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cooperative living: 2009 CoHousing Conference in Seattle, WA - 03/23/09 11:25 PM
2009 National Cohousing Conference
Frequent and regular readers know about my interest in the cohousing movement so I am thrilled to be able to pass this information on to everyone in the rain.
Friday, June 26, 2009 - Sunday, June 28, 2009The 2009 Conference is the first-ever annual conference. There will be a wide range of programs to satisfy  Cohousing neophytes as well as old-timers, professionals and planning officials. There is lenty fo current cohousing residents too. In addition to high quality educational programming, there will be many social networking opportunities - both formal and informal. Click on the links below to learn more … (0 comments)

cooperative living: NEW TREND OR RETURN CUSTOM? - 01/07/09 11:36 PM
In "the good old days" many people had a very short commute to work. They lived above or behind the commercial endeavor they ran. Apartments above grocery stores, eateries and bars were not uncommon for much of urban history. Before Agribusiness there was the family farm.People lived on the land they worked, even or maybe especially, if they were sharecroppers.
As people look for ways to reduce time spent commuting live/work spaces are making a comeback. Some of this is fueled by younger workers who want to be near the entertainment offered downtown-music, theater, eateries of all varieties. Many of them … (4 comments)

cooperative living: Intentional Communities - 01/04/09 06:06 PM
My last post about CoHousing for Seniors generated tremendous interest and response. There are a lot of other ways in which peole copme together to form intentional living communities. Not all fit the general cohousing outlines in my previous post but most have elemnets of it. Intentional Community is an all inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, alternative communities, and other projects in which people strive to live together while pursuing a common vision. The link will take yo to a site that has many examples of all kinds of intentional living communities. There is even a link … (3 comments)

 
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My blog is as much about a philosophy of life and living as it is about real estate as a business. E.F. Shumacher subtitled his book SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL "Economics as if People Mattered" In the real estate industry we realize that people matter and that where they live matters. We now also have a larger responsiblity, I believe, to get them to consider HOW they live. Everyone in the developed world using less energy and resources makes it possible for those who have access to neither to experience a better life and to make the difference between their being able to having a roof overhead or not or for their children to eat or not. 



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