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Posted by Carla on July 22, 2017

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Changing the way we live and altering our daily lives is a big step. Many of us look with awe and intimidation at the established eco-villages with gardens bursting with produce and cohousing communities expertly designed with architects. If we could transport ourselves right in place in our new home, we would. But whether we are joining a community or creating one, the steps to making that life a reality take work. I went through a process of learning on my way to readiness. A very wonderful process of reading books, meeting people, and seeing places which changed my assumptions about what I really needed and what was most important. Over time, I realized what mattered to me most was not a private house, but the chance to be outside more of my day. And that I didn't need to choose my neighbors based on having all the same interests as I do, but instead on their desire to be in a community. At the beginning, there were so many questions. With all the barriers, is this p

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I was very intrigued by these words from urban planner James Rojas: "Collective community values should be the foundations of all planning decisions, projects, plans but planners rarely dive deep enough to engage the public's imagination to establish values. Planning today lacks the creation of values: How do we value ourselves, each other, and the landscape? Instead planners ask people what they want or need which is similar to asking a child what they want for Christmas. The planner creates the list that might include more parking, less congestion, more bike lanes, a subway, a bigger house, etc. Then they prioritize the list by popularity, or financial constraints rather than by values to make sure we are growing, developing in the right direction. Individuals have values that dictate their everyday decisions. For example a person might value raising a child, establishing a career, leading a healthy life, etc. Everyday most people make decisions bas

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Hoping that everyone has some vacation time coming up, here's some suggested reading! Books: Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities . By Diana Leafe Christian. Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community . By Diana Leafe Christian. Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities by Kathryn McCamant & Charles Durrett. Organizations: Fellowship for Intentional Community - they have a great email newsletter. The Cohousing Association of the US International Co-operative Alliance

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