Community Bookshelf
Title | Community Bookshelf PDF eBook |
Author | Minneapolis Public Library |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 478 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Books and reading |
ISBN |
Creating a Life Together
Title | Creating a Life Together PDF eBook |
Author | Diana Leafe Christian |
Publisher | New Society Publishers |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | House & Home |
ISBN | 0865714711 |
An intentional community is a group of people who have chosen to live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. An ecovillage is a village-scale intentional community that intends to create, ecological, social, economic, and spiritual sustainability over several generations. The 90s saw a revitalized surge of interest in intentional communities and ecovillages in North America: the number of intentional communities listed in the Communities Directory increased 60 percent between 1990 and 1995. But only 10 percent of the actual number of forming-community groups actually succeeded. Ninety percent failed, often in conflict and heartbreak. After visiting and interviewing founders of dozens of successful and failed communities, along with her own forming-community experiences, the author concluded that "the successful 10 percent" had all done the same five or six things right, and "the unsuccessful 90 percent" had made the same handful of mistakes. Recognizing that a wealth of wisdom were contained in these experiences, she set out to distill and capture them in one place. Creating a Life Together is the only resource available that provides step-by-step, practical "how-to" information on how to launch and sustain a successful ecovillage or intentional community. Through anecdotes, stories, and cautionary tales about real communities, and by profiling seven successful communities in depth, the book examines "the successful 10 percent" and why 90 percent fail; the role of community founders; getting a group off to a good start; vision and vision documents; decision-making and governance; agreements; legal options; finding, financing, and developing land; structuring a community economy; selecting new members; and communication, process, and dealing well with conflict. Sample vision documents, community agreements, and visioning exercises are included, along with abundant resources for learning more.
America's Oddest Buildings
Title | America's Oddest Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | Katie Kawa |
Publisher | Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2016-12-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1482457415 |
Architecture is a very special kind of art, and sometimes it veers into the oddest places of our imaginations. Buildings both inspired by the past and looking ahead to the future are common sights, but America is full of goofy buildings in weird places, from a building shaped like a picnic basket in Ohio to man-made dinosaurs standing guard in California. This book takes an exciting look at some of the strangest places in the United States with colorful photographs and engaging stories about the how and why of these oftentimes massive construction projects.
Freaky-Strange Buildings
Title | Freaky-Strange Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Sandler |
Publisher | Bearport Publishing |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2011-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1617723053 |
Describes some of the most unusual buildings in the world, including a hotel built of salt and an office building that looks like a basket, and compares their various features to similar characteristics of other things.
The No Shelf Required Guide to E-book Purchasing
Title | The No Shelf Required Guide to E-book Purchasing PDF eBook |
Author | Sue Polanka |
Publisher | American Library Association |
Total Pages | 62 |
Release | 2011-12 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0838958362 |
Library Technology Reports vol. 47 no.8 According to recent studies, e-book penetration in libraries of all types is rising rapidly. Creating or expanding an e-book collection is a complicated challenge. In addition to facing the same challenges a librarian would face in developing a print collection, librarians developing an e-book collection also face a host of unprecendented legal, technological, and vendor challenges. This issue of Library Technology Reports will examine these challenges, focusing on strategies for purchasing e-books in a consortium, working with vendors, implementing e-reader programs in an academic environment, and purchasing electronic textbooks. Although the challenges are significant, this issue will show how they can be overcome and how the effort it takes to develop an e-book collection is well worth the effort.
Communities Directory
Title | Communities Directory PDF eBook |
Author | Fellowship for Intentional Community |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 462 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Collective settlements |
ISBN |
An "international community" is made up of a group of people who live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. This guide includes more than 700 listings of communities around the world, maps of those located in North America, 33 illustrated articles about community living, a resources section with indices, and more.
Bulletin [1908-23]
Title | Bulletin [1908-23] PDF eBook |
Author | Boston Public Library |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 528 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | |
ISBN |