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An intentional community is a group of people who have chosen to
live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. An
ecovillage is a village-scale intentional community that intends to
create, ecological, social, economic, and spiritual sustainability
over several generations. The 90s saw a revitalised surge of
interest in intentional communities and ecovillages in North
America: the number of intentional communities listed in the
Communities Directory increased 60 percent between 1990 and 1995.
But only 10 percent of the actual number of forming-community
groups actually succeeded. Ninety percent failed, often in conflict
and heartbreak. After visiting and interviewing founders of dozens
of successful and failed communities, along with her own
forming-community experiences, the author concluded that 'the
successful 10 percent' had all done the same five or six things
right, and 'the unsuccessful 90 percent' had made the same handful
of mistakes. Recognising that a wealth of wisdom were contained in
these experiences, she set out to distil and capture them in one
place. 'how-to' information on how to launch and sustain a
successful ecovillage or intentional community. Through anecdotes,
stories, and cautionary tales about real communities, and by
profiling seven successful communities in depth, the book examines
'the successful 10 percent' and why 90 percent fail; the role of
community founders; getting a group off to a good start; vision and
vision documents; decision-making and governance; agreements; legal
options; finding, financing, and developing land; structuring a
community economy; selecting new members; and communication,
process, and dealing well with conflict. Sample vision documents,
community agreements, and visioning exercises are included, along
with abundant resources for learning more.
Dr. Patch Adams knows the inner side of healing. House Calls is a
reminder that some of the most important factors in healing are not
high-tech marvels but ordinary factors such as love, compassion,
friendship, and hope. This book will lighten anyone's heart and
assist him or her on a healing journey.
HEALTH / BIOGRAPHY "Patch Adams's book ought to be required reading
for patients, doctors, and ordinary mortals of all kinds. I have
learned from Patch the courage it takes to be different and to
reveal your wounds: behind his clownlike persona lies a great deal
of wisdom, and it often falls to the court jester to speak the
truth that those in power need to hear." --Bernie Siegel, M.D.,
author of Love, Medicine and Miracles "At last, Patch Adams has put
on paper his vision of patient-centered health care--a vision that
has inspired so many over the years. Patch's "crazy dream" is, in
reality, the root of what good health care should be all about and
too often isn't. Any health care professional who reads Gesundheit!
will come away with a renewed sense of mission and joy about what
they do."--Rick Wade, Sr. Vice President, The American Hospital
Association Meet Patch Adams, M.D., a social revolutionary who has
devoted his life to giving away health care. Doctor, clown, man of
many hats, Adams is the founder of the Gesundheit Institute, a
home-based medical practice in West Virginia that has treated more
than 15,000 people for free. Whether it means putting on a red
clown nose for sick children or taking a disturbed patient outside
to roll down a hill with him, Adams does whatever is necessary to
help heal. In his frequent lectures and performances at medical
schools and international conferences, Adams's irrepressible energy
cuts through the businesslike facade of the medical industry to
address how the need for a caring relationship between doctor and
patient is at the heart of true medicine. This is the story of
Patch Adams's lifetime quest to transform the healthcare system.
Gainingsupporters across the country, the Gesundheit Institute will
soon build a free, full-scale hospital that will be open to anyone
in the world. Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? Not for those who know
Patch. Patch Adams's amazing story seems like the stuff Hollywood
movies are made from--and it is. But for those who loved the movie
Patch Adams and want to know the whole story that inspired it,
Gesundheit! is just what the doctor ordered. A percentage of the
proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to fund Patch
Adams's Gesundheit Institute, a hospital devoted to free health
care.
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