Creating Life Together, Practical Tools for Creating Eco Villages and Intentional communities is one of the best guides out there. You can read for no charge here.
The author, Diane Leaf Christian, coached a group of us in our beginning stages. Much has changed, but fortunately Diane owes the community a little bit of time, so we can consult with her, and hopefully network as well.
Thank you, Diane, for providing the book on line for free. I have a hard copy of the book, along with about 50 books relating to healthy community living which will be in the common house library.
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I also just downloaded this resource, Co-Housing Legal Toolkit 3.0 for free from Foundation for Intentional Communities. You can order it for free here.
I have the very first Co-housing handbook ever written. I remember sitting in on co-housing meetings in San Diego which must have been over 30 years ago!
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Another free manual called Intentional Communities Manual can be found here. Here is an excerpt:
“The idea for this manual came from the 2nd National Intentional Communities Conference held at Dharmananda in September 1998. The process of its creation was most recently taken on by the South East Australian Intentional Communities Gathering at Commonground in January 2001. It is a collection of articles and handouts, many of which were not written for this specific purpose but which we hope will prove useful. It is intended that a more comprehensive and structured edition be built on this for future publication, designed as a “How To” manual for those establishing intentional communities.”
