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Directory for Ecovillages, Cohousing
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Ecovillage/Cohousing
Meetings in DFW
- What Is an Ecovillage?
- Locate an Ecovillage in Dallas-Fort Worth
- The Ecovillage Network
- Developer-Driven Ecovillages
- What Is Cohousing?
- Benefits of Cohousing
- Universal Concepts in Cohousing
- Features of Cohousing
- Designed by Residents
- The Common House
- Attributes/Features of Common House
- Other Common Areas
- Community Gardens
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Role of Developer
- Why Hire a Developer?
- Choosing a Developer
- Define Developer Driven
- Do Developers Help or Hinder Community-Building?
News About Meetings
Ecovillages in Dallas-Fort Worth
DFW Locations
Adjacent
DFW Airport
Duncanville
White
Rock Lake, Dallas
Eagle Mt Lake, Azle
Future DFW Locations
Fort
Worth East
Fort Worth West
Dallas
Oak Cliff
Dallas
North
Ellis County
Cohousing in Dallas-Fort Worth
Green Building and Energy-Efficiency in DFW
Community in Dallas-Fort Worth
The Benefits of Cohousing/Ecovillage Combined
The Diminished Role of the Automobile in Ecovillages
Safety of Children in an Ecovillage or Cohousing
Common Areas of Cohousing & Ecovillages:
Developer
What Affects Affordability?
Senior Cohousing/Ecovillages
Confusion Between Cohousing and Ecovillages
Conceptual Site-Plan for Cohousing
Combat Rising Utility Bills in DFW
The First Cohousing and Ecovillage in DFW
Mortgages
for Energy-Efficient Homes
Origins Cohousing, Ecohousing, How Did It Start?
Cohousing communities are small neighborhoods that provide a balance between personal privacy and living amidst people who know and have concern about each other. They are often called intentional communities. They are sometimes part of ecovillages.
Residents can share a living structure but they usually do not. They are not communes.
Most cohousing communities (ecovillages or intentional communities--whatever you want to call them) have the following characteristics:
1. Privacy--all residents have their own private homes, including kitchens. Common areas supplement rather than replace private homes.
2. Intentional Community--residents share central walkways or a village green, community gardens, community activities, community buildings, community meals. Cars are banished to the edge of the community. Residents do not drive up to a garage, enter their home, and remain there.
3. Participation--the group is responsible for some of the design of the community with varied levels of responsibility, depending upon the group.
4. Decision Making--decisions are made as a community, at times with consensus. There is no central leader or charismatic figure.
5. Self-Governing--the cohousing community is self-governing.
6. Choice of Participation--residents participate in community activities by choice.
Questions? Please come to our next introductory meeting. In the meantime, call metro 972 251-1532 for answers.