Cohousing: The secret to sustainable urban living?

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Cohousing: The secret to sustainable urban living?

Petaluma Avenue Homes, an affordable cohousing community in Sebastopol, Calif. Back in the good old days, I’m told, people lived in neighborhoods where they looked out for each other. They had potlucks, kept an eye on each other’s kids, loaned out lawnmowers and cups of sugar. Each home was its family’s castle, but the instinct to participate in a caring community transcended the temptation to isolate in private houses. Apparently we’ve strayed so far from that norm over the last half-century or so that it now takes a conscious effort to recreate it. That’s one way to view cohousing , a collaborative housing model imported to the United States from Denmark in the 1970s, in which “residents actively participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhoods.” In the approximately 125 cohousing communities in the U.S., residents share chores and responsibilities, com...

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@kacaldwell » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
Interesting. From an @HabitatPhilly Facebook fan. [link]
@NikkieVinke » 20 Jul '12, 7am
Is co-housing dé duurzame leefvorm voor de toekomst? Er liggen kansen: [link]
@LivableCities » 19 Jul '12, 12pm
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@mfioretti_en » 18 Jul '12, 12pm
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@rebeccagiggs » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
On new co-housing designs & affordability [link]
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Interesting read about a rising housing trend: Cohousing—The secret to sustainable urban living? | Grist [link] #CRE
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RT @amandakhurley: Great article--love cohousing but it's too pricey RT @grist Is cohousing the secret to sustainable urban living? [link]
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More neighborhood co-design than just living together RT @grist: Is cohousing the secret to sustainable urban living? [link]
@TishaSrivastav » 15 Jul '12, 2am
Someone asked what's the worst thing about living alone for you?ME:My carbon footprint. An Indian version of this ideal [link]
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#Cohousing: The secret to sustainable urban living? Maybe, but it needs to be affordable. [link] via @grist
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From Denmark... RT @grist Is cohousing the secret to sustainable urban living? [link]
@LaurelHost » 14 Jul '12, 11pm
“@grist: Is cohousing the secret to sustainable urban living? [link]” why yes it is. McMansions could be subdivided, nicely.
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Co-housing could be secret to sustainable living if we could just figure out how to make it affordable [link] #sustainability
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Επιστροφή στις γειτονιές των ασπρόμαυρων ταινιών: ανακαλύπτοντας το #cohousing [link]
@JRogers202 » 13 Jul '12, 2pm
It's the opposite: walkability, efficiency R penetrating mainstream planing, which influences "cohousing" [link] via @grist
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Cool! The secret to sustainable urban living? [link]
@janseurinck » 13 Jul '12, 12pm
Interessante kijk op cohousing waarbij naar sociale inclusie wordt gekeken [link]
@kleo_polyzou » 13 Jul '12, 9am
The neighbourhood as it used to be: discovering #cohousing [link]
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Interesting article on #cohousing [link] Read about a Melbourne example here [link]
@interraarchitec » 13 Jul '12, 12am
RT @SeaArchitecture: Check out this article on Cohousing in Grist! SAF will be hosting a Deisgn in Depth lecture this topic on Sept.... [link]
@mj_lawrence » 12 Jul '12, 11pm
Naturally, I felt compelled to comment on this article about #cohousing [link] cc: @cgiller
@FleurdeB » 12 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @dancingdogblog: Every heard of cohousing? It should make life easier for people, but at what price? [link]
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Every heard of cohousing? It should make life easier for people, but at what price? [link]
@SeaArchitecture » 12 Jul '12, 10pm
Check out this article on Cohousing in Grist! SAF will be hosting a Deisgn in Depth lecture this topic on Sept.... [link]
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Great article on Cohousing in Grist! SAF will be hosting a Design in Lecture on Cohousing on Sept. 11. more... [link]
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Cohousing: The secret to sustainable urban living? | Grist: It's a conscious way of living designed to encourage... [link]
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@domali3 » 12 Jul '12, 8pm
Interesting article. Makes sense on many levels. • Cohousing: Secret to Sustainable Urban Living? • Grist • [link]
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RT "@drgrist: Cohousing: The secret to sustainable urban living? [link]" examples from the USA via The Economist! @ukcohousing
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@WegoWise » 12 Jul '12, 2pm
Whoa a neighborhood AND a community? What a novel idea. Very European [link] from @grist