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  • Don’t forget to register for the 2012 National Cohousing Conference – Early Bird discount ends on April 30th!
    By Val Motley

    We are looking forward to an informative and interesting conference including two exceptional keynote speakers – John Robbins and Duane Elgin.

    Author and advocate for a more sustainable lifestyle, John Robbins, keynotes Opening Night on Fri., June 15. The only son of Baskin Robbins...

  • Wow -- Walls at Wolf Creek Lodge
    By Bob Miller

    The members of Wolf Creek Lodge are excited to see their walls going up.

    The Wolf Creek Lodge community was formed in 2006 when Kathryn McCamant identified an ideal plot of land on Wolf Creek in Grass Valley, California for a multifaceted cohousing community.  The community will...

  • Consensus: Decision-Making or Community
    By Sharon Villines

    What is the point of using consensus in decision-making?

    The sociocratic answer is "to create a community in which everyone feels that they are an equal member. Not that they will be "heard" but that they will be able to function fully and freely without ignoring their own needs because...

  • Raising Children While Living in an Intentional Cooperative Community
    By Karmit Bulman

    Charlie and I met 30 years ago. We fell in love fast (at first sight at a Madison Wisconsin coop house party). Within a few weeks we were already spring break vacationing together in Florida, and during one of our many long walks on the beach, we shared our goals for the kind of lives we...

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