Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Universal Design and Co-housing

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 6/16/2003 11:22 AM, "Racheli Gai" <racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com> wrote:

>  It's also my feeling that quite a few  of coho
> people aren't nearly as "advanced" and open to new thinking  as you seem
> to imagine.  Some have fairly entrenched attitudes.  On the other hand,
> I'd say that a whole number of people (even some who poo pooed toxicity
> issues and other environmental concerns to begin with), have eventually
> embraced new information.  It's a mixed bag..

Most just have no information I've found.

The same is true of being sure that the dishes in the kitchen are sterilized
(not hand washed unless you rinse with Clorox) and that good filters are
used and changed often on the air circulation systems picking up at least
some of the mold and germs.

Winter before last we had one person in chemo and two pregnant women (one
with twins), at least one person with a compromised immune system for other
reasons, and several residents who travel the world bringing back new
strains of flu. In recreating the old-fashioned communities where people
live more closely together, we were also at risk of spreading germs and
serious diseases the same way they were spread in the past in settlement
houses and other living situations with multiple boarders and servants
coming and going.

We have become so used to dishwashers and living in nuclear families that we
forget that SARS is not only not the first epidemic but also one of the
smallest. Children in settlement houses were sick not just because they
lacked food, they also lacked good air and modern hygiene.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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