Atamai Village: An Experiment in Resilient Community
Post Carbon Institute’s Associate Director Ken White recently visited Atamai Village, an evolving resilient community outside of Motueka, near the top of NZ’s South Island.
intentional communities
Review: The Kingdom on the Edge of Reality by Gahan Hanmer
Self-reliant, “intentional” communities, as they’re often now called, have been around for centuries. They have come in a myriad of forms, including monasteries, secular communes, co-ops, cohousing communities and many others.
Peak Moment 224: Dignity Village – A Community By and For the Homeless, part 2
“No violence. No theft. No drugs or alcohol. No constant disruptive behavior. Everyone must contribute to the village.” While finishing our tour, Jon Hawkes lays out the five agreements residents must abide by, all forged by real-world experience. What would it be like if our entire society followed these rules? Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Dignity Village is an organically evolving, self-organizing intentional community — and a model for others.