Now that I’m retired and have such a large living space, I wish to share it with other women like myself so that we build a community based on sharing, working together, becoming more culturally enriched and more ecologically sound. This is a way for everyone to spend less, yet have more; to produce less waste and protect the environment more.
This Intentional Community will serve to enrich lives and help everyone who lives here to have more support and more sharing than would otherwise be possible while living alone.
This will be a community of sharing, caring people that live together, having a private bedroom but sharing common space in the remainder of the house. Intentional Community offers mutual support, security, cooperation and a sense of belonging.
Intentional Community emphasizes sharing of goods and services at the personal level, highly enriching the family and community life, and concern for the environment on which life depends. Household chores are shared and disagreements are negotiated on a consensual basis. Each resident is responsible for furnishing her own bedroom.
Most societies already share many things; libraries, parks, water, road-ways, and education to name a few. But sharing can be greatly expanded while still respecting much of the privacy that people understandably desire.
The primary motive for sharing is social, but the ecological benefits are very substantial.
Think of the savings to be reaped if four people share a home instead of only one! It is an insignificant trade off for a higher quality of life.
Think of the savings alone, in washers and dryers, freezers, lawnmowers etc.
This Intentional Community will serve to enrich lives and help everyone who lives here to have more support and more sharing than would otherwise be possible while living alone.
This will be a community of sharing, caring people that live together, having a private bedroom but sharing common space in the remainder of the house. Intentional Community offers mutual support, security, cooperation and a sense of belonging.
Intentional Community emphasizes sharing of goods and services at the personal level, highly enriching the family and community life, and concern for the environment on which life depends. Household chores are shared and disagreements are negotiated on a consensual basis. Each resident is responsible for furnishing her own bedroom.
Most societies already share many things; libraries, parks, water, road-ways, and education to name a few. But sharing can be greatly expanded while still respecting much of the privacy that people understandably desire.
The primary motive for sharing is social, but the ecological benefits are very substantial.
Think of the savings to be reaped if four people share a home instead of only one! It is an insignificant trade off for a higher quality of life.
Think of the savings alone, in washers and dryers, freezers, lawnmowers etc.
Although co-housing is still in its’ infancy in the United Stated, foreign countries have been living like this for centuries and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
One of the greatest benefits of Intentional Community is meal-sharing, a shared effort of meal preparation and clean up, freeing up many hours a month. More significant is the socializing with others during mealtime. The decisions are shared by all the occupants and no one person dominates the decisions or the community process.
We often live and work within minutes of hundreds of people without knowing their names, much less their life stories. Intentional Community tries to re-establish connectedness. Studies have shown we can all live longer and healthier lives in a household with other residence.
Residents of co-housing recycle more, moderate their use of electricity and water more attentively and are less dependent on auto transportation for entertainment.Settings like this have long been provided in most European countries – known as co-housing, these communities thrive on including people of all ages so that most of the ills of generation gaps are minimized, and everyone thrives in the association with beings of varying ages and stages. These plans limit the need for endless sprawl and provide opportunities for true community – something sorely lacking in this fast paced, competitive, and privatized society.
If you are interested in this lifestyle please check the website above, respond to it or call me at 715-262-4411 to discuss.
Sally West
One of the greatest benefits of Intentional Community is meal-sharing, a shared effort of meal preparation and clean up, freeing up many hours a month. More significant is the socializing with others during mealtime. The decisions are shared by all the occupants and no one person dominates the decisions or the community process.
We often live and work within minutes of hundreds of people without knowing their names, much less their life stories. Intentional Community tries to re-establish connectedness. Studies have shown we can all live longer and healthier lives in a household with other residence.
Residents of co-housing recycle more, moderate their use of electricity and water more attentively and are less dependent on auto transportation for entertainment.Settings like this have long been provided in most European countries – known as co-housing, these communities thrive on including people of all ages so that most of the ills of generation gaps are minimized, and everyone thrives in the association with beings of varying ages and stages. These plans limit the need for endless sprawl and provide opportunities for true community – something sorely lacking in this fast paced, competitive, and privatized society.
If you are interested in this lifestyle please check the website above, respond to it or call me at 715-262-4411 to discuss.
Sally West