LaQuerencia is a 28-unit cohousing project under development in Fresno, Calif. Many members are Unitarians.

The Elder Cohousing Network in Davis, Calif., an eight-household community, opened in January 2006 as the first elder cohousing development in the country. Members range in age from 76 to 92; the community grew out of a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Davis.

Karen Hester co-founded Temescal Creek Cohousing in North Oakland, Calif. The project had roots in a local United Methodist congregation. She has over 20 years of experience with group projects, grassroots organizations and communities.

The Skeptics Society is a scientific and educational organization that investigates fringe science and paranormal claims and strives to promote critical thinking. Michael Shermer is executive director, and he also serves as publisher of the group’s magazine, Skeptic.

Skeptic magazine is a publication of the Skeptics Society. It is a leading publication of skeptical inquiry.

What are some helpful hints on covering highly charged religious services, especially ones that seem to defy rational explanation? By Sandi Dolbee The San Diego Union-Tribune* You walk into the room and the first things you hear are the sounds. People mumbling and wailing, speaking in languages you simply don’t recognize. Others are falling down, […]

Chris ScottHanson is a development consultant with Cohousing Resources, a cohousing consulting firm in Langley, Wash. The firm is working on projects in Massachusetts and Oakland, Calif., and has recently completed consulting for projects in Kansas and Vermont.

Rick Mockler is vice president of CoHousing Partners, a cohousing development firm in Davis, Calif. He has a master’s degree in liberation theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He lives in Muir Commons, the first new-construction cohousing community in the U.S.

Charles Durrett is an architect in Nevada City, Calif., who with his wife and business partner, Kathryn McCamant, has championed cohousing in the United States. McCamant & Durrett Architects has designed cohousing and senior cohousing. Durrett’s books on cohousing include Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living (Ten Speed Press, 2005). He says the most important value for cohousing members is […]