Author: Molly
Churches being recast as intentional communities
Posted on January 17, 2008 by1 Comment
An article in The Walton Sun from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida describes how a local church is thriving after recasting itself as an intentional community: “We haven’t set any growth records but certainly haven’t set out to do so. We have between 60 and 100 each week in worship. From a spiritual perspective, the church… Read More
Communes and Cohousing on Huffington Post and Good Magazine
Posted on January 17, 2008 byAn article posted on the Huffington Post, a progressive news and blog aggregator, suggests communes and cohousing as an option for the current generation’s economic and social woes. Looking closer it seems this article comes from Good Magazine. If it sounds as if I’m calling for a return of the commune, that’s because I am–or… Read More
Co-op America Highlights Eating Co-ops
Posted on January 14, 2008 byCo-op America published an article on eating co-ops in its Real Money newsletter. The article profiles a variety of groups around the country who have gotten together to share cooking and/or meals together. From college campuses to apartment buildings, and from suburban neighborhoods to cohousing communities, many busy people have found that cooking cooperatively, especially… Read More
Ecovillages in E Magazine
Posted on January 14, 2008 byEnvirontal magazine E has an article on the ecovillage movement. For some reason they lead off with six paragraphs on Arocsanti before the get into the general ecovillage trend, mentioning LA Ecovillage, Cleveland Ecovillage, the Ecovillage Training Center at the Farm. According to the study, the 379 “eco-villages” registered with the Global Eco-Village Network (110… Read More
Ecohood Profiled in Plenty
Posted on January 14, 2008 byPlenty Magazine has a short article on Eco Neighborhoods and urban ecology. Back-to-the-landers have been making a comeback of sorts, what with the rise of the farmers’ markets and localvores and organic lettuce-obsessed gourmands. But the bucolic visions that once drove folks to isolated rural stretches to farm the earth have shifted, and urban farming… Read More
Senior Cohousing in Rocky Mountain News
Posted on January 14, 2008 byThe Rocky Mountain News has an article on Senior Cohousing in Colorado, specifically featuring Silver Sage Cohousing. The couple, in their 60s, looked at various homes here until an ad in a Boulder Senior Center newsletter led them to Silver Sage Village. The community, one of the first active-adult co-housing communities in the United States,… Read More
Cohousing Based Author Gives Simple Living Advice
Posted on January 14, 2008 byThe Bouldenewspaper, The Daily Camera, has an article on a cohousing resident who has authored a book on simple living called Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle. However, unlike some of us, Wann really does walk the talk. As example, instead of lush Kentucky bluegrass, he has cultivated a front yard of… Read More
Green Mountain Communes Profiled on Indy Media
Posted on January 14, 2008 byIndy Media of New Hampshire has a great article on a variety of communes in the Green Mountain area over the past few decades. Read the article.
Emma Goldman Finishing School in Yes! Magazine
Posted on January 14, 2008 byYes! magazine has an article on the intentional community, Emma Goldman Finishing School. EGFS is an income-sharing household in Seattle and the article describes how EGFS members make do working under 30 hours per week per person. EGFS is a member of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities (FEC) a nationwide network of income-sharing groups. Read… Read More
Washington Village Cohousing back to the drawing board
Posted on December 22, 2007 byBoulder citizens have gotten the Wonderland Hill Development Corporation to rethink its plans for the Washington Village site. After a successful petition drive, WHDC says they will go back to the drawing board and work with citizens to find an agreeable way to develop the site. “Our intention to resubmit is in good faith in… Read More
Podcast on cooperative options for seniors
Posted on December 19, 2007 byA conference in Charlottesville, VA spoke to the question of innovative options for aging in community. The panel is moderated by Dene Peterson of the ElderSpirit Community and panelists include: Marione Cobb of Twin Oaks; Monica Abbleby of the ElderSpirit Extension Project; Zev Paiss, co-founder of the Elder Cohousing Network; Marty Klaif of Shannon Farm;… Read More
Cohousing as a way to care for aging boomers
Posted on December 19, 2007 byWMBB discusses the tough question of how our society can care for our aging population as the baby boomers hit retirement. One option for aging boomers is cohousing: “We think boomers are going to find ways to co-habitate to take care of each other,” Thornhill said. “There’s not going to be anybody else to do… Read More
San Francisco to turn Treasure Island into an ecovillage
Posted on December 14, 2007 byWell they aren’t using the term ecovillage yet but San Francisco is debating what to do with Treasure Island, a human made island in the SF Bay with a now-defunct naval base. One idea is to turn it into a sustainable city. The plan calls for a car-free island with organic farms and natural waste… Read More
Worldwatch article on ecovillages and cohousing
Posted on December 12, 2007 byIn August Worldwatch published a nice article about ecovillages and cohousing and how they can help reduce one’s ecological footprint. This article is still getting picked up by other media, this time by Natural Life magazine of Canada. Many ecovillages are reducing energy use, localizing farming and creating more sustainable local businesses. Other environmentally minded… Read More
Ecovillages in the real estate section
Posted on December 11, 2007 byI always love seeing communities in the real estate section. Not when they are for sale, but when it seems they can’t figure out where else to put them. This article is from an online source calling itself “The People’s Media” which allows users to post news for distribution. It’s not the most accurate article… Read More
Crozet Cohousing Podcast and News
Posted on December 9, 2007 byBlue Ridge Cohousing is getting good press in the Charlottesville area. They got a very nice radio spot that you can listen to here: Podcast on Cohousing Read the article The story discussed some concerns about innovated storm water management. Hopefully this can be resolved.
Burlington Cohousing in dispute with neighbors
Posted on December 9, 2007 byResidents at Burlington Cohousing East Village are moving into their new units but are dogged by an unresolved issue with their neighbors about the sale of a buffer zone between them and neighboring single family homes. The article does a good job of presenting the dispute fairly and gives a nice montage of life in… Read More
Is it Cohousing? Richdale Place completed
Posted on December 9, 2007 byA Boston real estate paper reported on the completion of a new cohousing development, Richdale Place Cohousing. This is a developer driven cohousing community and is built as single building rather than townhouses (common for more urban cohousing). But its not clear how much community has been built among prospective residents and whether it will… Read More
Cassadaga Spiritualists in USAToday
Posted on December 7, 2007 byThe USAToday has picked up the AP story about Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp that we mentioned last week. Read the Article.
Saskatoon Ecovillage on City Council Agenda
Posted on December 3, 2007 byA project called the Ecovillage at River Landing is on the Saskatoon city council agenda for tonight. The ecovillage is a $21 million project of the Prairie Ecovillage Development Corporation. It’s hard to tell how much of a sense of community this project will have. Is this an example of the Ecovillage name being co-opted… Read More
Galveston paper profiles forming ecovillage
Posted on December 2, 2007 byThe Galveston Daily News ran a small article about a project just getting underway called Global Ecovillage. Read the article.
Commune woman loses child custody case
Posted on December 1, 2007 byA woman from The Family community near San Diego, CA lost custody of her 5 year old son after she was accused of being part of a “notorious sex cult”. Read the article and watch the video.
Canadian Press Profiles Cassadaga Spiritualist
Posted on November 30, 2007 byThe Canadian Press (not sure what it is) has an article on the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp and how they communicate with the dead. Read the article.
Cohousing in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Posted on November 29, 2007 byThe Charlotessville Daily Progress has an article on the first cohousing community in central Virginia, Blue Ridge Cohousing. “It’s like a regular development except people have chosen to live closer to each other and be more interactive in their community,” said Lazar, who lives in Shadowlake Village in Blacksburg, a cohousing development. For example, he… Read More
OUR Ecovillage on Peak Moment TV
Posted on November 29, 2007 byThis half-hour video, an interview with Brandy Gallagher MacPherson, shows how OUR Ecovillage on Vancouver Island, British Columbia is a positive response to things like peak oil. O.U.R. stands for “One United Resource,” expressing how interdependence and inclusion undergird this 25 acre demonstration sustainable community on Vancouver Island. This model ecovillage comprises natural buildings, a… Read More
Diana Christian interview on Peak Moment TV
Posted on November 29, 2007 byHere’s a 30 minute video of an interview with Diana Leafe Christian, author of Creating a Life Together. Communities Magazine editor Diana Leafe Christian concisely spells out what the successful 10% of intentional communities do: common vision and purpose, fair participatory decision-making, clear agreements in writing, good balance of right and left-brain knowledge, methods of… Read More
At Cohousing, the world doesn’t revolve around cars
Posted on November 29, 2007 byThis article laments the trend in housing where the front door has become a vestigial adornment and the garage doors are the main entrance to the home. Then the author discovers Delaware Street Commons Cohousing and finds a place where its not all about cars. So it was rather startling when a community appeared on… Read More
Troy Gardens Cohousing wins AARP Liviable Communities award
Posted on November 29, 2007 byTroy Gardens Cohousing in Madison, Wisconsin, a project of the Madison Area Community Land Trust has won a 2007 Livable Communities Awards. This new award is granted by the AARP and the National Association of Home Builders. Madison Area Community Land Trust (for Troy Gardens in Madison, WI) This 30-unit, mixed-income, co-housing community now protects… Read More
Solar Panels at Nyland Cohousing
Posted on November 28, 2007 byNyland Cohousing is getting some new solar panels and someone seems to be sending out some press releases, probably Sharp the solar panel manufacturer. See: Gizmag: Cohousing community shines with solar Nyland Community to Use Sharp Solar Arrays Colorado community gets Sharp solar panels Great to see cohousing going solar and great to see Sharp… Read More
Ecovillage Conference in Treehugger.com
Posted on November 28, 2007 byEcovillage Conference Tokyo 2007: Rise Of The Ecovillage Movement This past weekend’s second Japan Ecovillage Conference and this month’s earlier Chicago Urban Ecovillage gathering demonstrates, the word “ecovillage” has quietly evolved to become an all-purpose, cross-cultural and positive term describing a global phenomenon of diverse people living and working together in communities with the common… Read More
