Recent Events

Here's what's already happened, as a guide to what can happen next.

Our accomplishments in the past year include talks and a Sustainable Community booth at the San Francisco Green Festival, a Finding Community Fair with an EcoVillage slide show,  an all-day Communities Convergence featuring talks on simple living, group process, and community, and a workshop on Starting and FindingIntentional Communities, EcoVillages, and Cohousing. Late last year we hosted a live group viewing of a Coho/US Webinar featuring Katie McCamant ofCohousing Partners talking about Financing Cohousing.

6/12-15: National Cohousing Conference (Waltham, MA)

6/12-15: National Cohousing Conference (Waltham, MA)

It's not in Northern California, but the national cohousing conference at Bentley College in Waltham, MA is worth the trip. We'll be participating, speaking, and doing a table there. Join us for the most intensive and effective way to learn how to…

Jun 12, 2008 8:00 AM

6/7: Nevada City Open House

6/7: Nevada City Open House

Come tour the community (recent winner of a National Association of Home Builders award for energy efficiency) as part of a regular open house at Nevada City Cohousing. Details

Jun 7, 2008 10:00 AM

5/21: Slideshow with Katie McCamant (Berkeley)

Learn more about the cohousing movement and the California communities in development  

At Cohousing Co. (McCamant & Durrett Architects) offices in Berkeley. RSVP required.

Details at the East Bay Cohousing website.

May 21, 2008 7:30 PM

5/18: New Brighton Cohousing (Aptos, CA) Spring Fling

5/18: New Brighton Cohousing (Aptos, CA) Spring Fling

IT'S TIME FOR A SPRING FLING!


Please join us for our 'Spring Fling' Open House on Sunday, May 18th

from noon - 4 pm. We're celebrating many milestones in our cohousing,

thanking our friends and supporters, and inviting any folks interested

in…

May 18, 2008 4:00 PM

5/13: Slide Show with Katie McCamant (Fair Oaks)

Meet architect Kathryn McCamant, co-author of Cohousing:  A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, the book that introduced cohousing to the U.S.  She will discuss her 25 years of experience building award-winning, sustainable cohousing…
May 13, 2008 7:00 PM

5/4: Sonoma Cohousing Info Meeting (Rohnert Park)

INTERESTED IN COHOUSING?

One mile from Sonoma State University

 

WHO ARE WE?

We are a group in the process of forming a new cohousing community with a potential site near Sonoma State University. We range in age for 3 to 72.

We are committed to…

May 4, 2008 12:30 PM

5/3: Mariposa Grove (N. Oakland) AFFORDABLE for-sale open house

Playful shared meals, clucking chickens, children, artists, cooperative economics, outdoor movies, bicycles, musicians, gardens, bees, healers, social change work, biodiesel, fruit trees...

These are some of the things you'll find in North…
May 3, 2008 4:00 PM

5/3-4: Cohousing table at Maker Faire (San Mateo)

5/3-4: Cohousing table at Maker Faire (San Mateo)

Join us at booth 914 on the Midway at the Maker Faire at San Mateo County Fairgrounds for a celebration and exploration of Do-It-Yourself Community Creation: Cohousing, Ecovillages, Coworking, and Neighborhood Organizing.

May 3, 2008 1:00 PM

5/3: North Bay/East Bay Cohousing Bus Tour

5/3: North Bay/East Bay Cohousing Bus Tour

Come visit Northern California Cohousing neighborhoods in Sonoma, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties. Starts at Swan's Market Cohousing in Oakland, California. Put on by the Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US). Pre-payment required.…

May 3, 2008 8:00 AM

5/1: Auroville EcoVillage Architect speaking (Berkeley)

5/1: Auroville EcoVillage Architect speaking (Berkeley)

Announcing a new meeting for East Bay Cohousing!

What: Auroville EcoVillage architect talk at Berkeley Cohousing

When: Thursday, May 1, 6:00 PM

Suggested donation: USD20.00 per person (with potluck)

Where: Berkeley Cohousing

Who should come:…

May 2, 2008 9:00 PM

5/2: Sustainable Enterprise (Rohnert Park, CA)

5/2: Sustainable Enterprise (Rohnert Park, CA)

Join us for a table representing cohousing at the Sustainable Enterprise 2008: tools for the transition. learn about the value of managing an organization to be economically viable, environmentally responsible and socially equitable, and talk with…

May 2, 2008 11:00 AM

4/27: Mariposa Grove (N. Oakland) AFFORDABLE for-sale open house

4/27: Mariposa Grove (N. Oakland) AFFORDABLE for-sale open house

Playful shared meals, clucking chickens, children, artists, cooperative economics, outdoor movies, bicycles, musicians, gardens, bees, healers, social change work, biodiesel, fruit trees...

These are some of the things you'll find in North…
Apr 27, 2008 1:00 PM

4/26: Orangevale Thank-You Party and Tour of Southside Park (Sacramento)

In appreciation to the many people who attended our February hearing, we are hosting a Thank You party at Southside Park Cohousing in downtown Sacramento.  The party includes a tour of the community.   Please RSVP so we can plan food and drinks.

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Apr 26, 2008 3:00 PM

4/26: Cohousing table at UU gathering (Fremont)

Northern California Cohousing is coordinating a table at the Pacific Central District aseembly of the Unitarian Universalist church, all day at a hotel in Fremont.

Given the strong correlation between UU's and Northern California Cohousers, this…

Apr 26, 2008 10:00 AM

4/25: EcoVillage founders Liz Walker, Lois Arkin at Be-In (SF)

Planning for Sustainable Communites, the organizers behind Northern California Cohousing, are arranging for a cohousing/villages talk and a table Friday evening in San Francisco.

The Digital Be-In returns for the third year in a row during Earth Day…

Apr 25, 2008 7:00 PM

4/23: Cohousing Development DVD West Coast Launch (Oakland)

Mid-Atlantic Cohousing got a grant to create and distribute a DVD aimed at developers, showing the leading U.S> cohousing developers explaining how and why they do it.

The West Coast premiere was at Swan's Market Cohousing in Oakland.

Apr 23, 2008 5:00 PM

4/19: Earth Day at Fresno Cohousing

Fresno Cohousing (La Querencia) celebrated Earth Day in a big way, with cohousing talks, architects, and movies.

4/13: Orangevale Cohousing Info & Dinner Mtg.

April 13 Cohousing Info & Dinner Meeting
Come join us for dinner to get to know each other, hear the latest news about Orangevale Cohousing, and talk about the next steps.  Guests are welcome!

When:     Sunday, April 13, 2008,  6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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Apr 13, 2008 6:00 PM

4/10: Cohousing Slideshow w/Katie McCamant

SOLD OUT! This event was STANDING ROOM ONLY. There will be another one May 21.


Learn more about the cohousing movement and the California communities in development  

At Cohousing Co. (McCamant & Durrett Architects) offices in Berkeley. RSVP…

Apr 10, 2008 7:30 PM

4/5: Nevada City Open House

4/5: Nevada City Open House

Come tour the community (recent winner of a National Association of Home Builders award for energy efficiency) as part of a regular open house at Nevada City Cohousing. Details

Apr 5, 2008 1:00 PM

3/15: Grass Valley groundblessing

Noon. A small-scale event, primarily for group members and partners.

Mar 15, 2008 3:00 PM

Simple Prosperity author Dave Wann on tour

Simple Prosperity author Dave Wann on tour

Green Festival Communities Booth

We were part of a booth at the Green Festival in San Francisco in November, 2007. Details, video, photos will go here.

An initiative of Cohousing California, brought to you by Cohousing Coaches at Planning for Sustainable Communities.