COHOUSING

Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, by Kathryn McCamant, Charles Durrett and Ellen Hertzman, Ten Speed Press (the "cohousing bible")

The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community, revised edition, by Chris ScottHanson (a step by step guide to building a cohousing community)

Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities, by Diana Leafe Christian

Video: Visions of Utopia: Experiments in Sustainable Culture, produced by George Kozeny and made available by the Fellowship for Intentional Communities

Video: Recreating the Village: The Quayside Experience, produced by Mike Paprocki (a documentary on the development of the Quayside Village Cohousing community in North Vancouver, BC), available from the Canadian Cohousing Association

Head, Heart, and Hands: Lessons in Community Building, by Shari Leach (covers group process elements involved in starting a cohousing community from a practical perspective), available from Wonderland Hill Development Co.

Video: Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Living Independently by Charles Durrett- An Interview With Jim Lehrer. (available from cohousing.com)

Communities Magazine, published monthly by Fellowship For Intentional Communities

Reinventing Community: Stories From the Walkways of Cohousing, by David Wann (50 stories and photographs of different cohousing communities)

 

GREEN BUILDING

Living Homes: Thomas J Eipel’s Field Guide to Integrated Design and Construction

Designing Sustainable Communities, by Robert Thayer, Judy Corbett & Michael Corbett

Introduction to Permaculture, from the National Sustainable Agricultural Information Service ATTRA

Permaculture: A Designers Manual and Introduction to Permaculture, by Bill Mollison & Mia Slay

 

CONSENSUS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

We the People, Consenting to a Deeper Democracy. A Guide to Sociocratic Principles and Methods, by John Buck and Sharon Villines

Sociocracy: The Organization of Decision Making, by Gerard Endenburg (one of the developers of Sociocracy)

Building United Judgement: A Handbook for Consensus Decision Making, edited by the Center for Conflict Resolution. Published by the Fellowship for Intentional Communities

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, & Al Switzler

Sharing Consensus: A Handbook for Consensus Workshops, “A sweet homespun booklet filled with Quaker anecdotes written by a man who uses no name,” available c/o Nova Land, 128 Hidden Springs Lane, Cookeville, TN 38501 ($5.00 donation for copying and postage)