Category: Vision


Cohousing Policies

Submitted by Elizabeth Magill, Mosaic Commons in Berlin, MA on
What shall we discuss as we are forming our communities? Every forming community (I hope!) asks this question and communities that have already moved in give lots of different answers. Many of those answers are in the form of “I wish we’d resolved this” and “we decided x which was irrelevant and should have decided... Read More

Why Vision & Values?

Submitted by Anne Geraghty, Washington House (West Sacramento CA) on
We know that our vision and our values, whether fully articulated or unconscious, have a powerful influence on the direction of our lives. In a cohousing project such as this, the careful articulation of our mutual vision and values will lead us to the kind of community we’re seeking. It will set the stage for...
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Your Community’s Purposes: Vision, Mission, Aim

Submitted by Sharon Villines on
Most values statements are so vague that pretty much anyone would be willing to endorse them. Values statements mean nothing unless they are connected to a vision, mission, and aims. The same organization can say we value environmentally friendly products and processes and mean entirely different things. I’m sure there is an executive at BP... Read More