A Neighborhood on Purpose

In our cohousing community members work together to create a socially rich community that is safe, sustainable, diverse, egalitarian, supportive, attractive and affordable.

Members collaborate to plan and develop their own neighborhood. Homes are owned privately but are deliberately clustered to provide a village-like common space that is protected from vehicle traffic. There is also a common house, which typically includes dining, recreation and childcare facilities and other amenities. In our community there is no effort to establish a religious or philosophical creed; what we share is a desire to live more economically, sustainably, and cooperatively.
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Monday, December 5, 2011

DATE CHANGE: Sat/Sun Jan 28/29 Weekend Workshop on Sociocracy

SAVE THE DATE
Green Haven CoHousing Presents
Sociocracy: The Self-Governing Community
Weekend Workshop
January 28 & 29
9 to 5 each day

with 

Diana Leafe Christian
John Buck and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
At the Grove
71 Orange Street, New Haven

With its roots in Quaker consensus decision-making and the feedback loops of engineering, Sociocracy is a successful model for self-governance among equals.

Sociocracy means government by the socios, or community of people who have a social relationship with each other, as opposed to democracy, government by the demos, or mass of people. Hallmarks include consensus decision-making, rather than majority rule, and a circular governance structure whereby power flows both up and down the hierarchy of interrelated semiautonomous workgroups or circles, each circle with its own domain of responsibility.

Also known as Dynamic Governance, Sociocracy builds feedback loops right into the organization's structure, so that each working circle not only is continuously measuring and evaluating its own work, but providing feedback to those circles with which it interacts. This is the dynamic feedback that allows power with, rather than power over or power under.


Watch for our flyer, and links here to full registration information