Creating a Life Together

Creating a Life Together : Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities

Creating a Life Together is the only resource available that provides step-by-step practical information distilled from numerous firsthand sources on how to establish an intentional community. It deals in depth with structural, interpersonal and leadership issues, decision-making methods, vision statements, and the development of a legal structure, as well as profiling well-established model communities. This exhaustive guide includes excellent sample documents among its wealth of resources. Diana Leafe Christian is the editor of Communities magazine and has contributed to Body & Soul, Yoga Journal, and Shaman's Drum, among others. She is a popular public speaker and workshop leader on forming intentional communities, and has been interviewed about the subject on NPR. She is a member of an intentional community in North Carolina.

  • Format: Paperback | 272 pages
  • Dimensions: 184 x 229 x 18mm | 505g
  • Publication date: 01 Jun 2003
  • Publisher: New Society Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: Gabriola Island, United States
  • Language: English
  • Illustrations note: 50 B&W photographs
  • ISBN10: 0865714711
  • ISBN13: 9780865714717
  • Bestsellers rank: 67,776

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