Intentional Communities – A Fairer World

Community lies at the heart of every system from the global level down to that of the family. Self-reliance, cooperative input and cooperative benefit are the essence of community. Intentional communities, at their best, can effectively demonstrate the value of cooperation.

Intentional communities come in a variety of forms. They can be rural communes, ecovillages, co-housing estates or simply a housing co-operative within a block of flats. Their size can range from as small as an extended family up to that of a small town, like Auroville in India or Arcosanti in the US.

The importance of intentional communities needs to be recognised more widely. Our gross levels of over consumption in the developed world are dragging us all rapidly towards a crisis where our extravagant lifestyles will no longer be maintainable. Many intentional communities offer us a realistic alternative. They show us a way which is based upon working together, self-sufficiency, living more simply and in harmony with our natural environment. If we ignore the example that they set, we do so at our own peril.

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Intentional Communities - A Fairer World