https://www.spiegelandgrau.com/group-living Group Living and Other Recipes tells the story of the residents of the Holman House—of transcendent meals and ecstatic parties, of colorful characters coming together in moments of deep tenderness and inevitable irritation, of a shared life that is appealing, humorous, confounding, and, just maybe, utopian—with a wider exploration of group living as a way of life. From spending time at her aunt and uncle’s intentional community in Washington State to finding her footing in the kitchen as a student in Japan to mushroom hunting in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, Milholland offers an expansive and vibrant reevaluation of the structures at the very center of our lives.

https://store.mycreative.community/products/designing-creative-communities-em-signed-copy-em Award-winning community builder, Spud Marshall, coaches emerging leaders and community members alike through a simple process for how to design your own creative community. Filled with stories from Spud’s work over the past decade, Designing Creative Communities teaches you how to actively create change and have a lot of fun along the way.

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/creating-a-life-together-practical-tools-to-grow-ecovillages-and-intentional-communities_diana-leafe-christian/296346/all-editions/?resultid=df89a40d-c6bd-46b9-9cba-9cc1a511f6fb 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.

https://miabirdsong.com/how-we-show-up In How We Show Up, Mia shows that what separates us isn’t only the ever-present injustices built around race, class, gender, values, and beliefs, but also our denial of our interdependence and need for belonging. In response to the fear and discomfort we feel, we’ve built walls, and instead of leaning on each other, we find ourselves leaning on concrete. Through research, interviews, and stories of lived experience, How We Show Up returns us to our inherent connectedness where we find strength, safety, and support in vulnerability and generosity, in asking for help, and in being accountable. Showing up—literally and figuratively—points us toward the promise of our collective vitality and leads us to the liberated wellbeing we all want.

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/share-or-die-voices-of-the-get-lost-generation-in-the-age-of-crisis_neal-gorenflo/1034129/?resultid=d9def5c3-dd4c-4816-99fd-11525f76e926#edition=6862959&idiq=1560711 America stands at a precipice; limitless consumption, reckless economics, and disregard for the environment have put the country on a collision course with disaster. It’s up to a younger generation to rebuild according to new forms of organization, and Share or Die is a collection of messages from the front lines. From urban Detroit to central Amsterdam, and from worker co-operatives to nomadic communities, an astonishing variety of recent graduates and twenty-something experimenters are finding (and sharing) their own answers to negotiating the new economic order. Their visions of a shared future include: Collaborative consumption networks instead of private ownership Replacing the corporate ladder with a “lattice lifestyle” Do-it-yourself higher education As a call-to-action, “share or die” doesn’t only refer to resource depletion, disappearing jobs, or stagnating wages. It refers to social death too, and to finding the common sense ideas and practices needed to not only merely survive, but to build a place where it’s worth living. A series of forays into uncharted territory, this graphically rich collection of essays, narratives, and how-tos is an intimate guide to the new economic order and a must-read for anyone attempting to understand what it means to live as part of Generation Y. Malcolm Harris is the Life/Art channel editor and a writer at Shareable and managing editor at The New Inquiry, a criticism site devoted to collecting and promoting the work of young, unaffiliated writers. Neal Gorenflo is the co-founder and publisher of Shareable, a nonprofit online magazine about sharing.

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/collective-courage-a-history-of-african-american-cooperative-economic-thought-and-practice_jessica-gordon-nembhard/3208118/?resultid=869c06aa-93d6-49a4-86b9-bf3a6a172878#edition=68157352&idiq=58902442 First published in 2014, Jessica Gordon Nembhard’s Collective Courage quickly became an important tool for understanding the history of cooperative economic enterprises in the African American community. This now-classic work recounts how African Americans benefited greatly from cooperative ownership and democratic economic participation throughout the nation’s history.

https://www.shareable.net/sharing-cities/ “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” witnesses a growing global movement through over a hundred sharing-related case studies and model policies from more than 80 cities in 35 countries. It serves as a practical reference guide for community-based solutions to common urban challenges and a people-powered antidote to a corporate-driven smart city agenda. This book is a call to action meant to inspire urban planners, local governments, policymakers, activists, and community leaders worldwide. The book shows that not only is another world possible — but that much of it is already here.