Introductions by Robert Gilman
… to IN CONTEXT, humane sustainable culture, and the issue’s theme
The Experience of Community
Growing With Sunbow by Chris Roberts
Experience in a suburban intentional community
The Seed Game by Trevor Gloor
Community life grows in surprising ways from seeds of intention
Village Life An Interview with Francois Monnet by Robert Gilman
Reflections by a French multicultural explorer
Accidental Community by Joan Coverdale
Exploring oldness and discovering community
The Dance Of Male & Female In Intentional Community by Danaan Parry
Always a vital dynamic no matter where you live
Selectors by Kat Kinkade
Why people join communities and why they stay
Reflections On WlLLA’s Passing by the WILLA board
Lessons from the demise of a community project
Living With Ceremonial by Deborah Koff-Chapin
.. and finding depth
The Changing Patterns Of Community by Robert Gilman
A cultural history from tribes to cities .. and beyond
Being A Planetary Villager
What Is A Planetary Village? by Tim Clark
How do you go about building one?
The Metaindustrial Village by William Irwin Thompson
A possible future encapsulates history .. and moves beyond
The Planetary City by Ronald Jorgensen
The city also has a valuable role in the metaindustrial era
Notes From Auroville by David Wickenden and Sally Walton
An international “network of villages” develops in south India
Self Portrait Of A Village A-Borning by The Chinook Learning Community
The members of a learning center put down roots
Rural Renaissance by Paul Hawken, James Ogilvy, and Peter Schwartz
One scenario for America in the nineties
The Village And Beyond by Robert Gilman
Networks of villages may be the next major social form
Rethinking National Defense by William Becker
A nation of planetary villages would have less need for military defense
Prayer To Humankind by Manitongquat
A poem of the heart
Strategies & Resources by Robert Gilman
Moving from vision to action