What is cohousing? Vision Lancaster and surrounds Who are we? Potential sites Design How the project will work Residents handbook FAQs Links Join Contacts Links Books Links UK Cohousing projects UK Cohousing Network The homepage of the UK Cohousing Network. The purpose of the UK Cohousing Website is the sharing of expertise and experience amongst UK Cohousing groups, to aid recruitment and create a stronger sense of a national cohousing community. Springhill Cohousing, Stroud * Springhill Cohousing is near the centre of Stroud in Gloucestershire. It is the first new-build cohousing scheme to be completed in the UK. There are 34 units, ranging from one bedroomed flats to five bedrooomed houses. For photos follow the 'lots of pictures' link from the homepage. Cohousing Bristol Co-Housing Bristol is a co-operative that has come together to create a mutually supportive, socially inclusive neighbourhood in Bristol. Brighton Cohousing Brighton Cohousing is an emerging group of people interested in the idea of cohousing. The people presently in the group have a variety of aims and levels of experience so we are networking and researching together. Enlinca A cohousing project in Cambridgeshire. "We are a group of people living in or near Cambridge who are exploring options and possibilities of forming a Cohousing community." The Community Project, Lewes The Community Project is a group of people who have jointly purchased a site on the edge of the small village of Laughton in East Sussex. There are 3 large buildings that have been converted into 16 family houses and 4 new houses have also been built. Non-UK Cohousing projects US Cohousing Network * A great site to find out more about Cohousing and the many schemes in the US. Includes a 'virtual tour' with lots of photos of US schemes. Denmark Cohousing tour photos * Photo gallery of a tour of Denmark cohousing communities. Denmark is where cohousing originated and 10% of new developments there are based on the model. Eco-housing projects Hockerton housing project * The Hockerton Housing Project is the UK's first earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development. Includes a 'virtual tour' with photos. BedZED * The Zero Energy Development in Beddington, South London. BedZED is a mixed development urban village. Great Bow Yard * Great Bow Yard is a development of twelve low energy homes in Langport, Somerset, designed by Stride Treglown. Intentional Communities Diggers and Dreamers A guide to communal living in Britain Eurotopia A directory of intentional communities throughout Europe Low impact living and green building Green building Lots of useful links to promote green building. Centre for Alternative Technology CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. People involved in Lancaster cohousing Nigel Tapp Our surveyor. * - with photos Books Cohousing books Cohousing by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett - Great 1st book to get a 'feel for' cohousing The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community by Kelly Scott Hanson - A great 'how to' get it done cohousing book A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander - A most comprehensive book on design, although not a cohousing book Books on Cohousing from US Cohousing Association. Thinking About Cohousing – Book on Cohousing in the UK Community Bookshelf – Good selection of books on intentional communities

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