Cohousing-L Mailing List: Love in the Age of Covid; Living with and Loving differences; Ecosystems of Love; Care, Connection and Relationships with Sociocracy,

[Laurie Lauer (lauriecohous]

Here are just some of the sessions being offered on February 19th during the 
Loving Cohousing online event.

Registration is open. For more information and to register today go to Loving 
Cohousing <https://www.cohousing.org/cohoevents/2022-loving/>.

Session 3:

I love them, but . . . Karen Gimnig

In community we generally love our neighbors, but we don't always like them. 
This session will explore the challenges of living with people who are 
different than we are and some strategies for living together more happily.

How sociocracy supports care, connection and relationships - Dr Pati Beaudoin 

A brief introduction to Sociocracy followed by a description of how Sociocracy 
has contributed to loving community at Kawartha Commons Cohousing. This talk 
uses various components of Sociocracy, including rounds, check-ins, check-outs, 
and objections, as examples illustrating both the process of creating a loving 
community and loving to live in community.

Ecosystems of Love - Lotus Thomas

This session with roots in Deep Ecology, Social Permaculture, Somatic Awareness 
and Presencing will weave a web of understanding the interconnection between 
loving self, others, society, and nature. It will honor ancient origins and 
highlight some of the pioneering species of the Great Turning toward Love like 
Joanna Macy, Bill Plotkin, Starhawk, Otto Sharmer and more. There will be four 
elements of this session including an overview of these modalities, anecdotes 
of how they seed love, related actions people can take, and feedback about how 
they have or could be integrated into cohousing. 

Love in the Age of Covid - Charles Durrett

Charles Durrett will be sharing insights from his new book Community-Enhanced 
Design: Cohousing and Other High-Functioning Neighborhoods related to how 
Cohousing alleviates isolation, especially in light of the pandemic. The talk 
will discuss previous patterns of social connection and how cohousing 
communities are adapting to covid, such as greater numbers of people working 
and studying from home. 

We look forward to seeing you there! Register today! Loving Cohousing 
<https://www.cohousing.org/cohoevents/2022-loving/>.

Laurie Lauer
Office Admin / Outreach
http://www.cohousing.org <http://www.cohousing.org/>