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  1. Alternate Sources
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1996
    A safe sex manual for SM Play. The authors, all experts in SM play, dispel the stereotypes and myths about sadomasochism with this introduction to a hitherto hidden world of human expression. Safe Edge is a pan-sexual book structured to answer the questions a novice might have as he or she begins to explore safer SM play, and those of experienced players as they try new ways to play. It provides an understanding of how SM play can be a positive, safe, and healthy expression of sexual fantasies.
  2. Breaking the Bonds
    The Realities of Sexually Open Relationships
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1982
  3. Canadian Cohousing Network
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Resource for the cohousing movement which seeks to create and maintain neighbourhoods which emphasize a supportive, inter-generational community, common facilities and participation by all members using a consensus process to make decisions.
  4. The Communitarian Network
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A coalition of individuals and organizations who have come together to shore up the moral, social, and political environment.
  5. The Connexions Annual: Introductions to the directory & its sections
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
  6. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
    A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rights, civil liberties, social change.
  7. Deutschsprachiges Kommunitariernetz
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    German-language communitarian site.
  8. Greenery Press Home Page
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Publishes books "for the sexually adventurous".
  9. Group Marriage
    A Study of Contemporary Multilateral Marriage
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  10. Intentional Communities
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Resource for intentional Communities including ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives and other related projects.
  11. Intentional Communities Upcoming Events
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Events for those involved in creating intentional communities.
  12. Interview with Ulli Diemer
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1990
    Jeff Orchard interviews Ulli Diemer about socialism, capitalism, life, and social change.
  13. Marginal Distribution
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Book distributor.
  14. Notes on Open Marriage: A New Life Style for Couples
    Resource Type: Book
  15. PEPCON
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1990
  16. Peptalk
    Periodical profile published 1989
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1989
  17. Rochdale
    The Runaway Collage
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1987
  18. '68: The Year of the Barricades
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
  19. Voyages To Utopia
    From MOnastery to Commune - The Search for the Perfect Society in Modern Times
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    The story of William McCord's exploration of utopian communities, both in person and through literature.
  20. Why Do Communities Fail?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    The strains that take their toll on community groups.

Experts on Alternative Lifestyles in the Sources Directory

  1. Connexions Information Sharing Services
  2. Connexions Counselling
  3. Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN)

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