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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?
We have had some questions about co-housing and eco-villages. In particular, we have been asked many times if cohousing and ecovillages are the same concept.
The terms do need qualifying but common usage makes that a difficult task.
At first view cohousing projects and ecovillages are very similar; they can be exactly the same. However, an ecovillage normally goes beyond a cohousing community in both size and scope.
Yet, an ecovillage is not necessarily cohousing nor is cohousing necessarily an ecovillage.
If you go with the Gilmans' definition, very few urban cohousing developments would be considered an ecovillage.
Cohousing is often based on sustainable building practices but it does not have to be so. And very few urban cohousing projects are harmlessly integrated into the natural world or built in a manner that they can be successfully continued into the indefinite future.
An ecovillage is always based on many sustainable building practices. If the cohousing model is chosen for an ecovillage, it will often contain two (or more) cohousing groups.
In conclusion, an ecovillage is not necessarily cohousing nor is cohousing necessarily an ecovillage, particularly when it is urban cohousing.
However, when an ecovillage uses the cohousing model to manifest sustainability, it is a good marriage between the two.
Please give us your ideas by filling out a quick form here.
Some of you may have suggestions for co-housing in Dallas-Fort Worth. If so, fill out the form for DFW co-housing here, too. Let us know your cohousing preference there.
Questions? Please come to our next introductory meeting. In the meantime, call metro 972 251-1532 for answers.