The Earth Day Film Fest : Cohousing Workshop by Charles Durrett

Cohousing is an intentional community of private homes clustered around shared space. Cohousing offers an alternative living arrangement that blends privacy and autonomy with friendship and collaboration. A "town" is much more than its infrastructure, it's the people and relationships that influence our experience. As we look at rebuilding our ridge communities after disaster, we have the unique opportunity to create a town that reflects our values. Join us as we explore the co-housing model with architect Charles Durrett. In this 90 min presentation, we will discuss affordable housing options for Paradise and explore the suitability of cohousing. There will be a full slide-show presentation, as well as an in-depth question and answer session. Fire safety will be part of the presentation. Charles Durrett is featured in a film that will screen on Saturday March 14th at 1:00 PM at Pageant Theater. The film will not be shown during this workshop so join us on Saturday to learn about cohousing in a nearby town. ABOUT THE FILM: ?The Best of Both Worlds: Cohousing's Promise (USA), 27 min. Explores the concept of cohousing, as expressed through first-hand observations of residents of four cohousing communities and observations by architect Charles Durrett, who brought the concept to the US from Denmark. Trailer Get Tickets : Here VENUE HOST: Paradise Alliance Church CMA: The Paradise CMA church has been a community gathering space for many years. It survived the Camp Fire and has continued to open its doors to the ridge community and our collective effort to rebuild. PRESENTED BY: The Rebuild Paradise Foundation: Whose mission is to help rebuild Butte County after the Camp Fire and potential future disasters. We wish to rebuild our community to be safer, more sustainable and help bring back the vibrancy that once was. Regenerating Paradise: Weaving the social fabric that regenerates us. Paradise Community Guilds: We foster community by nurturing creativity, practicing stewardship of Nature, and promoting values of sustainability. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Earth Day Film Festival receives hundreds of films from around the world each year. 2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day April 22nd, when our namesake event occurs with a curation of our best films being sent to hosts around the world. March 12 -19 is our flagship festival in Chico Ca. when we have a week of films, talks and workshops at the Pageant Theater, Gateway Science Museum and Chico Idea Fab Labs. Get a full festival pass: Here See the full 2020 Official Selections: Here Follow us on: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.