Tag: Conference


What a Fantastic Conference!

I don’t hardly know where to start! Thank you so much to Silver Sage Village and Wild Sage to hosting our day of intensives which attendees very much enjoyed. We all met new people and reconnected with cohousing friends during the reception. Katie McCamant talked about ‘reintegrating community in this fast paced world’ in a... Read More

Bryan Bowen on This Weekend’s Regional Cohousing Conference

The Regional Cohousing Conference this weekend in Boulder, CO will bring cohousing professionals, those seeking cohousing and existing communities all together – there to share and gather knowledge to bring back to their established/new/in-process communities. Hear from Bryan Bowen of Caddis Architects (and resident at Wild Sage Cohousing) on why you should be excited for... Read More

Free Presentation: Re-Integrating Community in Our Fast Paced World

In less than 1 week, one of our special guests for the Regional Cohousing Conference, Katie McCamant will give a FREE presentation. Hope you can join us in Boulder on Friday, then stick around for the full Conference Program! See flyer below. Mainstreaming Cohousing: Re-integrating Community in Our Fast-Paced World First United Methodist Church 1421... Read More

Conference Bus Tours: Spend Time In Community!

While there is an abundance of information on our Coho/US website about the variety of cohousing communities, as well as the option to post inquiries to the Cohousing-L list serve, nothing compares to spending time at a community. Whether you are forming a community and in the process of learning all that you can, or... Read More

Cultivating Resilience at the Regional Cohousing Conference

Let’s talk resilience! That’s what I’ll be doing at the Regional Cohousing Conference this year and I hope you all are coming and want to dig in to that concept. What does it mean for our communities to be resilient: economically, ecologically and socially? I’ve been playing in the domain of community for a couple... Read More

An Impulse to Connect

I sit here on the Pacific Coast of Mexico watching the sea awaken in the soft pastels of the changing morning light of sunrise. The waves, stirred by a night of winds from the north rise and fall, then crash into transformative white foam, obscuring the boulders that define our boundary between land and sea.... Rea

Welcome to Wild Sage!

Wild Sage Cohousing is thrilled to welcome Coho/US Regional Conference attendees to our community. We’ll be hosting the Board of Directors retreat, holding some of the intensive workshops on Friday, April 20, and giving tours of our community on Sunday, April 22. Here’s a handy guide to let you know what to look for when... Read More

Decision Gridlock: Learn How to Get Unstuck at the Regional Conference!

It’s the first question newcomers ask when introduced to consensus (or consent) decision-making: What if you just can’t agree? My answer is usually, “That’s when the really good stuff happens!” It is too. It’s when we are pushed to be thoughtful, collaborative and creative and find solutions no one has thought of yet. Most of... Read More

Cohousing Conference in Colorado

Hello All, A friendly reminder the early-bird deadline for the Regional Cohousing Conference coming up April 20-22 in Boulder, CO is just around the corner! The early bird rate is $60 off the regular price, so round up your community members this week and sign yourselves up here: https://www.cohousing.org/boulder2018 The Regional Conference will feature full/half... Read More

Make New Friends

My favorite thing about attending conferences is the people that I meet. Don’t get me wrong, the information gleaned while attending intensives and sessions is invaluable, but what I really love is the informal conversations with other conference attendees when waiting for the elevator or while sitting in the hotel lobby lounge. This is when... Read More