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Cohousing
www.cohousing.org.uk
The national organisation with information about cohousing, news, workshops and links to established and emerging projects.
www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk
Lots of information about communal living generally with links to cohousing projects.
Wikipedia
The Wikipedia entry has a brief overview of cohousing and some international links.
Land for people
Exists to help communities in Wales, Shropshire and the Marches become more sustainable, with an emphasis on building affordable homes for local people.
Community Land Trusts website
A Community Land Trust is 'a mechanism for the democratic ownership of land by the local community'. By separating the cost of land from the cost of housing, housing can become more affordable. An article (in pdf format) in the new economics foundation newsletter shows how community land trusts are beginning to take off across the UK.
Local projects
http://villagejourney.ning.com/
The Brighton eco village group - seeking a place in Sussex to live, grow food and develop a school and other enterprises.
Brighton Permaculture Trust
Brighton Permaculture Trust promotes greener lifestyles and sustainable development through design. It raises awareness and facilitates learning in supportive environments.
Transition Brighton and Hove
Part of the Transition Town network - a group of volunteers aiming to start a city-wide community response to the challenges of climate change and peak oil.
The Community Project, Lewes (Laughton Lodge), is a cohousing project near Brighton that offers some help in learning about cohousing.
Eco Open Houses
Visit eco-houses in Brighton & Hove: 28-29 June and 5-6 July
The event aims to empower and inspire members of the public to make environmental changes to their own homes through seeing what practical steps other people have taken in their homes.
Other projects
www.thresholdcentre.org.uk
A project in Dorset that holds retreats and 'Creating Cohousing' weekends.
www.lancastercohousing.org.uk
An project in Lancaster now taking applications for homes in the developing project.
Earthship France
This earthship in Ger, France, has been developed by a Brighton family, is the first official residential earthship in Europe and is available to rent!
Earthship Biotecture
The home of the earthship concept.
Self-build
www.ebuild.co.uk
Packed with information, contacts and a useful forum. Very useful to help understand the planning and building processes
www.segalselfbuild.co.uk
The Walter Segal self-build website
Books/media
Permaculture magazine
Permaculture is about sustainable design. Issue 52 Summer 2007 has two articles about cohousing.