Community Directories: websites

Online Communities Directory - Part of the Intentional Communities website, a project of the Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) (in partnership with other organizations). Intentional Communities can update their listings online so you get the most up to date information possible. If you are looking for an intentional community, ecovillage, cohousing, commune, co-op, or other cooperative living arrangement, browse through their alphabetic list or search their database. You can filter your search on many key characteristics of each community such as location, size, etc. This website is funded completely by donations plus volunteer labor. If you find this site useful we encourage you to donate to the Communities Directory Fund. The FIC also sells a Communities Directory book. Their new edition is on sale now, and will be shipped in summer of 2005. It will feature updated information from this website.

RawCommunities.com - Raw communities around the world.

Canada

Ashinah: Centre for Awakening - GR8 C43 RR1, Winlove, BC, V0G 2J0, Canada. 250-355-2777 Ashinah is an intentional learning centre for awakening. Offer workshops and retreats in yoga, fasting, meditation, movement, raw-vegan food, creative art & art therapy, permaculture education, and strawbale construction. We are an intentional community and centre for awakening. Art and creativity are at the forefront of Ashinah. Our commitment is to live impeccably with our families in a non-violent way. Our focus is spiritual, mental and physical advancement. We have several objectives, one of which is to align our community with the growing network of intentional communities from around the world. It is possible to be a full time resident at Ashinah or to be a member who sees this as their homebase for their travels and journeys. We welcome all inquiries.

Costa Rica

Cascada Verde

Finca La Paz - Email: greg@xlpub.com .

Rawtreat - Ray, V. Harkabus, Apartado Postal 18; 8200 Rio Claro, Costa Rica. Phone: 00506-789-7398 or 0049-(0)6175. Email: unitedrawdom@yahoo.de.

England (UK)

Shekinashram - Dod Lane, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8BZ, United Kingdom. Telephone: 00 44 (0) 1458 832 300. Email: info@shekinashram.org. Shekinashram is a spiritual community based upon a commitment to living Truth through self-inquiry and self-honesty. Those who choose to live and be here share a deep commitment to this path, which leads naturally to a respectful relationship with self, life and others. Shekinashram is currently home to three residents, to a rich tapestry of short-term volunteers, and to the many staying guests and day visitors passing through from all corners of the globe. All are welcome, and are considered members of this community whilst here. We enjoy a mainly raw food, vegan diet, and eat our main meal of the day together at lunchtime - community residents, guests and visitors. We meditate together every morning, and begin each day with a Shekinashram Superfood Smoothie! We respect the precept of non-violence, and therefore any food brought onto the premises must be strictly vegan. This means food free from any animal ingredients, ie no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or their derivatives. Please ask for more details if required. We also have a smoke, caffeine and alcohol free policy in the house and garden. Illegal drugs are also not permitted here. We ask that pets are not brought by visitors, and this includes not leaving them in a parked car. Assistance dogs are welcome.

France

Un-named - Email: hanszwartman@yahoo.com.

Spain

Fruitopia Project - The first Happy Healing House and raw food center in the south of Spain that teaches peace, health, ecology and ethic in one place! A place where there is room for body and soul! This property has it all. A magic entrance, crossing the river that goes along the border, a large vega (flat land), terraced headland and areas of fertile useable land. Oh yes, it also got 2,5 HA cork oak forest. The Finca is only 4-6k from the nearest village and most of it on tarmac, the remaining 3/4k stretch of Carrel (track) is easily accessible and level, with only little traffic passing through. Wonderful views of the countryside and cork oak forests. South facing providing early warm January sunshine, and is in a protected area where two mountain meets. The river sweeps around the lower part of the property. The property is surrounded by wildlife, birds, silence and fresh air, at 500 meters over the sea. Papaya, mango, bananas, almonds, cherimoya and others will be planted here. Kakis, grapes, lemons, oranges, clementines and olives are some of what is already here. E-mail: kosotie@fruitopia.org

Finca Amor y Vida - Apdo 73, El Escorial 28280, Madrid, Spain. Email: nur1es@yahoo.es. Website in Spanish.

Finca Cruda

Ecoforest - Ecoforest is changing - and the rest of this website does not fully reflect the current Ecoforest situation. Due to an insufficient number of pepole living on the Ecoforest land we , the current Ecoforest trustees, are considering various options for the future of Ecoforest. Ecoforest is a raw eco-community and natural health / simple living education project in southern Spain, where the situation is changing. We need help to keep this project going, or something similar - mainly we need people if we are to keep it going as it is, otherwise we want to find ethically minded folk to become owners of this special place. At the moment we normally just have 2 or 3 people living at Ecoforest at any given time, plus any visitors there might be. Ecoforest - for Sale, Rent or Partnership, or for 'carers' to keep the project ticking over for a year or two, without major input from current trustees, and with access for current and new members to live or stay at Ecoforest. Working out the future will probably take a little while, so we are interested in 1 to 4 individuals who would like to stay here during the summer and keep the orange trees and other food plants watered, etc. Ideally we would most like to maintain this as a vegetarian, vegan and/or raw food eco/permaculture project, or see it taken on by new owners to do this sort of thing. The land is 1 Ha with 100+ oranges in mixed orchard/forest garden, rustic house with opportunities to improve and expand. One boundary is the Rio Grande, which flows all year round - and which attracts a huge amount of wildlife, from birds and beautiful dragon flies to otters and an abundance of fish. There are many opportunities for growing much more food here. We are open to partnership with other organisations or individuals. Most people who come here recognise that this is a special place. Email us at info@ecoforest.org

United States

The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center & Tree of Life Café -(Map) - 771 Harshaw Road - P.O. Box 1080, Patagonia, AZ 85624. Tel Cafe: 520-394-2589. Tel Business: 520-394-2520. Holistic rejuvenation and retreat center & community. They offer three gourmet vegan live food meals a day, cellular detox-revitalization therapies, bodywork, daily Kali Ray Tri Yoga, live food prep classes, meditation program, sweat lodges, Chef & Gardening apprentice programs, MA in vegan and live food nutrition...and more!

River Canyon Retreat **/***- c/o Eric Botner, 18262 Slide Mine Rd., N. San Juan, CA 95960. 530-292-0171. Be part of a 565 acres raw food healing/retreat/spiritual community. There are currently 2 parcels of property available in River Canyon Retreat. Each parcel will have access by right of way to get to a beautiful private spot on the South Yuba River: 40 acres in the River Canyon .... this property is very private with wonderful river views; 106 acres on the river, old mines, varied terrain from meadows to canyon cliffs. This is a very exciting property with treasures waiting to be discovered. If you are interested and would like more information about these properties please e-mail Contact Information or call 530-292-0171.

GaiaYoga Gardens Intentional Community - E-mail: aloha@gaiayoga.org. A learning center and sanctuary for living in harmony with the Earth, connecting with Spirit, engaging personal growth and healing, and developing holistic & sustainable life-patterns. We have a wonderful piece of property on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii (in Kapoho, near the town of Pahoa). It's 17+ acres of forested land, with a very strong Native-Hawaiian feeling. GaiaYoga Gardens is located in a rural, alternative-lifestyle area where many people are living off-grid and doing their best to live outside "the system." There are a number of communities, organic farms, and cooperative homesteads in this area. As a learning center, we see GaiaYoga Gardens as a place where adults and children can learn about holistic and sustainable living &emdash; through classes, workshops, retreats, internships, work-learning exchanges, and especially through experiencing our lifestyle first-hand. We currently offer instruction in sustainable homesteading (permaculture, off-grid technology, bio-fuels, etc.), Nonviolent Communication, hatha yoga, natural diet (including maximizing raw-foods in one's diet), Tantra, spirituality, and cooperative living. Of course, we expect our curriculum to expand as others join us with their particular talents and skills. As a residential community, we envision GaiaYoga Gardens as having a day-to-day life-rhythm that's rooted in the integration of Spirit, self, community, and Earth. For folks wanting to experience the process of creating a sustainable homestead, developing holistic culture, and doing personal growth and healing within that context, we're currently offering Tours and Internships. E-mail us if you're interested in either of these options, and we'll send you more information.

Pangaia - We are a piece of land, a group of people, a common vision. The land here is young, situated on the eastern edge of the volcanic rift zone of Hawaii. This is an extremely fertile area, blessed with morning showers, and afternoon sun, (on good days). Nearby, there are thermal warm water ponds, natural steam vents, a beautiful crater lake, (Kahumana, or Green-mountain), black sand beaches, and active lava flows. Just 20 miles downwind from Pangaia, the volcano goddess, Pele, is presently pouring herself into the ocean, creating the newest land on the planet. Constant change seems to be the theme both on the Island of Hawaii and for Pangaia. Over the past 12 years, Pangaia has hosted 100's of visitors and residents. At present, we are a core of 6 people at Pangaia and there are others living abroad who call this "home". We from very different backgrounds with a wide spread of ages (our new born, Hana &endash; or elder, Denis,60). We are an international community, including a Japanese-born member named Yoko! So we love having guests from around the world. Our vision is of unity with Gaia, the Earth mother, and with each other; a full and complete expression of who we are through our work, art, and play, as well as our relationships with each other. We are a raw-food community and are living active permaculture. We welcome guests, visitors, interns, friends, and potential long-term residents who are sincerely interested. Diet: vegetarian/vegan/raw food/raw food omnivores(yes, meat!).