Let me suggest couple of articles by Dave Pollard with the central theme of Creating a Resilient Community http:
//blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/08/02.html#a2418
and
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/08/09.html#a2421
He talks about Intentional Communities, the Transition Movement, a new Natural Economy, and many more important, interesting points indeed...
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