After forty years of marriage, my husband Bob and I are occasionally asked “How have youmanaged to stay together for so long?” Well, we have been devotees of “nonviolentcommunication” as developed by Marshall Rosenberg for twenty of those years. Notice Read more…
This week is the meeting of COP 27. As the planet continues to warm and we continue to see the effects of global climate disruption, fires, floods, hurricanes, melting ice caps, and species extinction, global leaders are meeting to address Read more…
“We may think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us.”– Jenny Uglow Hello, all, from the interns! ‘Tis the season for picnics, stargazing, and gathering with friends to sort garlic and Read more…
Inspired by the book Meet Your Happy Chemicals (by Loretta G. Breuning, PhD), community member Irina wrote about four hormones associated with positive feelings and applying them to community work. Read on for ways our happy chemicals are accessed by Read more…
(Re)Visit Interdependence Day through the eyes of Llani, second generation of Sirius’s founding family, the hardworking Intern, Grounds, and Maintenance Coordinator here, and editor of the Sirius book written by her father, Bruce (click here to get your copy). Why Read more…
by Ellen Moriarty For my 55th birthday I decided to treat myself to a “Community Experience Weekend” at the Sirius Community. It was the best present ever! I was delighted to meet the community members, interns and the other guests. Read more…
“O light shine down on meYou know what I needShine down on meShine down on the garden Sweet earth alive under meYou know what I needCradle me like a seedAs I lay in the garden O wise and beautiful treeStanding Read more…
Hello from Faith Kingsley, a child at heart, hailing from Sirius Intentional Community in Massachusetts! What a time we interns have had in the past month! From moving great big logs by the power of teamwork, to surviving the potent Read more…
Dear Friends,Today, July 4th, we celebrate not only Independence Day, but our interdependence as a planet.In a time of pandemic and global climate disruption we offer this statement, “The Declaration of Interdependence”, first drafted by Sirius members in 1990 in recognition Read more…
Sirius Celebrates Its 40th Year! As we enter our fortieth year of innovative sustainable living in community, we embrace a new era of growth and expansion. New member and interim Executive Director John Broucek have initiated a process of strategic Read more…