Cohousing-L Mailing List: Consensus and conflict

[Melanie G (gomelaniego]

Chris, thank you for the clarification.  "To create harmony, a group must
be able to work through conflict."  Could not agree more.

Also Liz, thank you so much for introducing me to Ostrom!  Thrilled to
explore further.  I especially loved seeing this "When disputes arise,
commoners must have easy access to conflict-resolution mechanisms."

Also thought I would share a somewhat similar resource about a movement
some may have heard of.
https://www.maternalgifteconomymovement.org/

Genevieve Vaughan wrote a book you can read for free here.
http://gift-economy.com/for-giving/

I believe some of the underlying assumptions are similar.  Wonder if the
two know each other or of each other.  If not, they would do the world a
service in getting together imho.

One last link, I have taken this training offered by some NVC friends in
the UK, and it's about to be offered as a 10 week course.  It's called
Building Restorative Systems.  I highly recommend it.  If you go, please
tell them I sent you.

https://nvc-uk.com/events/building-restorative-systems-online-10-weeks-tuesday-evenings/?fbclid=IwAR1q5b4WJ9LKx-w_drQqQo1Ilgs6WPMw_IDK4h0g2LvCVBWRNZW5Gt1fan4

I am learning SO much from this list.

with deep gratitude,
melanie