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  • California recognizes Cohousing as a more Sustainable Living Environment
    By Bob Miller

    The theme of the 2012 National Conference is “Creating Sustainable Neighborhoods; Learning from the Cohousing Experience.” Governor Jerry Brown of California recently endorsed the concept of cohousing as a more sustainable living environment.

    The Governor’s Environmental and Economic...

  • Want the truth? Ask a child.
    By Sandy Thomson

    Lately I have been thinking about what CoHousing is like from a child's perspective. And as Oliver Wendell Homes said, "Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children." For them it must be heaven. No meetings, no money worries, conflicts come and go at...

  • When can I Object?
    By Sharon Villines

    When can I object? Should I ever object if I want to support my community?

    The whole process of reaching consensus is one of resolving objections. Initially, what would be called objections later in the process are called problems or needs or desires. That's why decisions...

  • Workshare: Workdays & Tracking Maintenance Tasks
    By Sharon Villines

    One of the challenges of managing a community is how to track all the tiny maintenance tasks that are not ongoing. Ongoing tasks can be assumed by one person who takes responsibility for doing them when they need to be done. Responsibility for large one-time tasks can be assumed by a temporary...

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