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The Art of Sustainable Living Week 6: Intentional Communities and Co-Housing
Instructor - Richard Reep, LEED-AP
Workshop Series: The Art of Sustainable Living
Join us for an informative and empowering series of workshops to discuss and analyze sustainable living, and apply concepts to one’s own lifestyle.
Instructor: Richard T. Reep, LEED-AP
Workshops are offered as individual classes for $25, or enjoy the entire series for $125. Students will be provided valuable, practical information to integrate into their daily lives. Must pre-register as course is limited to 15 students.
Workshop 6: Intentional Communities and Co-Housing
Students will complete the workshop with new ways to view their own neighborhood and community, and how to view shared space and shared resources, as well as shared production capabilities. This workshop is an advanced course that explores two concepts: co-housing and intentional communities. No prior knowledge is required, although attendance at a previous workshop to become familiar with concepts and terms is helpful.
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Goals/Learning Objectives:
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Overview of the intentional community movement and the co-housing movement from Europe to America
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Understanding of shared community values in power and water generation/consumption
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Understanding of shared community values in food production
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Understanding of the qualities of the built environment in an intentional community
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Workshop: The class will create a hypothetical intentional community and explore the opportunities and constraints in such an action.
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Selecting land for a community (existing neighborhood vs. Greenfield development)
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Choosing dwelling space; single-family detached vs. multifamily
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Goalsetting regarding consumption vs. production of energy/water/resources
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Goalsetting regarding community space – commons, commonhouse
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Goalsetting in creating community and social values
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Students taking these workshops will gain an understanding of sustainability related to landscape, architecture, and interior design, both for their own residences and for their community.
Each workshop explores a different question, and the workshops can be taken individually or as an entire class series.
Sunday, Mar. 14th, 2010, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Florida School of Holistic Living Main Campus, Orlando $25 for individual workshop or $125 for six week series