Closed Captioned
Study Guide
Grades 7-12, College, Adult
Directed by Annie O'Donoghue
Produced by Heather MacAndrew & David Springbett
DVD Purchase $79, Rent $45
US Release Date: 1997
Copyright Date: 1997
DVD ISBN: 1-59458-503-2
VHS ISBN: 1-56029-694-1
Subjects
Community
Multicultural Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Urban Studies
Urban and Regional Planning
Making Shelter
My Home With Others
Co-ops and co-housing provide new models for building community.
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"An exploration of the people we have become." Orion Afield |
A roof overhead isn't always enough to keep you warm. This program looks at how both the poor and the middle class have found the shelter of community by changing the ways they think about housing.
Examples include co-ops and new forms of co-housing where people live separately in tightly packed housing but often share a communal building and open space, as well as the responsibility of making decisions for the whole community.
Other titles in the series are:
Community Animals - Leading thinkers explore community, work, time, values, and change.
Virtually Intentional - Finding community in the cloister, a commune, and in cyberspace.
Community by Design - Good design of houses and neighborhoods builds community.
Reclaiming Community - Communities in Toronto and Oakland take back and revitalize public spaces.
Ageing with Community - The search for community and independence as we grow old.
The Boundaries of Change - Cities cope with changing demographics.
Finding Us and Them - Physically and mentally challenged people find community.
On the Road - RV owners leave their home towns and build their own communities.
Maps with Teeth - Bioregional mapping by locals communicates a sense of place and regional identity.
Reviews
"You can't keep community down. Give people a little encouragement and a few tools, and they'll recreate the sense of community spirit in any available cracks and crannies in our otherwise alienated culture...These stories...are upbeat, encouraging - and replicable."
"This is not an indulgent journey into nostalgia, but an exploration of the people we have become, touching on our diversity as well as our similarities."
"What (the producers) found was a growing belief and faith in the community as the cure for social ills like poverty, crime and estrangement from other people...It is precisely because WAYS WE LIVE is politically astute, without being partisan, that it is so compelling."