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provide homes that we can live out the rest of our lives in, transforming our

collective impacts on the earth for the benefit of generations yet to come.

 Forming Elders' Guilds and studying Sage-ing, collabo rative courses, Second
Journey workshops, and study groups for conscious aging, where we together
re-imagine old age and embody the wisdom to help heal the future.

 Becoming Earth Elders dedicated to creating a just, sacred, and sustainable
future.

A few people are exploring new areas of development in the movement,
including:

 Supporting developers creating ElderFire communities, ElderShire

neighborhoods, and "GreenHouse"
nursing homes.

 Sharing strategies to remake our
cities and towns into Aging-Friendly

Communities that will meet our aging
populations' needs.

 Supporting each other with Senior
Networks that keep people connected

and engaged across distances through
computer communications.

Senior Cohousing
It turned out that these same cohousing neighborhood design principles had a lot to
offer aging Boomers, including:

 Shared guest rooms to accommodate visiting family members or shared long-
term care providers, living independently rather than in your own house so you

don't get into that whole servant/master dynamic.

 Shared meals to keep people talking to one another and aware of significant
events in each others' lives

 Community connections that keep people active, because they know they'll hear
from their nice but nosy neighbor if they don't get dressed and get the paper
by noon.

Yalla bye ,
Joel Dorkam