Table of Contents 6     Foreword 9     The Community-Seeker        A story for this book and its readers 10   What is “Community”?        A tentative definition and overview 16   What is an Ecovillage? 21   The rainbow power of community        On the significance of communal living today 34   Money, Property and Accountability in Intentional Communities 39   Consensus Decision Making        Leadership for Social Change 45   Are communities a lifestyle of the future? 50   How to begin – and what then?        The most important steps in building a community 53   About putting your foot in it and illusory love affairs        or: How do I go about visiting a communal project ? 57   Communities - self-descriptions 60   Austria 64   Belgium 71   Denmark 77   Finland 84   France 108 Germany 194 Great Britain/Northern Ireland 237 Hungary 241 Ireland 245 Italy 267 Netherlands 277 Norway 281 Portugal 285 Spain 297 Sweden 317 Countries placed on a common map: 318   Bulgaria 319   Czech Republic 321   Israel 324   Poland 325   Romania 327   Russia 331   Turkey 332   Ukraine 333 Addresses from the 2000/2001 edition 344 Networks of communities and ecovillages 344 Adidam 345 Arche following Jean Vanier 348 Bruderhof Communities 349 Camphill 350 Church and Peace 352 Come Together Netzwerk 354 Common Life Network 355 Communities of the Twelve Tribes 356 Emmaus 357 GEN - Global Ecovillage Network 363 ISKCON 364 Lebenshäuser 365 LVCW: Landelijke Vereniging Centraal Wonen 366 LØS - Landforeningen Økologisk Samfund 369 RIVE - Rete Italiana dei Villaggi Ecologici 370 Soshona Freundeskreis 371 The Family 372 Vereniging Ecodorp 373 Useful addresses 386 Recommended reading list 399 Index 411 Response Coupon 414 Legend / Country Abreviations