Re: FW: [SustComm] icdb.org - Self-Serve Site Matches Communities and Seekers

Since the other organizations, and intentional communities in general, have 'stalled' somewhat during the despicable 90s, i applaud your follow up intentions and wish you the very best. chris

T <temeluch-/[email protected]> wrote:ICDB.org is a new and different service to the Communities Movement and should not be compared with other folks. This is a very common misunderstanding within this Movement. Let's allow this group to settle into a new shape that is Non-Judgemental. Lists alone do not save our home. We do have to keep pushing the envelope in many different directions. What was started by others will be finished by us.  - T
 
http://sustcomm.com  

Chris Wright <librespiritus-/[email protected]> wrote:
uh, hello??? perhaps you should do a search for
'intentional communities' on google or whatever and
you will find the FIC and/or FEC websites which have
listed said communities for over a decade. (They
started back when there were only books and no
www...:-) fyi and namaste, clw

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> From: "eco_nomads" 
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> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 06:44:16 -0000
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [SustComm] icdb.org - Self-Serve Site
> Matches Communities and
> Seekers
> 
> Hello there - here is a draft for a press release
> for the new website
> ICDB.org. can anyone on this list volunteer to be
> 
and
> below? any other feedback will be
> appreciated! -ofek
> 
> Heading: Self-Serve Site Matches Communities and
> Seekers
> Subhead: Free Intentional Communities Search Engine
> Online
> 
> December 20, 2003; www.icdb.org; The Intentional
> Community Database
> (ICDB) announced availability to the public today,
> offering the
> world's first searchable listing of intentional
> communities around
> the planet.
> 
> The ICDB makes it possible for a seeker to specify
> exactly what he is
> interested in and quickly generate a list of
> desirable
> communities. "This will save thousands of hours of
> web searching for
> enthusiasts worldwide," commented 

> 
> ICDB supports communities of all kinds, including
> eco-villages,
> income sharing communes, and pods and supports most
> languages. It
> permits multiple members of the community to
> describe themselves in
> multiple dimensions, including membership, location,
> governance,
> spirituality, sexuality, diet, finances, and visitor
> status.
> 
> After six months of trial availability, the ICDB
> already houses
> records for more than 250 communities from 5
> continents. "As much as
> I love the very few exiting directories on paper
> (i.e. www.ic.org),
> this online database is a lot lighter on my back,"
> commented .
> 
> ICDB was made with open-source and free software and
> was made
> possible by volunteers from the communities
> movement. Ofek, an ICDB
> website designer, spent more than two years visiting
> communities
> around the world with his family (www.economads.com)
> and experienced
> the need for an online resource. "Almost every
> community we visited
> was looking for more people.", OfeK said simply,
> "With ICDB there are
> more accessible than ever. If only we had such a
> resource while
> traveling!"
> 
> 
> 
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