Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Green Retirement Communities

[melanie griffin (melgrif]

Tom--Reading your post put me in mind of my annual visit to a Benedictine
monastery, which while it is different (more hierarchical) from cohousing,
is a model from which we can possibly learn something in terms of
sustainability. I googled sustainable monastic communities and found the
following conference announcement, which sounds like it explored some of the
issues:
http://www.csbsju.edu/saintjohns150/events/Living%20Community%20Agenda.htm

just a thought.

Melanie


On Nov 1, 2007 12:07 PM, tom shea <sheamuson [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> I agree that green and sustainable are not the same thing.  In fact they
> are very different.  In your opinion, how can this be improved upon?
>
> I would like to see revenue generated on site and less of a reliance on
> "commuter communities" (burning fuel, to go to work).  Cohousing communities
> are usually located in very affluent neighborhoods and therefore are
> exclusively priced.  On the other hand if value added products and services
> are a a focus of the community then perhaps costs could be contained.
>  Revenue streams could also lend themselves to the utilization of more
> expensive green technologies taking the community a step closer to
> sustainability.
>
> Tom
>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:58:42 -0700
> From: Racheli Gai <racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Green "Retirement Communities"?
> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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> Hi Carol,
> I don't think "green" and "sustainable" are the same.
> All cohousing communities I know of have  green features (some more
> than others), but none is sustainable (because all still use way too
> many
> resources).
> Racheli.
>
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 5:05 AM, Carol Gulyas wrote:
> > Can "retirement communities" be sustainable?  I have published an
> > article
> > over at Top Retirements which gives top mention to Cohousing as an
> > example
> > of a truly sustainable community model, vs. age-segregated
> > communities.  I
> > am trying to widen the circle of people who consider cohousing.  See
> > if you
> > think I've done you justice at this link:
> >
> > http://www.topretirements.com/tips/Green_Communities/
> > Looking_for_Green_Retirement_Communities.html
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