http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/community/live-dining/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/community/live-dining/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Douglas Jack Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:12:05 +0000 http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/?p=100#comment-37 Rather than think in confrontational terms of "occupying" land (good sense of being there / bad sense of thinking that we can only "occupy" — confront existing "lands" — title owner's), we can think of "streaming" our individual and community economies towards ownership. It is possible for renters (rent = mortgage + management - fee + expenses + profit) and present home owners to unite our monthly expenses and strengths together for individual and collective ownership. The article <a href="http://canadacohousing.ning.com/group/montrealindigenecommunity/forum/topics/calculating-cohousing" rel="nofollow"><em>Extending our Welcome Participatory Cohousing Economy</em></a> explores options for urban dwellers to reestablish local ownership. Rather than think in confrontational terms of “occupying” land (good sense of being there / bad sense of thinking that we can only “occupy” — confront existing “lands” — title owner’s), we can think of “streaming” our individual and community economies towards ownership. It is possible for renters (rent = mortgage + management – fee + expenses + profit) and present home owners to unite our monthly expenses and strengths together for individual and collective ownership. The article Extending our Welcome Participatory Cohousing Economy explores options for urban dwellers to reestablish local ownership.

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