Table of Contents/No. 103. Summer 1999

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Walden Two Communities

Walden Two Communities: Where Are They Now?

Deborah Altus, Hilke Kuhlmann, Tom Welsh  From the Guest Editors.

Science of Behavior, Sí!

Paul Chance  In order to live happier, healthier lives, communitarians at Los Horcones design programs to encourage desirable behavior in each other. Does it work? Paul Chance travels to Mexico to find out.

• What is the Science of Behavior? by Tom Welsh

Walden Two Communities: What Were They All About?

Hilke Kuhlmann  When the groundswell of communalism and behaviorism collided in the '60s, some folks set out to "do" Walden Two. Hilke Kuhlmann examines the long-term impact of B.F. Skinner's vision.

• The Novel Walden Two by Deborah Altus

Path with a Behaviorist Heart

Richie Graham  recounts the exhilaration of the behaviorist heyday at Dandelion community.

"Who's the Meta Tonight?": Communal Child Rearing at Twin Oaks

Hilke Kuhlmann  What's it like to have many sequential caretakers, see your parents rarely, and be the "community's child"? Hilke Kuhlmann interviews Lee Ann Kinkade.

But Can He Design Community?

Kat Kinkade  Skinner's utopia inspired excitement and hope. But could his fictional community work in the real world? Twin Oaks cofounder Kat Kinkade sizes it up.

Growing Up at Los Horcones

Deborah Altus  Multiple parents, a slew of siblings, and community-wide reinforcement of self-esteem and concern for others--childhood in this "Walden Two" is like nowhere else. Deborah Altus interviews Juan Robinson-Bustamente.

FEATURE

"The Cows Will Come Eat Your Eggplants"

Yiscah Bracha  Sometimes "crazy" dreams and schemes turn out...unexpectedly.

COLUMNS

CREATING COMMUNITY WHERE YOU ARE - All Aboard!

Laura J. Plant

COMMUNITY LIVING WORLDWIDE - Damanhur: A "Magical Mystery Tour"

Bill Metcalf

FELLOWSHIP NEWS - Vision, Values in California's Rolling Hills

Tree Bressen

PERIPATETIC COMMUNITARIAN - Cultural Labs

Geoph Kozeny

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