Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Preparing for the polycrisis?

[Claire Richards (clairerichardsrn]

I think there are opportunities for cohousing to be solutions oriented,
adaptive, and a potential model of living that is more in alignment with
planetary boundaries, but there are also opportunities for cohousing to
replicate the problems you mention.
There are numerous challenges humanity faces and so certainly a term like
polycrisis is fitting.

On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 9:46 AM Philip Dowds <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> wrote:

> Does the polycrisis also include over-population, a Picketty-esque
> mal-distribution of wealth and income, mass emigrations born of desperate
> circumstance, regressions to authortarianism, and so on?  One can argue
> forever about which items from this litany of tangled woe are the origin
> causes, and which are symptoms or consequences … but for me, I’m starting
> to wonder if the problems created by an ceaselessly clever and prolific
> humanity are just plain too hard for the human species to solve
> gracefully.  In this dismal context …
>
> Is polishing up our cohousing communities part of any solution?  Or, just
> a endurance strategy for those of us lucky enough to be living in cohousing?
>
> ------------------
> Thanks, RPD
> Cornerstone Cohousing
>
> On January 4, 2024 at 7:22:26 PM, Sue Donaldson (susalson [at] gmail.com)
> wrote:
>
> Several cohousing communities here in Massachusetts have started thinking
> about the impending "polycrisis"--the combination of climate change,
> resource depletion, energy issues, etc etc. We're trying to figure out
> what our communities can do to prepare, what our role might be in our
> greater communities, and how to even think about what challenges we may
> face. We're curious if others are thinking about this. (If you're not
> tuned into "polycrisis," you might google "Welcome to the Great
> Unraveling.")
>
> Sue Donaldson
> Village Hill Cohousing
> Northampton, MA
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