Cohousing NZ - Occupied http://cohousing.org.nz/communities/status-4 en Delhi Village http://cohousing.org.nz/communities/delhi-village <div class="field-location"> Whanganui </div> <img src="http://cohousing.org.nz/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_lg/public/images/delhi_village_mid-field_crp_1.jpg?itok=_E89gDsT" width="750" height="464" alt="" /> <article class="field-body"> <p>Started as an idea among six socially connected households, the community has steadily been turning their aspiration into reality – house by house, on the rural fringe of the provincial town of Whanganui.</p> <p>The community now has its complement of nine households involved in development, with three residential so far.</p> <p>Members see their community as an opportunity to live in a village atmosphere, socially connected on shared land, while maintaining independence in their own homes.</p> <p>The group purchased 12.8 hectares of rural land, subdivided, and developed a grey-water system.</p> <p><img alt="" class="image-landscape_lg" height="464" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_lg/public/images/delhi_village_-_construction_scaffolding.jpg?itok=b_kjciKg" style="font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 23.2px;" width="750" /></p> <p>Most of the residential sites are clustered, with remaining land available for orchards, gardens, growing firewood and grazing sheep and chickens, and the steepest part being re-clad in native forest.</p> <p>Delhi Village has been looking to embrace a variety of ages and cultures.  The community includes a lawyer, a photographer, a baker, a reporter, a teacher, a behaviour specialist, two nurses, an astronomer, an artist / teacher, a landscaper/carpenter, and a mediator.</p> </article> <div class="field-taxonomy-vocabulary-15"> <a href="/communities/status-5">Site Acquired</a> </div> <div class="field-taxonomy-vocabulary-15"> <a href="/communities/status-2">Construction</a> </div> <div class="field-taxonomy-vocabulary-15"> <a href="/communities/status-4">Occupied</a> </div> <div class="field-taxonomy-vocabulary-9"> <a href="/availability-2">No Vacancies</a> </div> <h3 class="field-label"> Content Image </h3> <img src="http://cohousing.org.nz/sites/default/files/images/delhi_village_-_construction_scaffolding.jpg" width="1280" height="960" alt="" /> Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:51:41 +0000 Tim Gummer 799 at http://cohousing.org.nz http://cohousing.org.nz/communities/delhi-village#comments Earthsong Eco-Neighbour-hood http://cohousing.org.nz/communities/earthsong-eco-neighbour-hood <div class="field-location"> Ranui, Auckland </div> <img src="http://cohousing.org.nz/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_lg/public/images/earthsong-aerial-0152-en.jpg?itok=DyV7nhpy" width="750" height="464" alt="" /> <article class="field-body"> <p>Our country’s first completed cohousing development, West Auckland based <em>Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood</em> is increasingly inspiring others to develop new contemporary cohos.</p> <p>Earthsong’s founders were committed from the beginning, in 1995, to building a neighbourhood that was as socially and environmentally sustainable as possible, and to sustain an educative role in nurturing cohousing in Aotearoa.</p> <p>The site layout is designed to work in with the existing landform, vegetation, and climate to create a beautiful and flourishing ecosystem, and to encourage a sense of community while safeguarding privacy and autonomy.</p> <p>All homes at Earthsong are oriented north and use passive solar design. Building materials and components fulfil sustainable architecture criteria,  considering embodied energy, toxicity, environmental impact, durability and recyclability.</p> <p>The services harvest the natural resources of sun and rain  to reduce reliance on bulk supply and to reduce waste shipped off-site.</p> <p>The physical design of systems not only  reduces environmental impact, but adds to quality of life and a flourishing eco-system</p> <h2>Education and Consultancy</h2> <p>Community building resources and documented experience is publically available.</p> <p>The Earthsong Centre Trust oversees the educational outreach, including tours and presentations run by the Earthsong Education Collective, and seminars on cohousing, permaculture, eco-design and community organisational structure. Workshops can be tailored, ranging from tools for group effectiveness and community governance, to collaborative design, project planning and development issues.</p> <p>Professional consultancy and facilitation for intentional community projects is also available on request.</p> </article> <div class="field-taxonomy-vocabulary-15"> <a href="/communities/status-4">Occupied</a> </div> <div class="field-taxonomy-vocabulary-9"> <a href="/availability-2">No Vacancies</a> </div> <h3 class="field-label"> Micro Summary </h3> NZ’s proto-cohousing development, West Auckland based Earthsong shares their experience to inspire the development of new communities. Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:56:01 +0000 Developer 789 at http://cohousing.org.nz http://cohousing.org.nz/communities/earthsong-eco-neighbour-hood#comments