[Scpg] [cityrepairla] Intentional/sustainable community resource base?

[Lois Arkin]

Hi Cory,
A few years ago, I started the Los Angeles Communities Dialogue Group or 
LAComDig (pronounced "la com dig").  We met monthly for about a year or 
so at different communities in the LA area.  However, it hasn't been 
active lately.  I would be thrilled for you/others to provide leadership 
on reactivating the network.  Essentially it runs itself and people can 
use the listserve to exchange resources and discussion.  Though planning 
face-to-face gatherings monthly or so proves very effective in keeping 
the network active and helpful.

There are several other websites and listserves serving the intentional 
communities movement, including:

www.ic.org (Fellowship for Intentional Community which includes a 
comprehensive communities directory on a relational database on the 
website; this website also includes a "Reach" page where community 
seekers and those communities with openings can find one another)
www.cohousing.org
www.ecovillage.org
www.ic.org/nica (Northwest Intentional Communities Association)
http://www.thefec.org/ (Federation of Egalitarian Communities)

There is also a Los Angeles Meet-Up group for the L.A. area at:
http://www.meetup.com/login/?returnUri=http%3A%2F%2Fintentionalcomm.meetup.com%2F10%2Fcalendar%2F5669798%2Frsvp%2F%3Fresponse%3D3
I believe it meets monthly, though I have not yet gotten to one.

I also believe there are thousands of small eco and co-op oriented 
intentional communities throughout the LA area which are simply not 
networked with one another, so an outreach to include them could prove 
helpful.  Generally, they simply don't know that such networks exist.

Also, note that CRSP will be sponsoring Diana Leafe Christian  (author 
of "Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools for forming ecovillages 
ande intentional communities) again this summer in a two day workshop 
plus a public talk here at LAEV.  She has a new book coming out this 
spring called "Finding Community."

Best to all,
Lois Arkin
CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages(IUE)
    at Los Angeles Eco-Village
www.laecovillage.org
213/738-1254


Cory Brennan wrote:
> I am working with others to set up at least one intentional community 
> which is also sustainable and self-sufficient, and I know a number of 
> other people who are doing something similar.  Question, does anybody 
> know of any database or email list where people interested in doing this 
> can share resources, needs and wants, etc?   It occurred to me that we 
> really do not need to duplicate all the research on specific logistics 
> and other matters that these individual groups are doing by themselves, 
> when we could share this amongst ourselves.    It would most likely help 
> speed up the process and maybe even some groups will find they can 
> combine resources and work together.  
> 
> If a coordination point like this does not exist, is anybody interested 
> in assisting to set one up?   For instance, the only email list I know 
> how to set up is Yahoo, and I would prefer another type.
> 
> Cory 
> 
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