research-l Mailing List: Re: [Research] We need your help and advice/ Russia

[Angela Sanguinetti (angelasanguinetti]

Hello CRN,

I am forwarding a message from Ilina, a journalist in Russia interested in cohousing. She is looking for some quotes about living in cohousing and a few accompanying photos for an online magazine article. I'm hoping that some folks on this list who live in cohousing will follow up with her individually to help her get the word out about cohousing in Russia.

Happy holidays all!

Angela

On Dec 22, 2015 12:53 PM, "Ilina Elena" <lena_iljina [at] mail.ru> wrote:

 I got you. Can you help me with such contacts? I am on Cohousong.org and couldn't find another emails, just this site-form for connection. 
Thank you. 

Вторник, 22 декабря 2015, 12:30 -08:00 от Angela Sanguinetti <angelasanguinetti [at] gmail.com>:

Hi Ilena,

I don't live in cohousing, so I'm not sure I'm the person you want to be quoting. Perhaps you can reach out to one or two cohousing communities to get a short interview. Have you tried that? I am a researcher. I am on the Coho US Board and I am the director of the cohousing research network.

Very best,

Angela

On Dec 22, 2015 12:12 PM, "Ilina Elena" <lena_iljina [at] mail.ru> wrote:

Hello Angela,

it's great to hear from you! Thank you for your answer. How can I introduce you to readers? Are you also participant of US Cohousing?
Maybe some words about how it is to be a part of big family? What are the main problems on the way of Cohousing? Do you think the idea of Cohousing is actual now? Or few advices for new members of Cohousing? something like that.
And could you please send few photos of your cohousing space and your photo? 
Thank you very much. 
It's very important everything you said.

All best

Понедельник, 21 декабря 2015, 13:21 -08:00 от Angela Sanguinetti <angelasanguinetti [at] gmail.com>:

Hi Elena,

Great to hear that there is interest in cohousing in Russia! For an excellent background on cohousing in the US, I recommend browsing the cohousing.org website. The idea came to the US from Denmark. It was brought over by husband and wife architects Charles Durrent and Katie McCamant. They studied in Denmark and brought the idea of cohousing to the US in the 1980s (they coined the term "cohousing" also). They have several books out that you might be interested in. Let me know if you need help finding them. There are now about 150 cohousing communities in the US. IC.org is another great reference if you are interested in finding cohousing communities in countries other than the US--or other types of intentional communities. I, personally, do not know much about Russia, so can't speak to the viability of cohousing in Russia. I can speak to the type of people typically attracted to cohousing in the US. The following demographics are strongly represented in cohousing in the US: middle-class/income, White, highly educated, liberal, greater proportion of 50 years old and older compared to general population and more females than males. Please let me know if you have any more specific questions I can help answer. 

All best!

Angela

Angela Sanguinetti, Ph.D., BCBA

Postdoctoral Researcher

Consumer Energy Interfaces Lab

Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center

Institute of Transportation Studies

University of California, Davis

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 11:06 AM, <lena_iljina [at] mail.ru> wrote:

Elena Ilina (lena_iljina [at] mail.ru) sent a message using the contact form at
http://www.cohousing.org/contact.

Hello, my name is Elena, I represent Mors, internet-magazine, Russia, Kursk
(small cityclose to Moscow). http://morsmagazine.ru/
There is one project in our magazine named Reconstruction. The purpose of it
- to find and show different ideas of our residents to improve and to change
the face of the city. Now we are working on Cohousing-project. We have an
idea, illustrates, place for construction. Now we need some comments for
representing it to readers and sponsors. We don't have any experience of
cohausing in Russia, especially in the provinces. Could you please to help us
with your comments? How did the idea appear? How long and how hard was it to
make a reality? What do you think, is it possible to realize it in Russia?
What is the type of people, who aims at living in community? Any advices and
specifications are important!

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Best Wishes
Elena Ilina

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Best Wishes
Elena Ilina