communities / co-housing / co-ops

directories / listings of intentional communities

UK listing - this site is all you need for the UK

listing of communities in Europe

listing of US and international communities, plus 'Communities' magazine

other interesting sites

help people set up employee-owned companies and takeovers

help people set up and register housing and worker co-ops

campaigning for access to land for all through environmentally-sound planning

financing for co-ops and social enterprises

'the Co-op' shops; list of co-operatives in the UK

the co-operative movement, promoting co-ops in the UK

list of sustainable settlements / initiatives

large eco-village and education centre in the north of Scotland

global federation of ecological communities

interesting article about employee-owned businesses

publish CALL (Communities at Large Letter), comprising extracts from community newsletters from around the world, relevant news clippings, and letters; based in Israel

ground-breaking group in Wales, trying to change the planning system to allow new-build communities

environmentally-friendly developers

proposals for mutual home ownership models, including community land trusts

info about the community land trust model

finance and support for co-operatives

LILI's home

loads of info about co-housing and about co-housing projects in the UK

comprehensive list of UK co-operatives

matches volunteers with organic farms and smallholdings, including communities