The story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers--and the country's best-known burlesque performer--in a house in Brooklyn during 1940 and 1941. It was a fevered yearlong party fueled by the appetites of youth and by the shared sense of urgency to take action as artists in the months before America entered the war. In spite of the sheer intensity, the house was for its residents a creative...

A companion piece to the Communities Directory, this two-volume video documentary features profiles of seventeen diverse communities through interviews and from the perspective of members themselves, plus a history of 2500 years of shared living intentional communities. Volume One was produced and edited by Geoph Kozeny, a veteran community networker, author, and former FIC board member. Though Geoph died before he could complete the editing of Part...

Up-to-date information on over 1,000 intentional communties in North America, including ecovillages, co-ops, communes, and cohousing projects and 250 communities from around the world, plus detailed cross-reference charts, an index, and maps to help you find the community you are looking for.