Living Together

Více o knize

This inspiring journey around the UK’s communes, eco-villages, and co-living spaces seeks more compassionate, connected, and sustainable ways to live. Seventy-six percent of people feel increasingly distanced from their neighbors over the past two decades. We are less likely to know our neighbors, form multi-generational friendships, or share resources and childcare. With mental health issues on the rise, the climate crisis worsening, and society feeling divided, this book explores alternative ways to live. Mim Skinner investigates communities that have rejected individualism and traditional family structures in favor of collective living. She meets those who courageously envision a better world, from countercultural communes to disability-led L’Arche communities and queer safe spaces. Each community addresses contemporary social issues while finding greener, more connected ways to coexist. By blending her own unconventional upbringing with interviews and research on communalism, Skinner challenges her assumptions and those of readers. She uncovers various alternatives, from commercial co-living developments for busy urbanites to off-grid farms and collaborative parenting schemes. The result is an eye-opening look at alternative communities and a fresh perspective on wellness, questioning whether individualism can genuinely foster healthy, equitable living while revealing the possibilities and challenges of a different lif