I just saw this in my email and thought I would pass it on:
"Sustainable Living in Community: Ecovillages, Transition Towns, & More,"
June 29th, 7:00 p.m., with author, Diana Leafe Christian
SNOHOMISH – Sharingwood Cohousing Community,
http://sharingwood.org, hosts the well-known ecovillages and intentional community author, Diana Leafe Christian, www.dianaleafechristian.org, for a slideshow titled "Sustainable Living in Community: Ecovillages, Transition Towns, & More" on Monday, June 29th, 2009. This event is free and open to the wider community, with a potluck at 6:00 p.m., and the slideshow starting at 7:00 p.m. at Sharingwood’s Common House, 22105 East Lost Lake Road, Snohomish, 98296.
According to Christian, “ecovillages are urban or rural communities of people who strive to integrate a supportive social environment with a low-impact way of life.”
Christian is the author of Finding Community and Creating a Life Together, two of the most widely read books on intentional communities. She also publishes a free, bimonthly Ecovillages newsletter available online at www.ecovillagenews.org. The goal of the newsletter, and the slideshow, is to stimulate more interest in ecovillages in North America, with pictures, stories, and examples of ecovillages from all over the world. Christian’s slideshow presentation at Sharingwood is just one stop during a northwest speaking tour that includes a keynote address at Portland’s Village Building Convergence, another slideshow on Whidbey Island, and a workshop at the National Cohousing Conference in Seattle.
Sharingwood Cohousing Community was founded in 1982 with the purchase of 38 acres adjacent to Lost Lake. Home construction began in 1986, and today there are over 100 residents in 25 homes. The quiet, wooded property includes playgrounds, playfields, organic gardens, streams, campgrounds and, especially prized by residents, a 23-acre land conservancy greenbelt with trails, wetlands, forests and a wide variety of wildlife. The Sharingwood Common House, built in 1996, hosts community meals and meetings, in addition to events such as the Ecovillages slideshow this month.
For more information about the Sharingwood slideshow, or for directions, contact Jocelyn Campbell, 206-779-3707,
joce@jocelynsevents.com. For more information about the Sharingwood Cohousing Community, contact Rob Sandelin, 360-668-2043,
floriferous@msn.com. For more links and information and to win a free book by Diana Leafe Christian, see
https://permies.com/permaculture-forums/1782_0.
About Diana Leafe Christian
Diana Leafe Christian is an author, speaker, workshop presenter, and activist for intentional communities, particularly ecovillages and cohousing communities. She is a consultant for many different kinds of intentional communities, including ecovillages, cohousing communities, and forming-community groups. Diana specializes in helping with community structure and governance, and in assisting those who are seeking a “sense of community” and want to live more sustainably. Diana lives at Earthhaven Ecovillage in North Carolina. For more information, please contact Diana via e-mail at
diana@ic.org, or see her website, www.dianaleafechristian.org.
About Sharingwood Cohousing Community
Sharingwood is a cooperative community using a model of living called cohousing. Homes are privately owned, with some rental spaces, and an abundance of shared amenities. Sharingwood is legally organized as condominiums, but is one of the very few free-standing (or ‘open-air’) condominium complexes in Washington State. For more information, please see www.sharingwood.org, or contact Rob Sandelin, 360-668-2043,
floriferous@msn.com.
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