Just for Fun - full list

Full list of Just for Fun links - includes those appearing in past issues of Cohousing Now! and ones we are considering for future issues. Reading this page gives you a look back and a peek at our work in process. We hope you enjoy this look behind the scenes

Published Issues

May ??, 2009 - Issue #9

Just-for-Fun was not included in this issue.

May 12 - Issue #8

• City Repair - Enhancing Portland's Urban Spaces
  See 2009 Coho Conference speaker, Mark Lakeman, transform a city intersection
• The first Coho-L Post with Content
  The Cohousing Listserv started way back in 1992. Click here for more info
• The Earliest Cohousing News
  Cohousing newspaper articles from 1989 (note: many are Pay-per-View)

May 5, 2009 - Issue #7

• Cohousing is one answer
  Clip from Cohousing DVD; Visions of Cohousing, on European Cohousing
• How to: reducing the pet peeves in your community
  Conversations about cat policies at Wild Sage Cohousing (Boulder, CO)
• The "Flag Parade"
  Little kids enjoy playing at Touchstone Cohousing (Ann Arbor, MI).

April 21, 2009 - Issue #6

Just-for-Fun was not included in this issue.

April 3, 2009 - Issue #5

• Spring? How about an Easter Egg Hunt?
  Wild Sage Coho kids enjoy their community (Warning: no plot, but 6 min of cuteness!)
• 100 ways to use your common house
  Great list of how different cohousing communities have used their common houses
• 21st Century Village
  Rich, multimedia collection of videos and information on cohousing

Mar 18, 2009 - Issue #4

• Who's the funniest cohouser?
  Residents of Cambridge Cohousing (Cambridge, MA) share in anticipation of the No Talent Show.
• Wanna Start a Commune?
  An "only-slightly-tongue-in-cheek collective"... "gives a new attitude to an old idea" (New York Times - 2/3/09)
• Oh, we use colored cards - Huh?
  Mosaic Commons (near Boston, MA) shares how they use colored cards to help meetings go smoothly.

Mar 13, 2009 - Issue #3

• Oh the games people play
  Some light and lively games to help improve your community meetings
• Inflatable Space Commune
  Widely admired, very fun video - created by Arboretum Cohousing (Madison, WI)
• Come to the Cabaret?
  Sunward Cohousing (Ann Arbor, MI) enjoys using its common house for many house concerts.

Feb 7, 2009 - Issue #2

• The Pretty Ladies Rescue
  Video from Touchstone Cohousing (MI) shares a little "kid culture" (Warning: Its Cute)
• Cohousing On the Map
  Grass roots effort to place cohousing communities on a Google Map
• Common House Panorama (Large photo)
  Puget Ridge (WA) shows its common house using large photo (use your browser's horizontal scroll bar)

Jan 19, 2009 - Inaugural Issue #1

• The Gingerbread Cohousing Community
  Video shows Winslow Cohousing (WA) rendered in gingerbread, complete with animals in the forest!
• Cohousing Comics
  Comic artist, Richard Curran (richardcurran [at] mac [dot] com), depicts life at Cambridge Cohousing in six wonderful pieces
• Mama Drama: Only in Cohousing?
  Cohouser's daughter tells of Bitty Girl's coho-journey and her party (Warning: Its Cute)

Future Issues

Possible Cohousing Now! Content

May or may not be part of Just for Fun section.

Videos

• The Cohousing Concept
  Brief, high energy clip on cohousing.
• Radio Interview with Community Founder
  18 minutes originally broadcast on WNYC on Brooklyn Cohousing

Interviews with Conference Presenters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCNxOrQ6tI8
http://blip.tv/file/142726/

Interesting Cohousing Stuff

• Brooklyn Cohousing radio interview

Handy links - for editor only

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• 150 ways to build social capital

Many of these are very familiar, day-to-day aspects of life in a cohousing neighborhood, where some very wealthy people live.

• Meine Natur ist die Nachbarschaft
  And in English (mostly).
• Cool cohousing architectural project

Within Reach Movie video clips

Conference presenters Mandy and Ryan of Within Reach Movie are on a 12,000 bike-packing trip around the country visiting sustainable communities, including a number of cohousing communities. They will be sharing of their adventures in a Pre-Conference workshop and one of the many Conference Breakout Sessions.

• Sonora Cohousing (AZ)
  Within Reach shows interviews and some of the features of Sonora Cohousing
• Manzanita Cohousing (Prescott, AZ)
  Within Reach presents a brief music video of the sites of Manzanita Cohousing.