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There is a certain kind of fellow who drifts through life as a leaf upon the wind, content to neither hinder nor help, and another who…

Dream, Create, Grow-these three words sum up a philosophy that echos the essence of the human journey. They are not just actions; they are…

In southern Chile, a partnership with a Mapuche community seeks to develop a local economy that is fully rooted in community values of democratic governance, mutual aid, and self-sufficiency.

To speak of economy is to speak of life itself, for the exchange of goods and labor is nothing other than the exchange of life’s effort…

I have often thought that man, left to his own devices, is much like the housecat-content to nap in a sunny spot until the house catches…

And so it starts with me, Sal Paradise, yearning for something more, restless, rolling cigarettes in a dim New York room, feeling the…

Are human beings, by their essence, generous or selfish? It is a question as old as philosophy itself, debated by theologians, political…

The nature of obligation is such that it precedes us, as light precedes the dawn. Before a child knows how to speak, before she can name…

There’s a basic rule in economics: a society can’t consume more than it produces. At least, not indefinitely. Sure, with credit and debt…

At first glance, a time co-op-where people come together in a community for the purpose of supporting and investing in the well-being of…

In today’s world, where economic uncertainty, job displacement, and social fragmentation are on the rise, it’s time we rethink how…

a form of rotating savings and credit association, a type of informal savings club arrangement between a small group of people who take turns by throwing hand as the partners call it. The name is used in Africa (especially West Africa) and the Caribbean.[6] Each person contributes periodically the same amount to a common fund; the total contributions are disbursed to a single member of the group. Each time, the recipient changes so that eventually all members are recipients. Participants of a susu do not make a profit. Instead, small periodic contributions are turned into a larger lump sum of the same value, with the susu acting as a savings club.[7]

Learn About FIC - The Foundation for Intentional Community has a mission to make available information about communities and how to form and sustain them.

Where families meet neighbors with similar kids & interests, and save time, money, and stress by sharing carpools, kid care, pet/house sits, meals and more.

Mutual Aid Networks (MANs) are a new type of networked cooperative creating means for everyone to discover and succeed in work they want to do, with the support of their community. We create opportunities to support each other’s right to a human livelihood, or Lively Humanhood, doing the variety of work we really wish to do in the world, changing the meaning of “working for the MAN.”

The Offers and Needs Market - a facilitated process of mutual aid used to identify and exchange knowledge, skills, resources, opportunities, and needs in a community.

KommunityKoin provides you with a convenient and organized system in which you spend an hour helping me, then I spend an hour helping someone else who spends an hour helping yet another person and eventually it gets back around and someone spends an hour helping you. It's a circle of community members helping one another, free of charge, in a way that is equitable. 

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