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A community can be defined as  a group of people who interact and share certain things as a group. A common definition of the word community is a group of people who live in close proximity. Both of the above are certainly true of a cohousing group and, to a lesser extent, even of an ecovillage.

Some communities share both location and other attributes. Members often choose to live near each other because of one or more common interests. An intentional community is a deliberate residential community with a much higher degree of social interaction than other communities. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political or spiritual vision and share responsibilities and resources. 

Some examples of intentional cohousing communities are:

  • Senior or retirement communities.

  • Communities which share an ideal such as vegetarianism or animal rights.

  • Communities which share spiritual or religious interests.

Community building can use a wide variety of practices, ranging from simple events such as potlucks or educational meetings to larger–scale efforts such as festivals and local chapters of a national group such as the Sierra Club. 

Humans belong to many overlapping communities. A cohousing community might be one, the ecovillage is another, church is another, the town of residence is another, and so forth. 

One of the key features of communities is the ability to control who is a member of the community--an ability to have a community of "birds of a feather" as it were.  That may be one of the main appeals of cohousing.

Again cohousing is an intentional community and is planned and shared by the residents.

 

 

 

 

 

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