
Unhealthy and inactive communities by design
Image from Ecomotive, www.ecomotive.org Cohousers enjoy a wide range of perks. One of the important ones is that their site or 'neighbourhood' is actually designed to facilitate a thriving community and healthy living. Another is that they get to have genuine input into its design. Community-led design, where residents' views and ideas inform the design brief, is not the norm when it comes to developing our urban environment, and it could well be holding us all back. This art

Sunday 2nd August 2015 seafront social!
On the morning of Sunday 2nd August (10:30 - 12:30) we'll be having a social gathering to walk along the seafront and eventualy sit and drink tea, eat cake and perhaps do a cohousing related activity. We will meet at the 'Kissing Wall' piece of public art (above) on the seafront to the west of the pier, opposite the Pitcher and Piano bar and where East Street joins Kings Road at 10:30am. From there we'll walk west along the sea-front and settle for a drink/cake at either the
Stimulating July 2015 Social - Check the video
Last night was our second social (the first at our bi-monthly venue - The Latest Music Bar) and I, for one, really enjoyed myself! 11 of us came together to hang out and the conversation flowed both between various constellations of individuals as well as a whole group. We were joined by 2 members of Veganic Cohousing, another Brighton and Sussex based cohousing project, and there was plenty of varied and useful experiences and thoughts shared. I was party to conversations ab