Tag: Cohousing

Speedroommating Takes New York! [VIDEO]

01.30.12, 11:04am Comments (0)

Finding a good match is always a tough row to hoe, whether it's for a romantic mate or a roommate. Some creative thinkers in New York City borrowed a strategy from the former and applied it to the latter. Et voila! Speedroommating. Read more »

Policies for a Shareable City #12: Food Sharing

By SELC

12.15.11, 4:37pm Comments (0)

Cities should embrace citizen-led initiatives to share food and remove legal barriers to it. Read more »

Policies for a Shareable City #5: Shareable Housing

By SELC

10.13.11, 7:31am Comments (1)

How do we meet our housing needs as the population grows? Here are ways that cities can enable and incentivize shareable housing solutions. Read more »

How to Compost for Cohousing

By Neal Gorenflo

09.28.11, 9:35am Comments (1)

Here my friend Leif Utne explains how the composting system works for the 30 households of Winslow Cohousing on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington where he lives. Read more »

Roommates at 37: Why Living Alone Is Overrated

By Leilani Clark

08.24.11, 8:34am Comments (8)

When Leilani Clark separated from her husband, she felt compelled to get her own studio. But she soon found that living alone in your thirties isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Read more »

Seniors Reinvent Aging Through Cohousing & Senior Villages

By Cat Johnson

05.22.11, 11:45am Comments (5)

In a time of sweeping funding cuts to senior services, seniors are taking aging into their own hands and ditching the retirement home in favor of senior villages and cohousing spaces. Read more »

Indy Hall Coworking Expands To Offer Cohousing

By Beth Buczynski

05.07.11, 6:39pm Comments (0)

Independent's Hall, Philadelphia's most cleverly-named collaborative workspace, recently announced a project that will bring the coworking values home...literally. Read more »

How Others Are Living Well by Sharing

By Kare

06.29.10, 8:17am Comments (0)

If you see people sneaking around a neglected lot, digging in the dirt, they may be guerrilla gardeners. Read more »

Birth of Sharing Law

By Janelle Orsi

03.29.10, 7:13am Comments (12)

What do you call a lawyer who helps people share, cooperate, barter, foster local economies, and build sustainable communities?
That sounds like the beginning of a lawyer joke, but actually, it’s the beginning of new field of law practic. Read more »