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Directory for Ecovillages, Ecohousing
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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?
Meeting/Learning Schedule
Joint Venture with Land Owners
Ecovillages in Dallas-Fort Worth
Cohousing in Dallas-Fort Worth
What
is Ecohousing?
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 Ecohousing
What Is a Home?
Common Areas of Cohousing & Ecovillages:
Developer
What Affects Affordability?
Senior Cohousing/Ecovillages
Lack
of Loneliness
Confusion
Between Ecohousing and Ecovillages
Conceptual
Site-Plan for Cohousing
Combat
Rising Utility Bills in DFW
Mortgages
for Energy-Efficient Homes
Origins Cohousing, Ecohousing, How Did It Start
Ecohousing is Fun!
Joint Venture with
Land-Owners
Renewable
Energy in DFW
USDA
Rural Loan Program
Senior cohousing is like intergenerational cohousing in most ways. However, senior cohousing does have some features that are unique. They are:
1. Each family has at least one person who is age 55 or over in order to reside in the senior community--or--each family has at least one person who is age 62 or older.
2. The homes are built using universal design and can fit the lifestyle of an active senior or one who needs accessibility for a walker or wheelchair--now or in the future.
3. Common areas are carefully planned to support wheelchairs and walkers in the future.
4. Common facilities are planned and built using universal design to assure use by residents with all levels of physical ability.
5. Structures are one story unless an elevator is provided, although second story units are sometimes included for the living quarters to home health aides.
6. There are no play areas unless there is a very small area set aside for visiting grandchildren.
7. When children are in a community, parents often want to restrict media in the common house. For example, they may not want to have a television there for fear children will watch inappropriate shows when their parents are not present. There are no such restrictions in senior cohousing.
8. Residents know a time will come when their neighbors need their support--or vice-versa--in maintaining their independence.
Scheduled Meetings are normally
held in Rockwall and Hunt Counties, occasionally in Dallas County
Ecovillage
forming in Hunt County
Ecovillage General Information
Energy Audits
Green Building
Green Remodeling
Green Consulting
Rainwater
Harvesting
Renewable Energy in DFW
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Ecovillage Forming
Energy Audits
Green Building
Green Remodeling
Green Consulting
Rainwater
Harvesting
Renewable Energy in DFW