Diggers and Dreamers

Diggers and Dreamers is a group that promotes intentional communities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

History

Diggers and Dreamers started out as a book based directory, first published in 1989 as a resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities and communal living in the UK. The project was an offshoot of the Communes Network, a loose organisation that was established at a meeting on 15–16 February 1975 organised by the Communes Movement,{{Cite web | last =Dawling | first =Pam | title =What is the Communes Network? | work =Diggers & Dreamers | publisher =Diggers & Dreamers Publications | date =1992–1993 | url =http://www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk/articles/199204.pdf | accessdate =2010-05-28 }} which itself was started in 1968 by Selene Community, and which had achieved a distribution of 3000 copies of its journal, Communes: Journal of the Communes Movement, in March 1971.{{Cite book | last =Christensen | first =Karen |author2=Levinson, David | title =Encyclopedia of community: from the village to the virtual world, Volume 1 | publisher =Berkshire Publishing Group | year =2003 | isbn =9780761925989 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=t1geOjQ6R0MC&q=%22Communes+Movement%22+%22Communes+Network%22&pg=PA757 | accessdate =2010-05-28 }}

The Guide to Communal Living (and from 1999 accompanying website) focusses on all aspects of communal living. Alongside the journal there is a directory of communal groups. More recently Diggers and Dreamers have published a number of book reviews, conference presentations and books other than the Guide to Communal Living.

Themes

Over the years the publication has covered a wide variety of topics connected with communal living and has featured articles by both those living communally and those studying it. The themes covered by articles include: