Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Washington Post Article

[Marci Malinowycz (SoDance]

Um, Shandin, why do you think most 60's communes weren't intentional? What 
definition of intentional are you using? I didn't live in any myself, but know 
several who did, and they sure looked intentional to me - lots of shared 
values, specific goals and the like. 

Cheers,
Tom Whitmore

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From:  cohousing-l [at] freedom.mtn.org on behalf of shandin [at] eastwind.org
Sent:  Thursday, June 11, 1998 5:30 AM
Subject:  Re: Washington Post Article

> hello (for the first time),
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>         i agree that writer alissa quart did a poor job of differentiating
> cohousing and more communal intentional communities.  there are many
> models along the continuum of individual to communal holdings and
> decision making. these are well represented in the book she almost
> mentioned: the Directory of Intentional Communities.  it has everything
> from cohousing groups to mixed model eco-villages.  the one thing that
> these groups have in common, and what perhaps distinguishes them from
> many 60's era communes, is that they are intentional.  this is true of
> east wind community.  though we started in
> '72 we have not stayed there.  we use some of the same structures and
> ideas as many cohousing groups. the biggest difference is that we've
> also decided to hold our labor and income in common, as well as our land
> and commonhouses. we have just taken the cooperative nature of cohousing
> a few steps farther.
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>                                         in community,
>                                         shandin 
(writing from my personal perspective, being just one of 78 folks here.)
>                                         shandin [at] eastwind.org
>       ...where the strawberries have been yummy and plentiful this week.
> east wind community/ federation of egalitarian communities (fec)
> hc-3 box 3370
> tecumseh, mo 65760
> ph(417)679-4682
> fax(417)679-4684
> visit [at] eastwind.org
> http://www.well.com/user/eastwind/
>         fellowship of intentional communities (fic)
>         rt 1 box 155-cb
>         rutledge, mo 63563
>         ph/fax 660-883-5545
>         ph 800-995-8342
>         fic [at] ic.org
>         http://www.ic.org/