Links and Resources for Creating Community

 

Books:

Senior Cohousing, A Community Approach to Living Independently Charles Durrett

 

Creating a Life Together, Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities  Diana Leafe Christian

 

The Ladies of Covington (series of 6 novels) Joan Medlicott

 

What Are Old People For? How Elders Will Save the World

William H. Thomas, MD

 

Creating Community Anywhere, Finding Support and Connection in A Fragmented World by Carolyn Shaffer and Kristin Anundsen

 

Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett

 

Ecovillage Living by Hildur Jackson and Karen Svensson

 

Ecovillages: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Communities by Jan Martin Bank

 

Sustainable Community: Learning from the Cohousing Model by Graham Meltzer

 

Web Sites:

Second Journey:   www.secondjourney.org

 

Elder Cohousing Network:   www.eldercohousing.org

 

ElderSpirit: www.elderspirit.net

 

ElderGrace: www.eldergrace.org

 

Asheville Communities Network Yahoo Group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AshevilleCommunitiesNetwork/

 

IntentionalCommunities:       www.ic.org

 

Intentional Communities Resources:  www.ic.org/nica/resource

 

Fellowship for Intentional Community:   www.fic.ic.org

 

Cohousing Association of the United States:  www.cohousing.org

                  

Summary of conference:  Intentional Communities for the 2nd Half of Life, UNCA Asheville, July 28, 2006:

www.unca.edu/ncccr/CIC_conference/Summary.htm

Modular Green Housing: 

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