Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Slow Days

[David Heimann (heimann]

Hi,

        Hmmmm ... Slow Days looks pretty close to what the Sabbath is 
(Jews: Saturday, Christians: Sunday)!

Interesting,
David


Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 05:43:51 -0400
From: Rachael Shapiro <rachael [at] ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us>
Subject: [C-L]_ Slow Days
To: Cohousing-L housing communities <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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> 
> Here's an exciting experiment we are trying at EcoVillage Ithaca
> Cohousing in response to the complexity of community life here (as
> well as life in America 2006). We'd love to hear of other such
> community experiments and how they are going.
> Elan & Rachael Shapiro
> 
> "SLOW DAYS"
> 
> Goals:

> o Gradually balance our busy, hyperproductive community culture (and
> larger culture) by creating shared support for a culture that nurtures
> and sustains.

> o Bring more balance, simplicity, quality-of-life-focus, leisure,
> relaxation & regeneration, connection (self, nature, family,
> neighbors, intergenerational, etc), presence, play, fun, and
> celebration into our shared culture.

> o Be in solidarity with the growing number of "slow" movements around
> the world ("Slow Food", "Slow Cities", "Slow Sex", etc.) that aim to
> reverse the rapidly accelerating pace of life and focus on the quality
> of our connections. (See reference below)
> 

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