Diggers and Dreamers

Alix and Red: The whole new world of student housing co-operatives

Edinburgh Student Housing Co-operative is one of a whole new wave of co-ops that are now popping up all over the UK. Numbers of members can be huge and the population more transient than mainstream housing co-ops. But for many students they can be inspirational spaces that make them want something more from housing in their adult lives. Edinburgh Student Housing Co-op at Diggers & Dreamers https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/edinburgh-student-housing-co-op [https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/edinburgh-student-housing-co-op] Edinburgh Student Housing Co-op https://www.eshc.coop [https://www.eshc.coop] Edinburgh Student Housing Co-op at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eshcoop/ [https://www.instagram.com/eshcoop/] Student Co-op Homes https://www.studenthomes.coop [https://www.studenthomes.coop]

Claudia L M S Manrique and Ian Hare: A Commune in Peru?

Claudia Lucrecia Marcos Sanchez Manrique and Ian Hare have gone from being key members of the UK Communities Conference organising team to carrying out a stupendous tour of intentional communities in both North and South America. Hear about some of their experiences and the contribution that these have made to starting a new project in Peru (https://elpiloteperu.substack.com/p/welcome-to-el-pilote). Braziers Park at Diggers & Dreamers https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/braziers-community Twin Oaks https://www.twinoaks.org Cambia Community https://cambiacommunity.weebly.com Kalli Killa https://facebook.com/KalliKilla Huehuecoyotl https://huehuecoyotl.net Fundacion Darien https://fundaciondarien.org Chambalabamba www.ecoaldeachambalabamba.org El Juego https://eljuego.community Chaikuni https://chaikuni.org/work/permaculture

Owen Jarvis: Cohousing is on the rise

Owen Jarvis is the Chief Executive of the UK Cohousing Network – an organisation which raises awareness of cohousing; supports developing groups; and lobbies government and other bodies. Owen describes his own journey from an urban community in his student days to five years at Findhorn and now... prumoting cohousing – a very particular type of intentional community. UK Cohousing Network https://cohousing.org.uk [https://cohousing.org.uk] UKCN Members at Diggers & Dreamers https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/communities/uk-cohousing-network-members [https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/communities/uk-cohousing-network-members] LILAC https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/lilac [https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/lilac] Chapeltown Cohousing https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/chapeltown-cohousing [https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/chapeltown-cohousing]

Paul Sedgwick: FAmilies BY Choice in Kew

Paul Sedgwick was three years old when he joined his first community... FAmilies BY Choice (known as FABYC) in south west London! He describes his own experiences and the evolution of that community over the decades that have followed. Now – at retirement age – he and his wife are members of Still Green, a project which is planning a senior cohousing community in Wolverton – one of the old towns within the new city of Milton Keynes. Still Green at Diggers & Dreamers https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/still-green [https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/still-green] Still Green https://stillgreencohousing.org [https://stillgreencohousing.org]

Lakshmi Piette Walker - In Search of a Dwelling Place

Lakshmi Piette Walker began her communal "career" at Lyn's House Community in Cambridge. But she didn't stop there. Now she's exploring the concept of Christian community at a global level and through her blog and podcasts is bringing those ideas to a much wider audience. Lakshmi's Substack https://lakshmipiette.substack.com/s/dwelling-place [https://lakshmipiette.substack.com/s/dwelling-place] UK Intentional Christian Community Directory https://field-bird-0fd.notion.site/a992da4fb5e64cdc86dbce31e87fa460?v=92f282a5a21449b09c403720e721d059 [https://field-bird-0fd.notion.site/a992da4fb5e64cdc86dbce31e87fa460?v=92f282a5a21449b09c403720e721d059] Lyn's House https://lynshouse.org [https://lynshouse.org]