Cohousing-L Mailing List: Intentional Communities

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Dec 24, 2003, at 9:49 AM, Guy Koehler, Rivendell Ranch wrote:

> Thank you for the tip and address.
>
> Why do you speak of intentional community as different from cohousing? 
> From
> what I've read so far, they seem identical.
Cohousing is one form of intentional community.

Since some people erroneously believe that  intentional community means 
income (and sometimes partner) sharing, they prefer to see cohousing as 
a separate entity.

I believe that this is to the detriment of cohousing since cohousing is 
a very small part of the intentional community movement and would 
greatly benefit from the achievements of the larger movement. For 
example, cohousers talk of starting a "bank" that funds new 
communities. There is already such an enterprise funding intentional 
communities - Sunrise Credit Union.

http://www.sunrisecreditunion.org

There may be more but I just recently became aware of this one.

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

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