Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Coho & Makin' Dough --> Sustainability?

[Mmariner (Mmariner]

Arne wrote:

>Not quite answering the question, but here lots of people work part time, 
>and/or partly from home, and many commute by ferry; ferry + bike, to
Seattle.
>Don't know what the fossil-fuel/commuter-day ratio vs cars is though; 
>might not be any better.


Arne, of course you're right to note that any means of commuting pollutes
(some, like bikes very minimaly).  But also it's a huge waste of time as I
mentioned in my reply to Dan.

How about looking into ways for the part-time, work-at-home businesses to
grow and include more people to where your cohousing site has a few
businesses that could eventually involve/support most residents?  

As organizations downsize and/or try to cut costs by saving on office space,
they must be more open to having people telecommute or jobshare or whatever.
 Or, how about becoming a freelance consultant selling your services to your
company out of your home?

I frankly hope the downsizing trend continues.  What if multinational
corporations evolve to being networks in their industry where the large
majority of workers are self-employed and offer services?  

So is your site wired  for ethernet and multiple phone lines?  Make sure you
get on the fiber network for the info superhighway..

MikeM