Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Why knowing your neighbors can be an important climate solution

[Lisa Collett Farnsworth (licollett]

Great article! I especially loved the description about their Common House:

 "It's a 35-foot circle, and that number was basically brought forth from
data that suggested that at that size, people in a circle can see the
facial expressions of the people across the circle. Once it gets bigger
than that, then you start to lose that connection."


On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM Sara Gottlieb <sara.gottlieb [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> Awesome story airing today on NPR featuring Earthaven Ecovillage outside
> Asheville, NC and how they came together to support one another during and
> in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
>
> Earthaven Ecovillage is a community of around 100 full-time residents
> tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. In late
> September, this idyllic place with its modest homes, babbling creeks and
> bumpy country roads was rocked as Hurricane Helene swept into the
> Carolinas, dropping torrential rainfall and bringing high winds. Across the
> state, more than 100 people died, and billions of dollars in property was
> damaged.
>
> However, unlike other places such as Asheville, N.C., Earthaven was
> relatively unscathed.
>
> "We got lucky," said Earthaven resident Brandon Greenstein, who has lived
> in the village for 26 years. "But we also made a plan to be prepared for
> unforeseen events."
>
>
> https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/06/10/why-knowing-your-neighbors-can-be-important-climate-solution
>