Visions of Utopia

('77, BC) 37 Members

A 9-unit cooperatively owned apartment complex located in the university district in the city of Vancouver. They are interested in, and working on/towards: alternate family groupings, community-scale economics, meaningful employment, appropriate technology, consensus decision-making, and collective social action. Projects initiated by some of their members include a gourmet garnish and salad company, a nonprofit that promotes organic agriculture and makes connections between city folks and farmers, and another communal housing cooperative in the neighborhood (which shares a similar vision of community). The units are called "pods," and each pod determines the degree to which it will be independent or communal; some are very tight-knit and into family-style meals and resource sharing, while others are very independent and informal. Fraser Common Farm, their sister community [also featured in the video], is a tenth pod situated on an organic farm one hour from town.

Contact Info:
Community Alternatives Co-op
1937 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J-1J2 CANADA

(604)733-2667 Fax

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