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Preventing “Tyranny of the Minority”
Posted on December 7, 2007 byOur consensus trainers and communication and process experts advise what to do about inadvertent “minority rule” in community.
From Eco-Kooks to Eco-Consultants
Posted on December 7, 2007 byEcovillages are increasingly being sought for their expertise–in wastewater treatment, environmental education, renewable energy, organic agriculture, leadership skills, communication training, and 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.… 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 More
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.
Bikers blog about Abundance Ecovillage, Sandhill, Dancing Rabbit
Posted on November 30, 2007 bySome bicyclers on a cross country trip are blogging about their travels which include stops at many communities. This one covers their stop at Abundance Ecovillage, Sandhill Farm, and Dancing… Read More
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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
Referendum on Boulder Cohousing
Posted on November 25, 2007 byBoulder residents have gathered signatures to put the zoning change for Wonderland Hill‘s Washington Village Cohousing development to a referendum. Neighbors are unhappy with the plan to develop the old… Read More
Gaiam profiles Damanhur
Posted on November 22, 2007 byUtopian Intentional Community Has Thrived for 30 Years Seems like everyone is talking abut Damanhur lately. Sounds like a pretty amazing place. Honored by the United Nations in 2005 as… Read More
Auburn, CA city council proposes cohousing
Posted on November 21, 2007 byAccording to an article in the Auburn Journa;, the city council of Auburn, CA is proposing to set aside some property for cohousing. This is likely the work of Auburn… Read More
Neighbors sue over cohousing in Boulder
Posted on November 20, 2007 by1 Comment
Neighbors are suing the city of Boulder, CO for changing zoning to allow a cohousing development called Washington Village. The cohousing community is being planned by Wonderland Hill Development Company… Read More
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage on Fox News St. Louis, Missouri
Posted on November 18, 2007 byFox News local affiliate in St.Louis, MO had this spot on their evening news this week. See the Video I thought it was a very positive portrayal and for the… Read More
Elder Cohousing in Southwest Florida
Posted on October 3, 2007 by1 Comment
The Southwest Florida Herald Tribune published an article on Elder Cohousing: A retirement community with a communal touch. The cohousing community is still in the forming stages but hopes to… Read More
IC article in Common Ground
Posted on October 2, 2007 byOur Town: Sick of single-family solitude? Craving an antidote to urban isolation? The new era of tribal living has arrived. Common Ground is published in LA, Seattle, San Fancisco, and… Read More
Communes in Vermont shape its culture
Posted on October 1, 2007 byThis article appeared in a collection of small papers in Vermont (http://www.rutlandherald.com, http://www.timesargus.com). They mostly talk about 60s communes but they acknowledge that a lot of intentional communities still make… Read More
Maine Today article on Belfast Area Ecovillage
Posted on September 30, 2007 byArticle about Belfast Area Ecovillage a forming cohousing group in Belfast, Maine. See Article Nice photos and article.
Cohousing in Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted on September 30, 2007 byAJC writes about green communities in the Home Finder section. One of them is East Lake Commons, a cohousing community in Decatur, GA. See the article.
Blogging about Ecovillage at Ithaca
Posted on September 10, 2007 byFolks on a cross country bike tour stopped at Ecovillage at Ithaca and posted this on their blog: http://foodstepsusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/day-13.html http://foodstepsusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/bit-on-ecovillage-at-ithaca.html
When Someone Blocks Far Too Frequently
Posted on September 7, 2007 byOur consensus trainers and communication and process experts advise what to do about “repeat blockers” in community.
Does It Really Matter What It Looks Like?
Posted on September 7, 2007 byWe asked 50 communitarians about attitudes about beauty in their communities. Did they value aesthetics in their buildings and landscape? Would they trade environmental or economic needs for beauty? their answers may surprise you.
The Meandering Paths of Arcadia
Posted on September 7, 2007 by1 Comment
Builder and old-house renovator Alex Daniell fell in love with the charming, old-world village atmosphere of 8-year-old Arcadia Cohousing. He asks Giles Blunden, the group’s architect, how he did it.
