Cooperative Living
1442 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21231-1404 Phone: (301)675-9087
Issues: arts; demographics; economics; housing; cooperatives. Description: Cooperative housing with studios and living spaces for artists. Other Resources: Free brochure. Member of: Co-op America. Type: organization. Source: Co-op America Quarterly.
c/o Catalyst
PO Box 734
Montpelier, VT 05601-0734 Phone: (802)223-7943
Affiliate: Institute for Gaean Economics. Issues: Third World; economics; justice; labor; investing; indigenous peoples; green consumer; cooperative; worker ownership; alternative markets; community investment. Description: Opportunities to support grassroots, decentralized projects here and in the Third World with loans, investments and donations. This is the networking newsletter covering social responsibility, new economic models and projects, for people who want their money to make a difference, with a focus on native peoples. Focuses on small businesses, worker-ownership, co-ops, responsive (and usually small) publicly traded companies, nonprofits, local currency, appropriate technology, and alternative banks. Other Resources: Projects include, Grassroots Corporate Action Campaign, Green Mountain Biodiversity Project; All Species Project. See INVESTING FROM THE HEART newsletter. Resource Guide available. Contacts(s): Susan Meeker-Lowry Subscriptions: $25/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Member of: Co-op America. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Communities
Rt. 4, Box 169-M
Louisa, VA 23093
Affiliate: Fellowship for Intentional Community. Issues: environment; intentional communities. Published Date: 6/05. Price: $19/$21foreign. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm.
Communities
Rt. 4, Box 169-M
Louisa, VA 23093
Affiliate: Fellowship for Intentional Community. Issues: environment; intentional communities. Description: Source for the latest information, issues and ideas about intentional communities and cooperative living. When ordered with COMMUNITIES DIRECTORY, total discounted $3. Published Date: 6/05. Price: $18/yr ($22 foreign). Frequency: quarterly. Type: periodical; magazine. Source: Macrocosm.
School of Living Editorial Office
Box 42663
Tucson, AZ 85733-2663 Phone: (602)577-2187
Affiliate: School of Living. Issues: economics; environment; community investment. Description: This newsletter has been called "the Grandmother of the counter-culture" and provides leading edge articles and information on self-reliance, community development and social transformation. Talks about decentralized and cooperative solutions to our problems. Based on the work of Ralph Borsodi. Contacts(s): Thomas H. Greco, Jr. (President), Ginny Green (Clerk) Page#: 8. Frequency: 4/yr. Circulation: 900. Established: 1934. Type: periodical. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 122
Athens, OH 45701-0122
Issues: economics; environment; community investment; intentional communities. Description: New, ecologically sensitive, human-scale community, Southeast Ohio near university. Private 5-acre tracts. Community land. Identification of shared interest groups. Participation in larger community via diverse educational outreach programs in appropriate technology, cooperative living, etc. Community-based institutions through participatory democracy. Other Resources: Discusses intentional community in a brochure. Established: 1975. Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Route 1, Box 185A
Cochranville, PA 19330-9756 Phone: (215)593-6988
Issues: education; economics; agriculture; environment; bioregional; community investment; land trusts; permaculture; cooperatives. Description: Explores options for decentralization, cooperative living, and land reform. SOL offers training conferences, financing for Community Land Trust (CLT) development, permaculture demonstrations, monetary and economic reform activities. It administers a regional CLT alliance for intentional communities, homesteaders, and other residential users wishing to place land in trust. Other Resources: See GREEN REVOLUTION newsletter. Established: 1934. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 122
Athens, OH 45701-0122
Issues: economics; environment; community investment; intentional communities. Description: New, ecologically sensitive, human-scale community, Southeast Ohio near university. Private 5-acre tracts. Community land. Identification of shared interest groups. Participation in larger community via diverse educational outreach programs in appropriate technology, cooperative living, etc. Community-based institutions through participatory democracy. Other Resources: Discusses intentional community in a brochure. Established: 1975. Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.