in the press

Middle class living in old-fashioned communities

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:36:32 +0100

Charlotte Metcalf from the Daily Mail reports.

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Cohousing - a community where you like your neighbours

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:05:39 +0100

Joanna Moorhead, from the Guardian, reports on the growth of cohousing in Britain.

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Springhill Cohousing

Times article features LILAC

Alan — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:00:20 +0100

A recent article titled "Huff as hard as you like - you can’t blow a straw house down" features LILAC's plans to build 20 homes built of straw, timber and lime in Leeds. See http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7130995.ece

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LILAC wins award for ‘Best Emerging Social Enterprise Award’

Alan — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:27:27 +0100

Environment Minister, Hilary Benn, presented LILAC with the 'Best Emerging Social Enterprise Award' at a recent ceremony. www.thebusinessdesk.com.

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Cohousing article in the Sunday Times

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:50:50 +0000

We’re all in this together

Communes are back in fashion across the United Kingdom, but with a contemporary green twist. Let's meet the neighbours

Click here to view the article at TimesOnline.

Press story - West Leeds Eco-village site identified

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:45:43 +0000

A super green and super cheap eco-village is to be built in west Leeds.
Yorkshire Evening Post
16 November 2009 by aish...@ypn.co.uk (click on the three dots to the left of the @ for full email address)
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An as-yet-under-wraps corner of west Leeds has been chosen as the location for the city's first co-housing project.

The futuristic energy-saving commune will be almost completely self-sustaining – with houses built primarily from straw bales, virtually no artificial heating and recycled rainwater running through the taps.

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Guardian article by Miles Brignall all about communal living

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:09:51 +0000

Guardian writer Miles Brignall has done a piece all about cohousing. Split between two pages, the headlines are:

Communal living: Grand designs on living in perfect harmony
Communal living schemes are popular but need to overcome a lack of financing sources and suitable sites.
and
Communal living: Love thy neighbourhood
Share your car, share childcare costs, share energy bills, but still enjoy the privacy of your own home. Welcome to the new age of communal living.

Follow the links to read the full articles on the Guardian website.

Older Women’s Cohousing Project, London - Press release July 2009

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:49:47 +0100

Older Women’s Cohousing Project, London and the UK Cohousing Network

14 July 2009.

Amid all the discussion on today’s Green Paper on Adult Social Care, it needs to be recognised that government - and all those public and private sector bodies agonising about society’s ageing and the future of health and social care services –continue to neglect a much overlooked resource for limiting future costs – the energies, drives and preferences of older people themselves.

Older Womens Cohousing, London

'Our mutual friends': cohousing and its benefits for society, the environment and older people

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:39:17 +0100

Here is an article by Sophie Radice, about cohousing.

Right click the link, and select Save as to download this article.

Article in USA TODAY about senior cohousing

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:51:02 +0100

American news company USA TODAY have run an article about senior cohousing.

You can find the full story here.