About this Site

The purpose of this site is to encourage ongoing conversations among intentional communities across the Northwest, including planning and follow-up discussions for face-to-face gatherings and special events.

Five communities and sustainable living: Video selections from recent panel discussion

Here are the community introductions by panel members at the recent “Intentional Communities: Models of Sustainable Living” event, hosted by East West Bookshop, March 10, 2010.  Additional selections, as well as a the complete video of the entire event, will be released soon.

Visit the Ravenna Kibbutz Web site.

Visit the Songaia Web site.

Visit the Ananda of [...]

Nearly 60 people attend East West Bookshop Panel on Intentional Communities, Models for Sustainable Living

Terrific event last night, graciously hosted by East West Bookshop, with nearly 60 in attendance, including representatives from several intentional communities, including the Port Townsend EcoVillage and Clearwater Commons. If you attended on behalf of a community and I missed naming it, add it below in comments–we were so glad to [...]

NICA Fall Gathering Report

About 25 people representing five northwest intentional communities from as far as Olympia attended the NICA Fall Gathering, hosted by the Ananda Community. You might recognize a few of the attendees in the slideshow above.

While the theme of the event was, “What makes your community hum?”, the overall experience was celebrating the harvest of our [...]