Weblinks
| Weblink | Description |
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The website of the US Cohousing Association: plenty of good reading material here. | |
| CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. | |
| The Hockerton Housing Project is the UK's first earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development. They run workshops and can help support new projects. | |
| In May 1999, 11 people in Bordesley, West Birmingham, set out to build their own homes. Few of them had any professional experience in construction. For the previous two years, the Accord Housing Association had been training them... | |
| A brilliant site, with a whole bunch of documents on consensus decision-making, meeting organisation and campaigning: all skills that any co-housing group will need to be successful. The documents can be found on this page. Note they run workshops too. | |
| A guide to communal living in Britain, a directory of co-ops and much more... | |
| A resource to assist in developing community land trust solutions for affordable housing, amenity and workspace in Britain. Used very successfully in Scotland. | |
| "Publishes green building information in many mediums to help you design and build sustainable, healthy and ecological homes offices and factories." | |
Providing Specialist Development Work, Training & Consultancy for Co-operatives, Social Enterprises and Credit Unions since 1989 | |
Voluntary Action Sheffield has some fantastic and free guides on its website, downloadable in PDF format, that might help get a cohousing group started. We'd especially recommend having a read of the following. None may be exactly what you need, but you'll find something worthwhile: action planning, business planning and constitutions. | |
This is a new site that aims to help you "contact others wanting to share ownership of a dream property at home or abroad." | |
The website of the Canadian cohousing network: excellent stuff here. | |
All in Dutch - if anyone can read this and wants to translate the good bits for us, get in touch! | |
The NorthWest Intentional Communities Association resource page | Useful cohousing-related information |
Does what it says on the tin. | |
Membership & Outreach Manual from www.cohousingresources.com | A very useful document on involving new members and keeping the momentum going |
Growing numbers of residents are getting involved with professionals in shaping their local environment. This website is an essential starting point for everyone concerned. It provides easily accessible how-to-do-it best practice information of international scope and relevance. | |
A list of links to information on many aspects of cohousing. | |
An number of intesting 'wiki' articles on setting up intentional communities by the US based organisation 'Fellowship for Intentional Communities'. | |
A popular guide to 'some of the elements to consider working on in the first months you spend together' by Rob Sandelin. You can download a PDF copy from here. | |
A talk and slideshow that runs through the basics of what cohousing is, with some great images and ideas. | |
A blog that is a conglomeration of all things cohousing - including news, events, stories, and research. It is a place that we hope both current cohousers and prospective cohousers find useful and interesting. | |
The Mutual Housing Group has been formed as a coalition bringing together representatives from the Cohousing Network, the Confederation of Co-operative Housing, the Community Land Trusts Network, the Community Gateway Network, the Development Trusts Association, the National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations and the National Association of Self-Build Associations |