Table of Contents/No. 101. Winter 1998

DEPARTMENTS Letters Publisher's Note Community Grapevine Reviews Directory Update Classifieds Reach

FOCUS

Communities, the Millennium, & Y2K

'The Answer to Y2K is Community'

Monique Gauthier  From the Guest Editor.

• The Earthhaven Letter

Taking Y2K Seriusly

Monique Gauthier  interviews Linda Reimer and Bruce Davidson about how Sirius Community is using Y2K preparation as an opportunity to network with neighbors about Y2K, sustainability, cooperation, and shared resources.

• Sirius Community's Y2K Task Groups, by William Brice Wilson

The Year 2000: Social Chaos or Social Transformation?

Futurists and management consultants John L. Petersen, Margaret Wheatley, and Myron Kellner-Rogers  on exactly how the computer-date situation is a problem, and how pulling together as community is the solution.

• How do People Respond?
• Web Sites

How Are Communities Preparing?

Steve Bjerklie and Diana Leafe Christian  The response of communities we surveyed ranges from not thinking about it much to sharing preparedness with the neighbors.

• New Members at the Gate? by Tom Morrissey

How I 'Got It' About Y2K

Albert Bates  From "wacko Millennialist hysteria" to community-wide activities for greater self-reliance and a greater sense of community at The Farm.

The Transformational Dance: Communities and Y2K

Co-Intelligence Web site founder and Y2K activist Tom Atlee  advocates using Y2K as a powerful motivator to build community around us, and suggests what intentional communities can do specifically to meet the challenge of Y2K.

Home-Made Power: Where Were You When the Grid Went Down?

Off-grid electricity and appropriate technology expert Jeff Clearwater  tells us how to prepare for the possibility of no grid.

• Stocking Up with Storage Food
• Practicing 'NoGrid' Self-Reliance, by Cynthia Beal
• Access to Resources

Making Our Own Sustainable Local Economy

Community economist Paul Glover  shows how creating a local currency can put financial sustainability and community spirit back in our local communities.

A Covenant for the New Millennium

Larry Buell  believes Y2K will help us transform our relationship with the Earth, and urges communities to create "Earth Covenants" to live more cooperative, sustainable, Earth-honoring lives.

FEATURES

When Holidays Are Hell!: A Communitarian's Guide to Surviving the Holidays

Mariana Caplan   offers tips about how to make peace with your family and with yourself during the holidays.

Patch Adams on the Movie 'Patch Adams'

Interview by Diana Leafe Christian 

COLUMNS

HISTORIC COMMUNITIES - The Millennium Last Time Around

Steve Bjerklie

FELLOWSHIP NEWS - Give Us a Hand

Jillian Downey & Elph Morgan

FEDERATION UPDATE - An Urban Community Perspective

Joe Dumont

COMMUNITY LIVING WORLDWIDE - ZEGG: Free Love in Germany

Bill Metcalf

PERIPATETIC COMMUNITARIAN - Y2K or Not Y2K... A Question of Beliefs

Geoph Kozeny

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