Tag: New York
Cooking Co-ops in the NY Times
Posted on June 25, 2010 byThe New York Times did a nice feature on cooking co-ops. A cooking co-op, or dinner swap, is simply an agreement by two or more individuals or households to provide… Read More
Brooklyn Co-housing in the New York Post
Posted on December 7, 2009 byNew York Magazine profiled Brooklyn Co-housing, the first co-housing community in New York City, in an in-depth article recently. This is a level of group interaction that the co-housers haven’t… Read More
Aquittal in Ganas Shooting
Posted on August 6, 2008 byBecky James, the woman accused of shooting Ganas member Jeff Gross, was aquitted on all charges by a New York Jury. A woman was cleared of all charges Monday in… Read More
Ecovillage Helping Start Charter School Focused on Sustainability
Posted on June 2, 2008 byTina Nilsen-Hodges, a resident of Ecovillage at Ithaca who is also an Ithaca College lecturer, is leading an effort to create a charter school focused on sustainability. The alternative high… Read More
Brooklyn Cohousing: Creating Community in the Big Apple
Posted on May 17, 2008 by2 Comments
The local paper in Brooklyn, New York has an article on Brooklyn Cohousing’s efforts to start the first community in the New York burroughs. The Brooklyn group plans to buy… Read More
Ecovillage Helps Start Ithaca Car Sharing
Posted on May 9, 2008 byEcoVillage at Ithaca is helping set up a car sharing cooperative for the town of Ithaca, NY. Car Sharing co-ops are designed for people who don’t own cars but have… Read More
Ecovillage Helps Ithaca Rank as 2nd Greenest City
Posted on January 24, 2008 byThe city of Ithaca was second on the list of Greenest Cities in part due to the work of the Ecovillage at Ithaca an intentional community with two 30-home cohousing… Read More
Artists evicted from Brooklyn ‘Commune’
Posted on January 23, 2008 byWhile not a commune in the traditional sense, the residents of 475 Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, NY describe their home as a kibbutz or commune. Unfortunately they were all evicted… Read More
