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Ecovillages in Dallas-Fort Worth

• What Is an Ecovillage?
• Locate an Ecovillage in Dallas-Fort Worth
• The Ecovillage Network
• Developer-Driven Ecovillages

DFW Locations
Adjacent DFW Airport  

Future DFW Locations
Fort Worth East 
Fort Worth West
Dallas Oak Cliff
Dallas North  

Cohousing in Dallas-Fort Worth

• What Is Cohousing?
• Benefits of Cohousing
• Universal Concepts in Cohousing
• Features of Cohousing 
• Designed by Residents

What is Ecohousing?

Green Building and Energy-Efficiency in DFW 

Community in Dallas-Fort Worth

• What Is Community?
• Why Does DFW Need Sustainability and Community?
• The Movement Back to Community

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:

• The Common House
• Attributes/Features of Common House
• Other Common Areas
• Community Gardens
• Outdoor Common Areas

Developer 

• Role of Developer 
• Why Hire a Developer?
• Choosing a Developer 
• Define Developer Driven 
• Do Developers Help or Hinder Community-Building? 

What Affects Affordability?

• General Affordability
• Alternative & New Building Materials
• Land Costs
• What Is Enough?

Senior Cohousing/Ecovillages

• Unique Features 
• Benefits Unique to Seniors 
• Active Lifestyles 
• Retirement Housing

Lack of Loneliness

Confusion Between Cohousing 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?

          Cohousing Is Fun!

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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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972 251-1532

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

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