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Resources and Links - Intentional Communities

Related Websites of CIC Speakers

Elder Cohousing Network

http://abrahampaiss.com/ElderCohousing/index.htm

ElderSpirit Community at Trailridge, Abingdon, Virginia

http://www.elderspirit.net/

Dr. Drew Leder’s Homepage

http://www.evergreen.loyola.edu/~dleder/index.html

Z. Peter Lazar – Blue Ridge Cohousing and Shadowlake Village

http://www.blueridgecohousing.org/

http://www.shadowlakevillage.org/

Janaka Casper - Community Housing Partners

http://www.communityhousingpartners.org/

Other Websites

Intentional Communities – http://www.ic.org/

A Project of the Fellowship for Intentional Community

List of Intentional Communities in Virginia -

Expanded List with contact info

The Cohousing Association of the United States http://www.cohousing.org

Mid-Atlantic Cohousing - http://cohomac.org/index.html

Virginia communities link http://cohomac.org/communities.html

The Federation of Egalitarian Communities www.thefec.org

Global Ecovillage Network http://gen.ecovillage.org

Articles and Informational Sheets

Spiritual Community in Later Life: A Modest Proposal – by Drew Leder

Who Are We? An Exploration of Intentional Communities – by Dan Questenberry

Books

The Cohousing Handbook by Chris and Kelly ScottHanson (New Society Publishers, 2004) and Creating a Life Together by Diana Leafe Christian (New Society Publishers, 2003) offer step-by-step advice on forming an intentional community.

Cohousing by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett (Ten Speed Press, 2003) is a guide to cohousing based on the authors' studies of communities in Denmark.

Senior Cohousing by Charles Durrett (Ten Speed Press, 2005) explores independent living in cohousing.

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