Cohousing Newsletter - Fall 2009

Periodically, I get a Newsletter from the Coho Association. I started reading, and thought I should share with you all. Enjoy!

Cohousing Now! #14

Cohousing Now! provides timely information on Cohousing... Now! It's from the Cohousing Association of the United States, highlighting new information from Cohousing.org. This email is assembled at www.cohousing.org/now for those who prefer to web browse its content.

IN THE NEWS

The Boston Globe (MA) - 11/22/09
A model for the future with an eye to the past

Learn about the relatively new cohousing community in New Hampshire, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, and how they have created a community close to the land and close to each other.

OregonLive.com (OR) - 11/20/09
Northeast Portland cohousing group blends sustainability and sociability

Read about how one early cohousing group created their own sustainable community on a small scale.

The Durango Herald (CO) - 11/17/09
Senior cohousing gains initial interest from residents  The turnout was unexpectedly high at a recent meeting held to gauge interest in a senior cohousing community in Durango, CO.

San Diego GreenLife (CA) - 11/16/09
Growing Green Communities: Eco-villages & Co-housing Read about how some cohousing communities and eco-villages have used green technology to lower their carbon footprint.

Trendhunter Magazine (National) - 11/14/09
Detached Accessory Structures: Garden Cottages Add Residential Capacity in Portland A housing ordinance provision for cohousing creates new options for Portland, Oregon, homeowners.

Serialized Cohousing Books

Recent installments of our Online Cohousing Books.

Reinventing Community

 

• What I Learned from Children about Giving and Receiving
   
  
  
• Sharingwood Stories
   

2010 National Cohousing Conference - Featured Speaker: Dave Wann!

We're pleased to announce that Dave Wann will be a featured speaker at the 2010 National Cohousing Conference (June 16-20 in Boulder, CO)

 

. In addition to being a widely sought after public speaker, Dave authored Reinventing Community; Stories from the Walkways of Cohousing

 

. This fine book is published serially on Cohousing.org (see above) - the stories are a great way to help people understand Cohousing on a human level.