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About The Farmhouse | Farmhouse Animals
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Glimpses into our urban community life. Established in 2005, the farmhouse is a community-oriented collective house in South Vancouver, traditional Coast Salish Territories. It has been a home to people of many kinds, and served different purposes for each of us. Often, it’s a place to make friends for life, to learn, grow and be challenged. Early Farmhouse Animals: Caterina, Miranda and Rin. Recent Residents: Alex, Willow, Kylara and Dan. Header photo by Brett Beadle. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter y...
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Chores | Collective Houses... skills & inspiration for living together
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Collective Houses… skills and inspiration for living together. Make agreements, try systems out, revise as needed. Most householders would agree that there is LOTS to do around the house to keep it clean, safe, and healthy. Depending on how many people live in your collective house you’ll find different systems that work for you. Often houses will use a combination of chore systems simultaneously to meet the needs of different kinds of chores. A Variety of Chore Systems:. See an Example of Rotating Chores.
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Coordinating Meals | Collective Houses... skills & inspiration for living together
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Collective Houses… skills and inspiration for living together. Simple sign-up systems make it work. Organizing who is cooking and who is eating may seem like a huge task, but flexible sign-up systems mean that personal schedules can change week by week with minimal interruption to the flow of delicious food in your house. Some houses have solved this complexity by designating a repeating cook night for each person in the house. Works for:. CHERRY TREE FORT MEAL GRID. Ollie (various communities, USA).
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Benefits | Collective Houses... skills & inspiration for living together
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Collective Houses… skills and inspiration for living together. So many reasons that this is GREAT! Page still under construction. Benefits of living collectively:. Stronger social networks within our homes. Social belonging, autonomy, and contribution (psychosocial integration). Greater economic independence from market systems. Save money through bulk buying, sharing resources, etc. Lighter ecological impact due to better sharing of resources. Eat healthy, home-cooked food together regularly.
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Decision Making | Collective Houses... skills & inspiration for living together
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Collective Houses… skills and inspiration for living together. Consensus is where it is at, and also shared responsibilities. Published on January 30, 2011 at 7:27 pm Comments Off on Decision Making. Beehive Collective House (vancouver, BC). Emma Goldman Finishing School (seattle, WA). Inter Cooperative Council (many houses in ann arbor, MI). Mackenzie Heights Collective (vancouver, BC). Ollie (various communities, USA). Sushi Tribe (bellingham, WA). Technicolor Tree Tribe (las angeles, CA).
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Food | Collective Houses... skills & inspiration for living together
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Collective Houses… skills and inspiration for living together. 8220;Oh, I could NEVER share a kitchen! Food sharing (and kitchen sharing) is a huge. Barrier for people new to collective living. Individually, we have strong preferences about what we choose to eat, and how we like to maintain our kitchen areas. Food is personal, and it is really really important! Also, horrific memories of dishes piling up and moldy fridges may linger from student days in shared housing. Benefits of eating together:. Each ...
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Shared Values | Collective Houses... skills & inspiration for living together
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Collective Houses… skills and inspiration for living together. Every Collective House has a different personality! The character of a house is determined in part by people, and in part by the systems in place to help the house function smoothly. How clean you keep it. Whether you eat together daily. How many parties you like to have. How many kids live in the house. About shared house values. For an overview of some basic questions. Local food, so in practice we agree to. Be available to process vegetabl...
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Momma's Piece of the Puzzle: Killer Coke House
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Momma's Piece of the Puzzle. Friday, February 4, 2011. My home has become a collective house. Us adults share the same world view. We believe in mutual aid, sharing our resources, and sharing in the household chores. We have lots of political posters and pamphlets around our house. One poster hanging is this one:. We all busted out laughing and decided NOT to opt for that name - can't imagine how long before the DEA would come knocking ;-) In the meantime, the brain storming continues.
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