{"title":"Diana Leafe Christian","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiana Leafe Christian's works delve into the dynamics of intentional communities and collaborative living, offering practical insights and thoughtful guidance. Her writing explores how individuals can create nurturing, sustainable environments through shared values and cooperative effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders seeking knowledge on community building and social innovation will find her books both inspiring and instructive. With a focus on real-world application, her publications serve as valuable resources for those interested in purposeful, collective living arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"creating-a-life-together-by-diana-leafe-christian-9780865714717","title":"Creating a Life Together","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1990s saw a revitalised surge of interest in intentional communities and ecovillages in North America: the number of intentional communities listed in the Communities Directory increased by 60 percent between 1990 and 1995. But only 10 percent of the actual number of forming-community groups succeeded. Ninety percent failed, often resulting in conflict and heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 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. Recognising that a wealth of wisdom was contained in these experiences, she set out to distil and capture them in one place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating a Life Together\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book explores 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSample vision documents, community agreements, and visioning exercises are included, along with abundant resources for learning more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596063457516,"sku":"9780865714717","price":79.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9e19f228a24d07a4b05176ca7810f196.jpg?v=1777931587"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/diana-leafe-christian.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}