Solutions: Intentional Communties/ Cooperatives

Intentional Communities

- Is a term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, and other shared visions for projects.

"Among intentional communities, the more socially motivated ones are reacting to the alienation of the individual due to institutionalization of traditional support functions, the breakdown of the family, and the marginalization of the weaker members of society. They tend to emphasize re-establishing "community" and are closely associated to the co-housing movement. The latter is closer to the mainstream and represents the easiest first step for many." Ross Jackson


Co-operatives

Cooperatives bring tremendous value to people and communities around the world. They are businesses that are owned and controlled by the people who use them and that return profits back to their members.
Defhttp://www.coop.org/

"In working together, people gain wisdom about the interdependence of life."— Joanna Macy