Christian, Diana Leafe

Leafe Christian is author of Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities (New Society Publishers, 2003), and the new Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community (New Society Publishers, 2007). She was editor of Communities magazine for 14 years and now edits Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities, an online newsletter. (DianaLeafeChristian.org ). She lives in an off-grid home site at Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina. Eight Tips for Starting an Intentional Community How do you start an ecovillage or intentional community and make it work? Leafe Christian will share expert insights about what works and what doesn’t. Learn the successful practices of the 10 percent of newcommunity startups that succeed, and which common mistakes to avoid. Find out how ecovillages and intentional communities are giving us back the sense of community that we so desperately need.