As stated elsewhere, we have no intention of competing with anyone, and certainly not with the Fellowship for Intentional Community, with their over-700 entry Communities Directory (2000) and their comprehensive List of Intentional Communities. However, it is well known that there are several thousand other communities, that are not mentioned in the above - for whatever reason. We are ready to provide a service for you by publicizing those of them who agree to let us do so.

If you belong to one of the various forms of communal living and your community wishes to become "famous", you are invited to contact us, giving a brief summary and addresses.

For a start, let's take a look at the following:

The Wolery Ecological Community - In the tall forest of south-western Australia live some 27 adults (plus 17 children) in this secular intentional community, founded in 1976. Each family lives on its own income in its own hand-built house, but there is a great deal of communal spirit and activity in the community centre.

You can read about them in Chapter 11 of From Utopian Dreaming to Communal Reality or contact them at conochie@denmarkwa.net.au
or Enid & Ian Conochie,
RMB 1050,
Denmark,
WA 6333,
Australia.


A record year's crop at West Australian intentional
community, The Wolery (with thanks to Ian Conochie)


Nes Ammim, is an ecumenical village in Israel, founded by Christians from western Europe in the early 1960's, as a sign of reconciliation and solidarity towards Israel. Nes Ammim has at the moment 30 inhabitants. No-one is a permanent resident. It operates similarly to a kibbutz, based on a cooperative economy, pocket money and a shared communal dining hall. A major principle is the development of mutual respect, tolerance and understanding, especially with our Jewish, Muslim, Druse and Christian neighbours.

Contact: Nes Ammim
Communication Centre,
D.N. Western Galilee,
Israel 25225
E-mail: com_center@nesammim.com


Kvutsat Yovel - A group of 6 young Labour Zionists from the English-speaking world has formed a commune of social activists working towards a better Israel. Issues which concern their members include: the environment, poverty, minorities, racism, sexism, homelessness and homophobia, as well as the peace process.
Together with 9 other communes, they may form the fifth urban kibbutz. The symbolic name was taken from the Bible, when every 50 years, the “Yovel” (Jubilee) was marked by the freeing of slaves and the egalitarian redistribution of land amongst the children of Israel.

Read about them at www.kyovel.org and/or contact them by
e-mail: everyone@kyovel.org

Solheimar - Founded in 1930 in southern Iceland, Solheimar may well be the first community where so-called able and disabled people live and work together, and also the first eco-village. The community is self sufficient, and has both worldly and spiritual aims. The core idea is to create a harmony of tradition with new technologies that responsibly utilise natural resources.

For more information, look at www.solheimar.is and/or contact them at solheimar@solheimar.is , or:
Solheimar,
Grimness 801,
Selfoss,
Iceland.

Neve Shalom~Wahat al-Salam - The Hebrew and Arabic names mean "Oasis of Peace" [Isaiah 32:18]. An intentional community, established in 1970 jointly by Jewish and Arab (Moslem and Christian) citizens of Israel, engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples. Despite the stress of the current political situation, the community of some 50 families continues to function as a bi-lingual multi-cultural society. For details see http://nswas.com/ .

Contact:
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam,
Doar Na Shimshon, 99761,
Israel
pr@nswas.com