Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Pets in Community Guest Room with Meat Eating

[Karen Carlson (kcarlson2]

Could the next contributor to this topic please change the subject line?

Thanks,
kc

On 6/30/11 3:52 PM, Racheli Gai wrote:
> to add to what Eris said: Finding improved ways to get along/resolve
> conflict peacefully, even regarding supposedly mundane
> issues is so very important to creating a better world.
> It's amazing to me, as an activist, how often people with great views
> on the larger issues are totally
> not able to engage in honest give and take on anything...  Cohousing
> gives us all a chance to learn
> how to communicate better and work more effectively with others, and
> these lessons are applicable everywhere.
> Racheli.
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Eris Weaver wrote:
>
> > > I am blown away by the topics I see in this Listserv...<snip>
> > > How can the cohousing concept be part of the transformation of our
> > > current
> > society
> >
> > I'd like to connect this to a previous conversation about mission&
> > values
> > statements.
> >
> > While many of us DO see cohousing as part of a bigger picture of
> > changing
> > the world, not everyone in each of our communities holds that value as
> > dearly. Nor do we all agree on exactly what that better world should
> > look
> > like! (Just like we don't agree on what a perfect common house
> > should look
> > like)
> >
> > Whether we like it or not, many residents of our communities come to
> > cohousing primarily to benefit their own lives and those of their
> > families.
> > And even those of us who are out working to change the rest of the
> > world may
> > sometimes see our communities as refuges, places to recharge in the
> > company
> > of like-minded souls before heading out into battle again...
> > ------------------------------
> > Eris Weaver, Facilitator&  Group Process Consultant
> > Author, "Let's Talk About Money: A Conversation Guide for Intentional
> > Communities"
> > eris [at] erisweaver.info
> > 707-338-8589
> > http://www.erisweaver.info
> > http://erisweaver.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> > fa cil' i tāt: to make easier
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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