Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth - News
Senior Eco Cohousing 3rd May 2016
Vintage Green Senior Eco Cohousing
Vintage Green Cohousing is proposing a visionary scheme to meet the challenge of an ageing population in Wales. An alternative approach that is affordable, sustainable and sociable, and demonstrates a positive approach to this stage of life for the over 50’s
In a cohousing community, the site and shared facilities are managed by the residents. Each household has a small, self-contained private home, which could be owned or rented, and there is a common house where residents come together to manage their community, share activities, and regularly eat together.
An important aspect of this project is to make the housing affordable, and environmentally as well as socially sustainable. The buildings will be insulated to the highest standards, reducing the need for heating. We will make the best use of natural lighting and renewable energy. We want it to be a truly green project with communal and private gardens for us to relax in and enjoy and benefit from our own fresh vegetables. The site will be in or near a town or village with access to public transport and other facilities; we will have a car sharing scheme.
Vintage Green is a member the UK Cohousing Network which supports and encourages similar projects throughout the UK. We would like to invite any over- fifties, single and couples, who would like to have an active involvement in the creation and management of this project here in West Wales to a public meeting at Hermon Community Centre on Tuesday 3rd May at 7.30pm, at which Anne Kear, Executive Director of the UK Cohousing Network will be speaking.
www.vintagegreencohousing.org.uk
Picture credit: SNUG homes by Ecomotive - gives an impression of how we might envisage our community
