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2. Dancing Rabbit (Rutledge, Mo.) Missouri's Dancing Rabbit is an intentional community
and eco-village that houses 50 residents. The goal of the intentional community is to
maintain the rural prairie by restoring the land to its pre-residential state. With
10,000 trees planted already, Dancing Rabbit is on its way
to achieving this goal. All power stems from renewable
sources, including solar and wind power, and the homes are
built from natural materials: straw veils, cob, and reclaimed
lumber. The water supply comes from rainwater.

3. Toyosato, a Yamagishi village (Mie Prefecture, Japan) A main component of the
Yamagishi movement, Toyosato, a sustainable farming cooperative, is home to 550
residents. Started by ten families in 1969, Toyosato is now one of the main farming
corporations in Japan. Toyosato also attempts to make the neighboring area more
sustainable. The cooperative donates compost to neighboring farms and also uses
factory byproducts from soy sauce and tofu production as livestock feed. Since 1960,
the Yamagishi movement has created 30 villages.

4. Breitenbush Hot Springs (Detroit, Ore.) Breitenbush Hot Springs is a cooperative
that runs an on-site hot springs retreat and conference center. Each year, the
commune hosts 25,000 guests. Located east of Salem, Oregon in the Cascades,
Breitenbush houses 50 full-time residents with 30 summer time employees. The
commune uses geothermal power and hydropower as off-the-grid energy sources. To
join the commune, members must work for the cooperative for one year and purchase
a member share for $500.

5. Twin Oaks Commune (Louisa, Va.) With 85 adults and 15 children, Twin Oaks commune
in Louisa, Virginia is a communal living destination. Started in 1967, the residents at
Twin Oaks share their incomes and work 42 hours per week in the communal sectors
by making tofu, creating furniture and hammocks, farming, milking cows and aiding
with childcare.

6. Kolonilott and Understenhodgen (Stockholm, Sweden) Kolonilott are Swedish
communes ranging from gardening specific communes to summer only communes. In the
1900s, Sweden's government devoted land to be used for gardening as part of an act
to provide land to the lower classes. Although developed in Denmark, cohousing
communes are sprouting throughout Sweden. Located in Stockholm's wooded "green
fingers" area, Understenhodgen composes 44 cohousing homes. This eco-friendly
lodging is a car-free location that offers district heating, waste recycling and a
kindergarten program.

7. Nubanusit Neighborhood And Farm (Peterborough, N.H.) Nubanusit Neighborhood
And Farm is a cohousing community that boasts an organic farm, communal office
space and residences ranging from single family to four-unit dwellings. Located
adjacent to Nubanusit Brook, residents reside in their own homes yet share seventy
acres of farm land, woodlands, pond and fields. The residents all participate in a CSA
and rely on on-site cows and chickens for dairy and milk. Each residence in the
commune is LEED Platinum certified.

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