Community formation
Every technical skill in this curriculum can be learned alone. This one can't. There are no phases here, just a rough sequence: find people worth building with, build trust before you build anything else, have the hard conversations early, then give the group structure that can survive its first real disagreement.
The first move is the hardest, and it isn't joining anything. It's saying out loud what you've been thinking about. Not …
Building trustTrust gets built through shared experience or it doesn't get built at all. The fastest path is to start small and real: …
Alignment conversationsBefore anyone looks at land or money, you need explicit conversations about values, economics, governance, labor, childr…
The forming groupFive to ten families is the right size for a founding core: enough hands to share the labor and the financial load, few …
Governance models & legal structuresThree legal structures cover most intentional communities: community land trusts, housing cooperatives, and LLCs. Three …
Health and care in the communityHere's the uncomfortable truth behind the entire health track: no amount of study substitutes for a licensed practitione…