Creating a Life Together

Besides editing Communities magazine since 1993, Diana Leafe Christian offers workshops nationwide in the USA on the process of forming new ecovillages and intentional communities. She is a member of Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina.

• Introduction: Creating a Life Together; The Successful Ten Percent And why Ninety Percent Fail; Your Role as Founder; Getting Off to a Good Start; Community Vision: What It Is, Why You Need It; Creating Vision Documents; Power, Decision-Making, and Governance; Agreements & Policies: "Good Documents Make Good Friends"; Establishing Your Legal Entity; The Great Land-Buying Adventure; Finding the Right Property; Neighbours and Zoning; Financing Your Property (Loans You Can Live with); Developing Sustainable Human Settlements; Internal Community Finances (Can we Afford to Live There?); Legal Entities for Owning Property; If You Are Using a Tax-Exempt Non-Profit; Communication, Process, and Dealing with Conflict: The Heart of Healthy Community; Selecting People to Join You; Index.

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