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High Cove is an affordable green community in the mountains of North Carolina, near Asheville and the Penland School of Crafts, featuring a forest preserve, hiking trails, organic farm site, live/work sites, and great mountain views. We’re about arts & crafts, music, environment, life-long learning—and great neighbors who share these interests. High Cove includes a forest preserve, organic farm site, and trails along creeks and ridgetops, as well as two neighborhoods and a mixed-use village center. High Cove is located less than an hour from downtown Asheville, near the renowned Penland School of Crafts, in an area alive with potters, woodworkers, glass, metal and other crafts workers. Building sites for homes and studios are available now. A small, mixed-use village center will follow. Development standards call for green homes that conserve energy and natural resources. Each lot has underground electric, water, phone and cable (high speed internet). Most sites offer good passive solar orientation and border on the forest preserve. Lots range from $55,000 - $89,000.

Rent or rent to buy! $1100/month + utilities. Experience community in this clustered cottage townhome located in West Seattle just 15 minutes by bus or car to downtown. The first floor of the house features a kitchen, dining and living “great room” space with 12ft ceilings, hardwood floors, huge windows facing southwest, and a view of the covered deck. The second floor has a bathroom with shower and bath, and a bedroom with French doors that open to a private, fully fenced back garden. A 300 ft2 loft on the third floor features a skylight and tall attic-style ceilings, and can be used as additional office, play, or sleeping space. The adjacent attic space provides ample storage and has the potential for dormer expansion. Radiant heat provides cozy floors, and the house features wood trim finishing on doors and windows throughout. The community shares a common house, laundry room, kids’ playrooms, a wood-shop, crafts room, common gardens and a playground, and members can participate in shared meals, internet and bulk food ordering co-ops.

DancingBones is an Intentional Community located in Northern New Hampshire on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. We strive to live simple lives, close to the earth, and in an Eco friendly way. We have built small, rustic cabins, on a heavily wooded hillside in a very rural setting. We look to maintain a low cost residential village where much of the daily work is shared by the residents. We are looking to add members and cabins. We have just completed a small guest cabin that is available for potential residents looking to become familiar with DancingBones. The guest cabin is available for a short stay and, with community approval, perhaps a longer stay to have time to get to know us. The charming guest cabin is fully insulated and complete with wood stove for winter use. A small fee/donation is requested to offset the operational costs. Should your stay, at DancingBones, meet with your approval, you could apply for residential membership. There is a screening process for membership and that process involves full consensus from our existing residents. OK; now you would like to live at DancingBones. You have visited us and spent some time getting to know us. You have applied and received residential approval. No better time, since there is 1 existing cabin available for purchase. Asking $30,000. You will love this rural life!

Interested in hearing about child and family-friendly communities and organic farms as well as children's schools that are located in the England, Scotland, Europe, Costa Rica and Peru.

Since 1972, the primary resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities in North America - from urban co-ops and group houses to rural communes - and everything in between. Quarterly. Subscriptions: Communities, 138-W Twin Oaks Road, Louisa, VA 23093 USA

The fourth edition of the Communities Directory: A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Communities and Cooperative Living is the essential reference tool for those interested in finding or creating community. Compiled by the nonprofit organization the Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) from directory.ic.org. This is the eagerly awaited new edition for 2005. Paperbound, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, approximately 275 pages ISBN: 0-9718264-2-0. The Communities Directory is the door to an amazing range of choices in cooperative living today - some of which have been tested by time, and others that are on the cutting edge of experimentation. The Communities Directory is an encyclopedia of positive alternatives to a mainstream culture that is often fragmented and alienating. It is the inspiring stories of groups all over the world pioneering ways to share resources and live cooperatively. Whether used as a reference, educational resource, or a road map for a personal quest, the Communities Directory is a comprehensive and easy-to-use tool offering the following. LISTINGS: Descriptions from over 700 intentional communities in North America and around the world. Entries offer contact information, core values, availability for visits, and a glimpse of the vision that holds them together. MAPS: Locations of North American communities are displayed on a set of regional maps, great for trip planning and proximity to cities and other communities. CHARTS: A fast and easy reference. Searching for a large, urban ecovillage? A community with lots of children? Just use the handy chart to quickly find the community that meets your needs. ARTICLES: Covers the basics of intentional community including what they are, how to visit, and the state of the communities movement.

The directory includes: articles on communal living; a listing of 336 intentional communities (40 ecovillages), with descriptions about them (written by themselves); descriptions of 24 networks, including adresses of their members; 17 maps; a chapter with useful adresses; a recommended reading list; a detailed index. The book is available for 38 DM / 19.50 EUR including postage and handling. To mailorder eurotopia without a credit-card, you need to pay in cash or with eurocheque in advance. Oekodorf-Buchversand; 29416 Gross Chueden; Germany.

The journal provides news and information about the development process as well as life in CoHousing communities. Four-page regional inserts report on the activities of core groups around the United States and Canada.

NASCO sells books and pamphlets about the cooperative movement, co-op organizing, board training, group process and meeting facilitation, cooperative games, gifts and goodies and much more!!

Why pay rent, or make mortgage payments, when you can live rent-free? The Caretaker Gazette contains property caretaking/housesitting openings, advice and information for property caretakers, housesitters, and landowners. Published since 1983. Subscribers receive 600+ property caretaking opportunities each year, worldwide. Some estate management positions start at $50,000/yr plus benefits. Subscriptions: $29/year. The Caretaker Gazette, PO Box 540-i, River Falls WI 54022