Builders of the Dawn: Community Lifestyles in a Changing World

by Corrine McLaughlin, Gordon Davidson

A comprehensive and sensitive examination of community living by two people who have lived it. Presents an overview of community lifestyles based on interviews with many community founders. It offers workable guidelines for those interested in building tomorrow's communities.

372 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Corinne McLaughlinis co-author of Spiritual Politics(Foreword by the Dalai Lama) and Builders of the Dawn. She is Executive Director of The Center for Visionary Leadership, based in California and North Carolina, and co-founder of Sirius, a spiritual and ecological community in Massachusetts. Corinne coordinated a national task force on Sustainable Communities for President Clintons Council on Sustainable Development, served on the adjunct faculty of The American University, and is a Fellow of The World Business Academy and The Findhorn Foundation. She also contributed a chapter about socially responsible businesses to The Mystery of 2012and the forthcoming Good Business.

Gordon Davidsonis President of the Center for Visionary Leadership and co-founder of Sirius Community, and was founding director of The Social Investment Forum and The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (Ceres). Through his Soulight Consulting, he serves as a consultant and personal coach in spiritual growth, leadership, conflict resolution, and individual and group decision making. Gordon is co-author of Spiritual Politicsand Builders of the Dawn, co-founder of Sirius Community, and a Fellow of the World Business Academy and the Findhorn Foundation. "

Reviews

[Ewa Danuta Bialek · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I visited the Findhorn Foundation many years ago, I always visited the bookstore to bring back another book. And that's when I came across this one. From the beginning, I was inspired by the title, as I also felt like a "builder of the dawn." However, the price in pounds was a limiting factor. I put it back on the shelf several times, but I kept returning to it. I wanted to prove to myself that this wasn't the book I needed. And then the book opened to a chapter title, beginning with "Education for the Future." Around that time, I organized an association in Poland with that name. I didn't put it back on the shelf because that was a sign that it was right for me!