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 Fellowship for Intentional Community
Promoting Community Living and Cooperative Lifestyles Across North America
The
Fellowship for Intentional Community nurtures connections and
cooperation among communitarians and their friends. We provide
publications, referrals, support services, and sharing opportunities for a
wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages,
community networks, support organizations, and people seeking a home in
community.
Intentional Communities have for many centuries been places
where idealists have come together to create a better world.
Although there are thousands of
intentional communities in existence today, and many others
in the formative stages, most people are unaware of them or
the roots from which they spring. The
Fellowship is increasing public awareness of existing and
newly forming communities. We offer information and referrals
for those who are actively seeking, or simply curious about,
alternate lifestyles for themselves and their families.
Communities come in all shapes and sizes, and share many
similar challenges -- such as defining membership, succeeding
financially, distributing resources, making decisions,
raising children, dividing work equitably, and choosing a
standard of living. Many wrestle with questions about right
livelihood, spiritual expression, land use, and the role of
service in our lives. At the same time, there is limited
awareness of what others are doing to meet these challenges
-- and much to gain through sharing information and
experiences with others exploring similar paths.
The Fellowship documents the visions and
experiences of life in community, and actively promotes
dialogue and cooperation among communities.
Intentional communities are often aware of themselves as
different from mainstream culture, and many choose to
highlight these differences. Yet, virtually all communities
share a common root value of cooperation. The Fellowship
facilitates the extension of cooperation beyond membership
boundaries and common values, understanding that differences
can be a cause for celebration, and an occasion for
enrichment and growth. The Fellowship is
helping draw the circles of cooperation ever larger, and
assisting with the personal stretching that this requires
In that spirit, FIC membership is open to everyone.
If you have any questions or comments please Contact Us.
The FIC is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization;
all
donations are tax deductible.
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