Pioneering leaders around the world are self-organizing to create healthy and resilient communities. We hope their stories will inspire you.

Learn about Universidad de la Tierra, self-directed learning communities in Oaxaca and Chiapas that are steeped in Zapatismo and indigenous culture.

Warriors Without Weapons is a 30-day boot camp for building dreams. Visit Paquetá, an impoverished community that figured out how to create what they need with what they have.

Tiny Joubert Park in the middle of downtown Johannesburg is at the center of a South African story that overwhelms the heart with joy and grief.

The Kufundees are deeply in the experiment of creating the world we wish for. They have to be—everything around them has essentially collapsed.

Shikshantar is a hive in action—people everywhere discovering unique ways to grow and prepare food, maintain health, construct household goods, tell stories, create art.

In May 2007, 46 members of the Berkana Exchange gathered for the Art of Learning Centering, a 10-day experience of discovering together how to create the world we wish for.

When a community stops waiting for a hero to save them, it discovers its own solutions to intractable problems—such as hunger, education, healthcare, homelessness and more.

View highlights from the Walk Out Walk On Deep Dive workshop at Cloughjordan Ecovillage in Ireland, November 2011. Photos by Clare Mulvaney