[Sdpg] Diana Leafe Christian AUTHOR of Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community , 3 community events in Northern California in November 2007

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Dear friends and colleagues in Southern California,

I wanted to let you know I'll be a presenter at 
three communities events in the Bay Area, on 
November 16, 17, and 18, in case you know anyone 
in the greater Bay Area region who might be interested.
Or even if you know anyone in Southern California 
who might like to attend. I understand Megabus 
sometimes offers fares as low as $18 one way 
(megabus.com) and Southwest and Virgin America 
out of LA airport, and Jet Blue out of Long Beach 
airport, can offer fares as low as $45 one way.
The sponsoring organization is Northern 
California Cohousing Association. Norcalcoho.org.

Friday, Nov. 16:"Finding Community Community-Seeker's Fair," 7:30 – 9:30pm
Berkeley Green Space, near Shattuck & University, Berkeley.
Designed for community seekers, the presentation 
will offer an overview of how to research 
thoroughly, visit enjoyably, evaluate 
intelligently, and join gracefully an ecovillage 
or another kind of intentional community (the 
subject of my new book, Finding Community.) The 
event will include exhibit tables by Northern 
California communities seeking new members. For 
more information: norcalcoho.org. <mailto:rainesc at gmail.com>rainesc at gmail.com.

Nov. 17:"Northern California Communities 
Convergence: Ecovillages, Cohousing 
Neighborhoods, and Intentional Communities."
9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Berkeley Green Space, naer Shattuck & University, Berkeley.
I'll be presenting a slide show, "Ecovillages: 
Where They Are, What They're Doing, Why They're 
Important," and a breakout workshop, "Antidotes 
to Four Common Kinds of Community Conflict." 
Other speakers will include Cecile Andrews, 
author of  Slow is Beautiful, and Raines Cohen, 
Betsy Morris, and other Northern California 
communities activists. norcalcoho.org. 
<mailto:rainesc at gmail.com>rainesc at gmail.com.

Sunday,Nov. 18: one-day workshop: "Starting and 
Sustaining Healthy Ecovillages and Intentional Communities"
9:00 am – 5:30 pm. Berkeley Coworking, behind 
Berkeley Bowl at Shattuck and 
Ashby.norcalcoho.org. <mailto:rainesc at gmail.com>rainesc at gmail.com.
Workshop topics will include “Structural 
conflict” and eight ways to prevent it; steps 
for starting communities, typical time-frames and 
costs; community mission and purpose; 
decision-making and power; the membership 
process; the crucial relationship between mission 
& purpose, membership process, and 
decision-making method; antidotes for four common 
sources of community conflict
: communication 
agreements, helping people stay accountable to 
agreements, creating "community glue," and 
dealing creatively with "the challenging group 
member."Â norcalcoho.org. <mailto:rainesc at gmail.com>rainesc at gmail.com.

In case you'd like to forward this to people you 
know who might be interested, here's some bio 
info on me, below. Thanks very much for any help 
you can give in getting the word out.

Diana Leafe Christian

Diana Leafe Christian is author of Creating a 
Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow 
Ecovillages and Intentional Communities and 
Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or 
Intentional Community" Editor of Communities 
magazine from 1994 through 2007, she has written 
about communities for publications ranging from 
Mother Earth News to the Encyclopedia of 
Community,and has been interviewed by media 
ranging from The New York Times and Time Magazine 
to NPR and the BBC. She is the keynote speaker at 
the Urban Ecovillage Conference in Chicago, 
November 9th, (urban.ecovillage.org) and a 
keynote speaker at the Japanese Ecovillage 
Conference in Tokyo, also in November. Diana 
lives at Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina. www.DianaLeafeChristian.org


NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: <mailto:diana at ic.org>diana at ic.org.
To contact the new editor of Communities 
magazine, Alyson Ewald: <mailto:editor at ic.org>editor at ic.org.

To subcribe to a free e-newsletter on ecovillages 
and sustainable communities: <mailto:diana at ic.org>diana at ic.org.
My Website  <http://www.DianaLeafeChristian.org>www.DianaLeafeChristian.org



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