Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: the Denmark connection

[Tree Bressen (tree]

Hi Jan & others,

A question for you related to:

>Yes.  A centuries long tradition of co-operative living amongst Danish
>farmers; the rise of the Danish folk high schools in the mid 1800's to
>educate farmers's children, influenced by educator, N.F. S. Grundvig,
>resulting in independent community owned schools with the aim of educating
>people for citizenship and a successful economy that rose out of adversity
>(see book by Stephen Borish); the rise of farmers and workers co-operatives
>around the same time; a century of predominantly left wing government that
>gave rise to a strong welfare state; government support for the Building
>Research Institute which led the world in innovation in building methods and
>neighbourhood design; an assertive and educated citizenry who practice true
>democracy by speaking up about what they want; a free thinking democracy
>that was a centre for educational (e.g.Roskilde University) and social
>experimentation during the student revolution of the late '60's and early
>'70's and a responsive government at the time; the rise of student communes
>that were the direct precursors to the development of cohousing.

I read in a kibbutz publication from Israel that cohousing in Denmark was
started by returned kibbutznik volunteers, can you confirm this story as
true or not or partially?  Thanks,

--Tree



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