Talk on Eco-collaborative Housing
Sunday, May 27th at 4PM
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, 155 Avenue C, NYC
In an era of housing crises, environmental unsustainability and social fragmentation, the need for more sociable, affordable and sustainable housing is vital. The answer? Shared living in ‘eco-collaborative housing’— from joint households to land sharing, cohousing and ecovillages, squats and communes. In this conversation author Anitra Nelson refers to case studies in her new book ‘Small is Necessary Shared Living on a Shared Planet’ to show that resident-driven low impact living with shared facilities and activities can address the great social, economic and sustainability challenges faced by us today.
Small is Necessary places contemporary models of ‘alternative’ housing and living at center stage arguing that they are outward-looking, culturally rich, with low ecological footprints and offer governance techniques for a more equitable and sustainable future.
Anitra Nelson is an activist-scholar at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) who was a Visiting Scholar at the New School for Social Research in NY in 2012 —see https://anitranelson.info/ Come and participate in this free discussion and get a chance to buy the book at a discount and have it signed at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space on Sunday, 27 May 2018, 4:00–5.30pm.