Size Matters
By Chuck DurrettThe best size and number of households seems to be one of the big challenges facing cohousing in America. Cohousing communities in Europe have shown over and again that the optimum size...
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Developing a Sustainable State of Mind
By Mark Daugherty Collaborative Energy Ventures, Presented at the Cohousing Conference 2010June 17, 2010Outline: - Sustainability - View, Practice and Action - Conflict, Taking Whole, Forming - Social...
View ArticleRenewable Energy at an Achievable Scale and Cost
Presented by Bryan Bowan, 2008 National Cohousing ConferenceJune 21, 2008renewable energy technologiesUse of natural resources such as sunlight, wind, water, ocean tides, hydrogen, biomass, or...
View ArticleNet-Zero Home and Community Buildings (and beyond)
Presented by Bryan Bowan, 2008 National Cohousing ConferenceJune 21, 2008design goal: to luxuriate in life (cold beer, warm shower), to live lightly on the land : design a compact building with a...
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Daybreak – a sustainable Case Study
Presentation by Grace H. Kim, for the 2008 National Cohousing ConferenceJune 21, 2008Daybreak – a sustainable Case Study The reality of building green Presentation by Grace H. Kim, AIA provided...
View ArticleMistakes New Cohousing Groups Make
By Sharon VillinesA list of 5 mistakes new cohousing groups make when they plan construction and add new members.
View ArticleCohousing Forum – San Rafael
By Bob MillerWolf Creek Lodge, an established senior cohousing community in Grass Valley, CA and Phoenix Commons, a cooperative lifestyle community under construction on the Oakland waterfront, will be...
View ArticleWhat Should We Be Afraid Of?
By Sharon VillinesOn Cohousing-L, a member of a forming group asked a smart question: "What SHOULD we be worried about?"Philip Dowds, an architect living in Cornerstone Cohousing in Cambridge Cohousing...
View ArticleArchitectural Review Policies: Plan-Implement-Measure
by Sharon VillinesArchitectural review policies are generally hard to write, partly because we have very different housing experiences when we move into cohousing and partly because we have never had...
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How Working Together Can Bring Us Together
By Mary KrausApril 1, 2006Participatory Design As A Key To Sustainable SocietyKraus Fitch Architects, Inc. was recognized by Natural Home & Garden magazine as one of the ‘Top 10 Green Architect...
View ArticleCohousing Professionals
Cohousing professionals include architects, developers, consultants, marketers, trainers, and others who can address the specific and special needs of cohousing communities and forming groups. Featured...
View ArticleCommunity Size
Sharon VillinesCommunity size does matter and will affect what kind of community you have, probably more than anything else.
View ArticleStocking Kitchen Appliances & Stuff
Sharon Villines, Takoma Village, Washington DCOff my usual topic of governance but this was a response to a question from a new community that I thought might be helpful to all new communities, and...
View ArticleComposting Toilets
By Neena Jud, AIA LEED API happen to be writing an article this month about my experience with designing a composting toilet facility for a nature preserve in southern Kentucky. So let me take a few...
View ArticleYour Community's Purposes: Vision, Mission, Aim
Sharon VillinesMost values statements are so vague that pretty much anyone would be willing to endorse them. Values statements mean nothing unless they are connected to a vision, mission, and aims. The...
View ArticleDo You Need an Office in the Common House?
Sharon Villines, Takoma Village CohousingWe have an office at Takoma Village in Washington DC. We are one of the larger communities with 43 households and almost 100 residents. Smaller communities may...
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Transitioning to a Net-Zero Home
Sarah Lozanova, BelfastCohousing & Ecovillage (Midcoast Maine)"Everyone knows that Americans consume resources at a rate that is not sustainable," Jeffrey says. "I always thought I was making my...
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Sustainable Living Features - Fair Oaks EcoHousing (Sacramento CA)
August 11, 2016Attached is Fair Oaks EcoHousing's "Sustainable Living Features"Cohousers don’t only talk the green talk, they walk the green walk.Yet the sustainable lifestyle inherent in intentional...
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Environmental Council Endorses Fair Oaks EcoHousing
Jenny of CoHousing SolutionsCohousers don’t only talk the green talk, they walk the green walk. Yet the sustainable lifestyle inherent in intentional neighborhoods is not always outwardly apparent to...
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In Community: You Need Not Reinvent the Wheel
Charles Durrett, McCamant & Durrett Architects | The Cohousing CompanyCohousing in Denmark was catapulted into success with the collaboration of the very capable architect Jan Gudmand Hoyer and the...
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