Cohousing Essays

  • Raising Children in a Faith Based Community

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    "What should I do?", is the question many parents are asking when wondering if they should raise their kids in a faith-based community. Yes, you would think that it's a simple yes or no answer. The truth is that there is much more reasoning behind the yes or no that parents ultimately decide. There are many reasons for either decision, all of which make sense in their own way. If you decide that yes you should raise them in a faith-based community, it does have its benefits. Faith-based communities

  • Unintentional And Intentional Community

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    . Cyberspace is a realm of communication. Cyberspace is like its own way of talking. People are part of this cyberspace as well. I say this because humans don’t really talk in person anymore. Do humans intentionally do this to the community or were it unintentional, and we were just consumed without knowing? Intentional is something done with a purpose or pertaining to it. Unintentional is something done by accident or no reason. A community is built by people with a purpose, or it can be built by

  • Discussion on Mr. Barlow's Is There a There in Cyberspace

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    Do you know what non intententional and intentional communities are? If you are like me, then you have no idea what it is or how it relates to society. That was until I read the selection written by John Perry Barlow “Is There a There in Cyberspace.” Are you informed on what I am talking about or would you like to know more? You may not even be aware of what nonintentional means. The dictionary definition for this word is "not done on purpose." In Barlow’s discussion of these types of communities

  • The Difference between Nursing Homes and Retirement Homes

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    senior cohousing for lower income older adults. • Leisure or lifestyle oriented communities or LORCs, which include various amenities. Senior cohousing is a living arrangement in which multiple individually owned housing units are oriented around a common open area and a common house. Residents actively cooperate to live in a neighborhood in which there is socialization and mutual support for one another. The idea for elder cohousing originated in Denmark, where intergenerational cohousing was successfully

  • Families Fighting for their Kids

    2000 Words  | 4 Pages

    It’s terrible time to be a teenager, or even a teenager’s parent. That message is everywhere. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all full of frightening stories about teenagers and families. They say that America’s families are falling apart, that kids don’t care about anything, and that parents have trouble doing anything about it. Bookstores are full of disturbing titles like these: Parenting Your Out –of- Control Teenager, Teenage Wasteland, Unhappy Teenagers, and Teen Torment. These books

  • Analysis Of The Happy Movie

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    Happiness is an inclination that everyone aims to fulfill yet only a few appear to be exposed to it. There is a constant developing issue within our reality which is despondency. It appears that people tend to experience depression and desolation rather than contentment in relation to their lifestyles. This derives from seeking happiness in the wrong things or formulating a sense of dissatisfaction by comparing one’s lifestyle to another. Happiness does not derive from an experience of joy and pleasure

  • Sustainable Living In Australia Essay

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    human scale development, transport choice; not just cars, public meeting places, connected pedestrian and cycle networks and greater housing choice; not only detached houses on individual blocks or apartments, but more townhouses, terrace houses, cohousing and supportive housing. Focusing on places for its residents, and ensuring that the overriding aim of putting people first in the design of any new place or developments, would support a more vibrant and active

  • Intentional Community: What Is An Intentional Community?

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    1.0 Introduction Intentional community is a general term that refers to a wide variety of living alternatives. Shenker (2011) defines Intentional Communities as a relatively small coalesced group of individuals who have consciously, willfully and purposefully created a wholly new way of life with the intention of attaining distinct preset goals and objectives. Intentional communities consist of various groups of individuals with similar ideologies and shared motivations. Such communities may be established

  • Comparing Bioclimatic Features of Thomas Herzog's House at Regensburg with Two Other Eco-Friendly Houses of the 20th Century

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    The House at Regensburg was built in 1979 and is located in Regensburg, Germany. It was designed by Thomas Herzog a German architect born in Munich 1941. Many of Herzog’s buildings are associated with bioclimatic architecture and eco-friendly buildings mainly due to the fact Herzog was involved in the concept of solar power technology. During this essay I will analyse Thomas Herzog’s House at Regensburg and explain the themes and principles behind different aspects of the house in comparison to

  • What I Knew

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    This topic is sometimes forgotten and not thought of by most people, especially in the United States of America. Happiness is extremely important and needs to be brought to the forefront of conversation. This paper will review my knowledge and personal relationship with the topic and how it may be an ever-increasing issue in the United States. Throughout this paper I will cite many articles that provide reasons to remedy the issue of happiness, I have also conducted an interview and watched a documentary