Cohousing-L Mailing List: Interesting document on the history of collaborative housing in Europe

[Joani Blank (joani]

Today I received an announcement / invitation from the Swedish cohousing 
association (Kollectivhus NU = Cohousing Now) about a their conference 
being held in Stolkholm  May 5-9, 2010.  Exploring their website a bit, 
I found a fascinating history of collaborative housing communities in 
Europe (and in particular in Sweden) going back to the early years of 
the 19th century. I just skimmed the article but want to take some time 
next week to actually read this document. 

It occurred to me that some who read this listerve might be interest in 
reading the article so here's the url: 
http://www.kollektivhus.nu/eng/sidor/history/colhisteng08.pdf. 

Also, last spring because I was at the National Cohousing Conference in 
Seattle, I missed attending the biennial meeting of the World 
Association of Sexual Health in Sweden. So now I'm thinking about how 
much fun it might be to go to Sweden about one year later to attend this 
cohousing conference. Might anyone out there in the North American 
cohousing world think about going too?

Joani Blank
Swan's Market Cohousing
Oakland CA