Comments on: Peace, Love, and hippie farming http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/peace-love-and-hippie-farming/ granolagirl: crunchy on the outside, fiscal conservative on the inside. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Charles http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/peace-love-and-hippie-farming/#comment-3782 Charles Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:43:41 +0000 http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/?p=371#comment-3782 Happy to see the interest our cohousing project, the Utah Valley Comons. Our next potluck is August 2nd. All are welcome! Please check the website for updates. Charles www.utahvalleycommons.com Happy to see the interest our cohousing project, the Utah Valley Comons. Our next potluck is August 2nd. All are welcome! Please check the website for updates.

Charles
http://www.utahvalleycommons.com

]]> By: Robert Muller http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/peace-love-and-hippie-farming/#comment-3722 Robert Muller Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:55:57 +0000 http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/?p=371#comment-3722 Great post. I particularly liked your section on the alternative lifestyle ideas you have. I once lived in a housing co-op in Turkey in the mid-1980s where there were lots of musicians and artists and we built cob-houses and cob-studios and so on. We grew our own vegetables and it was great. It was just outside of Antalya and I believe it's still going. Just wanted to lend my support. I say go ahead and do it. Great post. I particularly liked your section on the alternative lifestyle ideas you have.

I once lived in a housing co-op in Turkey in the mid-1980s where there were lots of musicians and artists and we built cob-houses and cob-studios and so on. We grew our own vegetables and it was great. It was just outside of Antalya and I believe it’s still going.

Just wanted to lend my support. I say go ahead and do it.

]]> By: Lechelle http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/peace-love-and-hippie-farming/#comment-3714 Lechelle Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:52:39 +0000 http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/?p=371#comment-3714 I think it sounds like a great idea. As long as the community values don't involve the group voting on turning rebelling kids into fertilizer (some twilightzone/outer limits I once saw). I think it sounds like a great idea. As long as the community values don’t involve the group voting on turning rebelling kids into fertilizer (some twilightzone/outer limits I once saw).

]]> By: Raines Cohen http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/peace-love-and-hippie-farming/#comment-3710 Raines Cohen Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:11:25 +0000 http://granolagirl.wordpress.com/?p=371#comment-3710 I've been following the Utah Valley Comons cohousing group discussion from afar for quite some time, and it sounds like they're finally getting down to business with regular meetings and a critical mass around a shared vision. Of course, as you correctly identify, this is a real estate venture, and that means the top 3 criteria are Location, Location, and Location, and while rural living has its charm, the energy and social benefits of short commutes and urban density are highly valuable, and likely to get more so with increasing fuel costs. It is a process that does involve risk... but the upsides (social, not just financial) are so large, and the risk reduced through community participation, so it may well be worth it. It was for me. Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach Planning for Sustainable Communities living in cohousing in Berkeley, CA... and can't imagine living any other way. P.S. The national cohousing association website is at: http://www.cohousing.org/ I’ve been following the Utah Valley Comons cohousing group discussion from afar for quite some time, and it sounds like they’re finally getting down to business with regular meetings and a critical mass around a shared vision.

Of course, as you correctly identify, this is a real estate venture, and that means the top 3 criteria are Location, Location, and Location, and while rural living has its charm, the energy and social benefits of short commutes and urban density are highly valuable, and likely to get more so with increasing fuel costs.

It is a process that does involve risk… but the upsides (social, not just financial) are so large, and the risk reduced through community participation, so it may well be worth it. It was for me.

Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach
Planning for Sustainable Communities
living in cohousing in Berkeley, CA… and can’t imagine living any other way.

P.S. The national cohousing association website is at:
http://www.cohousing.org/

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