Intentional Communities Initiative (ICI)

With the publication of the article Beyond Sustainability: Building for Health in Communities magazine by re|shelter co-founder Julie Genser, re|shelter established itself as a facilitator for better accommodation of people with environmental intolerances in intentional community living. The article suggests the following steps be taken:

• IC.org to provide a public listing of communities that are EI friendly/aware, including a contact person;
• Reshelter.org to maintain a private listing of EIs wishing to be placed in community;
• Intentional communities to incorporate specific language about acceptable personal care and laundry products, building materials, etc. into community rules, and—most importantly—to enforce these rules;
• Reshelter.org to provide a template for such language;
• Educational workshops to be given in participating intentional communities about accommodating disability from environmental illness;
• Reshelter.org to explore funding solutions for the creation of non-toxic housing in existing intentional communities as well as the formation of new communities

Any intentional communities interested in working with us to become a safer home for people with environmental intolerances should contact us to begin the conversation.