Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing and UU Churches

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 26 Feb 2012, at 8:34 AM, Fred H Olson wrote:

> There is a long association between Unitarian Universalists (UUs)
> ( http://uua.org ) and cohousing based on compatible inclinations.
> I got 160 hits in a search of the cohousing archives for:
> Unitarian

I'm not currently in touch with UUs but was very involved in the 1970s. UUs do 
a lot of programs that are very similar to cohousing. They are just not based 
in bricks and mortar.

I participated in a program in which members were grouped into 
intergenerational families of about 30 people that met together regularly in 
family events. Picnics, adult discussions, swim outings, potlucks, etc. There 
was also a strong movement for building what we would call senior cohousing 
which are bricks and mortar.

Sharon.