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Tecumseh, MO
AUGUST 2005
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In Learn More the National Geographic magazine team shares some of its best sources and other information to expand your knowledge of our featured subjects. Special thanks to the Research Division.
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 Did You Know?
East Wind bills itself as "an intentional community," a broad name for a network of shared-living communities that includes communes, student cooperatives, and ecovillages. The term refers to "a group of people who have chosen to live together with a common purpose, working cooperatively to create a lifestyle that reflects their shared core values," according to the Fellowship for Intentional Community. People join such communities for different reasons and at different times of life. For baby boomers in the United States, a recent trend in shared living known as cohousing may become increasingly popular.
Brought from Denmark, the concept of cohousing has been on the rise in the U.S. since its introduction in the late 1980s, according to the Cohousing Association of the United States, whose website describes it as "collaborative housing…characterized by private dwellings…but also extensive common facilities," such as a "common house" where neighbors might share a meal daily. While most are intergenerational, a few senior cohousing projects have broken ground recently. For America's aging baby boomers, this alternative to traditional retirement living may provide more options. "We simply don't have attractive options for baby boomers who want housing that's exciting, environmentally–conscious, and allows retirees to continue to personally grow," says the Elder Cohousing Network's Neshama Abraham. "I think elder cohousing can fill all those needs and become the most important new contribution to senior housing in the U.S." For more information on cohousing and elder cohousing opportunities, visit www.cohousing.org, and www.eldercohousing.org, respectively.
—Mary E. Jennings
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Related Links
East Wind Community
eastwind.org
Read more about the history of the community, its products, and how to visit or even to become a member.
The Federation of Egalitarian Communities
thefec.org
Learn about other communities like East Wind, including their core principles, businesses, and visiting possibilities.
Intentional Communities
www.ic.org
Find out what East Wind means when it calls itself an "intentional community."
Cohousing Association of America
www.cohousing.org
Discover how people are tackling today's social and environmental concerns through cooperative neighborhoods.
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Bibliography
Fike, Rupert, ed. Voices From the Farm: Adventures in Community Living. Book Publishing Co., 1998.
Kinkade, Kathleen. Is It Utopia Yet? Twin Oaks Publishing, 1994.
Koehler, Steve. "Commune in Missouri Functions on Cooperative Spirit, Freedom." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 16, 1997.
McCamant, Kathryn, and Charles Durrett. Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. Ten Speed Press, 1994.
Rao, Nina. "East Wind Weathers Test of Time." Springfield News-Leader, May 24, 2004.
Skinner, B. F. Walden Two. MacMillan Co., 1948.
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NGS Resources
Samuels, Madeline. St. Louis, Missouri. National Geographic Books, 2005.
White, Mel. "The Long Run, Part 5: Kansas City to Memphis." National Geographic Traveler (September 2004), 64-73.
De Jonge, Peter. "ZipUSA: Steelville, Missouri." National Geographic (November 2001), 114-18.
Barsness, John. "The Missouri Breaks." National Geographic (May 1999), 78-99.
Barnard, Charles. "Goin' to Kansas City." National Geographic Traveler (September/October 1996), 56-72.
Gibbons, Boyd. "The Plant Hunters: A Portrait of the Missouri Botanical Garden." National Geographic (August 1990), 124-40.
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