Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Getting an Article Published?

[Pare Gerou (paregerou]

That's us Mac!

I'm excited about your interest in researching intentional communities in
Blue Zones. Greek Village Cohousing is essentially located in a Blue Zone,
and every time I visit our land, I feel its health benefits all around me.

While Ikaria is the official Blue Zone in Greece, our region shares the
same longevity-promoting characteristics and similar longevity. Our rich
agricultural region eats the Mediterranean diet the world attempts to
emulate, with anti-inflammatory foods and world-class olive oil at every
meal, combined with daily physical activity and most of all - strong social
bonds embedded in the cultural DNA.

Greek culture's emphasis on social interaction is unlike anything in
North America I've experienced. Daily coffees with each other is the norm.
Everyone in the family comes out at night to Taverna for long conversations
into the night - every night.  There is a holiday practically twice a month
that everyone takes off and celebrates with family.  Even professional
meetings often take place in cafes. The geography encourages walking, often
up steeper hills than in many places in the US, and the object of a walk is
often coffee with a friend.  Nobody asks you what you do, but they love to
pick you up and drive to the sea or mountains on the weekends and just sit
and eat good food.  I've had more social outings in my 6 months here than I've
had in  two years in the US.  Greeks' focus on social bonds is deeply
embedded in their enjoyment of life and culture.

I go on and on about this because I am enthralled with Blue Zones and happy
villagers in Greece who live long and good lives- - my particular "study"
is not about intentional communities is this Blue Zone---  It is about what
Blue Zones can teach intentional communities.

Our goal at Greek Village Cohousing is to put ourselves in the middle of
this, emulate it, and learn from it.  Come do experiential study with us!
Come to our July 28th big party, or join us in September for our ground
breaking party.  I'll introduce you to some intentional communities here in
Greece if you like, and you can take one of Diane Kochilas' famous cooking
classes in Ikaria and meet the villagers.

I would love to meet you in person after learning so much from you over the
years, so consider coming to our Blue Zone!

-Pare
Greek Village Cohousing





On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 4:22 PM Mac Thomson via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> I have an idea for an article that I’d like to get published in magazines
> and/or major newspapers. The idea for the article is to compare intentional
> communities, especially rural communities, with blue zones. Blue zones and
> rural intentional communities each support:
> staying physically active
> staying mentally active
> healthy diet
> community
>
> These are the key factors identified in blue zones that support people
> living to be 100 and older. Here at Heartwood, we don’t have anyone who’s
> 100 yet, but we have some extremely active octogenarians.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions of how I could get such an article
> published?
>
> I submitted article suggestions via the online portals for AARP and
> Prevention magazine, but both websites said that they get so many article
> ideas that I shouldn’t be surprised if I never hear back from them. I
> haven’t tried anything yet with big city newspapers because I’m not quite
> sure how to approach them.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions you can offers.
>
> Cheers,
> Mac
>
>
> --
> Mac Thomson
>
> Heartwood Cohousing
> Southwest Colorado
> http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com
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