A Better Mousetrap

There has been a sudden surge of interest in ecovillage and intentional community in the popular media. Why do you suppose this is?

• Cliff Figallo and the Evolution of Virtual Community 8/27/07 WorldChanging - Article on the evolution of the online WELL community with many references to The Farm in Tennessee

• Rod Rylander’s Hobbit House 8/31/07 Post on Think or Thwim about a house at Earthaven Ecovillage

• Evanston commune hits 50 8/10/07 Chicago Tribune - Article on Reba Place Fellowship

• Eco-Couple Go Prime Time August 4, 2007 Eugene Register Guard - Article on members of Maitreya Ecovillage going on ABC's Wife Swap reality TV

• A dream home made of mud August 3, 2007 Globe and Mail Canada - Article on cob building at OUR Ecovillage

• The Utopia of Sharing in Oneida, N.Y. August 3, 2007 New York Times - Article on the historic community at Oneida in NY

• 'Commune' Concept Going Green August 3, 2007 US News - Video on Ecovillage of Loudoun County

• Homes, farmland mix in proposal July 31, 2007 Eugene Register-Guard - Cohousing-like project planned for Eugene

• Europe's Last Commune Braces for Battle July 25th, Time Magazine - More on Christiania

• '70s utopia soon to be just another brick in the wall July 22, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle - article on Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark

• Extreme recycling How residents of a North Vancouver apartment complex eliminated nearly all of their household waste July 21, 2007 Vancouver Sun on recycling practices of [[Directory:5920| Quayside Village Cohousing] (North Vancouver, Canada)

• New Peterborough neighborhood takes environment seriously July 20, 2007 New Hampshire Business Review - article on Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm

• Green projects could take root here, ecovillagers say July 12, 2007 Des Moines Register - Article on Abundance Ecovillage in Fairfield, IA

• Cohousing for lesbians planned in Bremerton July 9, 2007 Seattle Post Intelligencer

• Yes, It's a Commune. Yes It's on Staten Island November 29, 1998 New York Times - Article on Ganas

• Neighborliness Grows on Them - June 28, 2007 about Twelve Tribes at Island Pond
• Religious group saves farmland, wins friends July 7, 2007 Evansvile Courier Post - adapted from Washington Post the article above

• Living within the community August 3, 2007 Public Radio Marketplace Money

• Developer Takes Novel Approach to Seniors Housing Affordable Housing Finance, August, 2007, features award nominee ElderSpirit, a senior cohousing community in Abingdon, VA which integrates affordable rentals and homeowner units

• Women establish a place to call their own as they near retirement - July 7, 2007 KOMOTV Seattle Washington

• Cohousing Can Help Reduce Global Warming June 19, 2007 senior-spectrum.com

• The 21st-Century Commune September 10, 2006 New York Times

• Coming of Age, Seeking an Identity March 8, 2000 New York Times

• Putting Up Housing With A Built-In Sense of Community September 7, 1997 New York Times

• A New Kind of Housing That Brings People Together February 25, 1993 New York Times

• Families Pursue Communal Housing September 9, 1990 New York Times

• Thriving communes no haven for 'deadbeats' 8/30/07 USAToday

• Old Industrial Cities Give Rise to Urban Ecovillages 8/27/07 Treehugger

• An Ecovillage Existence 8/27/2007 Celsias article on Ecovillage

• Green Acres: Communities Reduce Ecological Footprints August 8, 2007 World Watch Institute

• A '60s Way of Living Is Reincarnated With an Eco Twist 8/5/07 US News and World Report

• Communes make a comeback 7/20/2007 Brisbane Times - Article on Australian Communities

• Peace, love, freedom: The summer of '67 7/14/07 The New Mexican - Article on sixties communes in New Mexico

• Communal living makes a comeback 7/3/2007 rctimes.com - focuses on ICs in Tennessee, includes interview with Harvey Baker.

• Intentional communities in Tennessee 7/03/07 ashlandcitytimes.com - profiles of communities possibly from same article as above.

• FRUGAL TRAVELER - AMERICAN ROAD TRIP; Into Middle America but Staying on the Fringe 6/20/2007 - New York Times Travel Section - reporter goes to Dreamtime Village in Wisconsin

• Extreme Makeover, Commune Edition June 11, 2006 New York Times - Article on ICs that followed on the shooting at Ganas

• Rethinking The Commune April 2006 AARP Magazine

• Inviting Anarchy Into My Home March 9, 2006 New York Times - Essay on an urban community