SERVAS - Through Servas, travellers have opportunities to meet hosts, their families and friends, and join in their everyday life.
WWOOF - WWOOF is a world wide network that allows volunteers to live and learn on organic properties.
Hospitality Club - Thousands of Hospitality Club members around the world help each other when they are traveling.
A Silent Joy - Etain Addey - This book describes in beautiful prose how Pratale was founded out of a need to re-connect to the land.
Real Horse Power: Living and Working with Horses and Donkeys - Martin Lanz - This book shows the equine inhabitants of Pratale play a crucial role in the farm; as companions and workers.
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved Inside America’s Underground Food Movements - (Katz 2006) - This book is well described by the following quote: "What's for dinner? Zesty politics, delicious democracy, and satisfying grassroots action. Devour this book."
Transition towns - This an international, grass-roots movement aiming to shift local economies away from an over-reliance on fossil fuels: Its something that anyone can get involved in
Permaculture - This movement encourages people to go back to the land in towns, cities and suburbs across the globe to grow cheap, delicious and satisfying food. This is just the wikipedia page, but there's probably an organisation, or interested individual in your region so get involved! (RL)
Get involved in, or form your own, local community. It can be just a group of friends, or part of a community centre. Either way, local networks of people can lead to more fulfilling lives