Greece Cohousing

Dan has his 2nd paycheck and is using the same method - save, invest in retirement funds, and have fun. He also tells us about his favorite rides in Busch Gardens, Williamsburg. Mama Moment is a time for true confession - fears, worries, being torn in different directions between Dan's needs and the needs and wants of the other children.

Dan and CJ introduce themselves. Dan is on the spectrum and loves to travel. He just got his first job and hopes he is investing his money correctly. CJ is the mom and along for the ride.

When I moved into cohousing I wanted to have a podcast about it. My neighbor had also recently moved in and has a successful podcast on another topic. He showed me the ropes and let me do a  short interview with him. Maybe someday I'll call him back for that follow up I planned to do.  He talks about why he moved in and what he thinks after a few months.  

I read a book years ago called Living Happily Ever After--Separately   by    Lise Stryker Stoessel So I am very happy to interview her about her book and living in two houses and keeping her marriage flourishing. I asked how that may work at cohousing and found out she has looked into that herself. Enjoy a great conversation!

Peter Lazar lives in cohousing, was president of the Cohousing Association of the United States, and is developing a new cohousing community which is almost finished. He talks about his journey and what he loves about cohousing.  You can see his project where people first moved into in Spring 2019 at https://www.emersoncommons.org/

Learn about the herstory of women's land trust with a focus on a Vermont community called HOWL. Lani also knows a lot on the kibbutz movement and has information to help any community.

This episode has a lot of information for those who are curious about what is cohousing and those ready to start forming and building one.  Mathilde Berthe and Erik Bonnett of Studio+ co-hab, an architect firm, tell us about their upcoming class with FIC (Foundation of Intentional Communities) Here are just some of the resources we mention in the episode Here's the course link: https://www.ic.org/cohousing-course/ref/163/?campaign=CreatingaVibrantCohousingCommunity (starts 11/15/11 however they will give more courses and the episode is still timeless) Their website: Studiocohab.com FIC www.ic.org Books mentioned, or just good to read: On community building: Head, Heart & Hands, Shari Leach On intentional communities: Creating a Life Together, Diana Leafe Christian On Cohousing: The Cohousing Handbook, Chirs & Kelly Scotthanson Creating Cohousing, Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett Pocket Neighborhoods, Ross Chapin On diversity: Token, Crystal Byrd Farmer And on African American intentional communities: Collective Courage, Jessica Gordon Nembhard

This month we go to a galaxy far, far away. Jim of the podcast our Certain Point of View tells us about the Star Wars Community. May the Force be with us!

We interview Ivy Summer all the way in Greece. The quality isn't the best (all my fault) but you will still hear a lot about this amazing community getting started in Greece.  We also talk about co living, sex positive and LGBTQ communities. Check out their website at https://www.greekvillagecohousing.com/

Linda has helped develop cohousing communities and presented at the conferences.  She is starting some sort of community at a camp ground now.  She tells us some of her wisdom she has gathered over the years.