Facebook: A Tool for Living Locally

Living Locally: A Choice

As Society becomes more globally connected through technology and media, we believe that people will turn more to their local community and neighbors to find a grounding, social systems and lifestyles that will protect, provide for and support them.

Currently, most people feel an increasing degree of disconnection from their neighbors and local community. We believe social technology, and in big part, Facebook, will begin to bridge the disconnection and create new meaning and experience in living locally.

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Thanks to CameraArtistry.com for the image of "A person on The People Tree."

Getting Started: The Basics

Go to www.facebook.com.
In the upper right corner of the screen, click on "tour" and watch the introduction.
Create an account.
Add some information into your profile. (You can always edit it later, and you can always control your privacy settings on who sees what inside your profile.)
Upload a picture of yourself!
Go search for people you know, and either 1) "poke" them 2) send them a message or 3) add them as friends.
Find and add some groups.

Using Facebook to Live Locally

Once you have an account, there are some applications you may want to add to help you connect and live locally. You'll find the *applications* list in the far left column of your screen; select *edit* and go from there. And, if you find other great Facebook apps that help people live locally, email us.