building community

I've started to explore the concept of "building community'" as an alternative strategy to the impending economic/social/energy collapse, ie. the end to the only way of life most of us know.

The annual Rainbow Gathering http://www.gatheringspot.net/topic/spiritual-activism/years-rainbow-gathering is one type of "Gift Community" wherein participants share food, accommodation, entertainment, etc. without the exchange of money.

Gulching:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulching

http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe040515.html

http://gulcherslife.blogspot.com/2006/04/gulching-to-become-trendy.html

Local Currency:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency

Project Camelot just launched this new site that has already grown to 1,100 members in just a few days. Bill & Kerry say, "The quality of discussion, information, and the people themselves is
extremely high. Several of our witnesses (and other well-known figures)
are posting under their real names. Many of us are convinced there's