Advance Praise for
Creating a Life Together
Before aspiring community builders hold their first meeting,confront their first realtor,or drive their first nail,they must buy this essential book:it will improve their chances forsuccess immensely,and will certainly save them money,time,and heartbreak.In her friendlybut firm (and occasionally funny) way,Diana Christian proffers an astonishing wealthofpractical information and sensible,field-tested advice.—E
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Wow! The newest,most comprehensive bible for builders ofintentionalcommunities.Covers every aspect with vital information and dozens ofexamples of how successful communities faced the challenges and created their shared livesout oftheir visions.The cautionary tales ofsadder experiences and how communitiesfail,will help in avoiding the pitfalls.Not since I wrote the Foreword to Ingrid Komar's
Living the Dream
(1983),which documented the Twin Oaks community,have I seen a more useful and inspiring book on this topic.—H
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A really valuable resource for anyone thinking about intentional community.I wish I had it years ago.—S
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.Every potential ecovillager should read it.This book will be an essential guideand manual for the many Permaculture graduates who live incommunities or design for them.—B
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Creating a new culture ofliving peacefully with each other and the planet is ournumber one need—and this is the right book at the right time.
Creating a Life Together
will help community founders avoid fatal mistakes.I can't wait to tell people about it.—H
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Creating a Life Together
is a comprehensive,engaging,practical,well-organized,andthoroughly digestible labor oflove.Hopefully scores ofwannabe community foundersand seekers will discover it before they launch their quest for community,and avoid thesenseless and sometimes painful lessons that come from trying to reinvent the wheel.Thisbook is a gift to humanity—helping to move forward the elusive quest for community,fueling a quantum leap towards a fulfilling,just,and sustainable future.—G
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”While anyone can build a village,a subdivision,or a housing development,the challenge is filling it with people who can get along,who can reach agreements,and who can achieve far more together than they ever could alone.Ifyouraspiring ecovillage or intentional community gets even this far —and thisawesome book will show you how —then maybe you have a realistic chanceofliving sustainably and,by example,ofchanging the world.My appreciationgrows daily for this thorough,practical,and engaging guide.—A
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.Developing a successful community requires a special blend ofvision andpracticality woven together with wisdom.Consider this book a marvelous mirror.Ifthe abundant,experience-based,practicality in this book delights you then you probablyhave the wisdom to realize your vision.—R
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So many well intended communities fail because they don't even know the questionsto ask,let alone where to find answers.This book offers a wealth ofdetailed informationthat will help guide communities to finding what is right for their specific situation,and greatly increase their odds oftheir success.
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