Category Archives: Cohousing

Can We Develop a Farm Ecovillage Model?

We’ve recently been investigating the idea of working with an existing farmer to build an eco-community on their farm — both to help operate the farm and to consume some part of its production. This is likely contrary to most … Continue reading

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Local Action Circles to Meet Next Week (March 6-7-8)

Do you want to live in an Ecovillage? Then you must help us build one. Where do you want to live? In a city, town, suburb. or in a rural setting? Join us next week as we plan for our new … Continue reading

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January 22nd Meetup – Imagining Our New Homes!

Sunday, Jan 22, 2017 12:00-4:00 PM Zelin / Cloud Home 8 Revere Drive, Bedminster, NJ This month we’ll be envisioning the location(s) of the first ecovillages in NJ. The process begins with each individual, as we imagine what our new … Continue reading

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Holiday Party & EcoVillagers Cooperative pre-Launch!

Come and celebrate our first Ecovillage NJ Holiday Party! We’ll start with our traditional potluck at noon — accompanied by live music — and then will convene sometime after 2 pm for news, sharing, learning and discussion. This may be … Continue reading

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The Story So Far… A Brief History of EcovillageNJ

It may be helpful to anyone interested in becoming a member of Ecovillage New Jersey to get a brief sense of the group’s history, current status, and intended future. Over the past few years, two key groups became interested in … Continue reading

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Taking a New Direction

Over the past several months we’ve been exploring a new approach to “ecovillaging,” founded on a sustainability-based cooperative model developed by Joel Rothschild and the Ecovillagers Alliance. Steve Welzer had reached out to Katie McCamant to find the closest “graduate” of the … Continue reading

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Collaborating with Nature Workshop January 16, 2016 in Morristown

Bill Reed, distinguished architect and global thought leader on regenerative design, will hold a workshop at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship on Saturday, January 16, 2016 from 1 to 5 p.m. Click here to download PDF flyer.

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Cohousing Planned With Town of Boulder, CO

Thanks to Peter Sullivan for passing this along: From: NextworldTV <newsletter@nextworldtv.com> Date: Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:09 AM Subject: Cohousing Planned With Town of Boulder, CO To: Peter <mrpjsullivan@gmail.com> Peter At the Wild Sage co- housing development in Boulder, Colorado, the future … Continue reading

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NY Times Feature on Cohousing

On April 24 there was a featured article on the editorial page of the New York Times about how cohousing might be a desirable option for single people. It ends, though, by saying: “. . . homes that combine privacy … Continue reading

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Regenerative Cohousing

Download our latest brochure: RegenerativeCohousing (2Apr2015) From Jonathan Cloud and Victoria Zelin: While we’re working hard on what we expect to be an avalanche of PACE projects once the new law is passed, we’ve been giving serious consideration to where and … Continue reading

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