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Touching Life's Later Years with Nobility and Intellectual Excitement
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ever greater numbers, we are aging beyond the values
that created the urban–industrial world. That fact
begins with the boomers, but it will roll forward into
generations to come... Which means that every
institution in our society will be transformed as its
population drifts further and further from competitive
individualism, military–industrial bravado, and the
careerist rat race. It is as if the freeways of the
world will one day soon begin to close down, starting
with the fast lane and finally turning into pastures and
meadows.
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Theodore Roszak is the author of 15
works of nonfiction, including The Making of a Counter Culture,
Person/Planet, and The Voice of the Earth
and five novels. |
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Open Arms: Embracing Generations and the Larger Community
With a limited window of time, Northern Europeans have already started creating
exciting alternatives that include a multi-generational approach
to senior housing. Instead of concentrating exclusively on facilities for the elderly, the focus is on strengthening neighborhoods. The results so far are a variety of senior-friendly developments that also embrace other generations... |
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Dorit Fromm is an architect who writes, researches, and consults on innovative communities, design, and aging.
She is the author of Collaborative Communities: Cohousing, Central Living and Other New Forms of Housing, |
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An interview with Charles Durrett
Senior Cohousing: The First Three Years
One can argue that cohousing has already affected much of the housing market—for example, the design elements in multi-family affordable housing that intentionally encourage neighbor interaction. Or, another example, single-family neighborhoods, where the residents of a street can vote to close the whole street to cars, create kid-play areas in the middle, and require people to park at both ends. A change like that vastly alters the behavior of residents and how well they know each other...
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Architect Charles Durrett
has designed over 30 cohousing communities in North America and has consulted on many more around the world. This wide-ranging interview
by Guest Editor Raines Cohen touches all the bases. |
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Paying It Forward: Socially Active, Engaged Elders
Awhile back, a group of friends and I discussed the amount of political and social activity necessary to support the environment, the earth and her people. We looked at all the activities required to take an active role in guarding the health of the planet and speaking up for her people. Who would write letters? Who would write emails? Who would organize us to voice our opinion and influence lawmakers closer to home?...
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is the
author of the seminal book on aging, From Age-ing to
Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older. |
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Awakening to Community: Beyond the Veil of Separateness
The people were rapidly approaching starvation in the midst of plenty. Then, as if prompted by a collective dream, they started to feed one another. The lesson was clear. If one only tended the circle of oneself, emptiness grew. If each fed a neighbor, then — in this expanded circle — all would be well...
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Author-philosopher John G. Sullivan
is a member of the Second Journey Board of Directors and
author of Living Large: Transformative Work at the
Intersection of Ethics and Spirituality. |
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A Closer Look at Senior Retirement Communities
Second Journey Book Page editor, Barbara Kammerlohr, reviews recent two books — Leisureville and A Place Called Canterbury — that are required reading for any “young” retiree tempted to leave their home of many years for the promise of a life-time of resort living. |
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