The NVC Intentional Communities yahoo group is a forum for individuals who are interested in forming intentional communities based around the mutually agreed practice and authentic understanding of Nonviolent Communication (NVC).

NVC Intentional Communities forum is open to individuals passionate about intentional community living and Nonviolent Communication in general. This forum can be used for networking, sharing information and resources, and general discussion.

For further information on intentional communities(also known as "cooperative living"), please visit: http://www.ic.org/

For futher information on Nonviolent Communication(also known as "compassionate communication"), please visit:

http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com or http://www.cnvc.org

I/we request that you are familiar with and have an intentional commitment to utilizing Nonviolent Communication including its incredible empathy model; we request that you have read "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion" by Marshall B. Rosenberg Ph.D. in full before communicating on this list.

Disclaimer: This group has no official affiliation with nor control by the Center For Nonviolent Communication; this list-serve does NOT purport to be accurately representing or demonstrating the practice of Nonviolent Communication as taught by the Center For Nonviolent Communication.

Views expressed here are those of the persons posting them and are NOT the views of the Center For Nonviolent Communication nor necessarily of the views of the group moderator(s); please use "I" statements that express ownership of your assumptions, beliefs, evaluations, interpretations, labels, judgments, and perspective if you deviate from the nonviolent communication model.

This site isn't primarily for discussions about pros-&-cons of NVC, theories of relationships, conflict, etc.

Please ask for what you want and need. You may just get those needs met.

Also see Empathy Now!

Steve Solomon, list moderator