Sirius Community - an example of an existing and evolving experiment in community, both physical and cultural. There is a green building apprentice program and well-developed internship positions as well. An active, growing cohousing community. This site includes a document library as a resouce for others involved in community creation. Twin Oaks Community - Established in 1967, located in rural central Virginia, based on cooperation, nonviolence, and equality.
Communal income comes from a variety of cottage industries.
Mission statement and info on membership, goals, processes, intentions and other community details. Inspiration for the North American Network for a New Culture . The director and spiritual teacher is Robert Joshin Althouse, a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest who has also studied in the Tibetan Tantric tradition with Trungpa Rinpoche and Gyaltrul Rinpoche. Bega EcoDevelopment Project Briefing Paper - a group in the Bega Valley in South East NSW, Australia, that has been meeting since April 1996 and exploring ways of creating more ecologically and economically sustainable human settlement. This paper offers current results of their inquiries.