Guides to Belonging
Honest guides to intentional communities, communal living, and finding the people you want to grow with.
From the Team
Coliven: financial backbone for communities
Belonging and meaning are essential to human life. More and more of us are finding it at gatherings, at retreat centres, and in co-housing, intentional villages and communities. Kate Beecroft writes about how to keep these places going.
· Kate Beecroft
Powering the places where people belong
The word community has come to mean a brand's audience. Kate Beecroft explains what Coliven means by it, why hosting a retreat or a gathering is so hard to sustain, and what Coliven does about each of those problems.
· Kate Beecroft
Guest Article
How-To
What Is an Ecovillage? Definition, Examples & How to Visit One
An ecovillage is an intentional community where people choose to live together around ecological sustainability, shared governance, and collective daily life. The ecological part matters, but the community part matters just as much.
· Marin Petrov
What Is an Intentional Community? Types, Examples & How to Find One
An intentional community is a group of people who have chosen to live together around shared values, a shared purpose, or a shared vision of how life should be lived. These aren't people who ended up as neighbours by accident. They picked each other, and they picked the way they want to live.
· Marin Petrov
What Is Coliving? The Complete Guide
Coliving is a modern housing arrangement where people live in a shared space with their own private room or unit while sharing communal areas like kitchens, living rooms, and workspaces. The best coliving spaces go further and are built around real community.
· Marin Petrov
What our team means when we use the word "community"
A community isn't a Discord server, a follower count, or a hashtag. It's something quieter and harder to fake. Here's what makes one real, and how to recognise yours when you find it.
· Marin Petrov