6-Week Intro to Cohousing Course: Launching your Community

The six course sessions will focus on:

• Introduction to the course and your learning goals (1hr)
• What is cohousing really? Patterns and practices of successful cohousing communities (2hr)
• Design matters: Interdependent social and physical environments (2hr)
• How to get a group started, find a site, and found a project (2hr)
• Group process: Working together successfully (2hr)
• Answering your remaining questions and where to go from here (1hr)

Participants will be able to:

• Plan and launch the development process for their own cohousing community.
• Understand the social and physical characteristics that make cohousing successful.
• Implement a proven roadmap to get where you want to go with your project.
• Explore how cohousing deepens personal relationships and enhances sustainability.