Still not satisfied?

There is lots of IC-related information on the web. Check out some of the following links to learn more. I have not attempted to include all of the various articles and smaller pages that exist, merely to provide enough entries into the webspace that you should be able to find everything useful.

Indexes and meta-IC organizations:

• The Intentional Communities website. This is the major IC website. They have an events listing, a marketplace, email groups, a large list of IC's, and lots of other information. Run by the FIC (see next listing.)
  
• Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC). One of the two large organizations. Their role is to "provide publications, referrals, support services, and sharing opportunities for a wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages, community networks, support organizations, and people seeking a home in community." They publish the Communities Directory, which contains both listings and articles, as well as Communities Magazine. The Directory and some back issues of the magazine are available online.
  
• The Co-Housing Network (TCN) is the other large organization. Co-Housing is one form of Intentional Community, and our project fits under the definition of co-housing. Their site has a list of co-housing groups, a library of online articles, event listings, and more. TCN publishes the CH Journal, maintains the CH mailing list, and so forth.
  
• WeOwn Network, dedicated to information about Housing Cooperatives or any
  other type of affordable, resident controlled multi-family housing. They concentrate on the northeast US, but have information useful to anyone planning to share ownership of their home with fellow residents. Their Community Land Trust model looks a lot like what we want to do.
  
• Federation of Egalitarian Communities. An organization for IC's that are nonviolent, ecologically friendly, shared-property communes. It provides "shared outreach", a health insurance fund, community loan fund, and coordinates help and support among similar communities.
  
• Global Eco-village Network. This is an organization for ecologically pristine IC's.
  
• Northwest IC Association. Is a group for IC's in the pacific northwest, which currently has about 30 members. They have some articles online, as well as a bibliography of useful books and videos.

Planned/Existing IC's in the Bay Area:

• PERCH, the Peninsula Region CoHousing project, is a group of people working on co-housing in Silicon Valley, with some similar goals and ideas to ours. Their project is more ambitious, as rather than starting small they want to buy land and build 10-20 homes on it. We wish them the best of luck.
  
• San Mateo Co-operative Community. A group of people with a small, urban IC in San Mateo. They have purchased a 4-unit building and expect to purchase another.
  
• Doyle Street CoHousing. A group of people who have been living in Emeryville since 1992.

A Big IC:

• Ganas - This IC started with 6 people in NYC two decades ago, and now they have 75 and "In April 1996 we bought a 55-room hotel with large campgrounds and outdoor concert facilities, an indoor stage, a swimming pool, a small lake, and a stream all on 72 acres about 100 miles north of NYC in the Catskill Mountains. " They host workshops and conferences of interest to the IC community (like the "Loving More" conferences).

The Best online articles on IC's

• CoHousing Resource Guide, is a great online book on founding an IC, with information based on experience and reality. This is a fascinating read if you want a feel for how the process works.
• Donna Spreitzer's Masters Thesis is a great study of two IC's in Davis, CA.

Mailing Lists

• CoHousing-L, maintained by The CoHousing Network.
• Topica.com, which has free mailing lists, has several IC/CH ones.
• Egroup.com, another meta-mailing list site,with cohousing-l and other IC/CH-related lists.

Usenet Groups (these don't get much traffic)

• alt.community.intentional
• alt.co-ops
• alt.housing.nontrad
• alt.architecture.alternative