Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Co-farming in the Cities

[R Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

And, some think that 30 to 40 households is the right number for cohousing 
communities.  Much more, and no one can learn all the names or remember all the 
stories.  Much less, and it can be too intimate, like a nuclear reactor with no 
damper rods.  Interesting to imagine that successful ecovillages are built up 
out of successful cohousing communities.

RPD

On May 11, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:

> In Australia there is a plan to build a ~500 persons ecovillage that would be 
> clusters of homes in cohousing communities forming the larger ecovillage. 
> 
> Apparently 500 is the magic number for creating a truly sustainable eco 
> environment.