Re: The Future of Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Wayne Tyson (landrestcox.net) | |
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 15:33:59 -0800 (PST) |
Hello new friends,I have no experience, leadership, and certainly no connections to take anybody, much less a "movement" anywhere. However, Zev's post opens up thoughts--at least curiosity--about just what he has in mind . . .
WT----- Original Message ----- From: "Zev Paiss" <zpaiss [at] comcast.net>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 7:48 AM Subject: [C-L]_ The Future of Cohousing
Hello Friends Old and New, This thread around rental cohousing is something I believe the cohousing world will need to take very seriously in the coming years. When I became involved in cohousing in 1991 the world was a different place. Back then, there were "only" 5.5 billion people on the planet where today, only 20 years later, there is an estimated 6.9 billion people. Exponential growth is a powerful thing. Populations everywhere are bumping up against the limits of fresh water, food, liquid fuels, and jobs in many parts of the world and right here in America. I have had the pleasure and the challenge of been at the forefront of innovation in the cohousing movement since I began. These include helping to create the Rocky Mountain Cohousing Association, the CoHousing Journal, eight regional inserts, a color cover, the first Cohousing website, beginning to accept credit cards, starting an online store, coordinating several regional then the first few National conferences, and creating the Elder Cohousing Network. The question before us now is how does cohousing address the monumental transformations in housing now confronting American society. As Kate Ben-Ami stated in her message earlier this week, "I understood that it'll take time for the COHO community to realize the complete paradigm shift that has occurred in this country (with regard to home ownership)." This is an unprecedented opportunity for the cohousing model to take its 20+ years of experience and apply it to creating models for affordable, rental and lower income housing that is so urgently needed in this country. Cohousing needs creative leadership who has the experience, leadership and connections to take us in this direction. Who is ready to join me in this challenge? Zev Paiss Nomad Cohousing Boulder, Colorado zpaiss [at] abrahampaiss.com 303-413-8066 _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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Re: The Future of Cohousing Harold Shapiro, CRE, February 5 2011
- Re: The Future of Cohousing David Hornick, February 6 2011
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Re: The Future of Cohousing David L. Mandel, February 6 2011
- Re: The Future of Cohousing Holly McNutt, February 8 2011
- Re: The Future of Cohousing Wayne Tyson, February 5 2011
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Re: The Future of Cohousing Harold Shapiro, CRE, February 5 2011
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Re: The Future of Cohousing Patricia Buddemeyer, February 5 2011
- Re: The Future of Cohousing Richart Keller, February 7 2011
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The Future of Cohousing Zev Paiss, February 5 2011
- Re: The Future of Cohousing Wayne Tyson, February 5 2011
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