Nominate Your Green Cohousing Community

Think your cohousing development has what it takes to be on Natural Home's Top 10 Eco-friendly Cohousing List?

September 2008 Web
By Natural Home Staff 
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Natural Home is taking submissions from innovative eco-cohousing developments in the United States and Canada. Please let us know if where you live (or where you wish you lived!) is healthy and sustainable. The top 10 cohousing communities will be named in the January/February 2009 issue.

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Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, September 23. Please send all submissions to editor (at) naturalhomemagazine.com 

Some attributes of green developments include:

Use of alternative energy (solar, wind, geothermal, tide)
Establishment of a unified community feel
Eco-friendly, nontoxic and recycled building materials
Community recycling
Mixed use with local businesses, shopping and schools within walking distance
Public transportation available
Primary residences (not vacation homes)
Affordable housing
Urban infill site or reclamation of existing developed land
Located on a former brownfield site
Energy-efficient structures and/or Energy-Star certification
LEED-certified
Native landscaping and gardening

Please include the name of the developments, location (city and state,) and a resource (such as a website) where we can go to learn more.

More about green community initiatives

• The Tierra Madre program helps low-income families find sustainable housing.

• This Colorado community grows enough produce to support itself.

• Diversity and gardens thrive in this inner-city eco-neighborhood.

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