I don't know anyone who wants this. How do I find people to start a community with?

K Answered by Kibutz

Most founding groups don’t start with a ready-made group of friends. They start with one or two people who keep talking about the idea until others join in.

A few things that work:

• Write a one-page description of what you want — where, roughly how big, what you’d share, what would stay private. People can only say “yes, me too” to something specific.
• Go where community-minded people already are: visitor weeks at existing communities, permaculture and ecovillage courses, cohousing network events, local food co-ops.
• Start small. A monthly shared meal or reading circle with three interested people is a real beginning.
• Use the Community compass and tick “Let me know when a compatible person or group appears”. We introduce people by hand, based on what they actually want — not on a public list of profiles.

Expect it to take time. A good founding group is built over months of meeting, not one exciting weekend.