Local Adaptation Initiative - Plumas County

Join us at historic Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata, Pa., for the Communal Studies Association’s 51st Annual Conference.  Learn more about community and share your experiences.  Find out more on our website www.communalstudies.org.

Seven-week online workshop January 17 – February 28, 2026 Most conflicts in intentional communities and other member-led groups look like simple interpersonal conflict. But intentional community researcher, author, and consultant Diana Leafe Christian identifies three different sources of conflict — not only simple interpersonal conflict, but also what she identifies as “structural conflict” in her book Creating a Life Together, as well as the conflict arising from what she calls “especially challenging behaviors.” In this workshop you’ll learn practical, workable solutions successful communities have used to resolve or contain each type of conflict. This workshop is for people in communities (or members of food co-ops, activist groups, and so on) who may have felt confused, baffled, or even hopeless about ongoing conflict in their group and seek grounded, field-tested solutions. There are things you can do! Click here for more information and to register.

Camphill Academy offers practice-integrated postsecondary programs in Inclusive Social Development, with concentrations in Curative Education, Social Therapy, and Social Agriculture & Biodynamics. As a Camphill Academy student, you pay no tuition to begin earning college credit to transfer to a bachelor’s degree program at one of our partner universities. Enrollment is open for programs starting in the Fall of 2026! Visit www.camphill.edu for more information and to apply.

T.O.N.E. is a visionary digital ecosystem designed for conscious and spiritual communities, fostering resonance, connection, and collective awakening. Through a mobile-first, frequency-driven interface, it features pulsating sacred geometry, a cosmic QR-code portal, and time-synced rituals to unite soul families. Built with minimalist technology (HTML5, TailwindCSS), T.O.N.E. emphasizes energetic UX, inviting users to co-create a global network of healing, intention, and transformative business and something that is not of this world. I work with AI, VR, AR, AGT, BCI, Plant Medicine and Technology. I have over 22 years of experience in international marketing and sales. I successfully ran my own social media agency for over 10 years and sold it at the end of 2022. Now I travel from place to place connecting like-minded people and bringing great things into the world together. If you feel like it, feel free to get in touch.