List of intentional communities
This is a list of intentional communities . An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision and often follow an alternative lifestyle. They typically share responsibilities and resources. Intentional communities include collective households, co-housing communities, co-living, ecovillages, monasteries, communes, survivalist retreats, kibbutzim, ashrams, and housing cooperatives. For directories, see external links below.
Africa
Ethiopia
South Africa
Asia and Oceania
Australia
Gondwana Sanctuary , Byron Bay , New South Wales House of Freedom (community) , Brisbane , Queensland , founder Athol Gill House of the Gentle Bunyip , Melbourne , Victoria , founder Athol Gill House of the New World , Sydney , New South Wales , founder John Hirt Moora Moora , near Healesville , VictoriaRocky Cape Christian Community , Tasmania
India
Israel
Japan
New Zealand
Syria
Europe
France
Denmark
Italy
Germany
Greece
Montenegro
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
Community Farm of the Brethren , Bright, Ontario Fort Pitt Farms Christian Community near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan , one of the Hutterite Christian Communities that exist in Canada and the United States, formerly in Australia as well.Hutterite colonies, in Alberta, BC and SaskatchewanMiddle Road Community, Nelson, BC[ 25]
New Oasis for Life Commune , BC[ 26] Orthodox Mennonites , horse and buggy Mennonites, with groups in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, and in the United States but founded in OntarioPoole's Land , Tofino , Vancouver Island , British Columbia Treehouse Village Ecohousing , Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Whole Village , Alton , Ontario [ 27] Yarrow Ecovillage , Chilliwack, British Columbia
United States
Midwestern United States
Bishop Hill Colony , Bishop Hill, Illinois, founded by Swedish pietist Eric Jansson Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage , Rutledge, Missouri[ 28] Dreamtime Village , West Lima, WisconsinEast Wind Community , Tecumseh, MissouriElmendorf Christian Community , Mountain Lake, Minnesota Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage , Cincinnati, Ohio [ 29] The Homestead at Denison University , Granville , Ohio Jesus People USA (JPUSA) , Chicago , Illinois Nottingham Housing Cooperative in Madison, WisconsinPeople of Praise , South Bend, IndianaProject Neighborhood, intentional community ran by Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[ 30] [ 31]
Reba Place Fellowship is an intentional Christian community located in Evanston, Illinois within the Chicago metro area Stelle , Illinois , until 1982 an intentional community of the Stelle groupSunrise Colony , Saginaw, MichiganSunward Cohousing , Ann Arbor , Michigan Tenacious Unicorn Ranch , ColoradoTrumbullplex , Detroit, Michigan[ 32] Utopia, Ohio [ 33] Word of God (community) , Ann Arbor, Michigan
Northeastern United States
The Abode of the Message , New Lebanon, New York Bruderhof Communities New York[ 34] Bryn Gweled Homesteads, Southampton, Pennsylvania [ 35] [ 36] Community of Jesus , Orleans, MassachusettsMariapolis Luminosa (Focolare) , Hyde Park, New YorkThe Free State Project , a state where libertarians concentrate their numbers in the state of New Hampshire to influence democracyGanas , Staten Island , New YorkModern Times , Brentwood, New York[ 37] Mohegan Colony , Mohegan Lake, New YorkRachel Carson EcoVillage , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania[ 38] Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village , New Gloucester, MaineHelicon Home Colony , Englewood, New Jersey .(Upton Sinclair was a founder)
Southern United States
Acorn Community , Mineral, Virginia[ 39] Adelphi , Texas Alleluia Community, Augusta, Georgia [ 40]
Believers in Christ, Lobelville , TennesseeCaneyville Christian Community , Caneyville, Kentucky Celo Community , Burnsville , North Carolina , United StatesThe Farm , Summertown , Tennessee Heathcote Community Freeland, Maryland[ 41] Koinonia Farm , near Americus, GeorgiaLiving energy farm , Louisa , Virginia Miccosukee Land Co-op , Tallahassee, FloridaNoah Hoover Mennonites , existing in Belize, Canada, and the United States, but centered on Scottsville, Kentucky Paulville , Texas, a planned community for supporters of Ron Paul Serenbe , Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia Twelve Tribes communities , existing worldwide but founded in Chattanooga, TennesseeTwin Oaks Community , Louisa , Virginia Vernon Community, Hestand , KentuckyThe Werehouse, Winston-Salem , North Carolina
Western United States
Alpha Farm [d , Deadwood, Oregon [ 42] Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage , founded by the Global Community Communications Alliance , Tumacacori, Arizona [ 43] [ 44] Black Bear Ranch , an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, CaliforniaCapitol Hill Autonomous Zone (2020)[citation needed Drop City , ColoradoEquality Colony , Washington[ 45] Halcyon, California Home , Washington[ 45] Kaliflower Commune , San Francisco, CaliforniaLafayette Morehouse , Lafayette, CaliforniaSlab City, California (c. 1961 –present)[citation needed Stone Curves , Tucson, Arizona[ 46] The Seasteading Institute , an attempt to create artificial land in the ocean for libertarian migration. It is trying to build its first seastead in the San Francisco Bay, California.
Latin America
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
See also
References
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