NeoTribes exists to make visible places where people commit to each other and to a place, and where new ways of living together can take root over time.

Communities on NeoTribes may take many forms — from ecovillages to colivings, guesthouses, and hybrid spaces — but they share a common orientation: belonging, continuity, and a long-term relationship with people and place.

To help keep the ecosystem coherent and meaningful, we look for two core signals when reviewing new submissions. These are not about perfection, but about depth of intent and direction of travel.

🌿 1. Active Community Life & Commitment Your place should support ongoing human connection and shared rhythm, grounded in a real relationship to a place and to the people who inhabit it.

Examples may include:

• A core group of people living, working, or stewarding the place over time
• Shared meals, rituals, circles, or regular communal moments
• Hosting guests, residents, or volunteers within an existing community fabric
• Colivings, guesthouses, or retreat spaces where community is intentionally cultivated — not incidental
• Shared responsibilities, projects, or forms of mutual care

What matters most is intentional commitment: people are not simply passing through, but participating in — and contributing to — a shared way of life anchored in a place. NeoTribes prioritizes communities that are building continuity, belonging, and trust over time, even as they evolve.

🌱 2. Direction Toward Regeneration, Resilience & Self-Sufficiency NeoTribes is guided by a long-term vision of regenerative, resilient, and decentralized ways of living. Not every community will already be fully sustainable — but we look for a clear and sincere orientation toward that horizon.

This may be expressed through, for example:

• Steps toward local food production, community gardens, or regenerative agriculture
• On-site or locally sourced energy (solar, hydro, shared infrastructure, or transition plans)
• Reduced dependence on centralized systems through reuse, repair, sharing, or circular practices
• Local sourcing, cooperation with nearby producers, or regional resilience efforts
• A stated intention to increase autonomy, resilience, and ecological responsibility over time

Urban communities, colivings, and guesthouses are welcome — especially when they see themselves as part of a broader transition toward more grounded and self-reliant ways of living. What matters is not where you are today, but where you are consciously heading.

🌍 A Living Network of Communities in Transition NeoTribes brings together communities at different stages of the journey — united by a shared movement toward deeper belonging, stronger local roots, and greater resilience.