Co-Housing:
FrancesBowen -- October 14, 2009 — *if you have difficulty with running the video try switching the HD button off*
It's happening. We've bought land alongside the River Lune at Halton and pre-sold over half the houses. There will be a zero-carbon cohousing community as well as workshop/office space in converted buildings. You can still be part of it!
It's happening. We've bought land alongside the River Lune at Halton and pre-sold over half the houses. There will be a zero-carbon cohousing community as well as workshop/office space in converted buildings. You can still be part of it!
mlietaert -- March 23, 2007 — http://notsocrazy.net AWARD WINNER at the 34th Ekotopfilm festival 2007, selected at the 9th Gold Panda Awards. One of today's biggest paradoxes, is that half of the world's population lives in city, yet many do not know their neighbours... Imagine 20 or 30 households: each has its own dwelling, but they all share some common rooms and activities. In that sense, cohousing makes urban life easier and more fun for both adults and children, while preserving a high level of privacy. This documentary, based on interviews conducted in 14 cohousings shows that another city life is possible!
eikkieddie -- September 12, 2007 — Lammas, an organized community within the UK and a novel initiative , with low impact-living, aims to achieve a low-impact development providing an unprecedented opportunity for the repopulation of the countryside by people committed to land-based, environmentally-conscious living.
The documentary taster above is with thanks to:triggurthis -- December 07, 2009 — This is a story about capitalism and cooperatives. It's also a story about how cooperatives will defeat capitalism, causing it to hide in a deep, dark hole where cooperatives will eat what capitalism leaves behind. Or, alternatively, you can look at these websites to get more info. National Coop Business Alliance: http://www.ncba.coop/abcoop.cfm, National Association of Housing Coops: http://www.coophousing.org/, US Federation of Worker Coops: http://www.usworker.coop/front.
Additional note: cooperatives are magnificent and work to give power back to the people--but sometimes, coops, like corporations, can get too successful and expansive and lose their coop morals. There is a certain point when we have to ask ourselves whether the coop model can actually replace capitalism... and whether that is even the point. When do coops become too big for their own good and how do we carry out the Rochdale Principles to the fullest of its original intentions?
Additional note: cooperatives are magnificent and work to give power back to the people--but sometimes, coops, like corporations, can get too successful and expansive and lose their coop morals. There is a certain point when we have to ask ourselves whether the coop model can actually replace capitalism... and whether that is even the point. When do coops become too big for their own good and how do we carry out the Rochdale Principles to the fullest of its original intentions?
