“These two books form an indispensable compendium of information that should be the constant companion to everyone interested in the communitarian path.” —Richard Heinberg, Peak Oil activist and author, The Party’s Over and Powerdown

Diana Leafe Christian, author of Creating a Life Together and Finding Community, and publisher of Ecovillages newsletter, offers consultations and workshops on:

• Creating successful new ecovillages, cohousing neighborhoods, and other kinds of intentional communities.
• Effective project management and self-governance, and fair, participatory decision-making.
• Dealing effectively with conflict (including with challenging people), and creating more harmony, trust, and connection.

Diana speaks at ecovillage and cohousing conferences internationally. See her interview on Peak Moment TV.

Workshops

• Growing a Successful New Ecovillage or Intentional Community
  
• 19 steps community founders typically take to found their communities
  
• The Timeline Game • Vision, Mission & Purpose
  
• Effective self-governance and decision-making
  
• Creating more harmony, trust, and connection in the group
  
• Understanding group dynamics and resolving common community conflicts
  
• Finding and financing property • Legal entities to co-own property • Zoning
  


• Effective Self-Governance and Decision-Making Methods for Communities
  


• Antidotes to Five Common Kinds of Community Conflict
  


• Ecovillages — Where They Are, What They're Doing, Why They're Important
  

Diana’s bimonthly column, “Ecovillage Roots,” is featured on the home page of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) website. As an EDE trainer for Gaia Education, a GEN program, she teaches Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) courses internationally. She is also a GEN-Europe Ambassador, a US liaison to Ecovillage Network of the Americas (ENA), and a US liaison to CASA (Consejo Asentamientos Sustentables de las Américas — Council of Sustainable Eco-Settlements of the Americas). She lives at Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina.