Communities #198, "Building from the Ground Up," shares stories and guidance about natural building, starting new groups from scratch, and developing communities both ecologically and socially. From A-frames in the Canadian wilds to straw bale structures, reusing old buildings to fabricating domes, going back to the land to reclaiming handcraft skills, confronting the challenges of community formation to creating effective governance, countering structurelessness to defanging challenging behaviors, we learn how individuals and groups have learned to create foundations for success.