Communities (magazine)

Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture is a quarterly magazine. It is a primary resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities in North America - from urban co-ops to cohousing groups to ecovillages to rural communes. Articles and columns cover practical "how-to" issues of community living as well as personal stories about forming new communities, decision-making, conflict resolution, raising children in community, and sustainability.[1]

History and profile

The magazine was started in 1972, first under the name Communitas and then (after two issues) as Communities. A variety of editing and publishing collectives, based in several different intentional communities, managed the magazine through its next 78 issues, until the end of 1990, when financial difficulties led to a hiatus in publication.[2] The Fellowship for Intentional Community, based in Rutledge, Missouri, became publisher and resumed publication of Communities two years later. The magazine then returned to a consistent quarterly schedule, with the first issue of 2016 being issue #170.[3] Its editor during 1993-2007 was Diana Leafe Christian; following two issues produced by interim editor Alyson Ewald, Chris Roth then became editor in 2008. Other current staff members include Yulia Zarubina (Art Director) and Christopher Kindig (Business Manager).[4] Articles are written by a wide range of communitarians and people interested in community and/or cooperation, and submissions are welcome from anyone inspired to write. Each quarterly issue focuses on a specific theme.[5]

In 2014 the magazine started publishing in digital as well as print form;[6] made available all of its back issues in digital form;[7] and also published 15 Best of Communities collections, each featuring a specific topic in community living.[8] The website now features selected recent articles[9] and also a complete index of articles published in Communitas and Communities since 1972.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ic.org/communities-magazine-home/
  2. ↑ http://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/category/communities-magazine/back-issues/
  3. ↑ http://www.ic.org/communities-magazine-home/
  4. ↑ http://www.ic.org/contact-fic/
  5. ↑ http://www.ic.org/submissions-to-communities-magazine/
  6. ↑ http://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/subscription/
  7. ↑ http://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/complete-set-of-back-issues-of-communities-magazine/
  8. ↑ http://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/category/best-of-communities/
  9. ↑ http://www.ic.org/communities-magazine-home/
  10. ↑ http://www.ic.org/communities-index/

External links

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