About this Site

The purpose of this site is to encourage ongoing conversations among intentional communities across the Northwest, including planning and follow-up discussions for face-to-face gatherings and special events.

FIC Directory and Event Listings

NICA is affiliated with the Fellowship of Intentional Communities (FIC) and manages a special section on the FIC Web site.

To add your community to the FIC directory or publish events to the FIC national calendar, register at the NICA section of the FIC Web site.

NICA Board Members Circuit Portland Area Intentional Communities

In January, NICA Board Members Larry Rider and Nancy Lanphear made a trip to visit the following communities in Portland:

Peninsula Park Cohousing
Columbia Ecovillage
Kailash Ecovillage
Trillium Hollow Cohousing
Cascadia Commons Cohousing
Ananda Community of Portland
Daybreak Cohousing

We also visited Woodard Lane Cohousing in Olympia, WA.

We were given tours of these communities and spent time talking with some community residents. It [...]

NICA Spring Gathering: Relationships in Community, April 13, 2013

Among the many benefits of community living is sharing the joy of relationships. Join us at the Ananda Community Lynnwood for a day of exploring the world of intentional community. Our focus will be Relationships in Community, including workshop/discussions on

Having more harmonious relationships
Romantic relationships in community
Leadership, authority, and influence
Working out conflicts in community

And we will [...]

NICA presents Within Reach Movie, March 23, East West Bookshop

WITHIN REACH explores one couple’s pedal-powered search for a place to call home. Mandy and Ryan gave up their jobs, cars and traditional houses to “bikepack” 6,500 miles for nearly 2 years around the USA seeking sustainable community.

Rather than looking in a traditional neighborhood, they begin to recognize that community is the secret ingredient to [...]

FIC Executive Secretary Laird Schaub to speak on “Intentional Communities: Past, Present, and Future Directions,” Nov. 15

NICA will sponsor a free public talk on the subject “Intentional Communities: Past, Present, and Future Directions” on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 7 to 8:30pm at the East West Bookshop (6500 Roosevelt NE) in Seattle.

The talk will be given by Laird Schaub, popular speaker on intentional communities and executive secretary of the Fellowship of Intentional [...]

Clearwater Commons Featured Site on 2012 Green Home Tour – April 21 & 22

Just received this exciting message from our colleagues at Clearwater Commons. If you are available, you may want to stop by.

Clearwater Commons, the most comprehensive low impact development project in the Puget Sound, is being featured on the 2012 Green Home Tour April 21 & 22, from 10am – 4pm.

The only site in Snohomish County [...]

Everett/Seattle Evolver Event- Getting Back Together: Intentional Community Gift Circles, March 23

Quick announcement of upcoming Evolver event in Everett/Seattle area:

See full announcement here.

A new generation of intentional communities and pioneering collectives are reimagining the way we live, love, grow food, eat, dance, and play. These are the eco-villages, artist coops, global pystrancers, tantra tribes, rebel bicycle clubs, urban homesteaders, healer co-ops, Burning Man camps, yoga ashrams, [...]

Co-opalooza 2011- A Celebration of Community & Co-ops, Oct 16

Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union (SMCU) created Co-opalooza to celebrate co-ops and help spread the word of the great things they do for their community. Co-ops from across the economic spectrum will be joining SMCU for a free, all-ages festival with live music, kid’s activities and raffle prizes [...]

Songaia Earth Day and 10 Anniversary May Day Video

If you missed Songaia’s May Day celebration, here’s just a taste of what happened!

Building Gift Community Seminars, May 13 and 15

Building Gift Community: We Need Each Other
—experiential seminar, enjoy a taste of gift culture—

Imagine “your” community: Living in your own home, easy travel distance apart, a tribe of men and women, safely intimate and committed to each other. In these times of rapid change you’ve claimed your place and this family of [...]

Earth Day and 10th Anniversary May Day 2011 at Songaia, May 1

Click on the image to view and print out the full-sized flyer

Join the Songaia Community to celebrate Earth Day and the community’s 10 Anniversary May Day!

DETAILS

Event: Earth Day and 10th Anniversary May Day
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Time: 1 pm to evening
Location: Songaia Co-Housing (22401 39th Avenue SE Bothell, WA 98021)
Music Provided by: [...]