Cantine's Island Cohousing

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About the Communities

  • Mature
  • Ecological

Founding year

  • 1997

What we do

Nineteen privately-owned homes sit on over 9.5 acres of community-owned land beside the Esopus Creek within an easy walk to the Village of Saugerties. Homes cluster on the upper property, while the waterfront area remains quiet and secluded. We agreed that we would share property, facilities, resources, and to some extent our lives, but just as important, we respect each other’s privacy, autonomy and personal property. This balance is woven into the fabric of our lives.

Our Vision

To nurture a welcoming, connected cohousing community through shared stewardship, collaborative decision-making, and mutual care. We honor individual privacy while cultivating meaningful relationships, caring for our shared spaces, and practicing environmental responsibility in everyday life.

Our Mission

A thriving, resilient community where people feel a deep sense of  belonging, contribute their unique strengths, and support one another through life’s changes—sustaining a shared home that enriches our lives and inspires a more connected, sustainable world.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • 40 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
42

How to join

https://www.cantinesislandcohousing.org/

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Membership is a commitment to our community’s work and social life, with contributions varying according to each member’s circumstances.

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Economic model

  • Membership Fees/Dues Structure

Regular payments for community services and maintenance.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Nature of social activity

  • People in the community regularly socialize together

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Cantine's Island Cohousing

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Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace

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3 weeks ago

Healing Love Healing Money: Trust As The Foundation For A New Culture

Money, love and power are among the hardest things any community works with, and many of us carry the same fears into both: not having enough, losing what we have, and the sense that if someone else gets money or love, we won’t. Healing Love, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture is taught by two intentional communities. Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle are from Clear Sky Meditation and Retreat Center, a Buddhist-lineage community in the BC Rockies. Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera Healing Biotope, a community of about 160 people in southern Portugal that has spent decades studying love, trust and relationship. Clear Sky has spent years working on its relationship with money, and our two communities found surprising parallels in the fears beneath both. Over four sessions we explore the roots of fear around money and belonging, love, possession and power, trust as infrastructure (community as a container for healing), and ethical livelihood. We use short meditations, body-based practices, reflection and small-group conversation. You do not need to be in a romantic relationship or live in community. When: October 27, Nov 3, 10, 17. All four sessions: 12–2pm Vancouver, 1–3pm Alberta, 7–9pm UK and Portugal, 8–10pm Central Europe. Note: US and some Canadian provinces change clocks on November 1, so the US west coast is 12–2pm on October 27, then 11am–1pm for the remaining sessions, and Eastern is 3–5pm on October 27, then 2–4pm for the rest. Cost: sliding scale Details and registration: https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/healing-love-healing-money-online/  
October 27, 2026 13:00 – November 17, 2026 15:00
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6 days ago

Womens Tiny Mud House Workshop

I’m Na, a regenerative designer, earthen builder and educator with the Global Ecovillage Network. I’m passionate about helping people step into action, however big or small. A women’s build I joined back in 2015 was a much needed transformational experience that set me on this path. Offering this workshop is a way of coming full circle and passing that same spark on. Sat 16 to Fri 22 January 2027 This is a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn earthen building techniques and build a tiny house from the earth up, with your own hands. Why tiny? A tiny house requires careful, creative design and asks – what space do we actually need to live? It uses far less material and takes less time to build, so it’s practical and economical. This also allows us to experience all stages of a house build, from design and brick-making to building and finishing. You’ll get your hands into every part of the build. We’ll work with mud brick (adobe), cob and bamboo, then earth plasters and finishes. This workshop is open to women of all ages and abilities are welcome. Come if you’re new and curious, if you want more practice on specific parts of a build, or simply to play in the mud with wonderful people. It’s genuinely good fun. We’ll be in my little forest, a small house on the edge of a village and national park, 20 km south of Chiang Mai, Thailand. You can stay on site in simple earthen dorms or tents, and we’ll share home-cooked Thai food in the cool, bright days of Thai winter. Read more and register here 
January 16, 2027 00:00 – January 22, 2027 23:59

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