illustration credit: Nino Jose Heredia, Gulf News
- You’d like to live near Prince George’s Muslim Association
You wouldn’t mind living in a close-knit community within 5 miles of one of the most culturally diverse and socially active Muslim communities in Prince George’s County: PGMA in Lanham, MD. A 5-mile radius includes cities such as Cheverly, College Park, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Lanham, or New Carrollton. - You are attracted to Cohousing
You’d like to live in an intentional community composed of private homes supplemented by shared facilities. You are interested in planning, owning and managing the community by consensus and also sharing activities which may include cooking, dining, child care, gardening, and governance of the community. You’d be interested in having nearby common facilities like a community kitchen & dining room, laundry, guest rooms, community gardens and other green spaces. You understand how cohousing facilitates interaction among neighbors for social, practical benefits, economic and environmental benefit. - You are drawn to Green Living
You want to live lightly on the earth, reviving the tradition of being a steward of our shared planet. You try to reduce your consumption, recycle what you use, and find ways to reuse what you can.
photo credit: green-muslims.org
- You are fascinated by Modern Design
You like simplified design and use of natural elements tastefully paired with glass, steel and concrete in architecture. You dream about owning a home like those found in magazines like Dwell.
image credit: ZeroEnergy.com - You are concerned about Sustainable Housing
You interested in learning about and implementing sustainable building tools and strategies like passive house standards, solar power, geothermal heating and cooling, passive solar design, water harvesting, using non-toxic materials, planting native species, and minimizing the disturbance of the natural habitat when building homes and other buildings.
If you connected with these five points, reach out to us by attending one of our work sessions or gatherings, emailing us at goodtreevillage [at] gmail [dot] com or giving us a ring: 301.541.3223 (Kori) or 301.337.7171 (Ishaq).
I’m sold on reasons two to four! 😉 Do you know of any international cohousing communities?
Ha! 3 out of 5 is too bad. What do you mean by “international”? Cohousing communities abroad or U.S. communities with international residents?
Oops! I meant two to five! 😉
I’m interested in cohousing communities abroad. Do you know of any?
Oops- I’m sold on #5 too! I’m interested in cohousing communities abroad. Know of any?
Fellowship for Intentional Communities has a directory of many types of intentional communities abroad, including cohousing communities. I hope you can find what you’re looking for there: http://directory.ic.org/