Aug 25 2022
(Wo) Man's Search For Community
Cohousing: Is It The Post Covid Cure All We Need? With the way the pandemic floored the rate of skyrocketing costs of living, the anguish of our isolated lives, and the terrors of climate change it wasn’t shocking to me to find out that applications at Bergholt Hall, one of Britain’s oldest farming communes increased six-fold the past year. Intentional housing, or cohousing, typically exists in communities small enough for everyone to know each other, where there is shared space and gardens along with relatively smaller stand alone single household units. Some, like Lost Valley in Oregon, founded in 1988, serve as an educational and conference center, some, like Mariposa Grove in Oakland, seeks to provide community, affordable housing, and the sharing of resources for those living in the bottom 30% of income in the Bay Area. Whatever the vision and mission that unites them, cohousers firmly believe that cooperation allows them to live lighter on the planet, is easier, more interesting, more fun, and more economical. While more people may be drawn toward cohousing in the coming years even more may learn from them and make small changes in their life toward community and sustainability. ALSO! The shadow side of community. On Patreon they discuss times & places they felt truly a part of a tribe. Follow us on our beautifully curated Instagram page!
