A Movement Back to Community
Ecohousing, Ecovillages, Cohousing, Intentional Communities

Why do we have a survey?

The survey is a research tool that is compiled, then guides us in: 
1. Planning meeting locations.
2. Seeking land for future ecovillages.
3. Knowing what people seek in their own personal lives and ideal communities.

It also adds you to our mailing list for information regarding ecovillage/cohousing in the DFW area and invitations to our meetings.

Please fill out the survey here. It is quickly done. Thank you.

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 There is a deep yearning in every human for compassion and understanding from one's fellow humans and from one's communities. Cohousing fills that need for many.

Western cultures have lost the spirit of community that once was found in rural towns, churches, and community centers.

Modern suburbs, assisted by the American love of the automobile, the decline of rural communities, and the scattering of extended families have produced people who are isolated in their immediate families or with a very few friends. 

M. Scott Peck, MD, author of The Road Less Traveled writes, "There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community."

Humans need authentic community. It is achieved by  deep respect for, and true listening to, the needs of other members of the  community.

When a community exists, people become free enough to interact and share while becoming confidant enough to connect and form social networks.

It is possibly the development of confidence and freedom that takes time when building a cohousing community.

Another positive aspect of a cohousing community is its ability to foster socialization--the process of learning to adopt the behavior patterns of one's community. The degree to which the norms of a particular society or community are adopted determines one's willingness to engage with others--a trait most humans value.

Socialization is influenced primarily by the family. A cohousing community, with its acceptance of the children in the community, many additional role models, and sense of a large extended family, can have a positive influence on a child's socialization.

Around 300 cohousing projects have been completed in Europe since the first community was built in Denmark. 

The intergenerational communities include people of all ages as well as singles, single parents, couples with children, and empty nesters. There are also many communities only for  seniors called elder or senior cohousing.

Cohousing is a movement back to community.

 

 

 

 

Questions? Please come to our next introductory meeting. In the meantime, call metro 972 251-1532 for answers. 

Next Ecovillage Meetings

General information about meetings here and here

Please call 972 251-1532 or 817 545-0140 for locations.

Please fill out the short survey here for an invitation to speaker/special meetings. Thank you.

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