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Sunrise Coop

Gabe Baldwin — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:41:07 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2013

Size:

Location:

Jamaica Plain

Description: A healthy living coop that embodies the paleo lifestyle in an urban environment.

We are an intentional community founded with the vision of creating a physical space (a group equity cooperative) that embodies the paleo lifestyle in an urban environment. Our core values are healthy living, sustainability, respect for human diversity, and compassion for all beings.

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://sunrisecoop.org/

In a Nutshell:

Making healthy choices while living in today’s world can be hard. It is too easy to eat something that leaves you feeling gross or to skip your regular movement practice. Sometimes it feels like you are alone in your journey. Imagine if you woke up in a house where a dozen other people were on the same page as you? How would your day be different? We are 9 people renting two floors of a triple decker apartment in Jamaica Plain that started September 2013. We are raising funds to purchase a property by next year (http://fundly.com/sunrise-coop-gathering-in-healthy-living) through Boston Community Cooperatives (http://bcc.coop/). Our house includes students, musicians, artists, scientists, researchers, and non-profit workers. The eight of us range in age from ten to late forties.We go in together on paleo-friendly food. So far we have ordered a cow from a friendly farmer and signed up for two shares of a fish CSA and a veggie CSA.

Maple Syrup House- Providence, RI

azar — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:56:24 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2012

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Location:

Providence

Description: We are an anti-capitalist, queer-friendly collective house that seeks to create a sustainable and self-sustaining way of life.

We are an anti-capitalist, queer-friendly collective house that seeks to create a sustainable and self-sustaining way of life.

Moishe Kavod House

helen — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:28:49 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2005

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Location:

Allston/Brighton

Description: Moishe Kavod House is a vibrant, home-based Jewish community for people in their 20s and 30s dedicated to tikkun olam, the repair of the world.

By integrating arts, learning, Jewish spiritual practice, and social justice work, we strive to create a welcoming Jewish community that is personally meaningful and deeply engaged with the world.

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://www.kavodhouse.com/

Organization Phone:

1 (206) 218.7616

In a Nutshell:

Goals of Moishe Kavod House Create an inclusive community of young Jews and activists through Shabbat dinners, social action, Jewish learning, and the arts. Connect the Jewish community with social action and ‘world repair’ tikkun olam work. Train and develop young Jewish leaders to build community, organize social action work, and run Jewish programming. About Our Name “Eizehu mechubad? Hamechabed et haBriot. “Who receives honor/kavod? The one who treats all beings with kavod.” Pirkei Avot [Sayings of the Ancestors] 4:1 We are called ‘Moishe’ because we are part of the international Moishe House network, which provides meaningful experiences to Jewish young adults worldwide. At the Moishe Kavod House, we seek to treat all with honor, recognizing the unique talents each person has to share. Through this kavod, young people are empowered to strengthen both the Jewish community and local social activism. Our Core Values Inclusive We believe communities are stronger when they include people from many backgrounds. Jewish We believe the Jewish tradition offers meaningful lessons and rituals that can deepen our lives and guide our work for justice. We welcome Jews from across the religious spectrum. Partnerships between denominations of all kinds are key to making a better world. Progressive We care about social justice and the environment, and believe change is possible when we work together. Leadership Development Oriented We believe each person has something to offer, and that everyone can learn to be a leader who makes our community stronger. Local and Tangible We work on service projects and organizing campaigns that directly impact the Boston community and environment. Replicable We hope our work can serve as a model for similar houses around the country.

Murray Hill collective

gsjmurphy — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:44:47 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2013

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Location:

Roslindale

Description: Owners of 4 bedroom Craftsman Bungalow invite people with creative energy and capital to co-create a collective urban homestead. House is valued at $4

Current dweller envisions a collective built around these shared values:
• consensus decision making
• environmental sustainability
• progressive political and economic change

House is on a double lot, with a good sized yard including play structure, vegetable gardens, strawberry bed, blueberry bushes, raspberries. Chickens anyone?

Organizational Info

Organization Phone:

1 (617) 413.6472

In a Nutshell:

Current dweller envisions a collective built around these shared values: • consensus decision making • environmental sustainability • progressive political and economic change House is on a double lot, with a good sized yard including play structure, vegetable gardens, strawberry bed, blueberry bushes, raspberries. Chickens anyone?

Parkton Road Co-op

millerelizabethann — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:41:57 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2009

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Location:

Jamaica Plain

Description: a co-operative house of queers in our 20s and 30s.

we make foods from scratch in the kitchen, hang pictures of celebrities in the dining room, play super nintendo in the guest room, fund abortions in the study, and write running charades lists while surrounded by string instruments in the living room. also, we have a lot of sewing machines.

Baobab Collective

ichinich — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:11:00 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2011

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Location:

Allston/Brighton

Description: A largely political co-op which values anti-capitalism, anti-oppression, and activism

Steph's House

stephaniebaird1 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:25:51 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2011

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Location:

Jamaica Plain

Description: A vegan & straight edge collective household in southern JP

Hometree

orionk — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:13:12 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2010

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Location:

Jamaica Plain

Description: Hometree, a single family house of five house-mates in Jamaica Plain who share meals and are committed to sourcing our food locally,

Hometree is a home for mutual support and acceptance, living together in an ecologically sound way, fostering community in our neighborhood, and maintaining a comfortable place to live welcoming to guests and children.

Hometree is part of the Pueblo initiative, which seeks to create a community land trust in Egleston Square.

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://puebloboston.org/

In a Nutshell:

Pueblo is an aspiring community land trust dedicated to fostering a healthy and sustainable future in Egleston Square, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and the New England region. Since it was founded, Pueblo has reached out to neighbors in a number of ways including educational events, neighborhood meetings and gardening workshops. These efforts spawned the Egleston Community Orchard, launched in the summer of 2010. Pueblo is still very much in a formative stage and looking for active neighbors to help. Please contact us if you have time and skills to offer.

The Food Trade Center

tinea10 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:41:14 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2011

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Location:

Allston/Brighton

Description: Home of Boston's Food Not Bombs kitchen

The Food Trade Center is an 11-person cooperative in the Brainyard Autonomous Zone, a little patch of anarchist collective houses in Allston. We are home to Boston's Food Not Bombs kitchen, where twice a week volunteers cook free and healthy vegan meals, served publicly at Central Square and the Boston Common. FNB serves year round and strives to never miss a meal. Everyone is encouraged to come eat, volunteer, and share ideas.

Location

Harvard Ave and Commonwealth Ave

United States

See map: Google Maps

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://foodtradecenter.wordpress.com/

In a Nutshell:

ABOUT FOOD NOT BOMBS The Boston Chapter of Food Not Bombs serves two free and healthy vegan meals every week. Food Not Bombs is run solely by volunteers and there are no “bosses” or “leaders.” Come cook, serve, and clean with us! If you’d like to help, join us on one of our meal days or contact us at fnbboston[at]gmail.com. More info here: http://fnbboston.org/our-meal-schedule/

The Fort Co-op

thefortcoop_1 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:26:41 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2005

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Location:

Jamaica Plain

Description: A co-op in JP

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://thefort.bostoncoop.net/

HeARTbeat Collective

Nathan Dean Larson — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:07:55 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2006

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Location:

Jamaica Plain

Description: Jamaica Plan Art Collective

We are a multi-faceted group of people committed to living together in harmony with the common cause of creating and supporting gatherings, workshops, and events that inspire people through the healing and expressive arts with a focus on healthy and sustainable relations to the earth and one another.

Location

35 Wyman St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

United States

See map: Google Maps

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://www.heartbeatcollective.org/

Cambridge Coop

cambridgecoop — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:06:14 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

1963

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Location:

Cambridge

Description: http://cambridgecoop.wordpress.com

The Cambridge Cooperative Club is, and is always becoming, a joyful and realistic alternative example of how to live ecologically sustainable lives concerned with peace and justice while remaining open to learning from each other and the world. We are ten people committed to supporting and inspiring one another; we live in a community guided by consensus, in a house that is neither owned nor rented, with roots of ecological sustainability and social justice going back to 1963.

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://cambridgecoop.wordpress.com/

Organization Phone:

(617) 876.1750

Roxbury Driveyards

Appleseed — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:45:04 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2011

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Location:

Roxbury

Description: We seek to be a home dedicated to making art, sharing meals, and welcoming the world through couchsurfing.

Music, yes. Writing, yes. Sculpting, yes. Tattoos, sometimes. Gardening, yes. Travel, yes. Tree forts, maybe. Pottery, yes. Koi pond, sort of...more like a Koi hole in the ground right now. Oh, and cats. Cats everywhere.

1) We strive to create a home that is beautiful, peaceful, and dedicated to the creation of art! To that end, each house member will share equally in the maintenance, cleaning, and artistic design of our home.

Location

5 Whiting Street

United States

See map: Google Maps

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://www.wix.com/idylwyld/roxbury-driveyards

Organization Phone:

1 (617) 620.4830

In a Nutshell:

We effin' rock.

Herbert Simpson Coop

jazztpt — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:12:09 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2006

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Location:

Somerville

Description: We're a relaxed coop sharing mostly vegetarian food and house chores. We host weekly potlucks and a variety of other fun events.

We don't have a mission so much as a "yes and" attitude. We help each other host activities at the house and support each other in all our small and large life events.

Location

Simpson Ave

United States

See map: Google Maps

Laurel st Collective House

mspicher — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:09:31 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2011

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Location:

Cambridge

Description: A collective house of anarchists - focus on neighborhood organizing, radical literature, and gardening :)

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Whirlybird Coop

Nathan Dean Larson — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:53:20 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2011

Size:

Location:

Allston/Brighton

Description: http://whirlybird.bostoncoops.org/

Be awesome, do good stuff, be community minded.

Shared Responsibilities
contribute to 1 house meal a week so we can have foods prepared most days.
chores. plan do a 2 - 3 hours a month of chore work like cleaning
meetings. plan to meet with roommates about twice a month to check in, make plans, review house processes etc.

Location

36 Faneuil St.

United States

See map: Google Maps

Organizational Info

Website URL:

http://whirlybird.bostoncoops.org/

Simple, Sustainable Community Forming

Johnn — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:37:42 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

2011

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Location:

Cambridge

Description: This is a house for people who want to live simply, sustainably, and communally

This will be an evolving community--more than a co-op house, although it will look and function a lot like one at first. However, we would have an openness to moving in a deeper direction, one small step at a time.

Location

Hampshire Street

United States

See map: Google Maps

William Street Co-op

Johnn — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:45:35 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

1983

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Location:

Somerville

Description: A 6-person vegetarian cooperative household in Davis Square, Somerville. We have operated as a co-op for nearly thirty years.

We share vegetarian, mostly organic meals, conversation, eco-conscious chores, and occasional parties and potlucks in our awesome, queer-friendly household, complete with a piano, barn/bicycle shop, phone system and garden with perennial raspberries. Each housemate has a bedroom, and there are four common rooms, plus three baths (no waiting!). We tend to work in non-profits and for the causes close to our hearts. There's lots of support for biking, community, artistic interests, and culinary experiments, and a respectful balance between camaraderie and privacy.

Location

William Street

United States

See map: Google Maps

Franklin St. Coop

gordon.krafttodd — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:37:08 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

1980

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Location:

Allston/Brighton

Description: A group of people committed to community by sharing time, responsibility, and care for one another.

We share food, chores, delicious weekly house dinners, music, grocery shopping, random talents, haircuts, house meetings, gardening, parties, art & radical-to-progressive politics in a responsible, respectful, & communicative environment. Among us are working folks, graduate students, BPS students, activists, feminists, yogis, cyclists, secularists, Chicanas, Jews, Christians, queers, non-queers, professors, music makers, artists, Palestinians, gardeners, cooks & bakers who live together in a supportive and playful community.

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Beacon Hill Friends House

BHFH — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:42:33 +0000

Basic Info

Founded:

1957

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Location:

Beacon Hill

Description: A 21-member community based on Quaker values of faith, simplicity, integrity and social responsibility.

Our Mission: To embody the Quaker principles of faith, simplicity, integrity, community and social responsibility in order to nurture and call forth the Light in all of us.

Beacon Hill Friends House fulfills its mission by:

Providing a center where Friends and others can meet, worship and study.
Advancing and fostering the principles of the Religious Society of Friends.
Offering opportunities for the development of leadership.
Maintaining a diverse, ecumenical, residential community guided by Friends' principles.

Location

6 Chestnut St

United States

See map: Google Maps