Funding Ecovillage Neighborhoods with Community Shareholders — By Olivia R. Williams, Ph.D., writing for the Ecovillagers Alliance “Community control of land” sounds straightforward, but in practice it can be limited, fleeting, or difficult to achieve due to high property costs and the social, legal, and financial challenges of collectivizing property ownership. As a Ph.D. student studying the…

How it’s revolutionary to have the right lawyers — By Joel Rothschild of the Ecovillagers Alliance I grew up on the West Coast, among over-educated flower children who taught me that I can do anything, as long as I believe in it. I carried this spirit into adulthood, but moving to Washington, DC sobered me up a bit. …

Drafted by Brandy H. M. Brooks and Joel Rothschild of the Ecovillagers Alliance August 2016 Gentrification and intentional communities Gentrification, the demographic replacement of a population with lower income levels by a higher-income population in a particular neighborhood or city, is neither accidental, inevitable, or benign. It is driven by the actions of both…

By Joel Rothschild of the Ecovillagers Alliance August 2018 This is the first of a three-part series focusing on innovative ways to foster places of equity, integrity, and sustainability. A Tale of Two Ecovillages Gaia’s Dance Ecovillage started with beautiful intentions. The founders were visionaries who saw the power of place could be equal to…

By Eve Bratman, Brandy Brooks, Taylor Mercedes, Josh Jancourtz, and Joel Rothschild of the Ecovillagers Alliance February 2018 Mayors across America are falling over themselves vying for Amazon’s new headquarters, even in tiny towns like Rockland, Texas and Scarborough, Maine. They’re inviting a disruption we know too well: techies move…