Network For a New Culture

Network for a New Culture (NFNC) is a non -land-based intentional community of several hundred people throughout the US, originally inspired in part by the ideals and goals of the ZEGG community in Germany. Our members are those who have experienced New Culture at an event, gathering, workshop, or at an intentional community based on New Culture, and choose to become part of our intense and intimate network. NFNC sees community as a means to social change, and one of our goals is to encourage our members to establish communities which serve as models of healthy ways of relating to the Earth and to each other. We see community as a means to produce a world without fear, violence, coercion, or sexual repression. We believe that there are several key components to realizing this vision: self-responsible individuals; mutual support, honesty and openness in interpersonal relationships, a realization that means determine ends, and a realization that the personal is political – that is, a commitment to personal growth and change. At present there are local NFNC groups in Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, DC and Massachusetts; and there are intentional communities based on NFNC principles in Virginia, West Virginia, Hawaii, California, Washington and Oregon. To facilitate the community-forming and personal growth process, NFNC members hold conferences, workshops, and camps throughout the year.