Viviendo junto al arroyo Esopus, profundizamos en nuestra comunidad a través del trabajo cooperativo, el juego y el compartir el pan juntos. This is the vision of the Cantine’s Island Cohousing Community in Saugerties, a family-friendly neighborhood where multi-generational members live cooperatively in nineteen privately-owned homes sitting on over 9.5 acres of community-owned land.  On this episode of The Good Work Hour, co-hosts Terri and Susan are joined by Cara DeVito and Dorothy Varner, two residents of this isolation-disrupting community that works towards a Just Transition.

Cara DeVito is an independent documentary filmmaker, who worked at NBC Network News in NYC for 20 years, as an editor and producer of news segments. The overarching focus of her work is telling stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to overcome injustice.  She relocated to the Hudson Valley from NYC 22 years ago. In the Hudson Valley she produced films at the FDR Presidential Library, has worked with autistic children, and for the Omega Institute.  In her quest for ways to build community, she joined the Cantine’s Island Cohousing community in Saugerties, 8 years ago.

Dorothy Varner trabaja como educadora al aire libre en la Middle Way School de Saugerties. También ofrece programas de naturaleza para jóvenes a través de un club local de chicos y chicas. Un espíritu aventurero peripatético ha alimentado su amor por los lugares y los seres salvajes, y vive agradecida con la clara sensación de que compartir el asombro y la maravilla es su servicio al mundo que ama.

www.cohousing.org  (sitio de la National Cohousing Association)

www.cantinesislandcohousing.org

www.filmsofyou.net   (si quieres ver el sitio de vídeos de Cara)