Project Return: A rehabilitation
program for ex-convicts, based on FCE's community-building model, based
in New Orleans.
Human Kindness Foundation:
A non-profit organization which stresses simple living, a dedication
to service, and a commitment to personal spiritual practice. Also see
their links page.
Community Building in
Britain
Peter Cooper's site describes FCE-like activities in Britain.
Society for Organizational Learning
Previously the MIT Organizational Learning Center. "The more the organization's
members increase their ability to learn collaboratively, the more they
can accomplish, the higher their performance, and the more effectively
they can hope to change their organization, and the world, for the
better." Also see Peter Senge's Fifth
Discipline Fieldbook Project for "learning organization" practitioners.
Civic Renewal
BetterTogether
An initiative of the Saguaro Seminar on civic engagement in America
at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Also the companion
site to the Bowling Alone site
and book by Robert Putnam.
Alliance for National Renewal:
A National Civic League Program
brings together a network of people and organizations who want to better
their communities.
Intentional Community
Intentional Communities website
Resources for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes,
student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives and other related projects.
The Goodenough Community
This urban, multi-residential, intentional learning community has been
in operation for almost 30 years, "encouraging human development,
community-building, and developing interpersonal skills basic to
a functioning democracy."
The Cohousing Network
Resources for, and pointers to, cohousing in the U.S.
Cohousing Resources
