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Intro	Food	Gardening/Water	Home Energy	Possessions	Shelter/Community	Transportation

Shelter/

Community

This section has to do with where we live, how much space we require, and how (and with whom) we share that space.

Shelter Intro	Shelter Queries	Intentional Communities	Quaker Communities	Co-Housing	Co-Ops

There is no fixed standard of simplicity. What is very simple for one person often seems very complex and extravagant for another person. There is no known calculus of simplicity. Rufus Jones, 1940. In Whitmire, C., ed., Plain Living p. 26.

Queries About Shelter and Community
How much space do I need to live in? What do I need this space for? How does my shelter affect me? The people who live with me? My community? The Earth? What are my needs for privacy? For community? Am I choosing to share my space with others? Am I honoring my need for solitude? Am I considering my needs for income and my ability to do the work I want to do in the world?

Queries About Shelter and Community

How much space do I need to live in? What do I need this space for? How does my shelter affect me? The people who live with me? My community? The Earth?

What are my needs for privacy? For community? Am I choosing to share my space with others? Am I honoring my need for solitude? Am I considering my needs for income and my ability to do the work I want to do in the world?

Intentional Communities
The Fellowship for Intentional Community provides publications, referrals, support services, and sharing opportunities for a wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages, community networks, support organizations, and people seeking a home in community. Includes a directory of “intentional communities. http://fic.ic.org/

Intentional Communities

The Fellowship for Intentional Community provides publications, referrals, support services, and sharing opportunities for a wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages, community networks, support organizations, and people seeking a home in community. Includes a directory of “intentional communities. http://fic.ic.org/

Quaker Communities
Heathcote, a Quaker intentional community located 30 miles north of Baltimore: http://www.heathcote.org/default.htm Ashland, an intentional community in Virginia set up on Quaker principles: http://directory.ic.org/records/?action=view&page=view&record_id=2834 Friends House Retirement Community: http://www.friendshouse.com/

Co-Housing
National Co-housing Association of the United States: http://www.cohousing.org/ Washington, D.C. Takoma Park: Takoma Village Co-Housing: http://www.takomavillage.org/ Maryland: Liberty Village, MD (near Frederick): http://www.libertyvillage.com/index.htm Silver Spring: Eastern Village Co-Housing: http://www.easternvillage.org/ Virginia Charlottesville: Blue Ridge Co-Housing (forming): http://www.blueridgecohousing.org/ Loudon County: Eco-Village of Loudon County http://www.ecovillages.com/ Catoctin Creek: http://proximitycohousing.com/index.htm Vienna: Blueberry Hill Co-Housing: www.blueberryhill.org

Co-Housing

National Co-housing Association of the United States: http://www.cohousing.org/

Washington, D.C.
Takoma Park: Takoma Village Co-Housing: http://www.takomavillage.org/

Maryland:
Liberty Village, MD (near Frederick): http://www.libertyvillage.com/index.htm
Silver Spring: Eastern Village Co-Housing: http://www.easternvillage.org/

Virginia
Charlottesville: Blue Ridge Co-Housing (forming): http://www.blueridgecohousing.org/
Loudon County: Eco-Village of Loudon County http://www.ecovillages.com/

Catoctin Creek: http://proximitycohousing.com/index.htm

Vienna: Blueberry Hill Co-Housing: www.blueberryhill.org

Co-ops
National Association of Housing Cooperatives: http://www.coophousing.org/

Co-ops

National Association of Housing Cooperatives: http://www.coophousing.org/