Please elaborate on what you mean by "communes." Sounds good to me.

There is a commune (Arcosanti) about an hour south of where I live: low environmental footprint. I would like to see more places like Arcosanti be created that are tailored to different industries: writing/editing/content creation, software development, educational centers, etc. A common theme would be a low environmental footprint with a community farm. It makes sense to cluster people working in similar industries together.

edit: people would work in/at these communes, when possible, to avoid cost and energy use of commuting to work.