A Guide to Starting a Residential Intentional Community
Building Belonging by Yana Ludwig
Latest work from Yana Ludwig, Building Belonging, envisions a solution to our social and climate crisis
Intentional communities are pointed as an answer to getting social connections and lower carbon footprints.
The Foundation for Intentional Communities is proud to announce the latest work from Yana Ludwig, launching on June 1st.
Building Belonging: your guide to starting a residential intentional community is both a practical guide for how to start a residential intentional community and a collective framework for addressing the racial, social, ecological, and economic disparities affecting all aspects of the living experience for humans, land, and its co-inhabitants. It offers an unprecedented perspective on creating intentional community that speaks directly to the reader who wants collective answers and who sees the deep benefit of community living as a key piece to addressing systemic issues.
This book interweaves the practical advice and how-to’s with the motivations and actions that can make this movement transformative for all beings. Author Yana Ludwig brings wisdom and perspective from 25 years of intentional community experience and many years of training founders in starting intentional communities. Building Belonging is a give-back to the movement that nurtured Yana’s personal and professional growth for all those years, transforming her knowledge into a practical and honest guide unlike any other, uniquely built for its time.
About the author
Yana has 25 years of cooperative living experience, including four community start-ups. She served for over a decade on the Board of the Foundation for Intentional Community, and as a trainer, facilitator, and consultant for progressive projects since 2005. Yana is co-author of The Cooperative Culture Handbook: A Social Change Manual to Dismantle Toxic Culture and Build Connection and author of Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption, which won the 2017 Communal Studies Association Book of the Year Award.
Book launch Building Belonging will be officially launched on June 3rd in Portland, and online on May 31st. The ebook and printed copy will be available at ic.org/building-belonging.
