaking the planet profoundly”</p>\n<p><em>-- Kevin Lluch, Ecovillage Los Portales, Sevilla, Spain<br></em></p>\n<br/>\n<p><strong>DONATE TO SUPPORT FIC<br></strong></p>\n<p>The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) is a non-profit organization relying on the generous support of donors and members to keep on supporting critical research and education regarding intentional communities. If you believe that intentional communities offer models of what a more sustainable and just world can look like, then consider joining us as a member today. As a sign of our appreciation, you will receive complimentary digital issues of Communities Magazine, a 10% discount at our online Bookstore and access to member-only communications and events. <br></p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http://ic.org/membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Join as a FIC Member (opens in a new tab)\">Join as a FIC Member</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http://ic.org/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Make a donation to support our work\n (opens in a new tab)\">Make a donation to support our work<br></a></strong></p>\n <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://www.ic.org/intentional-communities-fared-pandemic/ </em><hr/></center>",
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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash.jpg</center> <br/><img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373699\"/>\n<p>When white people ask the question, why aren’t there more POC living in intentional communities, one of the answers some speculate is that “they find community in other ways.” I think there are a few things that idea gets wrong. It assumes that controlling land for the purposes of community building is something POC aren’t interested in. It also assumes that the barriers to starting or joining intentional communities are the same for POC. And it also assumes that there aren’t any POC intentional communities.</p>\n<p><strong>In preparation for the workshop I’m leading on </strong><a href=\"https://www.ic.org/event/white-supremacy/\"><strong>Examining White Supremacy Culture in Intentional Community, Tuesday, July 7, 4pm Eastern</strong></a><strong>, I want to share a bit of my journey, and a list of POC communities and organizations (see below) that I’ve had the opportunity to learn from.</strong></p>\n<p>I had my wake up moment around race back in 2016 following the death of Philando Castile in Minnesota. I was at the New Economy Coalition conference right afterwards, which by that point had become a solidly POC led organization, and there was a lot of processing of that killing, which wasn’t that long after the killing of Freddie Grey the year before in Baltimore and the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO the year before that. I attended a workshop led by the local SURJ chapter (Showing Up For Racial Justice) and really got the message that as a white person I needed to be doing something.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>I was in my first year as Executive Director of the FIC at the time, and when I’d taken on the job I’d done so with misgiving at being yet another white male to take on a central leadership role. So then there I was at this conference, at this workshop, really asking myself the question, how do I use my position?<br></p>\n<p>A couple things became clear. One, part of having privilege is being able to be unaware of it. I knew I would have lots of opportunities to speak and write and so I decided that I would address privilege and oppression every chance I had, and make sure that the FIC was always looking at things with that lens. Two, when I was organizing events I needed to make sure that there were presenters, facilitators, and speakers, especially keynote speakers who were POC. Three, there needed to be a decisive shift in the networking and narrative that I was part of crafting for the FIC and the movement as a whole.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>In all of this, a couple things I learned is that it’s a lot about showing up, going to spaces that are defined and led by POC, and it’s a lot about relationships, being authentic and vulnerable, making personal connections, being friends.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<p>And that last thing, shifting the networking and narrative, is what really helped me claim that there is white supremacy in the intentional communities movement. And I don’t mean particular individuals or communities out there that hold those attitudes in a more explicit way, which does exist. I mean that it’s part of the DNA of the movement. Here’s how I understand it.<br></p>\n<p>Accessing all the different kinds of resources necessary to start intentional communities takes privilege and is more accessible to white people. When white people start intentional communities they are going to make them, even if unintentionally, so that they are more comfortable to other white people. They are also going to face less discrimination and hostility and be more likely to broadcast their presence. As communities start networking, it’s going to tend to be white communities that connect with each other and support each other. And when organizations start forming out of this network, it’s going to be white people who end up in leadership positions. This means that the movement is going to focus on the concerns of white people. It’s the experiences and stories of white people that define what the movement is about, and this is going to be a self-reinforcing dynamic.<br></p>\n<p>This is what’s happened, and this white supremacy in action.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>POC Communities &amp; Organizations</strong></p>\n<p>The list below is by no means exhaustive. I offer it to help others in their quest to learn and find inspiration. It can also offer some ideas about groups that white communities could support to help support the movement beyond their own work of becoming more inclusive and accessible spaces.<br></p>\n<p><strong>Intentional communities and community farms:</strong></p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"http://www.wildseedcommunity.org/\">Wildseed Community</a>, Upstate NY</li><li><a href=\"http://www.soulfirefarm.org/\">Soul Fire Farm</a>, Upstate NY</li><li><a href=\"https://www.coopnwj.org/\">Cooperative Community of New West Jackson</a>, Jackson, MS</li><li><a href=\"https://earthseedlandcoop.org/\">Earthseed Land Collective</a>, NC</li><li><a href=\"https://blackoakscenter.blog/\">Black Oaks Center</a>, IL</li><li><a href=\"http://www.soulflowerfarm.com/index.html\">Soulflower Farm,</a> Bay Area, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://theavalonvillage.org/\">Avalon Village</a>, Detroit, MI - <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheAvalonVillage/\">https://www.facebook.com/TheAvalonVillage/</a></li><li><a href=\"http://canticlefarm.wordpress.com/\">Canticle Farm</a>, Oakland, CA - This isn't POC led but is multi-racial, supporting young artists and activists, and includes a house reserved for formerly incarcerated people who were facing life sentences.</li></ul>\n<p><strong>Organizations:</strong></p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://neweconomy.net/\">New Economy Coalition</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.blackfoodjustice.org/\">National Black Food &amp; Justice Alliance&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=35.22618180103321%2C-70.90789418320321&amp;z=4&amp;mid=1YvB3PuH8jeR_yoFCLvrKOTQQ3p_5NmkK\">Reparations Land Map</a></li></ul>\n<p>Mapping pieces of land that have been given to BIPOC for farming and community. The link to the map is at the top of <a href=\"https://www.soulfirefarm.org/get-involved/reparations/\">this webpage</a>, and below that is an explanation of the project and then a list of organizations who are also working on land and food for BIPOC.&nbsp;</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://popupvillage.org/\">Pop Up Villages, Oakland, CA</a></li></ul>\n<p>Celebrating and promoting Black arts, culture, and businesses</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"http://sogoreate-landtrust.com/\">Sogorea Te' Land Trust</a>, SF Bay Area, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://oakclt.org/\">Oakland Community Land Trust,</a> Oakland, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://ebprec.org/\">East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative</a>, Oakland, CA</li><li><a href=\"https://cooperationjackson.org/\">Cooperation Jackson</a>, Jackson, MS</li></ul>\n<p>This group has focused on starting cooperative businesses and doing neighborhood organizing, but when I visited they also had several properties that they wanted to turn into small ecovillages.</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"http://dsni.org/\">Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative</a>, Boston, MA</li></ul>\n<p>They created a community land trust in south Boston and developed housing, including a housing co-op to operate a number of the houses. They've also developed a community center, urban agriculture projects, and exercise a high degree of control over other development in the neighborhood.</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://www.pochousingnetwork.com/\">POC Sustainable Housing Network</a>, Oakland, CA</li></ul>\n<p>Great network of folks working on various projects, including working with the Sustainable Economies Law Center to develop the Permanent Real Estate Cooperative model.<br></p>\n<p><strong>Media:</strong></p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://www.crowdcast.io/e/juneteenth2020/4\">Seminar on Black Land and Liberation</a> hosted by <a href=\"https://www.houseofease.com/\">House of Ease</a> as part of their online Juneteenth Festival (session 4 you will need to log in)</li><li>There's an amazing documentary called <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl13ecK9bEE\">Arc of Justice</a> on New Communities, Inc. It was the first Community Land Trust in the US and was organized by black farmers in Georgia in 1969.</li><li>This is a great essay on <a href=\"http://prabuddha.us/index.php/pjse/article/view/23\">Liberated Zones</a>, which includes a discussion about intentional communities, by a black community organizer named Ed Whitfield.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.multiplecities.org/home/2019/1/31/the-blackspace-manifesto\">Black Spaces Manifesto</a> is an incredible expression of a Black vision of community.</li></ul>\n <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://www.ic.org/examining-white-supremacy-culture-in-intentional-community/ </em><hr/></center>",
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(opens in a new tab)\" href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Contact us.</strong></a></p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><br/>\n<h4>General Resources</h4>\n<br/>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID19 Emergency Funding Sources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HpM_frKYshC_0f3pwmnZjD3jBqbqUwt2wRxxmDYp92Y/edit?link_id=1&amp;can_id=0e91fac18381c41764a382e88b6958be&amp;source=email-breaking-nec-releases-policy-toolkit-for-2020-and-beyond-2&amp;email_referrer=email_755342&amp;email_subject=this-is-a-fork-in-the-road-moment\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>COVID19 Emergency Funding Sources</strong></a> - national and regional immediate funding opportunities</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0gz3ONBJvKO-dEEEK00quAO23NPQ3_UZUkQTK-HYYOqkBWk8_21Vr65A8#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering</strong></a> - a realtime updated map of cases, deaths, and recoveries around the world</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"New Economy Coalition Response Projects (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FoEYqfI1UUiqMVrtUmwbrdF3LVHUMlgCg0Uvo5E8ZYA/edit#gid=598138775\" target=\"_blank\">New Economy Coalition Resource Shee</a></strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"New Economy Coalition Response Projects (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FoEYqfI1UUiqMVrtUmwbrdF3LVHUMlgCg0Uvo5E8ZYA/edit#gid=598138775\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>t</strong></a> - list of projects and events under development as a response to coronavirus</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Local Future's Resources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.localfutures.org/covid-19/#1585861956304-f44ed519-4eac\" target=\"_blank\">Local Future's Resources</a></strong> - guides and organizations supporting localization during coronavirus</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mutual Aid and Advocacy Resources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpMzMzsA83jbVEXS8m7QKOtK4nj6gIUk1U1t6P4wShY/edit\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mutual Aid and Advocacy Resources</strong></a> - collaborative google doc for mutual aid</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"List of Mutual Aid Networks (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9Y46lhZSVIRyE1Qh74Tj5uu91VKs5nhFCUudnFOqOg/edit#gid=776187552\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>List of Mutual Aid Networks</strong></a> - state by state and online list of aid networks</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) videos (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/videos.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</strong></a> - informative videos</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Resources for Online Meetings, Classes, and Events  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NyrEU7n6IUl5rgGiflx_dK8CrdoB2bwyyl9XG-H7iw8/preview?fbclid=IwAR2sP8W0Q8cPz2eJfeLhEMET1JpzZ2mQXOhZ7-LlfsZ8-kur3FymOLhSoVo#heading=h.92rf1h1b0f3o\" target=\"_blank\">Resources for Online Meetings, Classes, and Events </a> </strong>- resource created by the Facilitators for Pandemic Response group</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"How to Talk about Coronavirus (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.opportunityagenda.org/connect/amp/amp-newsletter-march-10-2020?bblinkid=208974106&amp;bbemailid=19855655&amp;bbejrid=1398356045\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How to Talk about Coronavirus</strong></a> - how to create messaging grounded in inclusion, empowerment, and justice</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Online Course on COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://zgamechangers.world/courses/coronavirus-pandemic-course/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Online Course on COVID-19</strong></a> - curriculum designed to provide resources and information on the pandemic</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Flatten the curve - COVID19 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.flattenthecurve.com/?fbclid=IwAR3V2tPu7PYT3wVJ2SVXa8C1f2zcY_ZVz7MORl5b_ilqt1g24FIdceHyQkE#Yes_This_is_Bad\" target=\"_blank\">Flatten the curve - COVID19</a> </strong>- what you need to know</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Addiction Center Resources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.addictioncenter.com/Covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\">Addiction Center Resources</a></strong> - learn how addiction is being effected by covid-19</li><li><a href=\"https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/resources/telehealth-addiction-treatment-during-quarantine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Telehealth and Online Mental Health Resources (opens in a new tab)\"><strong>Telehealth and Online Mental Health Resources</strong></a> - how to get your mental health needs met during co</li></ul>\n<br/>\n<h4>Communal Living Resources</h4>\n<br/>\n<p>For those living in intentional communities, especially those with close communal living arrangements, we recommend creating a <strong>community action plan</strong>. Below are examples of plans submitted to us from intentional communities. Use these resources to help plan how you will disinfect communal surfaces, care for those who may become ill and protect those most vulnerable. Also consider... how can your community do even more to support the wider region of communities where you live?</p>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfUn1UDQhGAQWHXm_ImBzu2acmUJXwkwt-F1U-URd50/edit#heading=h.vmrlyfe15csw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus Health Guidelines for Communal Houses</strong></a> - advice from a house community on how to prevent virus the spread</li></ul>\n<ul><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-StQcllrcxs_xzHLXk951cb-S6Qpfyh_FoBWyIDcDio/edit#heading=h.iymvzgerllls\" target=\"_blank\">Earthaven Ecovillage Pandemic Response Protocol</a> </strong>- example of a protocol to support community residents in staying healthy</li></ul>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.nasco.coop/news/coronavirus-update-resources-2378#community\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NASCO Recommendations</strong></a> - specific recommendations for communal living spaces</li></ul>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kaleidoscope Community's COVID19 Precautions (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NotBJRTLNfrUtHEY6idWl862-45VratGSirVBtlMD0I/edit?fbclid=IwAR3C61CUub3bbsIVRPBvnxVwOp4-FgLj_9hajLUDG9yCbgOvBV2gYkF_iU0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kaleidoscope Community's COVID19 Precautions</strong></a> - coliving guidelines for shelter-in-place</li></ul>\n<br/>\n</div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><br/>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Document-791x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357829\"/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/91451386_3040523459326259_6448438592267091968_o-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357831\"/>\n</div>\n</div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTryBxmZH0A&amp;t=\n</div>\n<br/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<br/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Below is the video recording from our March 28 online event that explored:</p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><em> <strong>How can our communities respond with compassion, strength, and responsibility in the face of the coronavirus pandemic?</strong></em></p>\n<br/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://youtu.be/d8U9Rc9OeNM\n</div>\n<br/>\n <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://www.ic.org/covid-19-resources/ </em><hr/></center>",
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      "body": "<center>https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Graphic-Design-copy.png</center> <br/><p>Here you will find COVID-19 resources submitted to us by intentional communities across the US, including examples of Community Safety Protocols. Please use the information to stay healthy and keep your community safe. We'll keep updating this page regularly during the coming weeks.&nbsp;<em>Got advice? Send your links our way!</em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Contact us. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Contact us.</strong></a></p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><br/>\n<h4>General Resources</h4>\n<br/>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID19 Emergency Funding Sources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HpM_frKYshC_0f3pwmnZjD3jBqbqUwt2wRxxmDYp92Y/edit?link_id=1&amp;can_id=0e91fac18381c41764a382e88b6958be&amp;source=email-breaking-nec-releases-policy-toolkit-for-2020-and-beyond-2&amp;email_referrer=email_755342&amp;email_subject=this-is-a-fork-in-the-road-moment\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>COVID19 Emergency Funding Sources</strong></a> - national and regional immediate funding opportunities</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0gz3ONBJvKO-dEEEK00quAO23NPQ3_UZUkQTK-HYYOqkBWk8_21Vr65A8#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering</strong></a> - a realtime updated map of cases, deaths, and recoveries around the world</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"New Economy Coalition Response Projects (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FoEYqfI1UUiqMVrtUmwbrdF3LVHUMlgCg0Uvo5E8ZYA/edit#gid=598138775\" target=\"_blank\">New Economy Coalition Resource Shee</a></strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"New Economy Coalition Response Projects (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FoEYqfI1UUiqMVrtUmwbrdF3LVHUMlgCg0Uvo5E8ZYA/edit#gid=598138775\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>t</strong></a> - list of projects and events under development as a response to coronavirus</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Local Future's Resources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.localfutures.org/covid-19/#1585861956304-f44ed519-4eac\" target=\"_blank\">Local Future's Resources</a></strong> - guides and organizations supporting localization during coronavirus</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mutual Aid and Advocacy Resources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpMzMzsA83jbVEXS8m7QKOtK4nj6gIUk1U1t6P4wShY/edit\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mutual Aid and Advocacy Resources</strong></a> - collaborative google doc for mutual aid</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"List of Mutual Aid Networks (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9Y46lhZSVIRyE1Qh74Tj5uu91VKs5nhFCUudnFOqOg/edit#gid=776187552\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>List of Mutual Aid Networks</strong></a> - state by state and online list of aid networks</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) videos (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/videos.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</strong></a> - informative videos</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Resources for Online Meetings, Classes, and Events  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NyrEU7n6IUl5rgGiflx_dK8CrdoB2bwyyl9XG-H7iw8/preview?fbclid=IwAR2sP8W0Q8cPz2eJfeLhEMET1JpzZ2mQXOhZ7-LlfsZ8-kur3FymOLhSoVo#heading=h.92rf1h1b0f3o\" target=\"_blank\">Resources for Online Meetings, Classes, and Events </a> </strong>- resource created by the Facilitators for Pandemic Response group</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"How to Talk about Coronavirus (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.opportunityagenda.org/connect/amp/amp-newsletter-march-10-2020?bblinkid=208974106&amp;bbemailid=19855655&amp;bbejrid=1398356045\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How to Talk about Coronavirus</strong></a> - how to create messaging grounded in inclusion, empowerment, and justice</li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Online Course on COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://zgamechangers.world/courses/coronavirus-pandemic-course/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Online Course on COVID-19</strong></a> - curriculum designed to provide resources and information on the pandemic</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Flatten the curve - COVID19 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.flattenthecurve.com/?fbclid=IwAR3V2tPu7PYT3wVJ2SVXa8C1f2zcY_ZVz7MORl5b_ilqt1g24FIdceHyQkE#Yes_This_is_Bad\" target=\"_blank\">Flatten the curve - COVID19</a> </strong>- what you need to know</li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Addiction Center Resources (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.addictioncenter.com/Covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\">Addiction Center Resources</a></strong> - learn how addiction is being effected by covid-19</li></ul>\n<br/>\n<h4>Communal Living Resources</h4>\n<br/>\n<p>For those living in intentional communities, especially those with close communal living arrangements, we recommend creating a <strong>community action plan</strong>. 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