Co-living is a step in a communitarian direction
Jul 5, 2021
The communal living described in the above article is co-living. It tends to be kind of transitory.
“Treehouse was there for me when I needed it — not having to be in the same isolation as everybody else during covid was a positive from a mental-health point of view,” she said. “But then it was time for me to go.”
What’s more transformational about a cohousing or ecovillage community is the fostering of: identification with and commitment to a particular-place-on-earth.
Sense of place. Stability in place. Stewardship of place.
There are buildings conducive to co-living, and that’s great. But they’re just buildings.
