Quaker walkers visit Rosewind Cohousing and Port Townsend Ecovillage

Posted on December 10, 2007 by

Well travelling bloggers do seem to stop in communities often and its nice to get their first hand descriptions of the place. And if you thought biodiesel or bikes were… Read More

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Crozet Cohousing Podcast and News

Posted on December 9, 2007 by

Blue 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… Read More


Burlington Cohousing in dispute with neighbors

Posted on December 9, 2007 by

Residents 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… Read More


Is it Cohousing? Richdale Place completed

Posted on December 9, 2007 by

A 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… Read More


A “Wife Swapping” Adventure

Posted on December 7, 2007 by

Can an ecovillage gal live for a week in a mainstream household–with a microwave oven, processed food on paper plates,five SUVs, and six tiny pedigreed show dogs–and make a difference?


Preventing “Tyranny of the Minority”

Posted on December 7, 2007 by

Our 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 by

Ecovillages 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 by

The 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 by

A 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 by

The 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 by

A 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 by

The 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 by

Some 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

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Cohousing in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Posted on November 29, 2007 by

The 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 by

This 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

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Diana Christian interview on Peak Moment TV

Posted on November 29, 2007 by

Here’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

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At Cohousing, the world doesn’t revolve around cars

Posted on November 29, 2007 by

This 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 by

Troy 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 by

Nyland 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 by

Ecovillage 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 by

Boulder 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 by

Utopian 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

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Auburn, CA city council proposes cohousing

Posted on November 21, 2007 by

According 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 by
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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 by

Fox 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

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Bankrate.com – Cohousing creates communities by design

Posted on October 5, 2007 by

Bankrate.com, a mortgage info site, published a very extensive article about cohousing: Cohousing creates communities by design Believing that no barriers are needed between good neighbors, in 1986, a pair… Read More


Elder Cohousing in Southwest Florida

Posted on October 3, 2007 by
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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 by

Our 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 by

This 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 by

Article about Belfast Area Ecovillage a forming cohousing group in Belfast, Maine. See Article Nice photos and article.